Capricornia SPSP
Stronger Places Stronger People Livingstone & Rockhampton
Working across our communities to address local issues through collaborative efforts.
Stronger Places, Stronger People (SPSP) is a community-led, partnership initiative designed to improve the lives of children and their families. Capricornia SPSP is a part of the national SPSP initiative, supported by the Australian Government’s Department of Social Services in partnership with the Queensland Government. Auspice by CQUniversity.
What is this all about?
Capricornia SPSP is one of ten communities across Australia that are developing the Stronger Places, Stronger People initiative.
SPSP enables all stakeholders, including community members, local organisations, business, industry, and government, to collaboratively design and lead a place-based strategy and action plan to disrupt disadvantage and create better futures for children and their families.
SPSP is based on a Collective Impact and Community Development model.
How does this work?
Capricornia SPSP is a collective group of voices from the community, government, service providers, and businesses, working together to create a thriving future for our community. By listening to the voices of our community, and ensuring all voices are heard, our vision is opportunity, equity, and quality of life for everyone in our community. Our Vision…
Community Resources
Community consultation occurring over the last few years has seen the action group evolve into the Leadership Group, who are now establishing a Backbone team to support them in driving the work. Read the engagement reports…
Meet the LG
Our Leadership Group is comprised of local people with lived experience working together to lift people out of entrenched disadvantage. Sharing the same goal, through community-led action and genuine collaboration, they seek to create a brighter, positive, and thriving future for our region. To learn more about the people spearheading this locally, meet the team…
Backbone Team
Stronger Places, Stronger People communities receive funding to support a local project team (‘backbone team’) in each community. The backbone team facilitates the work by coordinating community efforts and implementing the community-led action plan…
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What is Collective Impact
The collective impact approach is a structured collaboration model designed to address complex social problems by bringing together organisations from different sectors to work towards a common agenda. It emphasises a coordinated, cross-sector approach, unlike...
What is a place-based approach?
A place-based approach is a collaborative, community-led strategy focused on addressing complex local issues within a specific geographic area. It involves engaging diverse stakeholders, including community members, government, and service providers, to develop...
Data driven SPSP communities
A data-driven Stronger Places, Stronger People (SPSP) model leverages data to inform and improve community-led initiatives aimed at disrupting disadvantage. It involves collecting and analysing both quantitative and qualitative data to understand local needs, tailor...
Collaborative Systems Change
Bottom Up Approach
An emphasis on community-led development and decision-making. Actively engaging local residents in identifying needs, developing solutions, & implementing actions.
Inclusive community engagement
Diverse groups and people with lived experience have been recognised to ensure community representation and a whole-of-system approach.
Community Deep Listening
Local Engagement
Determining our future
“Putting community at the heart of the process is essential to ensuring community leadership.”
– Co-Design Process Report – June 2023
Find Us Here
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Building 65, 554-700 Yaamba Road, North Rockhampton, QLD 4701
We respectfully acknowledge Darumbal, Woppaburra, and Gangulu. Traditional Owners of the land on which we live and collaborate for an equitable future. We pay respect to the First Nations Peoples and their Elders, past, present and emerging. We extend this respect to other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
