Our Services

Overview

Evolve Network (Evolve) engages stakeholders who bridge community, government and business to identify their role in enabling forward motion on complex community problems and emerging opportunities. Our work focuses on rural and regional Australian communities.

Change is not always easy for communities, our extensive community and economic development experiences have taught her that real and sustainable change is only ever realised when the community can own, and deliver their response to change. The success of this is then enhanced through robust facilitation, careful planning and support.

We work at each end of the community change process giving value to a range of stakeholders who benefit both directly and indirectly through the delivery of our services.

Community engagement and consultation

We understand distance can be an enormous challenge for our regional clients and have developed a methodology to enable participation which is inclusive of digital literacy, cultural safety and literacy and numeracy skill levels. Having worked in regional communities for over two decades we know that communities often feel over-consulted and may not want to engage as a result. Our engagement methodologies ensure even the most difficult to reach communities are enabled to participate.

Program mentoring and support

There are many benefits to community based service delivery. Not only can it save a lot of groundwork to get programs established, it also has the opportunity to build important capacity within regional, rural and remote communities. Sometimes small not for profit entities need just a little more support to deliver programs to specification and what better way to learn than ‘on the job’. We work with funding bodies to understand the desired outcomes and outputs and then the not for profit to translate this into an achievable implementation plan. We can then mentor delivery teams to grow their skill sets as they deliver the desired program.

Community strategic planning

Evolve Network works with government and communities to deliver community strategic plans which cover the social, economic, environmental and cultural goals of the community. Our plans are always action oriented and aligned to the goals of the community. In developing a community strategic plan we thoroughly consult with the community examining what really matters according to the community, what has worked in the past and desires for the future; we look at the current macro and micro economic environment and examine and pressing environmental and community matters. Our plans prepare communities for both short and longer term actions

Bespoke projects

Each year we deliver a range of bespoke projects to address areas of interest. 

Over the years we have supported many social enterprises and social impact projects to flourish.

In 2023 we delivered the first Social Impact in the Regions conference to enhance capabilities among regional impact practitioners.

Social Impact in the Regions is held between the first Weds-Fri in September each year. Our 2025 venue is currently being determined.

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Would you like to work with us?

If you would like to work with Evolve, require more information or simply wish to touch base and connect, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. We are always looking to broaden our network as well as answer questions that potential clients might have.

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