Developing a new Social Infrastructure Strategy

We're developing a new Social Infrastructure Strategy

We know how important community spaces are to our community, so we’re working on a plan to make sure our community has access to the spaces, services and programs they need to lead healthy and happy lives. As part of the process, we have been consulting with people across the city to help us better understand what you value about community spaces (social infrastructure) and what you and your community needs for the next 20 years.

Our discussion

• We encouraged communities and stakeholders to have a say on how we can create great public spaces across Newcastle now and into the future. The project’s initial engagement activities ended on Monday 30 November 2020 and included:
  • Over 250 completed surveys
  • 300 social pinpoint comments from the public, sectors, etc. View received comments here Social Pinpoint - Survey - Great public spaces in Newcastle
  • Metetings with a large number of services, government agencies and major institutions
  • Presentations to CN’s management and staff workshops
• Key discussion themes coming out of engagement activities undertaken so far:
  • Public spaces, facilities and places are highly valued and utilised by the Newcastle communities
  • Equitable access to our public spaces, facilities and places for all
  • Public spaces, facilities and places should be affordable for everyone to use and hire
  • Make our public spaces, facilities and places work harder - for informal and formal uses
  • Improve the quality of what we already have to increase use and activation
  • Partner and collaborate with the large number of services, government agencies and major institutions to plan for and deliver great public spaces, facilities and places to meet future demand.

Next steps

• We are now reviewing the research findings and engagement results to create a draft Plan. The draft Plan will then be placed on public exhibition to encourage your feedback.

Community spaces across Newcastle