Community Crime Prevention Graffiti Prevention and Removal Grants 2013/14 Good practice in developing your project Presenter: Sue Clout Title:Assistant Director, Program Management Date:14 June 2013

Community Crime Prevention What makes a good application Applications that demonstrate problem solving capacity by:  Identifying and understanding the problem  Matching the solution to the problem  Outlining considered and achievable project planning  Engaging the community and supporting local participation  Understanding how to review the project in an achievable and appropriate manner Application hangs together  Relationship between inputs such as budget, objectives, project deliverables and outcomes

Community Crime Prevention Introducing your application Project Description  Important first impression of your project  Should be clear what the project will specifically do, why and the expected outcomes/results  Department will use summarised project description for various purposes

Community Crime Prevention Identifying and understanding the problem What is the specific graffiti prevention and/or removal problem/issue?  Explain any relevant context  What is the impact of the problem?  Who is impacted by the problem?  Do you really understand the problem? What evidence is available about this problem and its impact?  Eg. safety audits, surveys, Victoria Police statistics, feasibility studies or consultancy reports, local plans, graffiti reports to council/local police  Attach evidence as part of your application  Photos can be used to further illustrate  Builds the case for investment if the significance of the risk/issue is high

Community Crime Prevention What you want to achieve Deciding what you want to achieve  Clear realistic, measurable and action oriented objectives  Short and long term outcomes Performance measures  # Partners and participants; demographics  Feedback from participants/community  #Students/schools in education program  Murals installed, community involvement  Sqms graffiti removed; anti-graffiti coating; #kits/vouchers Ensuring alignment with the Graffiti Grant objectives

Community Crime Prevention Project partners Community partnership is key component of grants Must have at least one community partner  Council approached by community organisation identifying problem  Council may identify problem and approach partners Ensure fit between partner and problem/solution Partner evidence could include:  List responsibilities agreed between council and partner/s  Past involvement with issue/council/other organisations  Letters of support indicating their level commitment; not form letters

Community Crime Prevention Matching the solution to the problem Identifying the best solution to the problem/issue  Provide rationale for chosen solution & why effective  Demonstrate alternative responses have been considered/assessed  Examine what may have worked elsewhere in a similar context/understanding of previous learnings  Show understanding of crime prevention principles/theory including CPTED, Safer Design, Situational Crime Prevention  Ensure the response is commensurate to the problem

Community Crime Prevention Evaluating the solution Evaluation and review needs to be considered in setting project objectives Need to consider: –how you will demonstrate your project has been successful in meeting its objectives –ensure your measures are achievable and that council can follow through –indicate information to be collected and how collected

Community Crime Prevention Implementation-Project planning and engagement DOJ expects you to deliver what you are proposing Key things we will look for:  clear and achievable project plan with time-frames reflecting the key project steps and key accountabilities  considered key steps with time for necessary consultation, approvals and project specific tasks known to take longer such as distribution of kits

Community Crime Prevention Budget Budget needs to be clear identifying all relevant income and expenditure Expenditure items should make sense within the context of the application Quotes or detailed cost breakdown are sought as we want to ensure that councils can deliver the proposed scope Where you have chosen a more expensive option (eg kits) this should be justified (including per unit costs) Funding request & budget needs to be GST exclusive

Community Crime Prevention Resources Graffiti Grants information available at: Grants Information Line: :30–17:00 Mon-Fri or queries to Technical difficulties with online application: SmartyGrants Support by phone (03) or Video of presentations & slides online asap