Sarah Crisci has joined our team as an analyst who originally lived and studied in America before moving to Darwin and working as a consultant. Her passion for the health and social service sector stems from her travels in Thailand, where she completed volunteer work in youth and community development. Sarah has already proved to be a valuable asset to the team and we think it’s about time you learnt more about what she has to offer.

This page will act as a newsfeed for the Cairns and Hinterland Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan Project. It will be regularly updated with upcoming activities, insights, resources and ongoing outcomes as we undertake project activities. We have designed this page to inform people who are interested in this project and its relevant subject matter.

In Queensland, those populations considered to be socially disadvantaged are more likely to face a range of socioeconomic issues and conditions that affect their opportunities to thrive. We explore some of the data illustrating these relationships.

As part of the Cairns and Hinterland Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan (SP-CAP), the Beacon Strategies team are engaging local stakeholders throughout its development. To begin the local engagements, Elliot and Sarah made a trip to Cairns at the end of 2020 to meet with key stakeholders to develop this locally specific SP-CAP.

This year has taught our organisation many lessons, including how to successfully adapt to new environments, how to engage genuinely via Zoom (....) and how lucky we are to work with a range of amazing organisations who are driven by their social purpose and mission. So, as promised, we would like to acknowledge the wonderful projects, committed organisations and dedicated individuals we have had the opportunity to work with this year.

Watch the Beacon Strategies 2020 year in review vlog. From team expansions to new building client relationships, get to know more about what our Beacon Strategies team achieved in 2020.

Fortunately for Beacon Strategies, at the tail end of 2020 we were able to take the time and invest resources into expanding our team once again. During this expansion we hired two new wonderful analysts who have now settled in and are working alongside the rest of the Beacon Team. One of these analysts is Nicole Hare.

As a team of consultants working with many organisations at once who are spread across many locations, Beacon Strategies values collaboration as a key part of ‘the way we work’. Collaboration makes it easy for our client’s to work with us, align with our clients values, utilise the expertise of a wide range of stakeholders and leverage off our team’s individual strengths and preferences.

From August to November of 2020, Beacon Strategies were lucky enough to have Navi & Manuel join us in the office two days a week. Navi and Manuel were both completing their Masters of Public Health, undertaking their student placement with us before graduating at the end of the year. Their 12 week placement flew by and before they left, we wanted to give them the opportunity to share their thoughts and opinions of their internship experience during the weird and wonderful year of 2020.