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Georges River backs disability plan and signals event grant changes
Georges River Council’s Community and Culture Committee has unanimously recommended the draft Disability Inclusion Action Plan 2026-2030 for adoption and noted upcoming refinements to event grant guidelines.
Georges River Council’s Community and Culture Committee unanimously recommended adoption of the draft Disability Inclusion Action Plan 2026-2030 at its meeting on Tuesday, 9 June, in the Dragon Room at Georges River Civic Centre, Hurstville. The plan is due to be sent to the NSW Department of Communities and Justice by 30 June 2026.
The committee asked council to receive and note the findings of the public exhibition, adopt the draft plan and approve its submission by the end of the month. The motion was carried unanimously. The meeting opened at 6.42pm and closed at 6.55pm.
Councillors also backed a separate recommendation that council adopt the Georges River Council Sports Advisory Committee’s items SAC007-26 to SAC011-26. Those items covered feedback from the sports advisory workshop held on 26 February 2026 about sports lighting, outcomes of broader community consultation on sports lighting, a future report on the Lux Lighting Prioritisation Matrix and associated methodology, an overview of sport and recreation facilities across the local government area, consultation for the Customer Experience Strategy 2022-2027 and the Social Justice Charter 2022-2026, an update on sporting infrastructure capital works, and a report on Carss Park Aquatic Facility.
The disability plan had already been placed on public exhibition after the committee endorsed it in April. Tuesday’s recommendation takes the draft one step closer to formal adoption and to reporting to the state government.
The minutes do not set out every service change, but the plan is the council’s main disability inclusion strategy for 2026 to 2030. It covers access and inclusion across council services, facilities and community participation in the Georges River Council area.
Councillors also noted increasing demand for funding requests from community organisations under the Event Grant Program. The committee recorded that council will refine the Event Grant guidelines to strengthen consistency and alignment across grant programs under the Grants and Donations Policy, with community engagement to inform event organisers about the updates.
Next steps include council considering adoption of the Disability Inclusion Action Plan 2026-2030 and its submission by 30 June 2026, considering the sports advisory recommendations in the next council cycle, and finalising and communicating the updated Event Grant guidelines.
Reference minutes
Based on Georges River Council Community and Culture Committee minutes for 9 June 2026.
Key facts from the minutes
- The Community and Culture Committee met on 9 June 2026 at the Dragon Room, Georges River Civic Centre, Hurstville.
- The committee recommended adopting the draft Disability Inclusion Action Plan 2026-2030.
- The plan is due to be submitted to the NSW Department of Communities and Justice by 30 June 2026.
- The disability plan motion was carried unanimously.
- The committee recommended Council adopt Sports Advisory Committee items SAC007-26 to SAC011-26.
- One of those sports items noted an update on Carss Park Aquatic Facility.
- The committee noted increasing demand for Event Grant Program funding and upcoming guideline refinements.
Why it matters
- The committee’s recommendations affect disability access, local sport priorities and how community organisations apply for event funding across Georges River Council area.