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Community forum to tackle crime and safety

By McPherson Media Group

Mar 15, 2022

Focus on safety: Greater Shepparton City Council received an Empowering Communities grant. Photo by unknown

A forum designed to help Shepparton community members come together to tackle crime and safety across the city is on at the end of the month.

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Victorian Crime Prevention Minister Natalie Hutchins will present and take part in the forum, together with Greater Shepparton City Council staff and councillors, key agencies and community organisations and community members.

Author Nelly Thomas will facilitate the session.

Greater Shepparton City Council is one of six local government areas that received an Empowering Communities grant, part of the Victorian Government’s Building Safer Communities Program.

The program aims to support local communities to design and lead innovative initiatives to address the causes of crime and improve perceptions of safety.

Community members are invited to attend and have their voices heard at the safety forum on March 31.

Mayor Kim O’Keeffe said council was extremely pleased to be a recipient of the grant.

“This is an opportunity for our community to have their voices heard on what makes them feel safe and unsafe within the municipality,” she said.

“Our community are ready for action and to build on local community safety efforts already being implemented.”

The forum will be hosted in partnership with Greater Shepparton City Council, Greater Shepparton Safe Communities Advisory Committee and the Department of Justice and Community Safety.

Head to https://bit.ly/GSCCEmpowering to register for the March 31 event, which starts at 1pm at Shepparton Senior Citizens’ Centre.