This week's announcement by the Victorian Government of the $100 million Community Infrastructure Loans Scheme, will provide councils with access to low interest rate loans of between $500,000 and $10 million. The loans will apply to community centres and hubs, cultural facilities, public libraries, kindergartens and early learning facilities, heritage building restorations for community use and public spaces like parks, reserves and trails.

The funding will be very competitive and so it will be important to demonstrate how your proposal will not only provide functional benefit to the community but will also deliver real, long-term community outcomes as well. 

We call it Outcomes-Based Infrastructure and it is a process that sets up social infrastructure projects so they can make a measurable difference to people's lives, particularly where pockets of disadvantage exist. Brimbank City Council is leading the way with their 'Brimbank Hub' development, which will bring together a world-class leisure centre with a rigorous approach to addressing real social and health inequalities. 

Let us know if you would like to talk about how your application for infrastructure funding could become an outcomes-based community infrastructure proposal.
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Link to the Premier's announcement
Guidelines for a previous, similar, program

​Dale Renner & Russ Wood are excited to announce that Gemma Tovey will be joining Latitude Network from September 2019.

Most recently, Gemma was Strategy & Growth Manager at Melbourne City Mission’s Hester Hornbrook Academy. Prior to this role Gemma managed Melbourne City Mission’s Social Enterprise portfolio where she founded and subsequently managed MCM’s ‘CQ Cultural Consulting’ business, among other achievements.

Gemma has qualifications in Law and and is a graduate of Leadership Victoria’s Williamson Community Leadership Program and of the Australian Institute of Management’s Project Management program. 

Gemma brings an incredible commitment and passion along with a unique set of skills and experience to Latitude Network as we work with like-minded organisations to understand and interpret the future world of outcomes-driven social and community services delivery. Like Latitude Network’s two founders, Gemma is passionate about redesigning systems to improve the delivery of services that support disadvantaged communities.

From day one, Gemma will be involved with:

• Designing a youth homelessness outcomes framework that will consolidate multiple funded programs into one, holistic and outcomes-driven system;
• Concluding Australia’s first social impact investment related to education for disengaged young people; and
• Developing a social impact investment proposal focused on child protection and out of home care.

Gemma can be reached on:
e: gemma@latitude.network
LinkedIn

​Welcome Gemma!