Have Your Say
This Hub and the Community Engagement Team are here to help you plan, implement and execute amazing community engagement for your projects!
We have designed this information hub in a way that makes following our processes easy, complements our ENGAGE Hub and ensures we all are delivering the best quality community engagement to our organisation and our community.
For those who would like to know more about community engagement at the City, our two key guiding documents are the Local Government Act 2020 and our 2026-2030 Community Engagement Policy. A summary of the policy can be found in the Document Library on the right hand side of this page.
If you have not yet drafted your engagement plan, we strongly encourage you to do so now as it’s an essential step in your planning process. It will assist in identifying potential challenges, risks, and opportunities associated with your engagement.
Gender+ Impact (GIA) Assessments are a planning and assessment tool that helps you see how your policy, program or service might impact different people in different ways. GIA's help create better and fairer outcomes for everyone.
If your project requires you to engage Wadawurrung Traditional Owners or use their services, learn more about the process and bookings via the link below.
If you haven't done so as yet, please complete the Engagement calendar which can be found on our ENGAGE Hub on Cityweb. This will allow you to see what else is going on at the same time to potentially join forces with other teams.
We have multiple resources to help you to start creating your page and learn the basics of the platform.
A member of the Community Engagement Team will also reach out and step you through the platform in more detail, and chat about which tools will be best for your project.
Inception meeting with Comms, Marketing and Engagement to work through best approach to promote project.
Click through to learn more about the process, forms to complete etc.
Review process:
Engagement activities will be open for at least four weeks (with extensions encouraged if over school holidays or religious holiday periods) unless City Executive Director or legislation requires a shorter timeframe.
Once your engagement is open, you will be able to monitor the feedback as the project progresses. The team will show you how to access your reports.
Your engagement lead will also schedule a catch up midway through your project to assess progress, have you reached all cohorts of the community required, determine if any extra promotion is required i.e. additional social media push, among other considerations.
Congratulations! Your engagement has now closed.
It is now time for you to:
Once you’ve completed your engagement reporting and have time to draw breath, we highly recommend you book in ½hr with the Engagement Team to review your engagement:
Have questions or want to learn more about a project, contact us below:
| Phone | 03 5272 5272 |
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| Website | www.geelongcity.vic.gov.au/contact/ |
The National Relay Service is available as a phone solution for people who are deaf or have a hearing or speech impairment.
We Acknowledge the Wadawurrung People as the Traditional Owners of the Land, Waterways and Skies. We pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging. We Acknowledge all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are part of our Greater Geelong community today.
