What we’d like to see to achieve our Goal:
Children and young people
- live in a friendly and welcoming community
- feel safe in the Blue Mountains
- have spaces, places and activities in the community for them
- have a voice about what makes their community safe, feel listened to and are respected
Children and young people live in a friendly and welcoming community
- Measure:
- Proportion of children and young people who when asked to describe their community do so in a positive way
- Data:
- 59% of young people described their community in a positive way (Survey of Resilience and Wellbeing, 2018)
- Status:
- Baseline Measured
- Quotes/Key Findings:
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- “Nice, friendly, good”
- “Kind. Welcoming. Caring”
- “Great to grow up in”
- “Everyone is pretty supportive”
Survey of Resilience and Wellbeing, 2018
Ultimate Outcome: Belonging 4
Children and Young People feel safe
- Measure:
- Proportion of young people who are satisfied with their safety
- Data:
- 79% of young people reported they felt very happy with how safe they feel (Survey of Resilience and Wellbeing, 2018)
- Status:
- Baseline Measured
- Quotes/Key Findings:
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- “I think it is mostly safe at day: Not as much at night”
Survey of Resilience and Wellbeing, 2018
Ulitmate Outcome: Being 2
- Measure:
- Proportion of young people who see a safe community as one that is different to how it is now
- Data:
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66% of young people see a safe community as DIFFERENT to how things are now (Harwood ASKS on Safety)
- (this is different from the response of people over 25 years, where only 35% of whom indicated that a safe community is different from what the Blue Mountains is now)
- Only 11% of young people reported that our community is good as it is (Harwood ASKS on Safety)
- Status:
- Baseline Measured
- Quotes/Key Findings:
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- “I think it’s pretty safe but there are some places I feel uncomfortable to be around”
- “I want our community to have less drugs and alcohol and I want our community to be brighter so more people are happy”
Harwood ASKS on Safety, 2018
Ulitmate Outcome: Being 2
Children and Young People have spaces, places and activities in the community for them
- Measure:
- Number and proportion of children and young people involved in organised social, sporting or recreational groups.
- Data:
- 72% of young people reported being involved in an organised social, sporting or recreational group (Survey of Resilience and Wellbeing, 2018)
- Status:
- Baseline Measured
- Quotes/Key Findings:
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- “More lights, less graffitti, more spaces to go”
- “More for youth to do because otherwise there is nothing to do. There is a gap. A lack of good play spaces in the mountains..”
Harwood ASKS on Safety, 2018
Ultimate Outcome: Belonging 4
Children and Young People have a voice about what makes their community safe, feel listened to and are respected
- Measure:
- Proportion of young people engaged in contributing towards a safe community. Total Number, Spread across the Mountains
- Status:
- Ongoing
- Data:
- 335 young people contributed to the consultations on safety (Harwood ASKS on Safety)
Belonging 4 and Belonging 5
We believe future generations will prosper with vibrant, child and youth friendly neighbourhoods and services that nurture wellbeing and resillience.
Alliance members harness the latest evidence about ways to solve complex child, family and community problems to improve outcomes for children and young people in the Blue Mountains.
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