City of Cockburn

Bringing you our most popular social media posts of 2024 🧡 Featuring the Spud King himself, a fictional Middle-Aged Centre, and Belinda the cow going for a stroll at C. Y. O'Connor Beach — our content this year truly showcased the variety and uniqueness of Cockburn that we all know and love. Thank you for being part of the City of Cockburn's digital community. We can’t wait to bring you even more of what you love in 2025! #CityofCockburn #BestOf2024

Yes, but what are the true benefits of blokes running around a pitch❓ A combination of physical activity and social connection are at the heart of Kicking Goals for Life, the City of Cockburn's award-winning men's health and wellbeing program. 🧡   Thanks for your support LG Professionals WA, publishing a double-page spread about this low-cost men's social soccer program where we have supported more than 300 participants to lose about 420kg across more than eight seasons of social soccer games. ⚽ Prepared by Claire Lansdown MBA, SCMP® of Sage Copywriting with information provided by hard-working Cockburn Health Promotion Officer Gloria Askander, the articles detail a much-loved program that was a joint winner of the Community Support Category at the inaugural WA Men's Wellbeing Awards in 2024, hosted by Richmond Wellbeing and Mens Talk AU. #KickingGoalsForLife #CityOfCockburn #CockburnTheBestPlaceToBe #MensHealth #LocalGovernment #AwardWinning Candy Choo GAICD Dan Arndt Lorenzo Santoriello @Ellen Ward

The City of Cockburn is committed to the financial wellbeing of our community. As part of the award-winning Financial Wellbeing Collective, our team of Financial Counsellors provides valuable support to our residents and businesses. Well done to everyone who earned recognition at the Institute of Public Administration Australia WA (IPAA WA) awards. We appreciate all your hard work. #StrongerTogether #CityOfCockburn #BestPlaceToBe #CockburnCommunity Anglicare WA Bluesky Community Group CommuniCare Gosnells Community Legal Centre Midlas Mission Australia Money Mentors SOUTHCARE The Spiers Centre Inc. Sussex Street Community Law Service Inc Uniting WA Circle Green Community Legal Colleen Crowley Karoline Jamieson MBA

Since the first Purple Bench was unveiled in Cockburn in 2018, domestic and family violence against women and children and young people has increased to the highest number in 31 years. The City has unveiled a second Purple Bench to coincide with the 16 Days in WA campaign which encourages communities to educate, motivate and advocate to stand up to, and stop, violence against women. We joined with the Centre for Women's Safety and Wellbeing to enable the latest project which comes at a time when gender-based violence, including violence against children and young people, has been called a national crisis by the Federal Government. City of Cockburn Mayor Logan Howlett said the highly visible bench was another way to send the vital message that domestic and family violence against women and children and young people, including coercive and controlling behaviour, was never acceptable in any community. More: https://ow.ly/bbZL50UiMzV #16DaysInWA #PlayYourPart #CityOfCockburn #CommunitySafety #StopViolenceAgainstWomen Caption: l-r, Karoline Jamieson MBA (City of Cockburn Head of Community Development and Services), Cockburn Mayor Logan Howlett, Anna Farrant (Manager, Family and Domestic Violence, Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing), Erin Wade (Warrawee Refuge Manager), and Mike Martin (Acting Manager, Family and Domestic Violence Response Team, Department of Communities WA).

Quiet achiever and dedicated City employee Adam Peck has received the Conservation Council of WA John Oldham Conservation Employee Award for 2024. Adam’s ability to earn community respect and trust while continuing the important collaborative work of rehabilitating the Roe 8 corridor caught the judges’ attention, following several nominations. Since adopting the role three years ago to build on the work of two previous project managers, Adam has made a significant contribution to the project and demonstrated tremendous commitment to the environment. Some of the project’s achievements over the past three years include: 🌳Planting 68,000 native seedlings 🌳Two community science conferences 🌳Delivery of a major archaeological report 🌳Completion of a corridor path network with interpretive signage, and 🌳Numerous successful community plantings, workshops and consultations. Well done and thank you Adam! #Conservation #Partnerships #CommunityFirst #CityOfCockburn #CockburnTheBestPlaceToBe #LocalGovernment Rory Garven Rafeena Boyle Vicky Hartill More: https://ow.ly/iRet50UiMKy or read the Inside Local Government article: https://bit.ly/4f14OPg

🚀An exciting opportunity for First Nations businesses to meet defence industry suppliers! The City of Cockburn, in partnership with Waalitj Foundation, Henderson Alliance and sponsored by Babcock Australia & New Zealand and Adisyn (ASX:AI1), is excited to host the Defence Supplier Yarn on 12 February 2025. This inaugural event will connect First Nations enterprises with WA’s booming defence industry. With the City playing a bigger role in building capacity in the local defence supply chain and the Henderson precinct emerging as a global maritime defence hub, the timing couldn’t be better! First Nations business owners are invited to explore the opportunities in the defence supply chain in WA and make valuable introductions. This convention-style event will feature over 20 defence suppliers and industry experts. Join us for: ✅Networking with key industry decision-makers ✅Insightful guest speakers ✅Mutually beneficial collaboration ✅Ongoing support. 📅 Event: 3-6:30pm, 12 February 2025 in the function room at the City of Cockburn, Spearwood Find out more on the City's website: https://lnkd.in/gXSuAEU6 Register to attend this free event at: https://ow.ly/JCkg50UiJNM #FirstNationsBusiness #DefenceIndustry #Networking #WesternAustralia #BlueEconomy #Cockburn #CityofCockburn #WaalitjHub #HendersonAlliance

Our purpose as a local government is to “support our communities to thrive by providing inclusive and sustainable services, which reflect their aspirations”. Pride month in November was an opportunity to demonstrate our commitment to inclusion, by celebrating the presence and contributions of our LGBQTIA+ community and staff with a series of activities held across the City. 🌈 Rainbow-themed dress-ups at Cockburn ARC exercise fitness classes 📚 Conversations about poetry, empathy and inclusion at Cockburn Libraries with queer non-binary poet Scott-Patrick Mitchell 👻 Cockburn Youth Centre’s popular annual Pride & Progress Ball, with more than 200 guests attending ✨ Staff education sessions hosted by our Noonookatiny Committee (Diversity Committee) and led by Curtin University's equity, diversity and belonging senior advisor Sheldon Smith. Roughly 11 per cent of Australians identify as LGBTQIA+ and with more than 1,000 staff at the City of Cockburn, we can anticipate there are more than 110 staff working with us who identify within the community. We discovered from a recent diversity and inclusion staff survey that diversity and inclusion was extremely important to 85 per cent of staff. Delivering a range of initiatives that promote education and foster deeper inclusion to support the psychological safety of our colleagues ensures that Cockburn is the best place to be, both for staff and the broader community.

📣 Calling all Architects and Urban Design Professionals! Want to play a key role in shaping the design quality of major infrastructure projects in Cockburn? The City of Cockburn is looking for talented professionals to join our Design Review Panel. As a panel member, you’ll provide independent advice on significant development proposals, ensuring they meet high standards of aesthetics, sustainability, safety, and functionality. What’s involved? - Be part of an eight-person panel - Attend monthly meetings (in-person or online) - Get paid for your expertise - Serve a two-year term until March 2027. Your expertise will leave a lasting legacy, helping to make Cockburn the best place to be for generations to come. EOIs close 9am, Monday 13 January 2025. For more info visit: https://bit.ly/3V5LdWS: To apply, send us your resume and a cover letter to [email protected] #CockburnTheBestPlaceToBe #UrbanDesign #PerthUrbanDesign #PerthArchitecture #CityPlanning #UrbanDevelopment

🚀 Digital transformation for defence suppliers: a successful workshop! The Henderson Alliance, in partnership with the City of Cockburn, was excited to host the Digitalisation for Defence SMEs Workshop on Tuesday. Local business owners had the opportunity to collaborate with expert facilitators from DMTC Ltd and Shoestring | Digital Manufacturing, diving into the essential steps for adopting digital transformation in small and medium-sized businesses within the defence supply chain. The hands-on activities offered valuable insights into how businesses can leverage data to solve specific challenges, track performance, and drive growth. Key takeaways: 🔍 Valuable data already exists within your business—it's all about knowing how to harness it 📊 Successfully leveraging data can significantly enhance your decision-making process 🚀 Digitalisation is a critical step in positioning your business as a defence supplier. A big thank you to everyone who participated! We’re excited to continue supporting local businesses on their journey to digital transformation and growth in the defence sector. #DigitalTransformation #DefenceSupplyChain #SMEs #DataDriven #BusinessGrowth #Innovation #Manufacturing #Cockburn #HendersonAlliance Photo - l to r: Dan Arndt, Charlotte Morris (DMTC), Kareena Waters (Henderson Alliance), Harry Barker (DMTC), Mayor Logan Howlett, Liz Salter (Shoestring), Terry Gropp (Henderson Alliance).

It’s a rare West Australian who doesn’t recognise homegrown ‘spud king’ Tony Galati from Spudshed 🥔 But do you know where he grew up and how he earned his potato farming stripes? In his own words: “Spearwood is where my roots are and it’s where my home is.” For the first 24 years of his life, Tony worked on his Sicilian parents’ Yangebup Road market garden while attending Spearwood Primary School and the former Hamilton Senior High School. From almost losing his hand in an onion machine, to daily 5.30am goat-milking duties and the secrets of a successful potato crop, read about Tony’s trials and tribulations here: https://ow.ly/eO4K50U9GKq #QuintessentiallyCockburn #CityOfCockburn #CockburnTheBestPlaceToBe #MarketGarden #SaltOfTheEarth #Grassroots #Homegrown #ShopLocal #SpudKing