Sutherland Shire Council is one of seven local councils across the state being provided with NSW Government grants to address illegal graffiti in the local areas and revitalise public spaces.
Council has been awarded a Graffiti Management grant of $88,500 for a third round of the Walk the Walls street art festival.
The third round in Cronulla from 9 to 11 December follows hugely successful festivals in Caringbah in 2018 and Cronulla in 2019.
The Graffiti Management Program was set up to fund the removal of unwanted graffiti and the activation of areas with street art.
We know that revitalising unused spaces increases perceived public safety, creates community pride, and lowers the incidence of crime including graffiti. However, a ‘one-size fits all’ approach isn’t always the best response.
The NSW Government’s Graffiti Management Program draws on local knowledge and expertise to build tailored projects for local councils, with the aim of reducing incidents of graffiti.
Great street art is a legitimate way to beautify and revitalise public spaces. It can bring communities together, mark significant moments in time, inform, inspire, and lead people to think in new and different ways about a variety of subjects.
This isn’t just art for art’s sake. Projects like the Walk the Walls street art festival add to the local environment in a way that the community can enjoy, create opportunities to bring people together and even boost the local economy.
The objectives of the Graffiti Management Program include preventing and minimising graffiti vandalism and reducing the social, environmental, and economic impact of graffiti vandalism.
Dandelion Support Network is a great Shire-based charity helping disadvantaged families with items for their babies and children.
At today’s high tea I had the chance to present Maureen Clark, a hard volunteer of 13 years, with her Community Service Award.
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Thanks for coming along and for your ongoing support Mark. It is truly appreciated.
A great organisation.
🌞 Good Evening, 😃 Congratulations, 🙏 HaVe A GrEaT DaY! #Great_PhoTos, 👍 #Amazing_Work, #GreAt_LeAdeR 👏
Seriously mate how do you even show your face in public? You're an embarrassment-should be doing nightfill at Woolies-might get that right
Monumental stuff up by LNP with council elections. We don't need more anti Christian, Jew hating, Greens appeasing communists. ☹️
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Sydney is a mosaic of extraordinary individuals and teams. This year I was honoured to be part of the judging panel for the Committee for Sydney’s annual Sydney Awards.
This year’s winners are:
🏆 Young Sydneysider of the Year - Alexia Paglia
🏆 Sydneysider of the Year - Professor Barney Glover AO
🏆 Project of the Year - FIFA Women’s World Cup
🏆 Unsung Hero - Corinne Kemp, co-chair of Impact100 Sydney
🏆 People’s Choice Award - Khadijah Habbouche
🏆 People’s Choice Award - Project - Sydney Metro City & Southwest
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🌞 Good Evening, 😃 Congratulations, 🏆 🙏 HaVe A GrEaT DaY! #Great_pHoTo, 👍 #Amazing_Work, #GreAt_LeAdeR 👏
The award goes to Sydney Metro. We need more metros
more propaganda
Your political days are numbered - quit drawing out the inevitable and resign now
🎉 Congratulations to all our extraordinary athletes who competed at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games!
From record-breaking performances to personal bests, you’ve shown the true meaning of perseverance and excellence. Thank you for representing our country - Australia secured 63 medals: 18 gold, 17 silver, 28 bronze, and was 9th placed.🏅👏
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Congratulations to the Aussie athletes!! Well done! Simply amazing! 💚💛💚💛
They are amazing. 🇦🇺 Australia is so proud of you all. 👏👏👏👏👏
👏👏👏👏 a great post. Congratulations to them all.
Well done everyone - you made us all so proud.
Some amazing and emotional moments over the last week that make you realise what our athletes have to go through and all they are thinking of are their family, their teammates and their country....all with a smile of achievement whether they got a medal or not!
Great effort and congratulations to all
Well done 💛💚🇦🇺
Congratulations
Congratulations 🙌
Congratulations
Wonderful
only another 4 years for another media event
Well done Australia 🙏
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🇬🇷Big day out at Let's Go Greek Festival Parramatta - an annual celebration of Greek culture. 🇬🇷 ... See MoreSee Less
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Great to see you there Mark Speakman. An epic day 🤗🤗
Great seeing you today
It was a great packed event.
Nice target marketing on the other side of the world 🤡
More metro lines. Start planning now
Speakman is BLOODY USELESS
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CronullaFest day 2!
🎶🌮🍷🎠 Music, food, market stalls and rides all happening in the Cronulla CBD til 4pm today (Sunday).
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🌞 Good Evening, 😃🎼 Congratulations, 🎉🎊 🙏 HaVe A GrEaT DaY! #Great_pHotOs, 👍 #Amazing_Work, #GreAt_LeAdeR 👏
We need more metro lines
The rise of social media has seen a huge increase in mental illness, plus sleep, social and attention deprivation, among young people across the western world.
Let’s raise the legal access age to 16.
My short opinion piece in The Leader ... See MoreSee Less
Shire Matters with Mark Speakman: Social media and young people
www.theleader.com.au
Last month in the NSW Parliament I brought a motion, carried unanimously, supporting raising the legal age of...Comment on Facebook