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.
A strategic planning template
In this blog, we are going to explore what a completed strategic plan looks like. We’ll cover each of the major components and explore what information is included in each. The following blog can be used as a template for developing your strategic plan.
What is strategic planning?
The content in this blog has been designed to provide you with an understanding of what strategic planning is. We would like to preface that this content is introductory in nature and aims to support the development of a foundational understanding of strategic planning.
PHN News: Financial inclusion, health equity and the role of PHNs
Primary Health Networks exist to streamline health services, particularly for those at risk of poor health outcomes and to better coordinate care so people receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time. Given this, there is a great deal to learn from each other about how community members who are socioeconomically disadvantaged access, navigate and experience the health system.
Regional barriers to financial inclusion and health - part 2: what people have told us
In part two, we’re moving on and sharing some insights from two recently completed co-design projects our team has undertaken into two separate health system areas where consistent themes on health and financial exclusion have emerged
Regional barriers to financial inclusion and health - part 1: the desktop research
In February this year, Beacon Strategies Director, Elliot Parkinson attended a Financial Inclusion conference and presented on the regional barriers to financial inclusion and health. The contents of this presentation have now been transformed into the following two-part blog series about financial inclusion and its connection to the concept of health equity.
Launching BeaconHQ - a collaborative, knowledge-sharing platform
We’re hoping that BeaconHQ will be different. Rather than taking the shape of a traditional ‘company intranet’ we are taking the path of launching a ‘company wiki’. Those familiar with Wikipedia will understand that it has many contributors, knowledge is sourced from the crowd and the content is reviewed and scrutinised by peers and moderators.
With COVID (kind of) behind us, here’s how NFPs are refocusing on their longer term strategy and impact
We’re seeing a number of organisations approach us for advice around organisational strategic planning - a good sign that many NFPs are starting to open conversations with community members, staff, external stakeholders and board members about their organisational direction in a post-COVID world.
An update on our work in Far North Queensland
In this blog, we bring you something that we have been relatively quiet about - our migration to Far North Queensland and the inspiring work that our Cairns-based team apply themselves to every day.
10 practical grant and tender writing tips for NFPs
Grant and tender writing can be challenging for people in the not-for-profit (NFP) sector who are more accustomed to project management or client facing roles. Over the last couple of years, we’ve supported many NFPs to submit high quality grant and tender applications across topic areas from mental health, alcohol and other drugs, health and wellbeing, disability, employment, and many more!