Shared Responsibility Agreements

Shared Responsibility Agreement

In Coledale, in the regional New South Wales town of Tamworth, the Indigenous community want to improve access to services and recreation opportunities. They also want to improve community safety and planning.

The community has signed an SRA to upgrade the Coledale Community Centre and employ a youth worker to develop activities for young people.

The Australian Government will fund the upgrade of the Community Centre, provide wages for the youth worker, and provide an adviser to help with community planning.

The community will provide labour for the upgrade of the centre, and families will use the centre’s facilities and work with staff to minimise vandalism.

The youth worker will develop programs and activities to help improve community safety. Elders and adults will assist in developing these activities.

Some community members will also undertake governance training to learn the skills to develop a Coledale Community Plan.

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Key Facts

Suburb of Tamworth with a high proportion of Indigenous residents

Population:

Approximately 3000, of whom 45 per cent are Indigenous

Focus of the SRA:

Improved services, particularly for young people

What the SRA provides:

Upgraded Community Centre; youth worker; governance adviser to assist with community planning

ICC:

Tamworth

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