Applications Open for VicHealth Local Government Partnership Intake 2022 (Australia)

Deadline: 14-Nov-22

VicHealth is inviting councils to join the 2022 fast-track intake of the Local Government Partnership.

Partnering councils will be committed to providing meaningful opportunities for children and young people to be part of shaping their community’s health and wellbeing.

And here’s what you'll get in return…access to the Implementation Support Package including:

Dedicated funding opportunities, only available to councils who are part of the VicHealth Local Government Partnership – to start putting the modules into practice
Access to the Communities of Practice – a chance to collaborate and share knowledge across Victorian councils
Capability and capacity building including data and monitoring support, and health promotion leadership training.

Focus

Creating healthy local communities is more important than ever with children and young people being the most impacted by the rapidly changing world.
Councils have a critical role in developing and activating local change to ensure all children and young people have the opportunity to grow up active, socially connected and healthy.  
The VLGP consolidates support, resourcing, practice evidence and capacity building with a specific focus on the systems, policies and services of local government.
They are working to amplify the voices of children and young people aged 0-25 in council processes, with a particular focus on implementing actions through the Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plans 2021-25.
The priority areas for this work include: youth engagement, systems thinking, healthy food systems, social connection and inclusion, active communities, alcohol, tobacco and the arts.

How will Fast-track councils participate?

Councils joining the VLGP will form a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with VicHealth to deliver one or more core or stretch health promotion modules. Under the MOU, fast-track councils will gain access to the implementation support package. This will include:
Implementation funding opportunities through exclusive eligibility to apply for annual funding pool(s) to put the actions from the modules into practice, as well as opportunities to fund ideas driven by your communities. Funding is not guaranteed at the time of forming MOU, and councils successfully pitching for these funds will enter an additional funding arrangement with VicHealth
Community of Practice to collaborate and share knowledge across Victorian councils and hear from expert partners on the module topics that are important to you
Capability and capacity building training, including for data and monitoring, and health promotion leadership.
They will be looking to partner with councils who are committed to the inclusion of children and young people in the planning and implementation of these modules.
To be successful, councils will be expected to:
- demonstrate leadership support and supply a CEO statement of commitment toward the goals of the VicHealth Local Government Partnership
- commit to the delivery of at least one full module, achieving the minimum deliverables under each impact stream of that module
- align some existing staff, financial and program resources to contribute to module implementation.
Councils can nominate their preference for a 1-year (January 2023-December 2023), 2-year (January 2022 -December 2024) or 3-year (January 2022-late 2025) MOU arrangement.