Our blog
We believe in sharing the knowledge and learnings we capture through our work with people and organisations across the health and social services sectors.
Our blog consists of thoughtful and practical content and insight across a range of topic areas that aims to better enable people and organisations to plan, design, implement and evaluate their work.
Why use a survey to drive targeted engagement for the Cairns and Hinterland Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan?
As a part of our ongoing engagement with Northern Queensland PHN to develop a Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan, we have distributed a survey that aims to engage a broader community to contribute to the development of this plan. Read this blog to find out how you can be involved.
Lived Experience and LGBTQIAP+ Engagement Opportunity!
We are inviting stakeholders from these communities to offer their thoughts and insights into the current state of suicide prevention in the Cairns and Hinterland region, and how it should look in the future to achieve better outcomes for the community. Read this blog to find out more about how to register and engage in these sessions!
The importance of staying close to our project partners
At Beacon Strategies we've found that setting up consistent mechanisms for communicating with our client partners ensures we share our findings, progress, ideas approaches and concerns at the right times. As many of us work with both internal and external stakeholders, we thought sharing our insights on how we make this happen can help others broader than just a consultancy-type engagement.
What are the biggest challenges for NFPs in 2021? A Beacon Strategies Q&A
Inspired by an article published by Pro Bono News and always being curious about how organisations set themselves up for success, the team here at Beacon Strategies asked ourselves a couple of big questions about what we think the challenges and opportunities that NFPs might expect to face in 2021 will be.
Redesigning a health service model through evidence review and policy scanning
Any provider of health and social services should regularly review their service models against the latest evidence, policy priorities and practice guidance. The following blog explores the inputs we use to inform service redesign and create "implementation ready" service models. Read more here.
Meet Sarah… The engineer, traveller and Beacon Strategies Analyst
Sarah Crisci has joined our team as an analyst who originally lived and studied in America before moving to Darwin and working as a consultant. Her passion for the health and social service sector stems from her travels in Thailand, where she completed volunteer work in youth and community development. Sarah has already proved to be a valuable asset to the team and we think it’s about time you learnt more about what she has to offer.
Cairns and Hinterland Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan Newsfeed
This page will act as a newsfeed for the Cairns and Hinterland Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan Project. It will be regularly updated with upcoming activities, insights, resources and ongoing outcomes as we undertake project activities. We have designed this page to inform people who are interested in this project and its relevant subject matter.
What does disadvantage look like in Queensland
In Queensland, those populations considered to be socially disadvantaged are more likely to face a range of socioeconomic issues and conditions that affect their opportunities to thrive. We explore some of the data illustrating these relationships.
Cairns Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan - Trip 2
As part of the Cairns and Hinterland Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan (SP-CAP), the Beacon Strategies team are engaging local stakeholders throughout its development. To begin the local engagements, Elliot and Sarah made a trip to Cairns at the end of 2020 to meet with key stakeholders to develop this locally specific SP-CAP.