Redbank Plains Community Centre Social Impact Report 2022

Engagement in community meetings

Nearly a third of survey respondents reported they had taken part in community meetings hosted at the Community Centre, including: Morning teas including meetings with councillors (4) Conversational English classes (3)

Community capacity describes the skills, knowledge and strengths of a community, which help communities to solve collective problems (Lohoar et al., 2013). In this social impact assessment, capacity is measured via: Education, employment, skills, literacy Community capacity to organise events The Community Centre linking with community organisations and providing facilities for organisations Rates of volunteering and volunteering opportunities. As a measure of community capacity and cohesion, respondents were asked if they had taken part in community meetings in the past 12-months. Although previous survey results reflected a steady increase in the number of respondents who had taken part in community meetings, both at the Centre and elsewhere, for the first time responses indicated a decline in trend when compared with previous survey results. On the other hand, Centre records indicated community meetings were one of the top reasons people visited the Centre (see Engagement with the Community Centre page 29).

Women’s group (3) FutureFIT program Redbank Plains Neighbourhood Watch Knitting group

Photography group Volunteer meeting. Other meetings in the broader community included: Redbank Plains Youth Hub (4) Community ‘champions’ meeting Cultural group meeting Goodna Ipswich Youth Interagency meeting.

Have you taken part in any community meetings in the past 12 months? (Respondents: Jun ‘18 = 113, Dec ‘18 = 104, Jul ‘19 = 111, Jul ‘20 = 98, Jul ‘21 = 118)

90.00%

78.10%

80.00%

73.08%

69.49%

70.00%

61.26%

58.16%

60.00%

50.00%

41.84%

38.74%

40.00%

30.51%

26.92%

30.00%

21.90%

20.00%

10.00%

0.00%

No

Yes

■ June 2018 ■ December 2018 ■ July 2019 ■ July 2020 ■ July 2021

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