Local Community Initiatives
Part of the Putting Locals First Program, Local Community Initiatives projects support local community driven initiatives that assist community skill development and/or better connect people to resources, services and each other.
Activities that could be supported include:
- supporting local community leadership development
- innovative community garden or similar projects where these improve skills, use volunteers and better connect people
- activities to improve coordination of existing services, such as service mapping, improved interagency referral capacity and sharing of ‘back of house’ functions
- initiatives to attract and retain skilled professionals
- supporting the development of innovative engagement techniques for hard to reach groups such as using social media to engage young people in decision making
- mentoring projects such as connecting newly arrived migrants with local opportunities to improve employment opportunities and build cross-cultural understanding and
- assisting communities in sharing and learning from successful approaches via information and communication technology.
Eligibility
The following organisations in Victoria can apply for funding:
- private sector businesses and agencies
- local government authorities
- not for profit organisations that:
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- are an incorporated body, cooperative or association (including business associations) and
- have an Australian Business Number (ABN) or can provide written advice from the Australian Tax Office that no withholding tax is required from the grant payment.
| Download the Regional Growth Fund information sheet on Putting Locals First Program - Local Community Initiatives (PDF 355.3 KB) (Word 37.0 KB) |
| Download the application guidelines for the Putting Locals First Program (PDF 488.3 KB) (Word 324.5 KB) |
Funding support is also available for Project planning of Local Community Initiatives projects
