Thriving Communities :

Lotterywest’s Proactive Partnership

      

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LOTTERYWEST

Grants & Community Development

Directorate 8 March 2005

Speaker

Western Australia Context

Thirty years ago :

• W.A. meant Wait Awhile• monocultural values - Anglo• group identity• Government leadership • Government responsibility• wealth driven - economic rationalism• fastest growing economy • positive migration

My how things change…

or have they ?

Rate of Change

10 days - new technology

10 minutes - new product / service

10 seconds - new web site

Change we have in one day

Our grandparents had in one year

Younger means faster

0

500,000

1,000,000

1,500,000

2,000,000

2,500,000

Perth Regions WA

1991

2001

2011

Perth & Western Australia

POPULATION FORECAST

Source: ABS Estimated Resident Population & Ministry for Planning

Western Australia now

W.A. meant Wait Awhile means Way Ahead

monocultural values multicultural > 200 ethic

group identity increasing individualism

Government leadership business leadership

Government responsible who’s responsible ??

wealth driven becoming value driven

economic rationalism toward coopitalism

fastest growing economy still fastest most stable

positive migration still positive migration

Some Issues facing community

• Leadership vacuum

• Disrespect

• Distrust of media, power, spin

• Confusion re future

• Dehumanised economic rationalism

• Urban sprawl

• Ageing population

• Male suicide rate

• Disaffected youth

• Teenage mothers

• Rural – Urban gap•employment, depopulation, education, health care,

aged care, technology

Key drivers of change :

Changing world of work Co opitalism + Sustainability

• project based

• team based

• relationship based - EQ

• strategic alliances

• globally networked

• fast flat skill decision making

• value driven

• intangible assets

Key drivers of change :

Changing world of employment - Casualisation

• Contract - Part time

• Self employment Five Career changes

Multi skilled employees Small businesses

• Increase low income jobs • SOHO : small office home office

Driving all drivers of change :

Technology - by 2020

70 % types of jobs do not exist now

because

80 % technology not thought of yet

Likely jobs in next 10 years :

• Director of Emerging Thought

• Chief Zookeeper - of people

• Creative Undertaker

• Thought Jockey

• Pasture Programmer

• Hacker Relations Manager

• Valuer of Intangible Assets *

• Human Interface Manager *

* Exist since 2003

Key drivers of change :

Social shifts - options, options, options

• generation gap increasing • rural & urban gaps increasing • restructure of family unit• childless by choice• serial monogamy• No Fixed Address• shifting sense of community • non consumerist id• short term goals• global awareness• multiculturalism - pluralism• individual values & id

Key drivers of change :

Political shifts - Think Global Act Local

• disenchantment - money focus• disillusioned - party politics• youth disengaged• priority : local state federal• NIMBY• environmental activism• social activism• community power • global consciousness

Key drivers of change :

Government Policies - Dereg & Devolve

• economic rationalism :• dereg - corporatise privatise • devolve - financial responsibility• priority - economic development • policy - economic efficiency

• individual responsibility• fund self help• urbanisation - beads on a string• social services - rationalise

• productivity

Communities : Shape & Texture to Come

Increasing :• self determination• financial responsibility• widening gap : Haves / Have Nots• divergent demographics

• rural / urban• economically robust / unemployment• ageing / cross generational• cultural enclaves / multicultural pluralism• skilled / underskilled• information superhighway / techno isolation

• divergent psychographics• quality of life priorities• individualism • need for sense of belonging

Healthy Communities : Self Determination

A Case Study : Kojonup Wheatbelt town pop: 3000

The Challenge :• Farms being corporatised• Businesses leaving• Town jobs disappearing• Families leaving• Cultural activities decreasing• No future for youth• “No one listening”

Shire Council : Reactive shared support only

State govt : “Come to Perth for re training”

Critical Point :

A Mother : “my kids want summer jobs – where are they ?” Answer : No one knew.

Mother discovered : Farmers screaming for workers. Unemployed want work. No link between two.

Mother said : Guess I’ll let people know what I find out.

Kojonup Community Self Help Process Four public meetings over 18 months :

1 Trends impacting Kojonup’s future 2 What do we want Kojonup to be 3 How do we make that happen ourselves 4 Action program

Result 2 yrs later : Kojonup Working - jobs vacancy register

- skills base register - training programs on demand - projects :

- recycling at town tip - child care centre - mentoring program - computer training program

- music band

Reasons for Success• community initiated process & projects

• community controlled at all times

• local champion - quiet achiever

• team structures & commitment

• looked at & planned bigger community context

• value driven

• used existing resources :

• start now

• start with what you have

• assume the resources will come when needed

• continual review of goals & process

• welcome partnerships but maintain control

Lotterywest : Proactive Partnering

Lotterywest role - to facilitate empowerment :• get to know the community

• look for quiet doers - personal motivation

• encourage big picture planning – short medium long

• encourage cross project links - leverage energy

• negotiate control & accountability processes

• encourage early start with start up resources

• encourage continual review of goals & process

• encourage partnerships - community retains control

• link with other govt agencies

• pre knowledge of community developments

• encourage healthier agency practices

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