Have your say and help plan for the Future!

We all love to play - for fun or for fitness - so whether you relax with a picnic, have fun with the kids or sweat it out in a team sport, you can help shape the future of recreation.

As our population grows, where will people play, exercise and gather in the future? What leisure facilities will we need? Where would new facilities be best located?

It's all part of Council's new Parks and Recreation Strategy which will provide direction for the next five years.

So share your idea's on parks, playgrounds, pools, beaches, boat ramps, sports grounds - anything that helps us play!

Consultation closes Friday 30 October - so have your say today!

How to have your say?

• Click here to complete an on-line Youth Survey

• click here to complete an on-line Community Survey
• hard copies available for collection from Customer Service in the Cairns or Mossman Council offices or your local library.
• surveys will need to be completed on line or returned to the consultants (PO Box 857, Smithfield 4878) by Friday 30 October

Sport and Recreation groups

• Click here to complete an on-line survey (one survey per organisation). 
  • Surveys will need to be completed by Friday 30    October.
  • email crcparksrec@strategicleisure.com.au requesting on-line access or a hard copy.
• Attend an upcoming Sport Summit which involves consultation and a free workshop on Volunteer recruitment and retention:
  • Saturday 17 October, Gordonvale Community Hall (CANCELLED)
  • 9am-12noon Saturday 24 October, Barlow Park Corporate Room, Cairns
  • 9am-12noon Saturday 7 November, Mossman Bowls Club

You can also provide comments by contacting the consultants:

• email crcparksrec@strategicleisure.com.au
• SMS 0407 170 233
• telephone 4055 6250 or 1300 734 626 (local call)
• Keep up to date on the project via the facebook site (search crcparksrec)

Download

• Fact Sheet # 1 here
• Love to Play flyer
• Sport and Recreation group Summit & Survey flyer

Other Information about the Project:

• Council was successful in obtaining funding from Sport and Recreation Services, Department of Communities under the Local Sport and Recreation Programme to undertake this strategy.
• Consultants Strategic Leisure Group have been engaged to prepare the strategy on Council's behalf.
• The strategy is being developed to provide policy direction and a vision for parks, sport and recreation for the next five years.
• The plan will identify key priorities and provide Council with a clear and achievable direction for provision and management.
• The study commenced in August 2009 and will be finalised in March 2010.