Manager of Community Services for Burdekin Shire Council, Tony Blackwell, has introduced the new and improved Burdekin Community Directory, an online hub of information to help you spring into life in the Burdekin!
The Burdekin Community Directory is a website built with the community in mind, originally launched in July 2023.
With some kinks to work out in the beginning, the website struggled to be interactive, making it hard for users to fully engage.
The realisation was that the website needed to be rebuilt and brought back to life.
Tony Blackwell stated, “What we’ve done is developed a more customer-centric piece of software that takes you to a front-page where you can search by topic or area of interest.”
The website features a host of clubs, organisations, community groups and services.
There is also an ability to set a boundary of kilometres, which is helpful for organisations that will periodically provide outreach services, such as medical screenings.
The first month of data indicated that the website began with roughly forty organisations, now with up to around five hundred local organisations being captured.
On top of that, around eight hundred more organisations offering online services have been added to the directory.
Mr. Blackwell commented that, “Let’s say you can’t get to a GP when you need to, there’s now GP’s online, a lot of services are online now so you can get to them, in the region and potentially across the country.”
Around 20 per cent of the Burdekin community do not have internet access, and for this reason, the Burdekin Shire Council have ensured the website is downloadable, so you can get a real-time copy through the library or council office.
Being a new initiative, the Council are kicking off with a whole range of activities during Spring, with an upcoming Health and Wellbeing Luncheon for older people on 23rd October.
Mr. Blackwell stated that, “We want to create a vibrant community in the Burdekin and there’s a whole range of activities going on that are worthy of support.”
Visit mycommunitydirectory.com.au/Queensland/Burdekin to see all that the Burdekin has to offer.
Burdekin Community Directory is an online hub of information helping you find clubs, organisations, community groups and services
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