Place-based community development and engagement

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We build connected, inclusive and
self-sustaining places where people are enabled and supported to thrive.

Our approach

We work at the cornerstone of where community and industry meet, helping shape thriving and connected communities for governments, community organisations and industry. 

Through place-based community engagement, community development strategies, placemaking principles, policy and program design, we build local capacity and strengthen the social and economic foundations that make communities more attractive places to live, work, play and visit. 

Our focus is on creating comprehensive strategies and designing programs that foster resilience, inclusion and long-term cohesion ensuring no one is left behind. We do this by ensuring programs are co-designed where communities identify, plan and solve their own local issues to create positive, sustainable change. 

We strengthen local capacity and capability by empowering all people, engaging and promoting inclusion and social equity and self-determination.

What we deliver

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How our community development work is different

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Our work across economic and workforce development and tourism ensures that we address place-based strengths and challenges that are embedded within communities to identify co-designed solutions and initiatives. 

We bring together community insight, practical delivery planning and third sector expertise to create strategies and programs that genuinely strengthen communities. We combine engagement, policy design and implementation pathways to ensure community initiatives are inclusive, fundable and sustainable.

Monitoring, evaluation and continuous improvement

Inclusive and accessible engagement

Practical implementation and funding pathways

Place-based and community-led approaches

Integrated social and economic outcomes

Community development projects we’ve delivered

  • Sparrowly Group has been wonderful to work with, delivering on time and to scope consistently, always bringing us (the client) with them on the journey.

    - NSW Government - Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

  • The approach to the strategic planning project was vastly different from anything that IMPACT had contemplated in the past, yet we were confident from the outset of the outcome. Sparrowly Group believed in our vision and were completely invested in achieving the best possible outcomes for our organisation and our clients.

    - IMPACT Community Services

  • Working with Sparrowly Group was a real win. They tailored the workshop to our key sectors, blending best practice with practical first steps that businesses could act on straight away.

    - Byron Shire Council

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Not-for-profit and community services expertise 

Sparrowly Group has extensive experience working with the not-for-profit (NFP) and community sectors. Our expertise in these sectors supports sustainable business models and supported communities.

Community insights and publications

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