Future Directions for Cultural Heritage

Client: Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) (NSW)

Location/s: Sydney

Facilitation of a two-day future directions workshop for the Cultural Heritage and Compliance branches of the department. DEC is responsible for legislation protecting Aboriginal cultural heritage in NSW.

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Wyanga Service Quality Review

Client: Wyanga Aged Care Program

Location/s: Redfern

Facilitated a Carer’s Forum which reviewed carer’s issues and workshopped and updated a carers handbook and kit.

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Review of Corrective Services NSW Community Grants Program

Client: Department of Corrective Services

Location/s: Sydney

Review of the Department of Corrective Services Community Grants Program with The Public Practice as the lead consultant. This project analysed the temporary housing and family services available to detainees, especially in the post release context, and identified significant gaps in services available to Aboriginal inmates upon release, especially those with alcohol and other drug…

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Nangamay Post-Release Project Planning

Client: Nangamay Inc.

Location/s: Sydney

Facilitated one two-day and a half-day workshop for this community organisation which is setting up a women’s post-release (prison) residential program. The output of the process was a detailed project plan including an indicative budget. This project reviewed the critical needs of post-release prisoners and developed programs and services to respond to these needs in…

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Best Practice and Benchmarking in Local Approvals

Client: SHOROC (Warringah, Mosman, Pittwater and Manly Councils)

Undertaken with Albany Consulting, the project researched and developed a benchmarking framework for four Councils for development, implementation and improvement of the development approvals process. This project drew on extensive desktop research of best practice in local approvals in NSW and across Australia and involved extensive qualitative research with residents, councillors, council staff, state government…

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