Transforming People and Communities
Transforming People and Communities
I believe people and communities thrive when they are utilising and operating from their own uniqueness. My passion is to facilitate the uncovering of the often lost and long forgotten treasures hidden within ourselves and our communities. As a trained facilitator in regenerative practice I take you on a deep dive into the fundamental shifts in how we think and live our lives. This shift in thinking allows us to live more authentically and in alignment with who we truly are. Together we activate each life-giving element to enable inclusive growth and secure future sustainability, where people prosper and communities thrive.
Local Regeneration offers a range of community development services and self-development programs. Specialising in the engagement and development of regional partnerships, with experience in the delivery and the management of strategic plans and projects. Helen is a trained educator on economic groups focussing on the effects of poverty and creator and facilitator of a pre and post therapeutic program called Reaching For Yourself. Helen knows effective change comes from successful engagement.
I connect communities and people by tapping into their local knowledge and expertise, together we will identify under-utilised resources that have the capacity to produce the solutions. Whether it’s identifying your passion or purpose, or developing your communities story, Helen has the skills and experience to support your aspirations and vision. Through the engagement of stakeholders to facilitating a solution, Helen will encourage advocacy and support a sense of agency, enabling change from within ourselves and our communities.
Local Regeneration offers expertise in the development and delivery of social & economic inclusion strategies. I specialise in the engagement and development of regional partnerships, and provide experience in the delivery of strategic plans and projects.The basis of Local Regeneration's approach is to understand that communities and organisations are living organisms, they need life-giving elements to develop, prosper and evolve. I know that a strategy, a vision, and a determination to survive is often not enough. It’s the why, what and how we choose to act, that is critical to what the future will look like. By identifying and activating fundamental resources and re-directing them to the source of the problem, I believe that I can enable inclusive growth and secure a sustainable environment, where people prosper, and communities thrive. At Local Regeneration I believe effective change can happen when people are valued and acknowledged for their unique role, and empowered to contribute. When I work in communities and organisations, it is so important to seek out the local knowledge, identify the expertise and untap the under-utilised resources to release the capacity for growth.
Helen is the founder and principal consultant at Local Regeneration. She is a trained educator on the ‘culture of economic groups’ and the ‘effects of poverty’ and creator and facilitator of a pre and post therapeutic program called Reaching For Yourself. She has led economic development and social inclusion community place-based projects. Helen has specialised in forming collaborative partnerships between all tiers of government, industry, schools and community organisations, to work together to identify opportunities for improved economy, jobs and education and training outcomes for residents who are experiencing disadvantage in the Geelong Region. Helen developed and implemented a number of important initiatives in collaboration with government and other organisations, positioning under resourced communities as key areas for industry development and growth. She has supervised high level project teams from Northern Futures, The Gordon’s Business Development team, and recently the Economic Development Business & Industry Engagement team. Helen has expertise in providing and developing place-based models for intensive skills training and job support to individuals who have backgrounds of generational disadvantage and long-term unemployment. Helen is a trained Facilitator, and a keynote speaker on the issues that face disadvantaged communities and the Bridges out of Poverty Framework. She has successfully engaged major industry partners to develop specific projects that fit their recruitment needs and assisted in the employing of long term unemployed job seekers.
A step-by-step transformative journey towards being the most unique you. The program will run you through invaluable techniques that help you reconnect with yourself. The program seeks to create an awareness of your current mindset (subconscious), by providing a simple framework that can be used to observe and challenge thoughts, beliefs and values. The aim is to learn how to maintain and build a healthy mindset and to access inner (creative) guidance. Find out More
Local Regeneration provides expertise to support and inform your community or organisation’s vision. I can deliver an environment analysis by observing and conducting basic research that identifies your community or organisation's challenges within a social and economic framework. I provide a choice of facilitation platforms and workshops to engage your specific key stakeholders/members and can facilitate events.
Local Regeneration is passionate about researching and developing projects that have capacity to deliver both inclusive growth and social inclusion. I investigate world’s best practice and research the latest theories to help inform and develop the scope of the project. I want your project to be effective, innovative and practical to deliver, and most of all to be a good cultural fit.
The basis of my approach is to facilitate a conversation in a collaborative manner that provides understanding and respect to community members, key stakeholders and or staff, encouraging them to participate and together create solutions. I help excavate the critical information while ensuring people feel valued and acknowledged for their unique role and are empowered to contribute.
Local Regeneration has the ability to identify and develop new and existing stakeholder relationships and establish and support strategic networks, ensuring effective stakeholder management strategies are in place; guiding and influencing decision-making and experience in managing stakeholder issues.
Local Regeneration offers expertise in the development and delivery of social & economic inclusion strategies. Specialising in the engagement and development of regional partnerships, with experience in the delivery of strategic plans and projects. Helen has led economic development and social inclusion community place-based projects, she specialises in forming collaborative partnerships between all tiers of government, industry, schools and community organisations to work together to identify opportunities for improved economy, jobs, education and community training outcomes.
Expertise in managing diverse community, education and economic development projects, including the State Government's Small Business Festival, Regional Industry Sector Employment platform, Entrepreneurs & Startup Scholarship program, the State Government's Back to Work program, the Geelong Skills and Jobs Centre and in a previous position the International Alcoa Global Youth Internship program, and the State Government Work and Learning Centre.
Facilitating effective change happens when people are valued and acknowledged for their unique role and empowered to contribute. When I work in your community or organisation, I seek out the local knowledge, identify the expertise and untap the underutilised resources to release the capacity for growth. I can facilitate the creating of a vision or the development of a strategy, to facilitating the scope or delivery of a project. I can train, counsel and facilitate skills within your teams to build staff capacity in achieving organisational imperatives.
Local Regeneration can lead and deliver your key strategic projects, with proved success in local skills development, job creation strategies, regional strategies for economic and social participation and specialising in transforming communities.
I have experience and understanding of the political environment and can assist your community or organisation to navigate your project or initiative to the correct government departments and or local leaders. Local Regeneration has the skills and experience to engage your stakeholders, co-create a solution, lead a collective advocacy and influence community agency. I enable change from within communities and organisations.
I am a trained educator on the ‘culture of economic groups’ and the ‘effects of poverty’ and creator and facilitator of a pre and post therapeutic program called Reaching For Yourself. I provide keynote presentations on subjects such as; social leadership, social development, inclusive growth, integrated agile operating systems and sustainable thinking practices, providing professional development to community leaders and management/staff groups and community forums.
Local regeneration use ‘reflective practice’ as a foundation tool for purposeful learning. It provides a respectful communication process that assists the client, community or organisation to explore their challenge or opportunity at a deeper level through their experience and observations.
