Our application assessment processes will consider the following:

State Government measures - If successful, a condition of your grant will be that any activities undertaken will not contravene State Government measures relating to COVID-19. For community events, this also includes compliance with the Department of Health’s COVID-19 Safe Events requirements.

Practicality – We remain committed to funding activities that can be reasonably implemented in the current COVID-19 environment. Consideration will be given to the organisation’s capacity to:
• Rescope, modify or reschedule activities to deliver the original grant outcomes if required.
• Manage contracted services and/or third parties, financial loss, and risk mitigation strategies if the funded activity or program doesn’t occur as originally intended.
If it is not practical to fund activities at this time you can still apply now for a project to occur at a later date.

Timing – We may need to consider how time imperative your request for funding is or, how it aligns to the current environment, and if it can be deferred to a later date. This will assist us in managing our budget should demand increase significantly due to COVID-19 impacts.

Community benefit and alignment to our priority areas – We’re committed to the outcomes supported under our Community Investment Framework and we’ll continue to fund projects on that basis, however, consideration will be given to the local context including community needs and priorities, sentiment, preparedness, exposure locations, and case numbers.