Question On Notice No. 579 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 19 October 2022 by Mr R.S. Love
Question Directed to the: Minister for Community Services
Parliament: 41 Session: 1
Question
I refer to the Imagined Futures program (https://imaginedfutures.org.au/) and ask:
(a) What role does the Department of Communities undertake for the Imagined Futures program;
(b) How much State Government funding has been budgeted for the program; and
(c) How does the Imagined Futures program interact with the Fremantle District Leadership Group?
Answered on 23 November 2022
(a) - (c)
Imagined Futures is recognised by the state government as the District Leadership Group for the South West Metropolitan Region. It is auspiced by St Patrick's Community Support Centre Inc. and funded by the Department of Communities, the City of Cockburn, the City of Fremantle and the City of Melville.
The Department of Communities' (Communities) District Leadership Group Project Team is responsible for providing a program of assistance to District Leadership Groups, which may include governance, decision-making, leadership development, and outcomes and priority-setting.
Communities has a current Service Agreement under the Empowering Communities Program with Imagined Futures to provide a service in the Davis Park Precinct of Beaconsfield. The Service Agreement, supported by St Patrick's Community Support Centre, commenced on 1 July 2019 and will cease on 30 June 2024, for an estimated total value of $388,748.30. This Service Agreement is not used to fund the day-to-day administration of the District Leadership Group.
For the calendar year 2022, Communities provided a discretionary grant agreement of $140,405 to the "Imagined Futures Backbone Project".