As a member of Newcastle Voice, you will be invited to have your say on Council projects, events, and iniatives via:

• online surveys
• community workshops, information sessions or focus groups, and
• quick polls

Participation in these activities is entirely voluntary. If you receive an invitation to have your say on a topic that you're not interested in, you can simply ignore the invitation - maybe the next invitation will be for a topic you're passionate about! On average, you will receive 1-2 invites per month.

As a member, you will also receive the monthly Newcastle Voice 'MyVoice' newsletter containing feedback from engagement activities and updates on Council activities across Newcastle.

The topics we have engaged with the community on via Newcastle Voice are varied, including (but not limited to):

• arts, entertainment and culture
• beaches, parks and recreation
• budgets and rates
• building and planning
• community planning
• environmental issues
• roads and traffic
• tourism and economy

Check out the completed engagements page to see reports from previous engagement activities.

Anyone 16 years and older living in the Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Cessnock, Maitland and Port Stephens council areas can join Newcastle Voice.

Newcastle Voice respects the privacy of its members. You can confident that your personal information will not be disclosed and individual responses are confidential. Only deidentified data is included in Newcastle Voice reports. Please see our completed engagement reports to view how we handle data. For more information about Council's commitment to your privacy, please see our Privacy Statement.

If you are unsure whether you would like to volunteer for Newcastle Voice, you can still give feedback by visiting the Have your say page or subscribe to the RSS feed - this feed notifys you when there are updates to the have your say page.

Visit the completed projects page.