City of Melville

🌟 We're proud to support the MCCC Melville Cockburn Chamber of Commerce Business Awards! 🌟 The City of Melville is excited to recognise the incredible businesses and sponsors making this event possible. Join us in celebrating excellence in our local business community. Mark your calendars for the Awards Ceremony next Thursday, 24 October at Raffles Hotel! 🎉 📅 Get your tickets now: https://bit.ly/3YqguGg

Looking to make a difference? Volunteer Melville!🌟 Explore opportunities at: https://lnkd.in/gT_kTsp2 Here’s how you can get involved: 😊 Spend time with residents at Amana Living in Bull Creek and brighten someone’s day! 🏏 Assist with players' tea at Murdoch University Melville Cricket Club on Saturday afternoons. ✈️ Help with research, guiding, and restoration work at the RAAFA Aviation Museum. 📚 Support adult learners with Read Write Now!, improving their reading, writing, and numeracy skills. 🌿 Join Wirambi Landcare ’s busy bee events to restore and protect natural areas. Businesses and organisations: looking for volunteers? Advertise your positions on our volunteering portal through the link above.

Trees are an essential part of our City, enhancing biodiversity, increasing property values, and reducing heating and cooling costs for buildings.   We want to hear from those living and working in the City of Melville what they be-leaf the City and community’s roles should be when it comes to managing trees on private land.   With 45% of our City’s tree canopy on private property, it’s crucial to consider every green space to keep our urban forest thriving for the future. By sharing your views, you’ll help guide the City’s decisions on this important topic.    🌳 Complete the survey here: https://lnkd.in/gHBSGizk  🗓️ Survey closes midnight Sunday, 17 November 2024 Feedback can also be provided in person at the City of Melville Civic Centre, Community Centres, LeisureFit Booragoon, or by calling 9364 0666 (during business hours). #CityOfMelville #UrbanForest #CommunityEngagement

We’re excited to receive a $60,000 Creativity for Schools grant from the State Government for the next chapter of our Write Club project. Write Club supports local students to develop key skills in literacy, critical thinking and self-confidence as they work with mentor creatives to develop and publish an anthology of their writing and artwork.   The $60,000 grant will go towards the next round of Write Club, running in Term 3 and 4 with author Deb Fitzpatrick and artist Zali Morgan at Caralee Community School.   The program will then be extended into Melville Senior High School with Aboriginal Cultural Education Students in 2025.   For more information about Write Club, visit: https://lnkd.in/gqyHkbBr   David Templeman MLA Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries

There’s still time to nominate your business for the MCCC Business Awards! ✨   Nominations close on Friday, 20 September, ahead of the awards ceremony at Raffles Hotel on Thursday, 24 October.   Whether it’s the Food & Beverage - Hospitality Award to Sustainability and Climate Action and more, there's a category for every standout business. 🍽️ ♻️   Don’t miss the chance to celebrate your hard work and achievements! Get your nominations in today and be recognised among the best in our community!   To nominate your business, visit: https://lnkd.in/gmdTkDgZ

We’re very proud of our Coordinator Resource Recovery and Waste Vanja Marjanovic who was a finalist in the Waste Champion Individual Award at the WasteSorted Awards on Thursday, 5 September. ♻⭐ Known as a Waste Management Champion at the City, Vanja has significantly advanced sustainability through several initiatives such as the pre-booked verge collection service launched in January 2024. This award presented to an individual who has demonstrated outstanding commitment and contribution resulting in positive improvements in waste management. For more information about the WasteSorted Awards, visit: https://lnkd.in/enRkSmS

Looking to make a difference? Volunteer Melville! 🌟 Here are our current opportunities to get involved as a volunteer: 🎨 Assist with fun activities, arts, and crafts at Down Memory Lane 🏏 Join Murdoch University Melville Cricket Club to assist with behind-the-scenes activities 💰 Join in fundraising activities with Kulungah Myah Community Centre 🥗 Assist with lunch preparations for students at Mt Pleasant Primary School 💆♂️ Provide reflexology or massage to patients and families at Footprints Day Centre 🌱 Restore the ecosystem at Blue Gum and Booragoon Lakes with Wirambi Landcare 👵 Provide care for seniors and their carers at Chung Wah Community Care Explore more at: https://lnkd.in/gepsHAAe If you are a business or organisation looking for volunteers, we can also help! 🙋♂️  Advertise your positions through our volunteering portal in the link above.

Looking to make a difference? Volunteer Melville! 🌟 Explore at https://lnkd.in/gT_kTsp2 Opportunities to get involved as a volunteer: 🙋♂️ Assist with outings, activities, or arts and crafts with Silver Chain 🌱 Join WA Wildlife as a gardening and maintenance volunteer 🍲 Assist with lunch preparations for clients at Tuart Place 🗣️ Facilitate peer support groups with Parent and Family Drug Support 🌿 Care for the foreshore and local lakes with Wirambi Landcare 🤝 Become a friend and support for Laura with Citizen Advocacy If you are a business or organisation looking for volunteers, we can also help! 🏢 Advertise your positions through our volunteering portal in the link above.

Review proposed changes to the Local Planning Policy 1.6 - Parking and Access, and share your thoughts 📣    These changes will:  ▶ bring the policy back into alignment with the state planning framework;  ▶ clearly articulate the City’s expectations in relation to ramp gradients and sightlines;  ▶ revise the policy’s objectives; and  ▶ make the policy easier to read and understand.     Review the proposed changes to LPP 1.6 and provide your feedback by 4.00pm Friday, 9 August 2024 at melvillecity.com.au/LPP16     Call 9364 0666 to share your feedback over the phone or in person at the City of Melville Civic Centre, LeisureFit Booragoon or any of our libraries and community centres (during business hours). 

We’re pleased to say that City of Melville representatives successfully moved two motions at the recent National General Assembly (NGA) of Local Government held at the National Convention Centre Canberra (NCCC) from Tuesday, 2 July to Thursday, 4 July.   The NGA is the premier gathering of local governments and provides councils with the opportunity to come together, share ideas, debate motions, and most importantly unite and further build on the relationship between local government and the Australian Government.   Following support from Council at the April 2024 Ordinary Meeting of Council, City of Melville representatives including Mayor Katy Mair, Councillor Karen Wheatland and Chief Executive Officer Gail Bowman, successfully moved two motions.   The first motion urged the Australian Government to take urgent action to implement mandatory product stewardship schemes for priority materials, such as electronic waste, tyres, mattresses and consumer packaging, which requires sustainable design for waste avoidance, increased lifecycle and end of life recovery.   To acknowledge the important role that arts and culture has in promoting social cohesion, mental well-being and educational benefits for our community, the City’s second motion called for increased funding of arts and cultural infrastructure in cooperation with Federal, State and Local Governments.   The motion included a call for the establishment of Community Arts and Cultural Facilities Fund for the development, renewal and maintenance of arts and cultural infrastructure.   These motions will now be referred to the Australian Council of Local Government Board to inform future policy initiatives and for consideration in the development of future work programs.   To read more, visit: https://lnkd.in/gSVyvQMJ