Moving forward
2024 Roadmap
Looking back and
moving forward
2024 strategic priorities
The strategy to achieve our vision and mission consists of four pillars and three key enablers.
Pillars
Demonstrate
We collaborate with schools and communities to faithfully implement our approach to improve educational achievement.
- Increase children and parent’s attendance and participation with services and learning opportunities.
- Build parent’s confidence and capability to support their child’s learning and development.
- Support adults in their own learning and employment pathways.
- Increase the use of data to inform implementation practice.
- Progress Continuity of Learning between early learning and school sectors, within Our Place sites and the with policymakers.
- Advocate for roll out of Early Help Family Services to all sites and support implementation based on prior lessons.
Evaluate
We measure, research and analyse the impact of our approach to learn and to create evidence for change.
- Deliver Emerging Findings Report, which draws together all previously collected qualitative and quantitative data.
- Increase evaluation capability across the organisation and site partnerships, using the Evaluation Plan as a guide.
- Develop data dashboard through consolidating site snapshots, report card and community profiles.
- Commence development of the 2025 formal evaluation report based on learnings from Emerging Findings Report.
Communicate
We document our expertise and share the evidence to enable clear understanding of the approach and its impacts.
- Release new Continuity of Learning publication and launch at stakeholder event.
- Produce overview of video of Our Place, based on our Theory of Change.
- Publish resource for the pre-establishment of school community platforms.
- Develop Communications Plan and key messages to support each of our systems change priorities.
Influence
We work with partners and policy makers to influence changes that help address structural causes of disadvantage.
- Continue to engage in relevant policy and advocacy opportunities based on system change priorities.
- Advocate for the Our Place approach to be adopted in other ommunities experiencing disadvantage.
aspect_ratioDemonstrate
We collaborate with schools and communities to faithfully implement our approach to improve educational achievement.
- Increase children and parent’s attendance and participation with services and learning opportunities.
- Build parent’s confidence and capability to support their child’s learning and development.
- Support adults in their own learning and employment pathways.
- Increase the use of data to inform implementation practice.
- Progress Continuity of Learning between early learning and school sectors, within Our Place sites and the with policymakers.
- Advocate for roll out of Early Help Family Services to all sites and support implementation based on prior lessons.
component_exchangeEvaluate
We measure, research and analyse the impact of our approach to learn and to create evidence for change.
- Deliver Emerging Findings Report, which draws together all previously collected qualitative and quantitative data.
- Increase evaluation capability across the organisation and site partnerships, using the Evaluation Plan as a guide.
- Develop data dashboard through consolidating site snapshots, report card and community profiles.
- Commence development of the 2025 formal evaluation report based on learnings from Emerging Findings Report.
chatCommunicate
We document our expertise and share the evidence to enable clear understanding of the approach and its impacts.
- Release new Continuity of Learning publication and launch at stakeholder event.
- Produce overview of video of Our Place, based on our Theory of Change.
- Publish resource for the pre-establishment of school community platforms.
- Develop Communications Plan and key messages to support each of our systems change priorities.
looksInfluence
We work with partners and policy makers to influence changes that help address structural causes of disadvantage.
- Continue to engage in relevant policy and advocacy opportunities based on system change priorities.
- Advocate for the Our Place approach to be adopted in other ommunities experiencing disadvantage.
Enablers
1. Long-term government partnership
Provides infrastructure and governance to support our approach along with a platform to test and advocate for changes within the system.
- Engage proactively with priority senior government stakeholders to maintain strong authorising environment and unique partnership.
2. Committed philanthropic partners
Provides long-term funding and enables collaboration with like-minded philanthropy organisations to pursue genuine system change.
- Leverage and expand the Our Place Philanthropy Alliance to collaborate on initiatives of shared interest.
3. Distinctive organisational capability
Develop internal capability to execute our strategy and leverage the capability of others to work differently for the benefit children and families.
- Develop our people by focusing on skills, knowledge and attributes of a learning organisation.
- Use the Theory of Change to guide our work by providing clarity and inspiring our teams.
- Safeguard Our Place from operational, reputational and legal risks.
- Attract and retain staff by ensuring our people are engaged and empowered.