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Council adopted the Access and Equity Policy in January 2000. This policy provides a framework for supporting an ongoing "whole of Council" approach to achieving access and equity in service provision. Access and equity activities, as outlined in Council's adopted Access and Equity Policy, are those that benefit both the broader community and / or particular target groups within it and which help Council to:

• Promote fairness in distribution of resources, particularly for those most in need;
• Recognise and promote people's rights and improve accountability of decision makers;
• Ensure people have fairer access to the resources and services essential to meeting their needs and improving their quality of life; and
• Give people better opportunities for genuine participation and consultation about decisions affecting their lives

Blue Mountains City Council Access and Equity Working Group

Council's Access and Equity Working Group oversees Council's Access and Equity initiatives. The Working Group consists of staff representatives from all relevant Groups of Council and three community representatives. Since its initiation in 2001 this Working Group has coordinated access and equity work across the organisation and with external groups. It has also advised on the expenditure of funding to upgrade access in existing Council building facilities.

Contact us:

Post:
Access and Equity Working Group
Corporate Planning
Blue Mountains City Council
Locked Bag 1005
KATOOMBA NSW 2780

Telephone:
(02) 4780 5000

Fax:
(02) 4780 5555

Email:
council@bmcc.nsw.gov.au

Links and Other Information:

• "Access The Best" guide to the Blue Mountains
• Blue Fringe Arts provides art and literature events to celebrate the creativity of people living with and recovering from a mental illness. The Poetry and Literature awards are held in May at the Carrington Hotel Katoomba and the Arts Awards are held in October at the Braemar Gallery Springwood.
• Blue Mountains Aboriginal Community - Aboriginal community and business in the Blue Mountains
• Blue Mountains City Council Text Only Web Site - select the "Text Only" link at the top right of this page.
• babelFish Website - for text translation of this site into several other languages
• Community Relations Commission for a multicultural NSW
• Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care - information in languages other than English
• Disability Council of NSW
• Harmony Day 
• Mutlicultural Disability Advocacy Association of NSW - Clearing House Directory
• National Disability Services Limited - NSW
• National Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) - 131450, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• National Relay Service, for hearing and speech impairment services - 133677 (all calls within Australia), or 1800 555 677 (all toll free calls within Australia)
• NSW Council of Intellectual Disability
• NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service
• Australian Human Rights Commission