Safety and wellbeing
The Safety and Wellbeing Reference Group has been formed to lead this priority focus area. This page summarises what they want to achieve to contribute to a Safer Whanganui. Download the full Safety and Wellbeing Result Card for further information about this project.
Overview of the safety and wellbeing result card
Result
All people in Whanganui are healthy and safe
Target population
All people in Whanganui
How success will be measured (indicator)
ACC New Injury Claims for Whanganui residents
The Reference Group would like to use a second indicator – looking at the perception of safety from the ‘Whanganui Community Views Survey’ - in the longer term (as at January 2011).
Summarised action plan
| Actions | Lead Agency | |
|---|---|---|
| To be completed by 31 December 2009: | ||
| 1 | Working groups will be established underneath the Reference Group structure to target the focus and work into specific areas eg. sport, work, home | ACC |
| To be completed by 30 June 2010: | ||
| 2 | Review the Council’s ‘Community View’s Survey’ to create robust comparable annual data which will be used to develop actions targeted to areas / perceptions of need that are identified in the survey. | Wanganui District Council staff and Safer Whanganui Steering Group |
| 3 | As part of the above action, the Council and Family Violence Reference Group will develop a question for the Community Views Survey that directly relates to family violence. | Wanganui District Council staff together with the Family Violence Reference Group |
| 4 | Use the Results Based Accountability approach to develop, use and evaluate the success of the 2009 Safety New Zealand Week in Wanganui project so that this week can effectively support Wanganui residents to maintain safe homes. | ACC |
Family Services Directory
Click on the following link to go to the Family Services Directory for information about Personal, Family and Community services in Whanganui. Choose the display option at the top of the search page to only show services physically located in Whanganui.
Injury Contacts Directory
You can also click on the following link to the Injury Prevention Information Centre's Injury Contacts Database:
