This SIMNA webinar took place on Thursday 15 July 2021. During the webinar, our three panellists took on the challenge of guiding us through how to measure the impact of local or ‘community’ based initiatives. Long story short, there is no easy answer!
Each speaker made reference to published reports and/or other reference materials.
These are listed below:
Aden Date, Arts, Media and Social Impact Specialist
- Referenced the work of Ferdinand Tönnies: Community and Society
- Referenced Nick Juniper’s recent work at The Fulcrum Agency
- Referenced the Logan Together Collective Impact Initiative
- Referenced Traditional Knowledge Labels
Anthea Hancocks, CEO of the Scanlon Foundation and CEO of the Scanlon Foundation Research Institute
- Referenced the Scanlon-Monash Index (SMI) of Social Cohesion
- Referenced ‘The Welcoming Cities’ Standard for cultural diversity and inclusion policy and practice in Local Government
Megan Whittaker, Manager of Social Outcomes at City of Parramatta Council
- Referenced the City of Parramatta’s Socially Sustaible Parramatta Framework
- Referenced the City of Parramatta’s Socially Sustainable Parramatta – Indicators Framework Summary
- Referenced the City of Parramatta’s Socially Sustainable Parramatta – Baseline Report 2019