Safe & Well Oxford News Release - Plan and Steering Committee
Oxford County municipalities approve and endorse Safe and Well Oxford Plan and establish Steering Committee
Safe and Well Oxford aims to create communities where individuals and families feel safe, supported and included and where they can access what they need, when they need it, to live life fully.
June 5, 2023 – The Safe and Well Oxford Plan, Oxford’s roadmap for building safe and inclusive communities, is taking a key step forward with the endorsement of all nine municipal councils and the appointment of an inaugural Steering Committee.
“Helping to ensure that members of our community feel safe doesn’t begin and end with law enforcement. The way in which we respond to people facing complex needs, such as mental health challenges, addictions and lack of secure housing, impacts the safety and wellbeing of both individuals and community,” says Township of South-West Oxford Mayor David Mayberry. “Through the work of the Safe & Well Oxford Steering Committee, we hope to come together as a community with shared common goals to find ways to best support the organizations within our community that are providing these necessary supports.”