The Southern Grampians Shire Council has a policy in place that enables assistance to be provided to businesses and ratepayers who are facing hardship due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Within the 2020/21 Budget a sum of $328,000 has been set aside to assist the Southern Grampians community in relation to hardship applications specifically due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Any funds not expended by the end of the 2020/21 financial year will be spent on COVID-19 related community initiatives or projects as determined by Council.
Under council’s Hardship Assistance COVD-19 Support Policy, assistance can be provided by way of one or more of the following: