We're seeking feedback from you to help us create the next Disability Access and Inclusion Plan (2026-2030). This is our 4-year Plan to make Ballarat a more inclusive and accessible community for everyone.
This Plan will guide us to improve accessibility and reduce barriers, ensuring people living with disability can fully participate and thrive in all aspects of community life in Ballarat.
This Plan will drive Council’s work over the next four years through improvements to Ballarat City Council buildings and public spaces, services, employment, events, and programs.

When: Tuesday 24 February 2026 at 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Where: Selkirk Stadium Learning Rooms 1 & 2, 989 Norman St, Wendouree VIC 3355

An Auslan interpreter will be present at this session!

This session will be a 2-hour focused and interactive session focusing on the following:

Your ideas for how the City of Ballarat can improve access and inclusion within its role and responsibilities
Barriers for people living with disability in the Ballarat
What is working well for people living with disability in Ballarat

We want to hear directly from people living with disability and carers, to help us shape the next Plan.

Your lived experience, insights, and perspectives are essential.

What you share will help ensure our Plan:

Understand what people with disability need and want.
This helps us know what is important to you.
What we can do to make our City easier to access and be part of. This means making places, services and activities more welcoming now and in the future.

1 in 6 people in the Ballarat community live with a disability, this is higher than the Regional Victorian average. Ballarat also has a significantly higher rate of people living with profound or severe disability than Greater Victoria.
People with disability are more likely to experience discrimination and exclusion, leading to poorer individual health and social outcomes.
When communities are accessible and inclusive, everyone benefits from the diverse skills, talents, and contributions that people living with disability bring.

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