The City of Greater Bendigo is calling on members of the Marong community to provide their thoughts on what allied health services they would like to see operating from the new Marrungi Wayaparra Community Hub.
City of Greater Bendigo Community Partnerships Manager, Amy Holmes said the Marrungi Wayaparra Kindergarten was constructed with $5.5M in funding from the Victorian Government to help respond to unmet demand for three and four-year-old kindergarten places in the region by providing a 99-place kinder.
“Marrungi Wayaparra Kindergarten opened in January and has two consulting rooms that can be used by allied health professionals and the City would like to know what types of allied health services residents would like to see offered in Marong either on a weekly or monthly basis,” Ms Holmes said.
“Feedback we receive from the community will help us to understand what services would be most helpful for local families and based on what the community tells us, the City will invite the requested services to use the consulting rooms.
“While we will do our best to advocate for the services asked for, we cannot guarantee that every service will be available.
“Services could include things like Art/Creative Therapies, Audiology/Hearing, Dietetics/Nutrition, Exercise Physiology, Maternal and Child Health, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Psychology/Behaviour Therapy, Podiatry and Physical Intervention, Social Work/Welfare Support and Speech Pathology.”
The construction of the kindergarten building was the first stage of a two-stage project to establish the Marrungi Wayaparra Community Hub Marong. Stage two of the project is not yet scheduled for delivery with timing subject to future funding.
Marrungi Wayaparra means meeting in Marong in Dja Dja Wurrung language.
Residents can provide their feedback by completing a short survey on the City’s Let’s Talk community engagement website by Monday March 9.
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