Pick My Project

Your local community.
Your decision.

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How it works

Pick My Project is a $30 million community grants initiative empowering Victorians to come up with project ideas that will help make their local community an even better place to live, then vote for their favourite project ideas to be funded.

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Submit your project

21 May to 8 July 2018

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Projects reviewed

July 2018

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Vote for projects

13 August to 17 September 2018

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Vote checking

September to October 2018

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Successful Projects Announced

October 2018

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Project Delivery

November 2018 to June 2020

Think about your project idea and check your eligibility

Come up with a project idea that will make your community a better place to live. Read the guidelines and FAQs to make sure you and your project idea are eligible for funding.

Come along to a community event

Have questions or want to learn more? Join us at one of our community events.

Submit your application

Complete all sections of the online application form and submit your project idea by 8 July 2018.

Watch “How to submit your project”
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Watch “How to submit your project”

Our assessment team is reviewing all submitted project ideas and checking these against the guidelines to determine their eligibility by:

  1. Conducting an initial assessment of your budget
  2. Contacting your partner organisation and landholder (where required) to discuss your project and determine their support
  3. Confirming guardian consent if you're aged 16 or 17

Our assessment team will contact you if they have any questions or need more information about your project idea.

Make sure you to find out when voting opens.

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Voting is quick and simple, and open until 5pm, Monday 17 September:

  1. Register for a Pick My Project account. If you already have an account, simply sign in.
  2. Select your local community by entering your suburb or address. You can then browse the project ideas in your local community and create a shortlist of your favourites.
  3. Pick your three favourite project ideas from your shortlist and verify your mobile number. You’ll then be able to submit your votes.

Make sure you share who you’ve voted for with your family and friends.

Need help with voting? Contact us or drop into your local library or Neighbourhood House for assistance.

You can also visit us at an upcoming event.

We’re now checking project votes received during the public voting period, which opened 9am, 13 August and closed 5pm, 17 September 2018. To vote in Pick My Project, voters needed to be a Victorian resident aged 16 and over.

Once checks are complete, we'll announce the project ideas that received the most public votes within their partnership region. Register for updates to be notified when successful projects are announced.

Congratulations to the 237 successful project ideas who will share in $30m in Pick My Project funding.

Funding was split equally between metro and regional Victoria, with each of the six metro and nine regional partnership areas receiving a minimum of $1m. Funding within each partnership area was then allocated by population. To ensure a range of small and large communities had the opportunity to be part of Pick My Project, no more than 50 per cent of a partnership area’s funding could go to one Local Government Area.

The successful projects have developed project plans and signed funding agreements with the Victorian Government. They're now working to deliver their projects across the state, making their local communities even better places to live! Projects will complete at various times over the coming months, up until June 2020.

You can still browse projects including completed, currently underway, and all other project ideas.

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