Right now, we are having our biggest ever conversation with our community and we want you to get involved.

We’re calling it Our Place, Our Plan. It is about listening and hearing your views so we can shape Glen Eira together.

What you tell us will help shape our plans for the next four years to continue to support a safe community, build thriving places and businesses and protect and enhance our open space and natural environment.

It will also help us stay on the right track to progress the Community Vision that you developed for what Glen Eira could look like by 2040.

What we are asking about

We're asking for the community's ideas about what's important to them when it comes to things like:

People, safety and connections

How can we improve the community's wellbeing, sense of safety and quality of life?

Supported communities

How can our services best support everyone to reach their full potential and live healthy lives?

Connected and thriving places

How can we best invest in our activity centres, open spaces, neighbourhoods and facilities?

Climate and sustainability

How can we take action on climate change and protect and enhance our natural environment?

Have your say 💭💡

How to have your say

To get involved and have your say, you can:

  1. Complete the survey by clicking the green Start the survey button below. The survey will close on 16 March 2025.
  2. Share your local neighbourhood ideas on our social map.
  3. Join the Community Priorities Panel. Click here to find out more and apply.
  4. Attend one of our community pop-ups, check out the "Visit us in person" section on this page.
  5. Complete one of our activity sheets for young people (ages 10-25) and children (ages 3-9).
  6. Find an ideas box in a Council facility near you.

If you have any questions or want to provide feedback another way, you can contact the Community Engagement team:

  • by email at engagement@gleneira.vic.gov.au
  • by phone on 9524 3333
  • by post or in person at Glen Eira Town Hall, corner Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield.

We also want to hear more about how Council can support our local neighbourhoods. Pin your ideas to the map below to tell us what your local area needs most.

For example, street beautification, road or footpath repairs, signage, lighting, access to programs or services, events, or more trees and plants.

Keep an eye out for one of more than 20 ideas boxes stationed at different locations around Glen Eira, in Council facilities and other community spaces. We invite you to write on a postcard to share your feedback on ways to improve your neighbourhood.

You can find an ideas box at our:

  • Town Hall Service Centre and Art Gallery
  • Libraries in Bentleigh, Carnegie, Caulfield and Elsternwick
  • Maternal and Child Health Centres in Bentleigh, Carnegie, Caulfield, Elsternwick, Glen Huntly, McKinnon and Murrumbeena
  • Senior Citizen Centres in Bentleigh, Bentleigh East, Caulfield, Moorleigh Community Village and Ormond
  • Carnegie Memorial Swimming Pool, Caulfield Recreation Centre and GESAC
  • Other community spaces.

Join the Community Priorities Panel 🙋

Join the Community Priorities Panel

As well as completing the online survey, you can contribute by applying to join our Community Priorities Panel.

As a member of the panel you will have the opportunity to represent your family, neighbours, and community and think big about how we can shape Glen Eira together.

Through a series of five meetings, you will hear from Councillors and senior Council officers, learn more about our organisation, consider our challenges and opportunities, take in research and data, and provide informed recommendations to Council.

Applications close on Sunday 23 February. Members of the panel will receive a reimbursement for their participation in all five meetings (Terms and conditions apply).