Council is conducting a review of its grants programs to understand if our current processes, guidelines, tools, and outcomes meet the needs of our communities, and if they delivered efficiently and according to best-practice.

We have completed our engagement for this project and are now analysing the feedback and drafting the report.

The grants programs included in the review are:

  • Community Grants
  • Events Grants
  • Biodiversity Grants
  • Towards Zero Community Grants
  • Small-scale Artisan Agriculture Grants

You can find further information about these programs here:

Grants Hepburn Shire Council

Engagement

The review will involve the following engagement steps:

  • Consultation with Council Officers managing each program
  • Data analysis relevant to each program (e.g., number of applicants, amount of funds disbursed, total number of groups receiving grant funding etc)
  • Customised surveys conducted with applicants
  • Broad whole community survey (link above)
  • Benchmarking against grant programs in other LGAs

The results of this review will be used to make recommendations to Council to ensure that grant making in Council is transparent, equitable, effective, and efficient.

What is happening now?

We have completed our engagement for this project and are now analysing the feedback and drafting the report.

What is the project timeline?

We aim to present the recommendations to Council for consideration in early 2023.