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Community Listening Posts - 2022

Southern Grampians Shire Council’s successful Listening Posts are returning to township communities this year after a two year break due to the pandemic.

Residents will have the opportunity to discuss initiatives, ideas and concerns in a casual community setting with Councillors and Senior Council staff.

No registrations are required - come along to have a chat.

The schedule for upcoming Listening Posts is as follows:

Stay up-to-date with session details at Council's Facebook Page. Visit https://www.facebook.com/southerngrampiansshirecouncil/

Community Support

Southern Grampians Shire Council recognises the importance of providing or advocating for effective services that promote community wellbeing. Our Community Engagement Coordinator encourages communities within the Southern Grampians Shire to take collective action and generate solutions to shared problems. The coordinator acts on behalf of our communities by advocating needs and preferences to Council and provides practical advice and assistance with community plans, capacity building and grants.

Community Engagement

Southern Grampians Shire is committed to involving the members of the community in issues that are important to them and has developed a Community Engagement Policy with guidelines to support the Policy’s implementation.

Council is committed to a strong and effective community engagement activities in order to improve its decision making process for planning, service delivery and major projects.