About us
Beacon Strategies is a mission-based consultancy that exists to create a more impactful social purpose sector.
Beacon Strategies is a mission-based consultancy that exists to create a more impactful social purpose sector.
Creating impact with purpose
Beacon Strategies is a mission-driven consultancy that partners with health and social purpose organisations across Australia to design, deliver and evaluate programs and services that create meaningful change.
Our work is grounded in evidence, shaped by lived experience, and guided by a deep respect for the people and communities these programs aim to support. We exist to make the social purpose sector stronger, more effective, and more human.
Our Vision & Mission
Our vision
A more impactful social purpose sector.
Our mission
To support organisations to plan, design, implement and evaluate their work — so that systems, programs and services respond better to the needs of communities.
Our Values
We are guided by three core values that shape how we work, how we collaborate, and how we hold ourselves to account:
Respectful — Trusted, respectful relationships are the foundation of collaboration, courageous conversations and impact.
Transparent — We are open and accountable in our work with clients, communities, funders and each other.
Informed — We build our knowledge and strengthen our practice—both as consultants and as a team.
Our Story
How we began
Beacon Strategies was founded in 2015 by Elliot Parkinson and Mitchell Stalker. With a shared background in public health and a frustration with traditional consulting models, they set out to build something different: a values-led consultancy committed to making the sector better, not just busier.
Growing our expertise
In the early days, we worked as capable generalists, partnering with clients across a broad range of sectors and projects. Over time, our work deepened. We became known for specialist expertise in health planning, service design, evaluation, and implementation support.
Navigating challenge
Like many in the sector, we were impacted by COVID-19. Our operations scaled down but our relationships didn’t. We supported our clients through complexity and uncertainty, and as the sector refocused on long-term strategy, we grew again.
Where we are now
Today, we’re a growing team of consultants working nationally across Australia. We’ve built enduring partnerships, expanded our practice, and strengthened our internal capability.
Our 2022–2027 strategic plan sets out a bold ambition: to be a boutique consultancy known for our expertise, our relationships, and our impact.
How We Work
We’re guided by a set of shared principles we call our Organisational Code. These principles reflect the expectations we have of ourselves and each other, and serve as a compass when decisions are hard or priorities shift.
The Code puts our values into practice. For example, our first principle “Clients are the reason we exist”, reminds us to focus our time, creativity and energy where it matters most. The Code shapes how we work together, how we work with clients, and how we build a sustainable, high-performing organisation.
We’re proud to have a permanent, purpose-aligned team. Everyone who works with Beacon is employed directly by us — no affiliate models. With offices in Brisbane and Cairns, and others working remotely across NSW and Victoria, we bring a mix of capacity, depth of expertise and perspective to our work.
What We Do
We support organisations across Australia — both funders and service providers — to deliver high-quality, community-informed work. Our core areas of expertise include:
Health planning
Analysing needs and developing evidence-based, system-level responses.
Strategy Planning
Defining mission, developing strategy and planning for change.
Our Capabilities
We use a structured capability framework to guide how we deliver value and support team development. Our capabilities are grouped into five domains:
Foundations — Communication, consulting craft, and the principles that underpin our work.
Components — Project elements like planning, stakeholder engagement, data collection and analysis.
Disciplines — Framework-aligned expertise in health planning, co-design, evaluation, implementation, and more.
Sectors & subject matter — Deep knowledge of the industries and issues our clients face, from suicide prevention to chronic disease.
Stewardship — Leadership, care and accountability for people, projects and our organisation.
Explore our capability framework here.
Who We Work With
We partner with people and organisations across the health and social services sectors. Our clients range from small not-for-profits to national commissioning bodies and government departments.
Primary Health Networks (PHNs) — We support PHNs to improve population health through service planning, commissioning and evaluation.
Not-for-Profit organisations (NFPs) — We help NFPs deliver on their mission through program design, strategy and change support.
Local Health Networks — We work with Hospital and Health Services and Local Health Districts to operationalise new models of care.
Government agencies — We partner with local, state and federal governments to deliver more responsive, community-informed programs and services.
Service design
Co-designing programs and services that are responsive, collaborative & grounded in insight.
Implementation support
Helping organisations execute strategies and lead change through project management and governance support.
Evaluation and review
Understanding what works, what needs to shift, and how to strengthen implementation and impact.
Looking Ahead
As we look to the future, our focus is clear: to continue being a trusted partner to the organisations we serve and a respected contributor to the sector we care about.
By 2027, our goal is to be a boutique health and social services consultancy known for our expertise, our relationships and our impact. We’re building an organisation where good people can do good work, and where clients know they’re in capable, thoughtful hands.
Get in touch.
If you would like to work with us, or just have an obligation-free chat about our services and what we can do for you, please reach out via the form or pick up the phone and call us on (07) 2112 7752.