Burwood Council Community Engagement Strategy

Adopted Tuesday 14 February 2023

At the Council Meeting on Tuesday 14 February 2023, the Burwood Council Community Engagement Strategy was adopted.

Thank you to all of the community members that commented on the Strategy during the consultation and throughout the public exhibition period.

Background

The Draft Community Engagement Strategy outlines Council’s commitment and approach to involving our community in decision-making. The strategy is designed to improve and build on Council’s engagement and communications activities, providing a common language and shared framework for all.

The draft Strategy also incorporates the current Community Participation Plan (CPP), which includes the requirements for consultation as part of the planning framework.

Consultation

The Draft Community Engagement Strategy has been developed with extensive input from individuals, groups and businesses that are from, or connected to, the Burwood Local Government Area.

1,157 contributions were gathered from people who live, work, invest and visit the Burwood Local Government Area. This included:

  • 466 online and face to face surveys (26 language groups represented)
  • 120 pop-up and pop-in participants
  • 43 in-depth interviews with community and business representatives
  • 12 online survey responses from community groups and service providers
  • 11 participants from Council Committee workshops
  • 98 online poll responses
  • 406 phone surveys (Micromex, 2021)
  • 151 people who were consulted as part of the 2021 Disability Inclusion Action Plan

Have your say on the Draft Community Engagement Strategy 2023 - 2026

We encourage you to download a copy of the Draft Community Engagement Strategy (available to the right) and submit your feedback and comments to Council by Wednesday 1 February 2023.

How to make a Submission

Submissions must be received by Wednesday 1 February 2023.

There are two ways you can lodge a submission:

  1. Email it to council@burwood.nsw.gov.au with the subject line 'Draft Community Engagement Strategy 2023 - 2026.'
  2. Post it to The General Manager, Burwood Council, PO Box 240, Burwood NSW 1805.