Raising the wellbeing of our children, young people and families

Children who attended Kids Kingdom at Maroondah Festival were invited to decorate flags in response to the question: if you had one wish to make your community a better place, what would it be?

We loved seeing the ideas of Maroondah's youngest residents through their creative artwork! The flags were displayed as part of a Children’s Voice display on the grounds.

On Sunday 6 November our team met with hundreds of community members at the Cafe Consult tent at the Maroondah Festival. Community members added their feedback to our ideas board in response to our three consultation questions; what's going well, what could be improved and what are your ideas for raising the wellbeing of Maroondah's children, families and young people.

We received over 400 ideas which will inform our new Action Plans! Thanks for everyone who stopped by and contributed.

During November our team popped up at Eastland to hear from the community your experiences and ideas for what's going well, what can be improved and any issues for Maroondah's children, young people and families.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by, chatted to our team and provided your feedback.

In June 2022, 23 grade 5 students from across Maroondah came together for four days to learn about leadership and wellbeing. The students have now been tasked with taking on the role of social scientists in their schools to find out what their peers need in order to raise wellbeing.

In August this year, 35 students from years 7 to 12, representing five Maroondah secondary schools participated in a range of workshops about topics chosen by young people that are important to student wellbeing. Workshop themes were chosen by the Maroondah Youth Wellbeing Advocates (MYWA) who also facilitated these peer-led discussions. Students went through a process of discovering what was going well in relation to their topic, dreaming about what an ideal future could look like, and designing an action that would take them a step closer to their dream. These conversations and proposed actions will be part of the data for this consultation to inform Council's Youth Action Plan and raise the wellbeing of young people in Maroondah.