Parks and Leisure Australia WA Branch to present recreation strategy workshop

As part of its ongoing commitment to staging professional development events, the Western Australian Branch of Parks and Leisure Australia (PLAWA) will be presenting a 'Developing a Recreation Strategy Workshop' on 9th February.

Being held at the Boulevard Centre in Floreat, PLAWAs first workshop for 2023 will provide practical guidance on how to prepare, deliver, monitor and review strategies for parks, playgrounds, bushland, nature reserves, sports fields, outdoor youth spaces, pavilions, community centres, youth centres, recreation and aquatic centres, and libraries.

Introducing the workshop, a PLAWA spokesperson advised "public open space and community sport & recreation infrastructure form a critical foundation for improving community health and well-being, facilitating social interaction and cohesion, and providing an opportunity for everyone to recreate.

"Recreation strategies ensure the many and varied recreation needs of the local community are met through well-planned and evidence-based strategies."

PLAWA advise that the term 'recreation strategy' refers to a planned approach with the intent to improve, rationalise and guide the future provision of public open space and community buildings within a municipality. These facilities include (but are not limited to) parks, playgrounds, tracks and trails, bushland, nature reserves, sports fields, outdoor youth spaces, pavilions, community centres, youth centres, recreation, and aquatic centres, and libraries. It can include organised or informal pursuits, beginner-to-elite activities, or any activities that relate to sport, leisure, play, recreation, or the like.

The workshop is being led by Wayne Stuart, Senior Consultant at the Otium Planning Group.

A member of the PLAWA Board for three years, Stuart has led and developed PLAWA's How to Develop a Recreation Strategy Checklist resource and will be conducting training based on the Guide to aid local governments prepare, deliver, monitor, and review strategies for POS and community infrastructure such as playgrounds, bushland, nature reserves, sports fields, outdoor youth spaces, pavilions, community centres, youth centres, recreation, and aquatic centres.

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