COMMUNITY GRANTS POLICY - REVISED · Report

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING                                                       20 JANUARY 2025



Procedural Changes
Flexibility: The policy is less prescriptive, allowing updates to guidelines to address emerging
community needs and changing procedural requirements.
Smaller Grants: Grants under $2,500 that are supported by the moderation panel will now be
approved by a delegated officer instead of coming to Council for endorsement. This will enable quick
response grants for emergent situations to be offered.
Compliance: The policy incorporates new Code of Conduct and Human Rights statements.
Legislation: Updates have been made to reflect the most current relevant documents and legislation.
Wording: Consolidation and minor word changes to the policy to maintain consistency with other
Council grant policies.
These updates aim to make the grants process more accessible, responsive, and aligned with
community and strategic needs, while building strong partnerships and building capacity across
Noosa.


Link to Corporate Plan

Theme No. 2 - Liveability
Liveability encompasses housing, facilities and services, transport, health and wellbeing to enable
an inclusive, connected and vibrant community.

Theme No. 3 - Prosperity
Focus areas include economic development, local business, innovation, arts and culture, waste and
a circular economy.

Theme No. 4 - Future
This theme is focused on our future, strengthening our relationship with First Nations peoples and to
ensure our community is prepared and resilient to change. A focus on youth, climate resilience and
adaptation, sense of place and destination management.

Theme No. 5 - Excellence
This theme focuses on customer experience, financial sustainability, innovation and technology,
levels of service, governance, our employees and volunteers, funding streams and asset
management practices.


Previous Council Consideration
Ordinary Meeting Minutes 21 May 2020
That Council note the report by the Community Services Director and the Community Development
Manager to the Services and Organisation Committee Meeting dated 12 May 2020 regarding the
Community Disaster Response and Recovery Grants Program and:
A. Approve amendments to the Community Grants Policy, by the addition of a Community Disaster
Response and Recovery Grant, as provided at Attachment 1;
B. Allocate the remaining $27,000 from the 19/20 Community Grants budget to the Community
Disaster Response and Recovery Grant category for the purposes of running a rapid response grant
round for community organisations that have immediate essential needs as a result of COVID-19;
C. Delegate the Chief Executive Officer to authorise funding payments to the successful applicants;
and
D. Request the Chief Executive Officer to provide a report on the outcome of the 19/20 Community
Disaster Response and Recovery Grant round at a future Council meeting.