Community engagement is also often referred to as community consultation/participation/collaboration. It’s the act of seeking input from the community to influence decision making.

Creating Cardinia was launched in 2019 as Cardinia Shire Council’s online community engagement website. It hosts a variety of projects that council is or has asked the community to contribute to.

As a part of the changes to the Victorian Local government Act Councils need to update their community engagement policies. When updating these documents it’s important that we hear from our community so we can ensure the updated policy is as relevant as possible to our changing community needs.

Community Engagement Policy 2019