CITY of PARRAMATTA Girl Guide & Scout Hall Network

Girl Guide & Scout Hall Network

CITY OF PARRAMATTA Girl Guide & Scout Hall Network

Childhood is a vital stage of Defining our Girl Guide development. If we get it right & Scout Halls: in the early years, we can set Halls that are currently leased to Girl Guides and children and young people up to Scouts organisations, and are used for the purpose of delivering Girl Guides and Scouts programs thrive in school and throughout to the community, as well as space for broader their lives. community use.

Investing in children and young people assists Girl Guides Australia the whole community to succeed. We can also is the peak organisation for girls and young women work with partners to overcome opportunity in Australia. They are a not-for-profit, whose gaps between children from low and high income mission is to empower girls and young women to families. become confident, self-respecting, responsible community members.

Scouts Australia leads in youth development for young people aged 6 to 25 years. They are a not-for-profit organisation whose mission is to contribute to the education of young people, through a value system based on the Scout Promise and Law, to help build a better world where people are self-fulfilled as individuals and play a constructive role in society.

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Girl Guides Australia Source: www.girlguides.org.au

“We provide girls with opportunities to grow, learn Girl Guides Australia is building on a 100 year and have fun in relevant and meaningful ways. tradition of helping to develop a brighter and better world… Guiding is about friendship, fun and We provide a foundation for girls and young women adventure. to be the best that they can be and harness their individual potential to make a difference. We instil in our members a desire to take action on issues they care about and to contribute to the We foster personal character based on our values communities around them as a key part of their of respect and collaboration to engender leadership personal growth.” qualities.

Scout Association of Australia Source: www.nsw.scouts.com.au

“The Aim of the Scout Association of Australia is Scouting makes a direct and positive impact on to encourage the physical, intellectual, emotional, the community by teaching positive values and social and spiritual development of young people leadership skills to youth. Every year, Scouts and so that they take a constructive place in society their leaders contribute thousands of volunteer as responsible citizens, and as members of their hours to their local communities. local, national and international communities. We encourage the integration of children with Scouting is definitely fun, and it also prepares special needs – physical and mental disabilities young people for life in the adult world by or medical conditions – into regular Scout teaching responsibility for their own actions and Groups. We also have many Scout Groups that progress… Scouts challenge their minds as well have formed within existing religious or cultural as their bodies… communities in NSW.”

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GIRL GUIDE & SCOUT HALL NETWORK Current Situation

10 Council owned 6 Other agency owned

KEY: Council owned land Non Council owned land

City of Parramatta Council There are 6 non-Council (Council) currently plays a owned Scout Halls within City significant role in provision of of Parramatta, and 1 Scout Girl Guide and Scout Halls. campsite. What is Council has 10 Girl Guide and provided Scout Halls of 2,295 m2 in total. now?

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2019 City of Parramatta Council Girl Guide & Scout Hall Network

1st North Rocks Scout Hall 1st Murray 1st Roselea Scout Hall 1st North Rocks Guide Hall Scout Hall West Epping Guide Hall

1st Winston Scout Hall 1st Winston Guide Hall Catchment 3 Catchment 2 B.Parker Memorial Catchment Guide 1 1st Dundas Scout Hall

Catchment Catchment 4 5

Granville Catchment Activity Centre 6

For information on Council's other community facilities available for community use, see the community spaces chapter

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Council’s Girl Guide and Scout Hall Network

CATCHMENT 1

Facility Name Users Size Strengths Weaknesses

1st Winston Hills 1st Winston Hills Approx. • Access to open space • Lack of public 2 transport access Scout Hall Scout Group 200m • Universal access • Signage 1B Edison Parade, Winston Hills, 2153 • Good building condition • Multipurpose flexible space (Co-located with 1st Winston Hills Guide Hall) • Adequate parking • Co-located with play equipment, Level: local bbq facility and playing fields • Linkages to walking tracks • Spotlight

1st Winston Hills Winston Hills Approx. • Access to open space • Lack of public 2 transport access Guide Hall Junior and 200m • Universal access Senior Guide • Signage 1B Edison Parade, Groups Winston Hills, 2153 • Good building condition • Multipurpose flexible space (Co-located with 1st Winston Hills Scout Hall) • Adequate parking • Co-located with play equipment, Level: local bbq facility and playing fields • Linkages to walking tracks • Spotlight

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CATCHMENT 2

Facility Name Users Size Strengths Weaknesses

1st Murray Farm 1st Murray Approx. • Suitability as a Scout Hall • No universal access and 2 significant barriers to improving Scout Halll Farm 350m • Outdoor space (bushland) Scout access • Adequate parking 11 Haines Avenue, Group • Poor visual prominence • Newly renovated kitchen Carlingford, 2118 • Lack of public and active in 2017 through a Stronger transport access Communities Fund grant Level: local • Poor perception of safety • Lack of flexible, multipurpose space • Low integration with other services

1st North Rocks 1st North Approx. • Visual prominence • Lack of flexible, multi-purpose 2 space Scout Hall Rocks 200m • Integrated with other Scout services, North Rocks 9 Baden Powell Group Shopping Centre and North Place, North Rocks, Rocks Public School 2151 • Co-located with open space

(Co-located with 1st North Rocks Guide Hall)

Level: local

1st North Rocks North Approx. • Visual prominence • Lack of flexible, multi-purpose 2 space Scout Hall Rocks 200m • Integrated with other Junior services, North Rocks 9 Baden Powell Guides (1st) Shopping Centre and North Place, North Rocks, Rocks Public School 2151 • Co-located with open space

(Co-located with 1st North Rocks Scout Hall)

Level: local

1st Dundas 1st Dundas Approx. • Flexible, multipurpose design • Not accessible by public 2 transport Scout Hall Scout 300m • Pedestrian and cycling Group access Yates Avenue, • Quality outdoor space Dundas Valley, 2117 • Building condition Level: local • Universal access • Well-utilised, including by non-Scouts activities • Located opposite primary school

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CATCHMENT 3

Facility Name Users Size Strengths Weaknesses

1st Roselea Scout 1st Roselea Approx. • Adequate parking • Poor visual prominence 2 Hall Scout Group 200m • Access to open space • Limited public transport access • Suitability Plympton Road, Carlingford, 2118 • Universal access • Bushland location (Co-located within same building as West Epping Guide • Good lighting Hall) • Co-located with other facilities such as Level: local neighbourhood shops

West Epping Guide N/A Approx. • Adequate parking • Poor visual prominence 2 Halll 200m • Access to open space • Limited public transport access • Suitability Plympton Road, Carlingford, 2118 • Universal access • Bushland location (Co-located within same building as 1st Roselea Scout • Good lighting Hall) • Co-located with other facilities such as Level: local neighbourhood shops

B. Parker Memorial Used by Approx. • Building condition • No universal access 2 Guide Hall the region 200m • Lack of flexible, multipurpose space 1-3 Brigg Road, • Low integration with Epping, 2121 other services • Poor perception of Level: local safety- difficult to see hall from the street • Poor visual prominence

CATCHMENT 4

Facility Name Users Size Strengths Weaknesses

Granville Activity Used by NSW Approx. • Access to open space • Poor visual prominence 2 Centre Scout Heritage 140m • No universal access Fellowship • Lack of flexible, 2 Arthur Street, multipurpose spaces Granville, 2142

Level: local

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Current Usage of Council’s Girl Guide and Scout Hall Network

Hours of use by Hours of use by the Total hours of use of GIRL GUIDE Scouts or Girl Guides community / other Scout or Girl Guide OR SCOUT HALL per week organisations Hall per week

1st Winston Hills Scout Hall 6.5 hours 6 hours 12.5 hours

1st Winston Hills Guide Hall 10.5 hours None 10.5 hours

1st Murray Farm Scout Hall 5.5 hours None 5.5 hours

1st North Rocks Scout Hall 6 hours 3.5 hours 9.5 hours

1st North Rocks Guide Hall 1.5 hours 11 hours 12.5 hours

1st Dundas Scout Hall None 7 hours 7 hours

1st Roselea Scout Hall 7.5 hours 23.5 hours 31 hours

West Epping Guide Hall 1.5 hours 11 hours 12.5 hours

B. Parker Memorial Hall 1 hour None 1 hour (Guides)

Granville Activity Centre 16 hours None 16 hours (Scouts)

TOTAL PER WEEK 56 hours 62 hours 118 hours

TOTAL PER YEAR 2,912 hours 3,224 hours 6,136 hours

This information is based on data provided to Council from Girl Guides NSW and Scouts NSW, April 2018

Through experience, we know community spaces that are more visually prominent, are easily accessed online and have advocates supporting and promoting community use are most utilised.

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Within City of Parramatta LGA there are also non-Council Girl Guide and Scouting facilities including:

1st Ermington Scout Hall 1st Toongabbie West 1st Carlingford Scout Hall Scout Hall • Kissing Point Road & Bartlett • 20 Boundary Road, Street, Ermington • 25 Mimosa Avenue, Carlingford Toongabbie • Owned by Sydney Water • Owned by Scouts Australia

‘Bundilla Scout Camp’ 1st Parramatta Scouts 2nd Northmead Scout Hall

• 6 Baden Powell Place, • 1A Belmore Street East, • 19 Whitehaven Road, Winston Hills North Parramatta Northmead • Owned by Scouts Australia • Owned by Scouts Australia • Rydalmere Scout Hall Rydalmere Scout Hall • Vineyard Street, Rydalmere

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Rates of Provison

City of Parramatta 2016: Rate of Community Facility Provision

80 64 57

Ideal Community Facility Actual Community Facility Actual Community Facility Floor Floor Space Benchmark Floor Space Space (minus Girl Guide and Scout (m2 per 1,000 people) (m2 per 1,000 people) Halls) (m2 per 1,000 people)

*Benchmark based on Elton's 'Parramatta Community Facilities Audit and Needs Study 2017', commissioned by City of Parramatta

Council’s 10 Girl Guide and Scout Council’s Girl Guide and Scout City of Parramatta’s provision of Halls make up a significant Halls are not always readily community facility floor space proportion of Council’s overall accessible for broader community is relatively low compared with community facilities available to use. This further reduces the similar LGAs and distribution the community. community facility space throughout the City of available to City of Parramatta Parramatta LGA is varied. Council’s current community residents. facility provision does not meet benchmark standards and is not meeting current community demand and expectations.

Girl Guide and Scout Halls Benchmarks

There is no specific benchmark to determine ideal An industry accepted benchmark of 80m2 per provision of Girl Guide or Scout Halls within a local 1,000 people for community facility floor space is government area. typically used.

When considering the need for such facilities, For more information on community facilities refer local councils usually incorporate opportunities to the Community Spaces chapter at page 116-151. and considerations into overall community facility For more information on the application of provision and planning. benchmarks and their strengths, weaknesses and considerations, refer to the ‘Table of Benchmarks’ on page 58-59

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How well positioned is our current Girl Guide & Scout Hall Network?

The strengths of our Girl Guide Despite some strengths, the and Scout Hall network include: buildings that form our Girl Guide

• All facilities have access to open space. This and Scout Hall network have supports the outdoor programming focus weaknesses: of Girl Guides and Scouts, which they use to strengthen self-development in the areas of • The condition of current Girl Guide and Scout halls practical skills, physical development and is variable with some in need of major investment. relationships with others. • Many are not universally accessible and some • Most have good parking onsite or parking have significant topographical barriers to accessible close by. improving their accessibility. • The volunteers of the Girl Guides and Scouts • Many have low visual prominence and are local clubs are passionate about their local relatively isolated. This has the potential to impact building’s identity, care and grounds, and on safety and broader utilisation. have been committed over many years to • The quality and amenity of the open space caring for these resources. surrounding most of our network is poor, with limited leisure and recreation facilities provided within the open space to maximise its value and use. • Girl Guide and Scout halls are not well integrated with the broader community facility network of City of Parramatta. This limits ease of booking and utilisation by the broader community. • Overall, the use of Girl Guide and Scout halls by the broader community is very limited. There is significant capacity to increase utilisation of these facilities.

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Facts at a Glance

In City of Parramatta in 2018, we have:

10 Council owned halls

4 6 Halls used by Halls used by Girl Guides Scouts NSW NSW

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What does it take to maintain a good quality community facility?

Looking after our public buildings is important. Quality public buildings allow Council and others to run programs, services and events of good quality that will meet our communities’ needs.

What does maintaining a good quality building involve?

CAPITAL REACTIVE OR RENEWAL SCHEDULED EMERGENCY PROGRAM MAINTENANCE MAINTENANCE

Council develops Capital The proposed timing of works Emergency or reactive Renewal Programs for all will typically be based on the maintenance is, as the name the facilities it owns. This is a remaining useful life of the suggests, unplanned. Monies program of scheduled works facility being renewed, but must be set aside to cover designed to return facilities to be the availability of funding and unexpected costs that may arise, as close to their original ‘as new’ resources may also effect the for example replacement of a condition as possible. In its most program. broken water heater or a broken basic form, a capital renewal window. Scheduled maintenance involves program is a list of proposed checking the condition and renewal works programmed for a operation of a facility’s services. particular year or years and with an estimated cost assigned to each item.

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The average annual maintenance cost of a hall in good condition of 230m2 is $20,000. This covers reactive or emergency maintenance and capital renewal costs, but excludes operating costs.

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Over a 20-year period the cost of scheduled maintenance and capital renewal of a hall equivalent to our Girl Guide and Scout Halls is likely to be in the region of $400,000.

How do we maintain our Girl Guide and Scout Halls now?

What are the challenges with this approach?

Girl Guides NSW and Scouts The time and cost for building Time and funds spent on NSW are responsible for maintenance is significant, building maintenance also the reactive and scheduled and in an era where there is takes away from time and funds maintenance, as well as any less volunteering in general, that could otherwise be spent capital renewal program to and in some places, reducing on quality programing efforts. support building condition. interest in membership based Despite the very best efforts of organisations, the ability to find our local Girl Guide and Scout volunteers with time and the movement over many years, relevant expertise as well as the today the overall condition of funds to take on the necessary our Girl Guide and Scout halls building maintenance is difficult. within our network is poor.

Food for Thought: Working to our Strengths

Despite the many strengths of Girl Guides NSW and Scouts Council is also very experienced our local Girl Guide and Scout NSW are a community of and well placed to provide movement, there are challenges volunteers with a passion for expertise and resources with current approaches to the development of young to support building asset maintaining a good quality people and serving their management. Moving forward, building to support Girl Guide local community. Council is we have a great opportunity to and Scout programming and passionate about supporting collaborate together and work uses, as well as the broader community organisations that to our strengths. community. strengthen the fabric of our community.

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CASE STUDY

Collaborating to improve the condition of a local Scout Hall

The 1st Winston Hills Scout Group Through collaboration, the The work included removal of secured $20,000 through a grant project scope and budget was asbestos, painting, cleaning, and to put towards a bathroom increased from a bathroom minor repair and replacements. renovation, which was completed renovation, which was completed in early 2018. Scouts contacted in early 2018, of $20,000 to the Asset Strategy and Property an internal refurbishment of Management team at City of $100,000, with the additional Parramatta Council about this funds paid for by City of project. Council’s staff recognised Parramatta Council. this as an opportunity to support an upgrade of the building to a better condition.

Image credit: 1st Winston Hills Scouts

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Profile of young people in City of Parramatta LGA 2016

There are large numbers of primary and secondary The number of young residents in our school students living in and accessing our CBD and LGA is increasing neighbourhoods everyday.

increase of 16,900 12,550 primary secondary +16,900 school school

In 2016, 16,900 students In 2016, 12,550 students Our LGA currently had 32,600 young people were attending primary were attending aged between 5-17 years. school secondary school By 2036, this number is set to increase to 49,500 (an increase of + 16,900)

Our young people are culturally diverse

5 to 11 12 to 17 year olds year olds

7.7% of our 5 to 11 year olds were born in India, 4.7% of our 12-17 year olds were born in China, 2.3% were born in China and 4.5% were born in India and 1.0% in the Republic of South Korea 3.4% in the Republic of South Korea

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5 to" 11 12 to" 17 year olds year olds

46.8% of children aged 5 to 11 years 43.8% of children aged 12 to 17 years spoke a language other than spoke a language other than English at home English at home

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Emerging Trends

City of Parramatta continues to undergo transformational change. Rapid population growth is placing pressure on our public community facilities that are struggling to meet the increasing needs of our residents, workers and visitors.

Council considers the following Community Hub Model. Size, Scale and Quality. trends as critical to the future Leading practice in community The provision of larger, but of our Girl Guide and Scout hall facility planning and fewer, facilities can provide a network: provision has seen many local higher quality and wider range governments move away of spaces, services and activities from the provision of small than standalone community and dispersed neighbourhood buildings. The advantages facilities towards multipurpose, of providing fewer, larger co-located facilities as a more community hubs are found in sustainable model of provision. reduced management and Some key trends that will have maintenance costs, increasing an impact on provision of usability, better security and community facilities include: staffing efficiencies.

• Centrally located facilities • Clustered/co-located facilities • Flexible and multipurpose spaces • Adaptable facilities • Financially and What environmentally sustainable does future facilities • Facilities delivered through best practice partnership look like? • Accessible facilities

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Changes in patterns of Young people’s needs High density living. volunteeting. and preferences. The built-form of our CBD and A larger proportion of the Consultation with local young neighbourhoods is changing, population are working and work people has revealed that they are which is transforming the lived is absorbing a greater portion keen to be involved in decision- experience of our residents and of people’s time. Long-term making about issues that impact the way we design and provide volunteers are harder to find and them. They prefer communication public infrastructure. As living people are more likely to seek through social media platforms, spaces at home are getting short-term volunteer positions email and friends and value the smaller, young people and their where they do not feel locked opportunity to be involved in families are increasingly turning in. An ageing population also community life. They prefer to to public spaces as gathering means that organisations are interact with spaces and services places, spaces to study and having to find new sources of that are welcoming, easy to for activity, rest and relaxation. volunteers, for example, through get to and have access to the Increasing density puts more the workplace via corporate internet. Consultation with young pressure on community volunteer programs. Technology people is essential to designing infrastructure and public is becoming a critical tool for programs, services and spaces places which means that the volunteer program management. that add value to their lives and provision of high quality, durable Increasingly, organisations need remain relevant in a dynamic infrastructure that is easily to be able to use technology society. accessible and flexible, is critical as a tool to grow, manage and to creating improved outcomes communicate with their volunteer for the whole community. base.

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Blackman Park Scout & Amenities Hall

1st Lane Cove Scout Group, Lane Cove, Shared Use – Sports and Scouts NSW

The new Scout hall and club The building includes change The building is co-located with a house for Blackman Park in Lane rooms and toilets, sports storage large park and is situated beside Cove was jointly funded by the sheds divided by code, a referee the Lane Cove River. Facilities 1st Lane Cove Scout Group and room, a canteen and a covered available in the park include Lane Cove Council. viewing terrace. The Scout hall a picnic area, play equipment, section includes a main Scout tennis facilities, cricket pitch and Blackman Park is a shared hall, garage, Venturer’s room, practice nets, basketball courts, facility for the 1st Lane Cove leaders/meeting room, kitchen bushwalks and two synthetic ScoutGroup, the Lane Cove/ and storage, and toilets. The fields. Longueville Guides Group and facility can be booked online and the Lane Cove West Tennis Club. *Information sourced from Lane Cove Council includes a meeting room, large http://www.lanecove.nsw.gov.au/Community/ The building itself is designed to hall, and small hall available ParksandRecreation/ParksandReserves/Pages/ have a simple, flexible shell that at commercial, general, and BlackmanPark.aspx can also serve a variety of other concession and community rates. Image credit: Scouts NSW community uses.

CASE STUDY

PLACEMENT HOLDER IMAGE

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GIRL GUIDE & SCOUT HALL NETWORK

Future What are the gaps and challenges Needs we face?

City of Parramatta: 2036 community facility floor space provision against benchmark

37,280 (+22,350)

14,930

Communtiy facility floor Ideal Community facility floor Space (m2) provision at 2016 Space (m2) at 2036

Benchmark Analysis

Council’s Girl Guide and Scout Halls make up 20% The future population of City of Parramatta is of all of City of Parramatta Council’s community estimated to grow to 466,000 people by 2036. facilities. City of Parramatta’s current community Based on population benchmarking for community facility floor space is severely lacking. facility provision of 80m2 per 1,000 people, this would justify 37,280m2 of community facility floor space by 2036. This is an increase of 22,350m2.

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Potential Capacity and Use

In a time of rapid population growth, understanding the potential of Council’s 10 Girl Guide and Scout halls to meet growing community space requirements is important.

Council’s Girl Guide and Scout Using a conservative analysis, Hall network is currently used by it is reasonable to expect that Scouts NSW, Girl Guides NSW Council’s 10 Girl Guide and Scout and permanent hirers from the halls combined could support at community for approximately 118 least 8,000 hours of community hours per week, which equates to use per year, in addition to 6,136 hours per year. In addition, supporting and enabling the the community can hire some of current programming of local Girl these facilities casually. Guide and Scout groups.

Potential Community Use of Council’s 10 Girl Guide and Scout Halls

1 Hall: For 10 halls:

4 hours per day for 5 days of the week 800 hours of community use per year by 10 halls = 20 hours per week = 8,000 hours per year

20 hours per week for 40 weeks of the year = 800 hours per year

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Community use of Scout Halls

Facilities that contribute to a vibrant community

SCOUTS VICTORIA Central Booking System CASE Scouts Victoria, in their Strategic STUDY Plan 2017-2020, identify the need to manage facilities to ensure they meet community expectations.

The Plan states “…The aspiration for Scouting is to operate the facilities that we need where we need them, but to make them vibrant community facilities used by complementary organisations that contribute to the activity and occupancy of the space and share in the maintenance and improvement of the facility”.

Scout halls can be booked by contacting the centralised property services group who help to identify appropriate halls, rather than hirers approaching the manager of each hall individually.

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Shared Use:

Schools and CASE Scouts STUDY

POINT COOK, VICTORIA HAZEL GLEN, VICTORIA The new Hazel Glen Scout Hall provides a community facility A Scouts and Community Centre Hazel Glen College is a new P-12 that accommodates before and at Point Cook will be built on school in the high growth area after school care for students of the land of a public school of Doreen. The new Scout Hall working parents, a community (Carranballac P-9 College), at Hazel Glen was the first joint space, additional activity space funded through the Shared venture Hall to be built on a state for the school, outdoor education Facilities Fund (contributing government school site. programs for the senior students $1.375 million) and with at the college and programs for contribution from the Point Cubs, Scouts and Venturers. Cook Scout Group (contributing $300,000). Source: Learning Environments Australasia

It will be used as a classroom and activity space during school hours, for Out of School Hours Care in the mornings and afternoons, and by Scouts in the evenings and on weekends. It will also be available for hire for local community and cultural programs such as yoga or community meetings. An operable wall will allow the hall to be split into two rooms. Scouts Victoria will undertake the building works in consultation with the Victorian Department of Education and Training and Carranballac P-9 College.

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What our Community has told us…

Between August – October 2017, the draft Community Infrastructure Strategy was on public exhibition

This period of engagement Our community would like: Our young people have allowed Council to better told us that they: • The character and heritage understand the needs and of Girl Guide and Scout Halls • Prefer communication through expectations of our community. protected and respected social media, email and friends This information has been used to strengthen this document. • The co-location of Girl Guide • Value spaces that are safe and Through this consultation and Scouts Halls with other welcoming process, we heard that: facilities such as community • Like places that are easy and gardens, play spaces and open Our community values: convenient to get around space • Value spaces that provide • The role that our Girl Guide • The existing Girl Guide and opportunity for creativity and and Scout Halls play within Scout Hall network used by performance our community and their more community groups increasing importance for • Regularly visit places that people living in high density provide friendly facilities for communities young people and places for them to congregate with friends • Value libraries and green open space

*Source: ‘Needs of Teenagers and Young People in “…The strengths of the the Parramatta CBD’ (September 2016) current Scout Hall both within the Parramatta Council and the State generally are its facilitation of the youth program and its community roots, as well as fostering of youth participation and contribution to community cohesion”

- Scouts NSW

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Engaging with our Girl Guide and Scout Community

Council have actively What we heard from our Girl Together Girl Guides and engaged with Girl Guides Guide and Scout Community Scouts raise the following NSW and Scouts NSW issues: Together Girl Guides and Scouts throughout the development acknowledge: • Preference for a traditional of this Strategy. model of exclusive occupation We have: • Held individual meetings of halls, but recognise that • Held individual meetings with • The broad thrust of the other operating and capital Girl Guides and Scouts strategy and the desire to work models including community with Council to ensure the hubs and high rise facilities are • Held a combined 1-day most positive and favourable worthy of consideration and workshop to discuss current outcomes for all may well prove appropriate building portfolio, strengths options for ongoing Scouts and weaknesses of the • Changes to portfolios may be and Girl Guides operational facilities, challenges and required activities opportunities, emerging models • The concept of increased of practice and building community use of facilities, • Exposure and identity of design and development, as including Girl Guides and buildings are important well as principles for future Scouts freehold sites, • Where capital contributions collaboration and the intention to work are involved, long term non • Received written input as part enthusiastically with Council freehold tenures are required. of public exhibition of the draft to enable this concept to be The greater the capital Strategy from both Girl Guides most positively developed and contribution, the higher the and Scouts implemented term that would be required • The need for the locations of facilities to reflect growth corridors, but at the same time the need to consider the existing Girl Guides and Scouts structure and strength of numbers

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Strategic Challenges We Face Together

To continue to meet the needs of our current and future community, we cannot do what we have always done in the way that we have always done it.

As City of Parramatta continues We will need to plan and What operational and to undergo transformational use our resources to find Q. management strategies change, our Girl Guide and solutions to the following will be most successful for Scout Hall network will enable critical strategic challenges: delivering and maintaining Girl access to services, programs and Guide and Scout Halls that are How can we increase and supports for our young people sustainable and well-utilised? maximise the capacity and foster broader community Q. of our existing Girl Guide and What funding strategies wellbeing, through access to Scout Halls to meet the needs will be most successful formal and informal opportunities Q. of our growing and changing for delivering best practice and opportunities for social communities? community facilities in both the connection. short and long term? How can we ensure our Q. Girl Guide and Scout Hall network remains flexible and responsive to accommodate the changing needs and preferences of our community in a growing and more high density urbanised environment?

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GIRL GUIDE & SCOUT HALL NETWORK Future Directions

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Strategic Directions

To meet the needs of City of Parramatta’s growing and increasingly diverse community, Council will work with Scouts NSW and Girl Guides NSW and seek to realise adequate quality community floor space in the right locations, to enable the delivery of Girl Guides and Scouts programming into the future.

Further, in recognition of the To do this, City of Parramatta New or Significant Upgrades fast growing population in City Council will focus on the to Girl Guide and Scout Halls of Parramatta and the lack following strategic directions: • Provide support and guidance of community facility space to Girl Guides and Scouts available for our community Current Council owned Girl as requested on their own to use, Council will work with Guide and Scout Halls endeavours to develop new Girl Guides NSW and Scouts • Improve the building facilities themselves within the NSW to maximise the use of all condition and universal City of Parramatta LGA. current Girl Guide and Scout access of current halls, halls by the broader community, through the development and Where Council is requested utilising mutually respectful implementation of a building to provide financial or other arrangements. renewal program linked substantial support to Girl to Council’s Building Asset Guides or Scouts towards Management Plan. land or new buildings, the following direction applies: • Take carriage of all planned and responsive maintenance • Council will not seek to for Girl Guide and Scout Halls. contribute capital funds to any new community facilities that • Increase community use of all are for exclusive use as Girl current Girl Guide and Scout Guide or Scout halls. Halls, by placing all halls on Council’s community facilities • Council will seek to either booking system, working advocate for, collaborate with Girl Guides and Scouts or partner to develop to agree upon the hours multipurpose community and days of use required for facilities that have flexible their programming and the uses, including uses that are remaining available bookable supportive of the specific days and hours. needs of Girl Guides and Scouts.

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• Given the pressure on community infrastructure as a result of significant population growth, Council prefers building design and operational models that foster flexible community facilities within Community Hubs.

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Key Recommendations

CATCHMENT 1

Name of Hall Key Recommendations

1st Winston Hills • Continue to support use as a hall to enable existing Scouts programming Scouts Hall • Develop and implement a building renewal plan, including review of accessibility • Develop and implement a building maintenance program 1B Edison Parade, • Develop and implement processes to increase community use of the hall outside of Winston Hills, 2153 existing identified hours of Scouts use

Winston Hills District • Continue to support use as a hall to enable existing Girl Guides programming Girl Guides Hall • Develop and implement a building renewal plan, including review of accessibility • Develop and implement a building maintenance program 1B Edison Parade, • Develop and implement processes to increase community use of the hall outside of Winston Hills, 2153 existing identified hours of Girl Guides use

CATCHMENT 2

Name of Hall Key Recommendations

1st Murray Farm • Continue to support use as a hall to enable existing Scouts programming Scout Hall • Develop and implement a building renewal plan, including review of accessibility • Develop and implement a building maintenance program 11 Haines Avenue, • Develop and implement processes to increase community use of the hall outside of Carlingford, 2118 existing identified hours of Scouts use

1st North Rocks • Continue to support use as a hall to enable existing Scouts programming Scout Hall • Develop and implement a building renewal plan, including review of accessibility • Develop and implement a building maintenance program 9 Bowden Powell Place, North Rocks, 2151 • Develop and implement processes to increase community use of the hall outside of existing identified hours of Scouts use

North Rocks • Continue to support use as a hall to enable existing Girl Guides programming Guide Hall • Develop and implement a building renewal plan, including review of accessibility • Develop and implement a building maintenance program 9 Bowden Powell Place, North Rocks, 2151 • Develop and implement processes to increase community use of the hall outside of existing identified hours of Girl Guides use

1st Dundas • Allocate the hall (that is not currently used for Scouting activities) to Council’s Scout Hall Community Spaces network. Develop and implement processes to increase community use of the hall Yates Avenue, • Develop and implement a building renewal plan, including review of accessibility Dundas Valley 2117 • Develop and implement a building maintenance program

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Catchment Catchment 2 3 Catchment 1

Catchment Catchment CATCHMENT 3 4 5

Name of Hall Key Recommendations Catchment 1st Roselea • Continue to support use as a hall to enable existing Scouts 6 Scout Hall programming • Develop and implement a building renewal plan, including review Plympton Road, of accessibility• Carlingford, 2118 • Develop and implement a building maintenance program • Develop and implement processes to increase community use of the hall outside of existing identified hours of Scouts use • Develop and implement a landscape master plan to embellish the open space at the site to create an adventure/natural play space and park to: • Support more engaging Scouts uses for this Scout group and nearby groups, and • Enable local community recreation uses outside of Scouts uses West Epping • Continue to support use as a hall to enable existing Girl Guides programming Guide Hall • Develop and implement a building renewal plan, including review of accessibility • Develop and implement a building maintenance program Plympton Road, Carlingford, 2118 • Develop and implement processes to increase community use of the hall outside of existing identified hours of Girl Guides use • Undertake and implement a landscape master plan to embellish the open space at the site to create an adventure/natural play space and park to: • Support more engaging Guides uses for this Guide group and nearby groups, and • Enable local community recreation uses outside of Guides uses

B. Parker Memorial • Continue to support use as a hall to enable existing Girl Guides programming Guide Hall • Develop and implement a building renewal plan, including review of accessibility • Develop and implement a building maintenance program 1-3 Brigg Road, • Develop and implement processes to increase community use of the hall outside of Epping, 2121 existing identified hours of Girl Guides use

CATCHMENT 4

Name of Hall Key Recommendations

Activity Centre – • Continue to support use as a hall to enable existing Scouts programming Currently used for • Develop and implement a building renewal plan, including review of accessibility storage only • Develop and implement a building maintenance program • Develop and implement processes to increase community use of the hall outside of 2 Arthur Street, existing identified hours of Scouts use Granville 2142 • Engage with Scouts NSW and NSW Scouts Heritage Fellowship on the master planning of FS Garside Park and 1 – 3 Onslow Street (situated close by), which includes opportunities for development of new recreation and community facilities to support flexible community uses

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CATCHMENT 5

Name of Hall Key Recommendations

N/A • Engage with Girl Guides NSW and Scouts NSW during precinct renewal planning in this catchment to determine need and opportunity for provision of community facility space to support Scouts and Guide programming.

CATCHMENT 6

Name of Hall Key Recommendations

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Implementation

Implementing the strategic directions and key recommendations outlined here will require adjustment from Council as well as Girl Guides NSW and Scouts NSW. Council will engage with partners to develop a shared vision for a staged implementation.

Stage 1 implementation will Stage 2 implementation commence following Council will involve transferring and endorsement of the Strategy, embedding the learnings and and involve 2-3 halls as processes from Stage 1 to pilot sites. It is envisaged the whole network of Council that the pilot would run for owned Scout and Guide approximately 2 years. The halls. objectives for Stage 1 include:

• Identifying the 2-3 pilot sites • Assessing the need, and establishing as required, reasonable secure storage to support Girl Guides and Scouts programming, and other users • Developing and implementing processes to support community use of halls, including booking of facilities via Council bookings system and flexible use arrangements • Assessing building accessibility against DDA standards and making recommendations to support access and inclusion • Developing a building renewal plan • Developing and commencing implementation of a building maintenance program • Revising and updating relevant formal documentation Image credit: Girl Guides NSW

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Criteria to Guide Decision Making for New Community Facilities to Support Girl Guide and Scouts

The following criteria complement and are to be used in conjunction with City of Parramatta’s stated principles for community infrastructure planning found on page 61-63.

Council will use them to guide decision making and discussion with stakeholders and partners about new infrastructure opportunities that support Girl Guide and Scouts.

For all scenarios, Be designed to maximise flexibility in use and be capable of will the additional accomodating a range of uses? Space: Be of a size that is viable for Girl Guide and Scout use as well as community use?

Be physically accessible and employ universal design and safety by design principles?

Be co-located with other facilities and services to maximise efficiency and quality (e.g. open space)?

Be located within close proximity to regular public transport services?

Be financially viable and give consideration to ongoing staffing, operational and maintenance costs?

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For More Information:

This Community Infrastructure Strategy draws on • “Sharing the Opportunities of Growth for All – the knowledge and experience of many staff from Socially Sustainable Parramatta Framework” across Council who have a passion for enabling socially sustainable communities. Together with • City of Parramatta Council’s Website: feedback from our community, and our key www.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au stakeholders, this document has been a shared • City of Parramatta Customer Contact Centre: effort. 9806 5050

For further information on City of Parramatta’s • For access to demographic data log onto: Girl Guide and Scout Hall, or Council’s key strategic http://profile.id.com.au/parramatta directions, the following resources are available:

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