As a community, we are stronger with a diverse trial of viewpoints and perspectives, and as a whole we are enriched through activities that promote inclusion. Inclusion reduces disadvantage, isolation and discrimination. It has far reaching positive impacts across all aspects of life, including health, welfare, education and employment. These impacts are felt beyond the individual, with families and the broader community all being positively impacted by an inclusive society. There are strong economic reasons for increasing the inclusiveness of our society. Analysis indicates that there are significant financial gains for both individuals and for the economy by moving people into productive and fulfilling employment. Although the need for a more inclusive NSW is now better recognised and the benefits for individuals, families, carers and the community increasingly understood, we still have a long way to go. It is time for government, community, businesses and people with disability to work together to make an inclusive NSW a reality." Newcastle City Council's Disability Inclusion Action plan is Council's way of defining how the organisation will make targeted and continual effort to reduce the barriers that people face when living, working and visiting the Newcastle local government area. It documents the steps Council will take in working towards (with regard to access and inclusion) the Newcastle 2030 Community Strategic Vision: "In 2030 Newcastle will be Smart, Liveable and Sustainable City. We will celebrate our unique city and protect our natural assets. We will build resilience in the face of the future and encourage innovation and creativity. As an inclusive community, we will embrace new residents and foster a culture of care. We will be a leading lifestyle city with vibrant public places, connected transport networks and a distinctive environment. And as we make our way toward 2030, we will achieve all this in a framework of open and collaborative leadership." Newcastle is the largest regional centre in NSW and the second largest non-capital urban centre in Australia. The city offers a remarkable and diverse natural environment from coastal headlands and beaches to wetlands, mangrove forests, steep ridges and rainforest gullies. The Newcastle local government area (LGA) has a population of 148,531 people (2011) in an area of 214 square kilometres. Newcastle has been on a journey of significant change as it evolves from an industrial to a post-industrial city led predominantly by the knowledge (eg education,
As a community, we are stronger with a diverse of viewpoints and perspectives, and as a whole we are enriched through activities that promote inclusion. Inclusion reduces disadvantage, isolation and discrimination. It has far reaching positive impacts across all aspects of life, including health, welfare, education and employment. These impacts are felt beyond the individual, with families and the broader community all being positively impacted by an inclusive society. There are strong economic reasons for increasing the inclusiveness of our society. Analysis indicates that there are significant financial gains for both individuals and for the economy by moving people into productive and fulfilling employment. Although the need for a more inclusive NSW is now better recognised and the benefits for individuals, families, carers and the community increasingly understood, we still have a long way to go. It is time for government, community, businesses and people with disability to work together to make an inclusive NSW a reality." Newcastle City Council's Disability Inclusion Action plan is Council's way of defining how the organisation will make targeted and continual effort to reduce the barriers that people face when living, working and visiting the Newcastle local government area. It documents the steps Council will take in working towards (with regard to access and inclusion) the Newcastle 2030 Community Strategic Vision: "In 2030 Newcastle will be Smart, Liveable and Sustainable City. We will celebrate our unique city and protect our natural assets. We will build resilience in the face of the future and encourage innovation and creativity. As an inclusive community, we will embrace new residents and foster a culture of care. We will be a leading lifestyle city with vibrant public places, connected transport networks and a distinctive environment. And as we make our way toward 2030, we will achieve all this in a framework of open and collaborative leadership." Newcastle is the largest regional centre in NSW and the second largest non-capital urban centre in Australia. The city offers a remarkable and diverse natural environment from coastal headlands and beaches to wetlands, mangrove forests, steep ridges and rainforest gullies. The Newcastle local government area (LGA) has a population of 148,531 people (2011) in an area of 214 square kilometres. Newcastle has been on a journey of significant change as it evolves from an industrial to a post-industrial city led predominantly by the knowledge (eg education, trial
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