WEDNESDAY 16 AUGUST 2023
8:30am – 5:00pm
GLADSTONE ENTERTAINMENT CONVENTION CENTRE (GECC)
56 GOONDOON STREET, GLADSTONE
A community showcase sharing community-led action
being taken to create improved wellbeing for our children
and families in the Gladstone Region.
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Join us to learn more about the collaborative effort of our community and the pathways being built to improve community wellbeing.
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Hear from a partner community, demonstrating outcomes through community-led, place-based work, and about how the work our community is doing now, will lead to improved outcomes for local families and children in the future.
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Community leading change to grow opportunity, equity
and quality of life for everyone in the Gladstone Region.
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Participants will have an opportunity to share their voice to shape the next stages of the valuable work for the Gladstone Region.
Event Outline
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Event participants can expect to be surprised by the breadth and diversity of stakeholders and stakeholder collaborations.
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Contributors will present updates on the collaborative work they are leading to create positive futures for our children by:
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growing our local service sector capacity to enhance quality and timeliness of supports for our families and children
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mitigating regional skill shortages impacting our local community supports
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ensuring lived-experience and the stories of local people inform the effective design of programs and supports
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exploring opportunities to increase timely access to child assessments and early supports to put our local children on track to thrive at school
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increasing our understanding of resourcing allocations in our community and support shared decision making across government, community and other stakeholders
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growing data collection across our community to support evidence informed decision making
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With the recent announcement of extended Australian Government funding for this work in the Gladstone Region, the ‘Together in Action’ event is a celebration of what has already been achieved and acknowledges the whole-of-community investment for the shared aspiration of thriving futures for our children.
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Special Guest Speaker
Dr Michelle Lucas
Dr Michelle Lucas will visit Gladstone to share the experience of
‘Logan Together’, a more advanced, place-based initiative that is achieving great outcomes for local children through the collective efforts of community and government embracing place-based, community-led practice. This demonstration of results will enable delegates to visualise where the Gladstone Region is on the collective impact journey and the possibilities for change as a result of the work in progress now.
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