Feeling healthy and happy and having great wellbeing will mean different things to different people. Capturing all these aspects of a person’s lived experience can be hard. To create a Wellbeing Framework for Canberra, we spoke with and heard from thousands of Canberrans about what they felt was most important to their own, their family’s, and their community’s quality of life.
What we heard from the community...
"Knowing about services, supports and opportunities & being able to access them as equally as everyone else."
"I feel safe as a diverse person in public spaces."
"Feeling included in the community especially if you do not fit a cookie cutter shape."
Download the ACT Wellbeing Framework
ACT Wellbeing Framework 8.2 MB
The framework was developed through an extensive process of community consultation in 2019-20. We heard from nearly 3,000 Canberrans about what was most important to their quality of life. From Gungahlin to Lanyon, from food pantries to Floriade, to evening gatherings over pizza with young people and people of multicultural background, morning teas with seniors, and through the YourSay Community Panel, we heard the stories and experiences of people from across the ACT.
A Consultation Summary Report provides further details of the consultation journey for the Wellbeing Framework, including the many groups we engaged with, and how feedback from the community shaped the Framework at every step.