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50 Things To Do In Mount Gambier Before You Turn 13
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The ‘Mount Gambier 50 Things To Do Before You Turn 13’ project invited people to share their ideas to develop a list to inspire Mount Gambier families to explore our special part of the world. We heard from children, teenagers, grandparents and parents about the great things on offer in and around Mount Gambier, including our well known, and hidden treasures.
The List was distributed to families across Mount Gambier in late 2014.
Background;
The ‘Mount Gambier 50 Things To Do Before You Turn 13’project was launched in May 2014, as part of National Families’ Week, to the theme of Strong Families, Strong Communities.
In the previous 12 months, there has been extensive work undertaken by the Early Childhood community in Mount Gambier, along with the City of Mount Gambier to identify opportunities to better support our families and young children from all across the City, to thrive and embrace the many opportunities Mount Gambier has to offer young people.
The Australian Early Development Index forum hosted in Mount Gambier in July 2013, highlighted an evident disparity in our community, identifying there are large numbers of children under 4 who are not doing as well as other children of the same age. The aim of any healthy community is for all its’ children to have the same opportunity to grow and thrive. So when that is not happening, we need to act.
We also knew through the Perspectives of the Child project that many young children from Mount Gambier, had difficulty discussing and identifying with their own home town, yet were able to easily discuss other areas of the country that they had visited on holidays such as Adelaide, Queensland and Warrnambool.
Identifying opportunities to better support our families and young children from all across the City, to thrive and embrace the many opportunities Mount Gambier has to offer young people became a key focus.
The ‘Mount Gambier 50Things To Do Before You Turn 13’ project was developed to help provide local families with a checklist to inspire them to further explore our special part of the world, and by doing so, encourage children to feel a sense of citizenship and belonging to our community.
The '50 Things' concept is not new, we have been inspired by previous communities that have completed similar projects for their own area, but this one is specifically Mount Gambier's.
making the list has been a joint effort from a wide group of people who know our children are capable, competent and contributing citizens.
If you missed out on a list, and would like on, please contact the City of Mount Gambier on 8721-2504.
Thank you to everyone who took part.
A short film detailing the project can be viewed at this 'Film It All' link;
http://www.filmitall.com.au/video/50-things/
For more information about this project, please contact Fiona Pulford, Community Development Coordinator, Mount Gambier Children’s Centre on 8725-7375 or email: Fiona.Pulford@sa.gov.au.