Access and Inclusion
Greater Shepparton City Council aims to be an inclusive and welcoming community to all through providing accessibility to Council owned buildings, streets, and open spaces.
Council acknowledges not all people living with a disability are alike. People living with a disability, individuals with specific needs, priorities and perspectives are often based upon their own personal circumstances and experiences.
The Greater Shepparton City Council Universal Access and Inclusion Plan 2022–2026 (UAIP) is a document designed to identify and address the barriers all sectors of the community encounter in their day-to-day life.
Universal Access and Inclusion Plan
The Universal Access and Inclusion Plan (UAIP) aims to enhance access to Council’s planning processes, services, communications and employment systems within the broader community.
The 2022-2026 version of the plan was adopted by Council on the 15 February 2022 at the February 2022 Ordinary Council Meeting.
The Plan has a broad scope designed to identify and address the barriers that all sectors of the community encounter in their day-to-day life and also outlines the key ways in which Council intends to improve access to all citizens.
The requirement for Victorian public sector bodies to prepare a Disability Action Plan (DAP) was introduced under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA -Commonwealth) and the Disability Act 2006 (Vic). The objects of the DDA include eliminating discriminations against persons on the ground of disability in a number of contexts including employment, access to premises, and provision of goods, services and facilities.
Disability Action Plans are common and well accepted across industry, government and many professional organisations. The UAIP is Council's Disability Action Plan and is intended to be a process of improvement that develops over time, with progress reporting on a periodical basis, and inbuilt reviews.
The UAIP is available for download below in PDF format. If you require a copy in another format, please contact Council's Access and Inclusion Officer on 03 5832 9700.
Access and Inclusion Officer
Council's Access and Inclusion Officer provides support and advice around accessibility/disability issues and programs in the community and develops strategic programs which focus on the inclusion of all people in the community regardless of ability, age or culture.
Access and Inclusion programs are developed in conjunction with Council staff, external disability providers and members of the disability community.
For further information please contact the Access and Inclusion Officer on 03 5832 9700.
Master Locksmiths Access Key (MLAK)
The Master Locksmiths Access Key (MLAK) system is an MLAA initiative that allows people with disability access to dedicated public facilities, including facilities in National Parks and many Council municipalities, elevators at railway stations, the Changing Places facilities throughout Australia, disabled toilets that are locked, and even the Liberty Swing.
Greater Shepparton City Council has keys for short term loan for use by community from the following locations:
- Greater Shepparton City Council Welsford Street Office, 90 Welsford Street, Shepparton
- Greater Shepparton Visitor Centre, ground floor, Shepparton Art Museum, Wyndham Street, Shepparton
- Aquamoves, Tom Collins Drive, Shepparton.
Further information on the MLAK system or to find out how to get an MLAK key for your personal use, please visit the Master Locksmiths website.