Collective impact and systems change
Mid Coast 4 Kids is a collective impact initiative that brings together like minded people, in a structured way to achieve social change. Our collective impact approach focuses on systems change and is a powerful strategy for addressing complex systems challenges by not only improving immediate outcomes for children and young people, but also fundamentally transforming the systems that shape people’s lives.
We share a common agenda, and all partners work toward a common vision:
“Children are valued, supported, respected, protected, provided for and actively included to enable them to live well and free from harm”.
We communicate continually and work together collaboratively to ensure our efforts maximise the end result – that is improved outcomes for children, young people and families.
We are committed to measuring our progress to ensure what we do works and we have a strong backbone in Communities for Children, who orchestrate our activities and ensure our sustainability.
Unlike initiatives that focus on short-term outcomes, Mid Coast 4 Kids take a long term approach, aiming to reshape the systems and structures that maintain them. Our approach recognises that complex problems require a holistic, integrated solutions, in this way, we focus on multiple levers within a system – policy, practice, culture, resource distribution and more. The initiative works toward creating lasting, transformative change that improves outcomes for children and young people over time.
Our approach is informed by a diverse range of research and we acknowledge the contribution of a range of organisations and institutions undertaking groundbreaking work in this space:
