Council identified three areas to deliver inclusive public spaces for women and girls in Lakemba following community consultation: the train station precinct, the Women’s Rest Centre and Gillies Reserve.

Community feedback helped identify several priorities including improvements to lighting, wayfinding and signage, cleanliness and colour and public art.

These activations have now been completed and we invite you to share your feedback below.

Through engagement workshops, participants identified the top priorities for the program as Women Rest Centre and Station Railway Parade. Considering the site locality, high community demand and strong movement connection along Haldon Street, Gillies Street Reserve was chosen as the third prioritised site for delivery and program testing.

The key improvements identified for all areas included:

• Lighting
• Wayfinding and signage
• Cleanliness
• Colour and public art

Following the review of Stage One feedback, Council formulated multiple concept proposals for the three areas which can be viewed below.

During the Safer Cities: Her Way community engagement journey, Council provided a platform to empower women through collaboration and co-design opportunities. Community engagement activities were curated to explore women and girls’ experiences and perceptions of safety in both the Lakemba Town Centre and public domain in general. These activities were designed to identify ideas for how to make public spaces and public domain areas feel safer and more appealing to women and girls.

Following the engagement and co-design activities, Council reviewed the input and ideas and evaluated these for potential activations. This evaluation included a review of each site and the feedback received for each area, community demand, connectivity, feasibility and practicality of the design ideas and potential lead times for activations.