Beacon Strategies are partnering with NRCG to evaluate the Managing Spontaneous Volunteers Project which aims to build the capacity of the local community to respond to disaster events under a coordinated model that integrates with the formal emergency management system, following learnings from the 2017 Northern Rivers (Lismore) flood event.

The CLS program aims to support people living with a severe and persistent mental illness and receiving treatment to live in the community and to minimise mental health related hospital admissions. Open Minds has engaged Beacon Strategies to undertake an evaluation to demonstrate the benefits of the Portfolio positions model, extension of support platforms and the CLS program in general.

This project saw Beacon Strategies evaluate the State-wide Oncoplastics Breast Reconstruction Initiative (SOBRI). SOBRI, piloted by Mater Health Services aims to improve access to breast reconstruction planning for breast cancer patients before undergoing mastectomy.

NewAccess is a national low intensity mental health early intervention program developed and licensed by beyondblue. The service is based on low-intensity behavioural therapy, a form of evidence-based psychotherapy that uses trained coaches to guide clients through a series of structured resources to address mental health issues identified by the person.

The purpose of this project is to support Northern Rivers Community Gateway to undertake structured monitoring and evaluation of the Rising Above Barriers program to assess program outcomes against specific criteria to determine overall program performance.

The purpose of this project to is to undertake an evaluation of the outcomes of the Springboard program, a community-based alcohol and other drug (AOD) recovery day program led by Communify for individuals with problematic AOD use and a co-occurring mental health issue.