Community encouraged to take part in pandemic and storm survey

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Yarra Ranges Council is conducting its second Storm and Pandemic survey to collect the views and experiences of community members and understand what impact the COVID-19 pandemic and June storm event is having on the community.

This survey will help Council to plan and deliver continued storm and pandemic assistance where needed.

Even if you didn’t complete the first survey, your experiences are important, and we still want to hear from you so that we can tailor our recovery response.

The first survey, which was released in September 2020, received 789 responses and helped inform Council’s Municipal Recovery Plan.

The Municipal Recovery Plan was guided by this survey and identified what assistance is needed by the Yarra Ranges community to assist recovery from storm and pandemic impacts.

Yarra Ranges Council Mayor, Jim Child said the survey has helped provide a clearer picture of the economic, mental, and physical impact of the storm and pandemic on residents in our community.

“We know from the last survey that the pandemic has taken a toll on our residents’ mental and physical well-being,” Cr Child said.

“The last survey also helped us identify how we could assist our community and led to council’s endorsement of the Municipal Recovery plan.”

“We hope these surveys give our community a great sense of confidence that Council is listening and wants to know how we can do better.”

It takes less than 15 minutes to complete the survey which is completely confidential. Questions are broken down into two parts: the first assessing the impact from the COVID-19 pandemic, and the second assessing the impact from the June Storm event.

Let us know how you have been impacted and what support you need by completing the Pandemic and Storm Impact Survey.

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