Wellard Village 7 Day Makeover

As part of the Monitoring and Evaluation Plan for the Wellard Village 7 Day Makeover, the City facilitated community audits of the project area before and after the makeover.

The Place Game is a great (and simple!) tool anyone can use to evaluate public space. The tool was developed by the Project for Public Spaces (PPS), a world-renowned, cross-disciplinary non-profit that shares a passion for public spaces.

The Place Game evaluates the overall performance of a place according to the four key attributes that make great public spaces: Sociability, Uses and Activities, Comfort and Image, and Access and Linkages.

We invited the Wellard Community to meet us onsite to complete a Place Game both before and after the 7DM. Once gathered onsite, and having had the process explained to them, Place Game participants were asked to split into small groups to discuss a series of evaluations and questions while moving about the space in question. They recorded their thoughts and feedback via the form included on the next page.

Following the Place Games these forms were returned to the City, and the results compiled for comparison.

The results of the before 7DM and after 7DM ratings are summarised below:

In total, at least 177 volunteers participated in the makeover, many of whom attended multiple, if not all 7 days, resulting in 441 volunteer days, valued at approximately $162,323 in volunteer benefit. Volunteers worked long into the night to ensure everything was completed in time for the big reveal on Saturday. More than 120 participants returned to celebrate their achievements at the Launch Party.

Breakdown of participant numbers below:

• 42 people participated in the Saturday Workshop
• 32 people participated in the Sunday Workshop
• 46 volunteers on Monday
• 76 volunteered on Tuesday
• 60 volunteered on Wednesday
• 94 volunteered on Thursday
• 91 volunteered on Friday
• 120 attended the Saturday Launch

While the 7DM was a revitalisation project, the most positive outcomes included developing new and existing relationships and connections. Working together side-by-side in pursuit of a shared goal significantly strengthened numerous relationships including that between the City and community, the City and other organisations, and between departments internally.

Following the 7DM, the Wellard community was invited to complete a survey regarding their experience:

• 90% said they would participate in an activity like this again
• 87% said it made them feel proud of their local area
• 90% said it made them feel proud of what they achieved
• 87% said it made them feel welcome and included
• 83% said it helped them feel a part of their community.

You're invited to attend the Wellard Village 7DM Next Steps Community Workshop, 6-8pm Tuesday 5 September at the Wellard Community Centre

At the 7DM Debrief in July we identified key focus areas and formed working groups. This is a chance to come back together to share our project proposals and to discuss allocation of available funding.

Since the 7DM in April there’s been a lot going on! On 4 July 2023, the Wellard community came back together for the 7DM Debrief. This was a chance to talk about what’s working and what could be made even better along The Strand.

The primary outcome from the Debrief was the identification of 7 key focus areas:

1. Formalise ‘no parking’ areas using linger nodes/infrastructure/landscaping etc.
2. Replacing the hired picnic tables under the pergola with more permanent structures/parklets
3. Development and maintenance of the wicking beds
4. Development and maintenance of The Arcade
5. Lighting along The Strand
6. Activities, events and activations
   The ‘next steps’ discussed below do not extend to events/activations. If you’re looking to organise an event or activation, please let us know and we can go from there.
7. Quick Repairs
   The ‘next steps’ discussed below do not extend to quick repairs as these will be addressed ad hoc as required.

Working Groups

In addition to identifying the above focus areas. Participants nominated working groups to tackle these projects. If you are interested in joining working group, please reach out and we will put you in touch with that project’s Team Leader.

Next Steps

Thanks to the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure (LRCI) Program the City has secured $50,000 in funding to continue working with the Wellard community in this space. From here the City will support the above project working groups to come together and plan these projects and their budget estimates. The City can provide working groups with the following support: Meeting/workshop facilitation; a space to meet; and a technical team to provide support and guidance (engineers, landscape architects, outdoor crew etc).

Working Groups will pull together a proposal and budget estimate detailing what can be achieved with different levels/amounts of funding. This will then be presented at a workshop where we collectively decide how to allocate the funds.

The City will host the Workshop on Tuesday 5 September 6-8pm at the Wellard Community Centre to allow the community to decide how to allocate the available funds to the identified projects. It is worth noting that the funds do not need to be spent this financial year, and therefore, unspent funds can be retained for future projects.

A full report summarising the evening will can be found here: https://www.lovemykwinana.com/77251/widgets/415115/documents/267305

You're invited to attend the Wellard Village 7 Day Makeover Community Debrief, 6pm THIS TUESDAY 4 July 2023 at the Wellard Community Centre. We’ve been so impressed by the ideas that came out of the 7 Day Makeover that we want to give the Wellard Community a chance to come back together and decide how to proceed from here. The session will cover what’s working, what could be improved, and ideas for future opportunities.

We’re incredibly proud of what these volunteers were able to achieve and congratulate them on an outstanding effort. Moving forward we are eager to ensure the project remains community-led wherever possible.

Check out the Facebook Event for more info.

As the dust settles following the amazing (and busy!) 7DM week, we’d like to invite you share your thoughts on the Wellard Village makeover and its outcomes.

7DM Survey

To let us know what you thought of the 7DM process, please share your experience HERE. The survey will remain open until 30 June 2023.

Place Game – You’re invited THIS WEDNESDAY 17 MAY & THURSDAY 18 MAY

How does The Strand now, compare to The Strand pre-makeover??

To answer this, the City is hosting a ‘Place Game’ to evaluate the space. If you participated in Day One of the makeover you might remember the questionnaire we filled out during the walk with David – we will be repeating that same process, just post-makeover!

Please join us from 5:30pm at the Wellard Community Centre, Wednesday 17 May. The Place Game takes just 30mins and there will be FREE pizza at The Well afterwards to say thanks!

For those unable to make the Wednesday Session, there will be a second Place Game starting midday Thursday 18 May at the Wellard Community Centre.

What an amazing 7 Days! You are all INCREDIBLE!

It has been an absolute pleasure to work with you all to bring The Strand to life through landscaping, fun play areas, the interactive arcade space, a beautiful Pergola, a wishing well(ard), and musical street piano! 🎶 Plus the HUGE number of hexagon seats and wicking beds running the length of The Strand.

Friday night was a LATE one with many vollies working well into the night (not knocking of until 2am!) to get everything done in time for our launch and CELEBRATIUON on Saturday 21 April.

Thank you to all the awesome volunteers and city staff who made this week possible, and to the RAC and all our local sponsors and donors.

By working together so much was achieved 💪💥👏

Stay tuned for more photos and a video documenting the whole 7 Day Makeover process. As well as many more exciting things to come for Wellard!

Day 5 of the Wellard Village 7 Day Makeover saw some incredible work. The nature play project is taking shape, the Pergola is up, and we have a street piano! 🎶 Plus the huge number of hexagon seats and wicking beds are steadily coming together.

Thank you to all the amazing volunteers who made today possible. It was a late night for many, but everyone was overwhelmingly positive (fuelled by delicious Thai takeaway), and some truly awesome things were accomplished 💪💥👏

If you’d like to get involved in this brilliant and super fun project head down to Wellard Community Centre anytime over the next two days. Or join us on Sat 22 to celebrate what we’ve achieved!

The Strand is a hive of activity with more than 75 vollies working together to transform the street.

Projects including nature play elements, a cantilever pergola, and funky, hexagonal seating are well underway.

BIG thanks to all of our amazing volunteers including the team from RAC WA who came down to lend a hand. Thank you 💚

It’s going to get even busier over the next 3 days with jobs for everyone. Reach out if you would like to be involved or pop into the coordination point (Wellard Community Centre) and chat to Jodi 😊👋

After an amazing weekend of brainstorming and project planning, today we put down the pens and picked up the tools to bring The Strand to life.

If you would like to get involved and help make Wellard Village even better drop by Wellard Community Centre anytime Tue-Fri this week to lend a hand. No skills or experience required and open to all ages. There’s a job for everyone and you can give as much or as little time as you like. Even just an hour makes a difference!

Massive thanks to everyone involved for your awesome work so far.