Council is helping the Moreland community during the COVID-19 pandemic via a range of measures including financial relief, community grants, support for businesses, increased home support services and online and over-the-phone enhancements to existing services.
On Wednesday 25 March, Council resolved to commit to a number of hardship and community relief measures to assist individuals, businesses and organisations suffering hardship in our community as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic
These include:
Financial relief
Providing rates support to Moreland community members who have been financially impacted by COVID-19 as outlined in our COVID-19 Financial Hardship Policy.
Community grants
Providing $80,000 in funding to COVID-19 Community Support Grant, which has been given to Inner North Community Foundation to distribute in the form of community grants. Learn more and apply.
Online and telephone enhancements to services
Implementing critical changes to the way our services, programs and projects are delivered to ensure the safety of our staff and the community during COVID-19. This includes the provision of telephone counselling services and online support to young people and the promotion of electronic resources and home library delivery service while both Moreland Libraries and Oxygen Youth Space are temporarily closed. See more.
Business support
Supporting businesses by waiving food registration renewal fees for the 2020 calendar year and providing refunds for all fees paid in advance for services that can no longer take place including street trader permits and community venue hire.
Home support services
Continuing to support our vulnerable older residents with home support services and additional wellbeing checks and ensuring eligible new clients wanting Council home support and meal delivery services are fast-tracked.
Deferment of parking restrictions
