[On-screen text: Place-based approaches]
Around the world, place-based approaches are being used to improve outcomes in communities facing long-term, complex local challenges.
[On-screen text: What are place-based approaches?]
Place-based approaches (PBAs) are designed around the specific circumstances of a place to tackle interconnected factors at a local level, rather than responding to each issue individually.
[On-screen text: How are they different?]
A place-based approach starts with community at the centre. The community decides what it wants to achieve, then uses local data, knowledge and expertise to determine how.
[On-screen text: Government, philanthropy, service providers and business.]
Other partners work flexibly together with the community to implement its actions.
[On-screen text: Different place, different needs]
Different places around Victoria have different needs. Place-based approaches:
- tailor actions to local circumstances
- evolve over time as local needs change
- build community leadership, strength and resilience.
It requires us to work a little differently. But the evidence speaks for itself. Internationally, place-based approaches have achieved impressive results.
[On-screen text: Preschool attendance up by 13%. 2018 study on American Collective Impact initiatives.]
[On-screen text: Teenage pregnancy down 34%. 2018 study on American Collective Impact initiatives.]
[On-screen text: Homeless veterans down 35%. 2018 study on American Collective Impact initiatives.]
During COVID-19, Australian place-based approaches adapted quickly. Leveraging local leadership and community capacity to deliver positive outcomes in response. And lay the groundwork for sustainable recovery.
Place-based approaches can also deliver long-term cost savings.
[On-screen text: Aboriginal-led Maranguka Justice Reinvestment Project in NSW. $3.1 million over 1 year.]
[On-screen text: Sure Start programs in the UK. £279 to £557 per child.]
Place-based approaches break the cycle by using existing community strengths and local innovation to tackle root causes of complex issues, not just address problems.
And there’s so much happening in place across Victoria already.
[On-screen text: Place-based projects in Victoria.
‘Our Place’ in ten communities. Victorian Government and Colman Foundation.
Latrobe Valley Authority. Local people, industry, education providers and all levels of government.
Community Revitalisation Flemington Works. Victorian Government and Moonee Vallee City Council.
Hands Up Mallee, Mildura. Mildura Rural City Council, Sunraysia Community Health, Commonwealth and Victorian Government and local partners.
And so many more…
Initiatives by Aboriginal-led organisations
Community Revitalisation
GROW (Growing Regional Opportunities for Work)
Suburban Revitalisation and more…]
Authorised by the Victorian Government, 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne.
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