Evaluation and review

Beacon Strategies was approached by Brisbane North PHN to review the Bribie Island After-hours project. This included collecting stakeholder feedback, capturing lessons learnt and to informing future after-hours services delivered to the Bribie Island community.

GCPHN engaged Beacon Strategies to undertake a review of the Community Suicide Prevention Service that would inform GCPHN’s ongoing approach to suicide prevention services in the region. 

Beacon Strategies partnered with Wesley Mission Queensland to help their team improve their evaluation skills by holding a number of interactive training sessions for their staff.

We supported NQPHN to review and re-commission a specific homeless health care service that provided mobile outreach and clinic-based health services for people experiencing homelessness.

HNC engaged Beacon Strategies as the evaluation partner of Resilient Kids from mid-2023 through to mid-2026. This involves both formative and impact evaluation work using a developmental approach focused on learning and sharing.

We highlight the complex and often unmet health needs of the homeless, the challenges in mainstream healthcare services, and the recommendations for a coordinated approach to address these issues.

Suicide prevention affects us all. The projects we have worked on alongside our clients are part of the driving force behind transformative change toward suicide prevention efforts in Australia. Here is a summary of a few different projects we have worked on.

Impact measurement is an intriguing concept that many not-for-profit organisations are contemplating. While there's no universally accepted approach, it's worth examining how different organisations have experimented with this concept, both in the present and the past.

In a fast-evolving not-for-profit landscape, being adaptable and evidence-driven is essential. We recently partnered with a not-for-profit organisation, with the goal to empower their in-house capabilities for program design and evaluation.

We share some insights drawn from a project we recently undertook in reviewing a PHN-funded situational distress service model — these insights aim to help both commissioning agencies and service provider organisations consider how to design more compassionate service models that address situational distress and contribute to suicide prevention outcomes.