Wellington Shire Council is working with the community to bring together new ideas about ‘Our Culture’ and to show how it is supported by Wellington’s diverse and creative communities. Culture is experienced and enhanced through libraries, sporting clubs and societies, schools, churches and in the places where we live and enjoy life.
Wellington already has exciting arts and culture facilities housing fine and contemporary art, staging quality performances and events, and delivering extensive library services to communities across the municipality, but we need to recognise just how broad culture is and talk about the many creative ways we show what is important to us.
There are many different groups in our community that meet to talk about what they have in common and to contribute to our culture, whether at a Men’s Shed, Car Club, Book Club, Arts Group, Youth Group or Parents Club. The events we support and the places where we enjoy our environment also contribute to who we are.
We are using five key ideas to help form the Our Culture, Our Place Strategy, help the community to participate in upcoming events, and to provide feedback.
- Discover Cultural Beginnings so we can recognise our heritage, identity, and place in Wellington, as well as understand the beginnings of others
- Create Cultural Expressions so that we can be part of and enrich the life of the Wellington community
