From Issue to Impact: Planning Projects That Make a Difference

🗓 Wednesday 26 November 2025
🕐 1:00pm - 2:00pm (AWST)
💻 Online via Zoom
🎟 FREE (Registration essential)

This free and practical Act Local workshop will help community groups design great projects - and clearly show the difference they make. You’ll learn how to define meaningful outcomes, plan for success from the start, and measure what matters (without overcomplicating things!).

What we’ll cover:

✅ How to define the real-world change you’re working toward
✅ How to design your initiative to achieve that change
✅ How to use logic models and theories of change to map your pathway to success
✅ Simple, powerful ways to measure progress and tell (and sell!) your impact story

You’ll walk away with simple, effective tools that you can immediately apply to project planning, reporting, and grant applications - plus the confidence to communicate your impact clearly to funders, partners, and your community.

Your Facilitator: Melanie Bainbridge
Melanie Bainbridge is a social impact and sustainability professional with over 20 years’ experience in strategy, policy, and community engagement. As Senior Manager, Impact Design and Capability at Lotterywest, she helps organisations design for measurable, meaningful impact. Mel has worked extensively with local governments and community groups to develop strategies focused on sustainability, equity, wellbeing, and culture. She’s passionate about turning big ideas into practical action and helping groups define their goals, plan their path, and share their story with clarity and heart.

Proudly delivered by Town Team Movement as part of the Act Local Program, supported by the Department of Communities.

The Act Local is a new Active Citizenship Building Program designed for individual Active Citizens and Volunteer Involving Organisations (VIOs) and offers a range of comprehensive resources, networking and training opportunities. Program aims to:

inspire and engage individuals in volunteering opportunities,
support community organisations in attracting and retaining volunteers,
create exciting capacity building and volunteering opportunities and
promote and celebrate active citizenship to build more connected, empowered and thriving regional communities.

To learn more about the Act Local program visit: https://actlocal.com.au/