The purpose of this project was to undertake a review of Gold Coast PHN’s Psychological Services Program (PSP) with the view to commission a new model that better provides short-term, structured psychological therapies to meet the needs of the community.

South Western Sydney PHN engaged Beacon Strategies to deliver the Mental Health Literacy Initiative Co-design Project to determine mental health literacy needs and potential activities to be implemented by SWSPHN tailored to the South Western Sydney community.

Following an after-hours needs assessment conducted by Brisbane North PHN, it was identified that residents and visitors of Bribie Island do not have access to after-hours care. To address this need Beacon Strategies was commissioned to run stakeholder engagements that will inform a primary care model for after-hours service delivery.

Beacon Strategies was engaged by Act for Kids to undertake an external evaluation of the Flourish Education program, a school-based therapeutic service funded by Brisbane North PHN that aims to support vulnerable students in the Moreton Bay North region.

Utilising a co-design process that was delivered via a Collaborative Pairs process, this project developed a model of social prescribing that aims to increase social connectedness and utilisation of non-clinical services and social supports for those living with chronic health conditions in South Eastern NSW.

Beacon Strategies was engaged by Wesley Mission Queensland and Gold Coast PHN to co-design a service model that aimed to address situational distress in the Gold Coast community, as part of the region’s broader suicide prevention efforts. Through a structured process of desktop research and engagement with people with lived experience and local system stakeholders, our project team developed an ‘implementation ready’ service model, preparing Wesley Mission Queensland to commence delivery of the service in early 2021.