Category: Community insights

If you want fresh thinking and innovation, then you need to engage young people. We’ve run Australia’s first youth summit on climate change initiated by a Council, and engaged thousands of students through travelling shows, and ran a curated film competition. We’ve …

Aside from COVID, the hottest topic raised by community and stakeholders alike is climate change. Even before the IPCC this month issued a Code Red for humanity, ordinary folk were issuing their own concerns and seeking guidance and leadership. Even in communities …

Travelling into regional and remote communities earlier this year I was told many stories of heartbreak resulting from devastating natural disasters. Like one person’s plight to shift 1000s of dead cattle off a property devastated by flood waters. Not only did they …

If we really want to get more people to engage with councils and governments on the important topics, then we need to shake up engagement. Let’s apply a McDonalds or a Woollies / Coles / Aldi approach to public engagement projects and …

  Youth engagement is becoming an increasingly important part of engagement activities where projects and decisions have an impact on the youth of today and are likely to keep impacting them into the future. In any engagement project young people are typically …

Imagine this. A community member has bravely taken the microphone. They’re shaking but determined to tell their story. They’re detailing their years of abuse. They talk about specific incidences, how they felt, the frustration, the sense of helplessness. It’s not the first …

Resilience comes in many forms, whether it be discovering new skills, building new relationships, being more informed, taking decisive action or working with people who share common goals. Having worked in several regional areas across Queensland in 2020, one thing that always …