In mid-December 2020, we organised a Zoom session for all the successful LSG recipients for round 2020-2021. It was attended by teams from eleven agencies, including our colleagues from the Department of Health and Human Services. The session was designed using a workshop format with break-out rooms to create engagement between the project teams and foster relationships.
Each team presented information about the main focus and target group of their projects. They also shared the intended impacts of their projects on clients, staff, organisation as well as the broader sector. The information shared led to engaging conversations about common themes such as understanding needs of children, young people, and families; capturing client’s voice; collaborative partnerships; capacity building initiatives; and culturally responsive frameworks. The project teams expressed interest in sharing expertise, lessons, and resources between organisations.
We received positive feedback about the session from the participants and are planning follow up activities with our LSG recipients over the coming year. Our approach this year in managing the LSG program is to build on the successes and achievements of our recipients to foster opportunities for them to share their outcomes and lessons with each other and the broader sector, along with supporting the development of relationships and networks across the program participants. We will do this through:
