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Major Council projects
- Community centre in Donnybrook
- Doreen dirt jumps
- Findon Road extension
- HR Uren Recreation Reserve redevelopment
- Laurimar Recreation Reserve upgrade
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- Mernda Social Support Centre
- Mill Park Basketball Stadium
- Norris Bank Reserve upgrade
- Redleap Recreation Reserve
- Regional Aquatic and Sports Centre at Mernda
- Riverside Reserve redevelopment
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- Yale Drive road resurfacing
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Bins and waste
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Planning Scheme and Amendments
- Amendment - 149 McKimmies Road, Bundoora
- Amendment C226 - Sign Policy
- Amendment C230 to the Whittlesea Planning Scheme - 25 Vearings Road, Epping
- Amendment C236 – 18 Development Boulevard, Mill Park
- Amendment C241 - Shenstone Park Precinct Structure Plan (PSP)
- Amendment C255wsea - Application of the Public Acquisition Overlay
- Amendments to the planning scheme
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Building and construction approvals
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Children and families
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- Community Event Funding Program
- Cultural Heritage Grants
- Female Inclusion in Sport Grants
- Gardening Together Again Grant - Round 2
- Grant Recipients
- Shopfront Improvement Pilot Program (SIPP)
- Sustainable land management grants and incentives
- Whittlesea Community Awards
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Arts, Events & Recreation
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Sports facilities and clubs
- Book a sports ground
- Epping Soccer Stadium
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- Football and cricket ovals for public use
- GE3 - Challenging gender stereotypes
- Meadowglen International Athletics Stadium
- Mill Park Basketball and Netball Stadium
- Skate parks and BMX tracks
- Soccer pitches for public use
- Swimming pools and leisure centres
- Tennis and basketball courts for public use
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For Business
- Business Permits overview
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Starting a business
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- Buying or selling a food, public health or accommodation business
- Extend your footpath trading zone
- Footpath trading permit
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- Shared housing requirements
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- Starting a business
- Starting a food business
- Starting a public health or accommodation business
- Types of food and health business we monitor
- Support for business
- Tenders
Respite for carers
We offer a respite care service to provide carers with a short break from their caring role while the person they care for is being supervised.
The service may be provided in the home or clients may be taken on outings within the City of Whittlesea.
Carerlinks North Service
Carers who look after someone who is frail aged, has an ongoing disability or a chronic or mental illness can access free respite through the Carerlinks North Service.
Contact them by phoning 1800 052 222 or email carerlinknorth@mchs.org.au.
Spectrum MRC Disability Services
Older carers who support adults with a disability to continue living together with the family can access respite through the Respite for Older Carers Program.
To be eligible, carers must:
- be 60 years of age or over
- care for a person with a disability
- be from a migrant background
- live in North or West Metropolitan Melbourne
Contact them by phoning 1300 735 653 or email mhss@spectrumvic.org.au
Residential respite facilities
Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg Close
Epping North
P: 1800 783 783
Scope
Vincent Drive
South Morang
P: 1300 472 673
Day service respite centres
Plenty Valley Disability Services
Provides social support to people with disabilities so they can access and participate in local educational, recreational and leisure activities.
31 Morang Drive
Mill Park
P: 9407 9699
Whittlesea District Adult Training and Support Service
851 High Street, Epping
P: 9401 1844
E: admin@wdatss.org
W: www.millparkcommunityhouse.com
Mill Park Community House and Adult Training Support Service (ATSS)
68 Mill Park Drive, Mill Park
P: 9404 4565
E: admin@millparkcommunityhouse.com
W: www.millparkcommunityhouse.com
Respite Alliance Whittlesea
You can also seek support from the Respite Alliance Whittlesea (RAW), a community group that advocates for the rights of people with disability and for respite services in the City of Whittlesea. Call 0418 513 304.