GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY: SELECTION CRITERIA
GRANTS
FOR COMMUNITY:
SELECTION CRITERIA
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Project Outcomes
What Council expects to be the long term benefits of the project
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More resilient, healthy and active communities;
Increased levels of volunteering and engagement in community life;
Development of skills and capacity in community organisations;
Delivered innovative responses to community issues;
Local knowledge and insights harnessed;
Strengthened partnerships, including with Council; and
Encouraged funding from other sources into Yarra Ranges.
Selection Criteria
The Assessment Panel will look at how strongly projects address the following criteria
Community Development Selection Criteria
Project merit
The project or activity
(What benefit does  Responds to local needs
the project deliver
 Uses community assets (strengths)
to the community
of Yarra Ranges?)  Has a positive impact on the community
 Presents a well developed idea with a strong project plan and
budget
 Innovative approach
Community
 Involves, engages and uses community skills in the planning and
involvement
execution of the project
(How is
 Locally based and provides benefit to Yarra Ranges residents and
community
communities
involved?)
 Meets community need and builds independence
 Supports partnerships (e.g. between existing and new groups)
Strategic
 Projects supporting healthy eating
Focus
 Projects encouraging physical activity across ages and abilities
(How does the
 Projects linked to a local Community Plan that has been
project align with
acknowledged by Council
Council’s long
 Projects that support older adults to age well in their communities
term plans?)
 Projects that foster social inclusion: people with a disability or those
isolated from community life
 Indigenous projects that support Reconciliation and strengthen
culture
 Projects that strengthen newly arrived migrant communities
 Innovative projects that support early literacy in areas where
preschool language and cognitive skills are low
 Projects that facilitate young people to actively contribute to their
own community
 Projects that protect the environment and enhance and engage
people with the natural environment
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Organisational 
capacity
(What resources
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do applicants have
to deliver the
project?)
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Budget
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(What resources
are required and
where will they
come from?)
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Capacity to carry out what is being proposed, including experience,
governance, people and resources
A well developed project plan which can be implemented in the
timeframe
A well developed budget with clear income and expenditure items
identified
The budget makes sense and is well documented (i.e. clearly
outlines income and expenditure)
The project is achievable within the proposed budget
The project has funding and/or in-kind support from other sources
and includes a contribution (in-kind or financial) from the applicant
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