Horsham Rural City Council recognise that people living with disability contribute a lot to their community. The Council use a Disability Access and Inclusion Plan to plan for how they can provide equal access to employment, public buildings, goods, services, and facilities for people living with a disability. With the current Plan coming to the end of its term, the Council appointed Projectura to engage with the community and develop a new Disability Access and Inclusion Plan.

Projectura worked alongside Council staff to engage with 112 people through an online survey, focus groups, workshops, and interviews, identifying barriers to access and inclusion for people with a disability, as well as key opportunities for improvement. Importantly, 21 per cent (n. 23) of the people engaged had lived experience of disability. Given the Plan focuses on how Council can help improve access and inclusion, engagement with Horsham Rural City staff was also key to understanding how barriers and improvements identified could be realistically addressed.

Using the engagement findings, a new Disability Access and Inclusion Plan was prepared by Projectura and released for public comment. The final Plan was adopted by Council in May 2023, providing a clear set of actions for the Council to implement to improve access and inclusion for people living with disability in Horsham Rural City.