Diversity in the community
Celebrating each others’ ways of life - Key for a cohesive community
Swan has taken the initiative of promoting cultural understanding to its residents by celebrating major community festivals.
As part of this, residents of Exmouth, Crossways and Eagling close are informed of and celebrate community festivals, including Ramadan, by having a fast breaking party in the month of October.
Residents are informed about the significance of Ramadan and the taking part in feedback sessions on "how to make a tolerant and cohesive community.”
The comments received included:
- Respect and listen to one another
- Understanding each others’ culture
- Get together and celebrate multicultural festivals
- To help each others and be friends
Community estate party’s are attended by all levels of the community, representatives from local police, Council and other partnering agencies.
Traditional foods are served at these events and everyone, including those
who are fasting enjoy the food together.
"We are fully committed to our diverse community and we would like to give our residents an opportunity to get to know each other by arranging these sort of sessions. We will also be celebrating other community festivals in the future.” (Richard Frost, the Chair of Swan Board)