In April 2022 we asked members of our disability community for feedback on our Disability Policy. Council is committed to improving the wellbeing of all Hamiltonians and to ensure disabled people have equity of access enabling them to participate fully in and contribute to community and civic life in the city. We asked people how they would rate their accessibility for community spaces like libraries, pools, visitor destinations, roads and crossings, bus services, communication to and from council.
We received 79 responses to our survey. Majority of respondents thought our community facilities and visitor destinations, roads and footpaths were easily accessible.
The feedback was gathered and considered in the policy review. It also fed into the development of a wider Community Action Plan to support the ideas of the community. The action plan and policy help to guide the disability advisor’s work and other parts of the organisation over the next three years.
Kia ora,
Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback on our Disability Policy. We review our policy regularly and we would love to gather feedback both from those that are directly affected by our policy and their family members and carers. The feedback gathered here will inform any amendments to the policy as well as feed into the development of a wider Community Action Plan to support the ideas of the community.
The current Council Disability Policy provides guidelines that help us to make sure that our services and facilities are easily accessible by all. Council is committed to improving the wellbeing of all Hamiltonians and to ensure disabled people have equity of access enabling them to participate fully in and contribute to community and civic life in the city.
You can view the current Policy here (1.3MB, pdf document)
We’re very interested in hearing your feedback as members of disability community. Your feedback is paramount to our operations and help us to make Hamilton to most accessible and inclusive city it can be. We would appreciate you giving as much detail in your responses as possible to make sure we have a good idea of what you think.
If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
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