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"Social infrastructure & services are just as vital to liveability" To create liveable communities, multiple interdependent and related factors need to be considered, prioritised and financed. The Greater Sydney Commission’s (GSC) draft long term plan for growing Sydney on behalf of the NSW Government, Towards Our Greater Sydney 2056, provides an impressive vision that prioritises the significance of central and western Sydney in creating a global metropolis. The recently released GSC draft District Plans draw on this emerging vision to operationalise and bring this aspiration to reality through a focus on creating a liveable, productive and sustainable city.
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A number of commitments are encapsulated within the Western Sydney City Deals which look towards a more connected city, a commitment towards 200,000 new jobs and the support for education and training for those jobs, support for local character, wellbeing and belonging, housing packages and a built-in monitoring and evaluation mechanism.
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Western Sydney Community Forum (WSCF) in partnership with Office of Environment & Heritage (OEH) are investing up to $50,000 in the implementation of a project or projects to kick start the Blacktown Energy Initiative (BEI). BEI aims to increase energy and resource efficiency in the Blacktown and surrounding areas through developing a shared local vision and establishing and/or strengthening partnerships between local business and community networks. Applications for the Blacktown Energy Initiative, which aims to increase energy and resource efficiency in the Blacktown and surrounding areas, closes this Friday 18 November 2016. The grant is offered in partnership with Western Sydney Community Forum and the Office of Environment & Heritage. It is available to community organisations that develop a shared local vision for increasing energy and resource efficiency and who establish and/or strengthen partnerships between local business and community networks....
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Western Sydney Community Forum (WSCF) in partnership with Office of Environment & Heritage (OEH) are investing up to $50,000 in the implementation of a project or projects to kick start the Blacktown Energy Initiative (BEI). BEI aims to increase energy and resource efficiency in the Blacktown and surrounding areas through developing a shared local vision and establishing and/or strengthening partnerships between local business and community networks. The funding is open until 18 November and we are encouraging collaborations in line with building block projects that have been identified through the project. We are also holding two briefing sessions at WSCF on Monday 7 November from 10am – 11.30am, and from 4.30pm – 6.00pm. Find out more here for the morning session, or here for the afternoon session. This briefing will provide you with further information about the BEI. The BEI has...
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On Friday 5 August 2016, Western Sydney Community Forum (WSCF), brought together market leaders from Businesses, Community Organisations and Government at the Blacktown Energy Initiative (BEI). BEI created a networking opportunity to bridge the gap between Businesses and Community Organisations, as well as enabling and encouraging the formation of inter-organisational partnerships. Ultimately, the BEI has begun the mobilisation of a localised collaborative movement. BEI’s aim is to shape Blacktown’s own strategic path for Collaborative energy saving, towards a “local vision” of the future. BEI also aims to identify where transferable benefits will emerge for the local community. The BEI was facilitated by WSCF, a regional ‘think tank’ advocating for excellence and collaboration towards community resilience and well-being in Greater Western Sydney. The event was kindly hosted by Western Sydney Institute of TAFE at the Nirimba Green Skills Hub, whose state...

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