A shared collection of our latest thinking and activities.

2020 Wrap Up

In our 2020 Wrap Up, we reflect on all the ways our partners in community have leaned into the challenges and hardship of this year to build stronger, connected and resilient communities throughout the crisis and beyond.

Creating Communities signs Cultural Compact

Creating Communities is proud to have officially joined the This Is Our Dream Cultural Compact.

Celebrating community voices in planning

Creating Communities and Woolworths Group have won the Public Engagement and Community Planning category at the Planning Institute of Australia’s Awards for Planning Excellence (WA) for the Future White Sands project. This award recognises initiatives in best practice public engagement or community planning that achieve an outstanding and innovative contribution to enhance built form, planning processes and social outcomes.

Walking forward together

Walking forward together is core to our Creating Communities philosophy. We engage people and organisations to find common ground and build social value. Our Reconciliation Action Plan is central to this work. It reflects our deeply held belief in equality and social equity showing the pathways through which we seek to walk forward together with First Nation’s peoples to achieve this.

#EndCOVIDForAll

Creating Communities is proud to have pledged our support for the #EndCOVIDForAll campaign organised by Micah Australia, the Australian Council for International Development and the Campaign for Australian Aid. We are aiming to create a surge of Australians showing solidarity for our global neighbours.

Celebrating the School Based Traineeships

There are some things that can only happen when we come together. A key initiative that the Hedland Collective supports is the School Based Traineeship program. A program that speaks directly to the Collective’s mission of boosting opportunities for all people and propelling enterprise.

A Celebration of Culture

At Creating Communities, we’re all about working with others to build strong, connected and resilient communities.

Conversations | 21. Donna Shepherd – Finding purpose in a crisis

Conversations | 20. Allan Tranter – Honour our older Australians

Conversations | 19. Amit Khaira  – Support our emerging generations

Conversations | 18. Jaimen Hudson – Reasons to be grateful

Conversations | 17. Lynne Craigie – Stronger and more united

Conversations | 16. Griff Longley – Exploring the outdoors

Conversations | 15. Hon. Commissioner Fred Riebeling – Softening the blow

Conversations | 14. Rebekah Worthington – Innovation overcomes isolation

Conversations | 13. Bruce Robinson – At home and on the Frontline

Innovation overcomes engagement challenge

Almost every workplace has had to change the way it operates in this COVID-19 world. We have fast-tracked innovative ways of working to create new opportunities for ourselves, our clients and the communities we work in.

Conversations | 12. Kirste Oates – Back to basics strategy

Conversations | 11. Steve Gravina – Keeping a healthy body and mind

Conversations | 10. Justin Langer - Lessons to learn from crisis

Conversations | 9. Jodii Maguire – Coping with loss and anxiety

Getting the job done at home

Welcome to the brave new world of work. Where makeshift solo home offices have replaced the pods of ergonomically designed work stations. Hear from our staff as we adjust to our new way of operating.

Conversations | 8. Robbie Miniter – Looking for the positives

Conversations | 7. Adrian Munro - Finding light in the darkness

Conversations | 6. Emma Jarvis – Meaningful Connection