Health & Wellbeing

Healthy Communities Initiative - Learn to Love Life!

The Healthy Communities Initiative aims to reduce overweight and obesity of participating communities by maximising the number of adults engaged in physical activity and healthy eating programs.

Crime Prevention

Council currently has in place a Crime Prevention Plan

The NSW Department of Justice and Attorney General assists council to develop crime prevention strategies in the local community.

Food Safety

Council's Environmental Health Officers regularly visit food shops and other premises to ensure strict hygiene and food handling standards are maintained.

Learn to Swim

Learn to Swim classes are conducted at the Manning Aquatic Leisure Centre throughout the year.

The Centre offers learn to swim lessons from Austswim accredited instructors for children aged 6 months through to adults. Private lessons are also available for both children and adults. Squad level in both junior and adult squads are available.

Pool Fences

Swimming pools must be separated from a residential dwelling by a child resistant barrier. From 1 July 2010, swimming pools located on properties which are waterfront, on land over 2 hectares or on very small properties (230m2 or less) can no longer use the automatic exemptions from the Swimming Pools Act 1992. Swimming Pools FAQs

Smoke Alarms

Legislation requires all NSW residents must have at least one working smoke alarm installed on each level of their home. This includes owner occupied, rental properties, relocatable homes or any other residential building where people sleep.

You must install smoke alarms which comply with Australian Standard 3786 (AS3786). The standard should be clearly marked on the packaging.

NSW Fire Brigades has more information about the importance of installing and maintaining smoke alarms.

Smoke Free Environment

Council has adopted a smoke free policy which bans the smoking of cigarettes and other tobacco products, in the following locations.

Within ten (10) metres of all children’s playground equipment
Within ten (10) metres of all playing fields, sporting grounds and sporting facilities
At all events run or sponsored by Council
In all alfresco dining areas on public land
Within ten (10) metres of all Council owned building entrances
At all covered bus stops and taxi ranks

The aim of policy is to:

Improve the health of community members
Improve public amenity and maintenance of Council property
Raise community awareness of the issues associated with smoking
Provide community awareness of the issues associated with smoking
Provide community leadership in taking measures to protect the health and social wellbeing of the community
Minimise cigarette butt pollution on Council owned land.

For further information on the Smoke Free Policy please refer to Smoke Free FAQs.

For more information on Smoking & Tobacco related issues please visit the following websites: