Achievements

By bringing people and agencies together from across the South West Metropolitan region, Imagined Futures creates conditions for collaboration to flourish. 

Some of our achievements include:

-Ongoing engagement of approximately 70 members from not-for-profit organisations and government providers of human services, as well as community members, business, and philanthropists to better integrate services to the community.

-Delivery of large-scale collective impact projects including:

• The Alliance Against Depression initiative which improves treatment and support for people affected by depression.
• The Keeping Kids Engaged program which builds on children and young people’s strengths to improve outcomes for vulnerable students.
• The Where is the door? project which connects people new to seeking help to the right support at the right time.
• Our ongoing work with the Davis Park community which fosters grassroots community development to general social connection and increase community wellbeing.

-Incubating project ideas that have grown to have national application, such as:

• The My Community Directory – which lists organisations that are free or subsidised to the public in thousands of locations across Australia
• The Right By You website – a mental health resource for friends of young people at risk.

-Articulating a common strategic approach to tackling complex social issues, such as:

• Leading the development of the South Metropolitan Regional Homelessness and Housing Plan

-Playing a role in celebrating and connecting children and young people to First Nations culture an essential building block for social and emotional wellbeing, through:

• Connecting Aboriginal Children in Care to family, culture and community
• Supporting an annual Culture Through Sport Interschool carnival.

-Developing a shared understanding of our community through harnessing available data and stories.

-Building the capacity of community through:

• Ensuring that young people and their support networks have access to programs designed to enhance their skills in cultivating mentally health habits and responding constructively to challenges.
• Brokering networking and training opportunities for front line workers in our region.

-Attracting much needed additional services into the area and established strategies of non-competitiveness among members to secure funding with a focus on the South West Metropolitan region

-Responding to requests for guidance in setting up collaborative or collective impact initiatives from local, interstate and international sources.

-Recognition as a collaborative work exemplar in the Supporting Communities Forum’s report Build, support and sustain a culture of collaboration between and within Government and the Community Services Sector commissioned by the West Australian Premier.

-Winner of two Institute of Public Administration Australia Awards for:

• Best Practice in Collaboration between Government and Non-Government organisations and;
• Innovation in the Public Sector