Focus Community Strategy

Collective impact, driven by community.

What is the Focus Community Strategy?

In 2019, despite significant investment in Logan from all tiers of government and philanthropy, children’s outcomes weren’t changing. Residents called for approaches with greater impact that allow them to share decisions about their own lives.

The Focus Community Strategy was established in 2021. It supports five discrete Collective Impact initiatives. Each Focus Community has, or is working towards its own governance structure, Backbone team, Collective Plan and Roadmap, to enable meaningful locally driven change. These Focus Communities are networked to leverage strengths, learnings and resources and ensure alignment to Logan’s Collective Plan.

The Logan Together Backbone team supports each Focus Community with data and evaluation, communications, sustainability and governance to streamline resources and build Collective Impact expertise.

Why the Focus Community Strategy Matters

Community voices are guiding the decisions that affect their lives. Children aged 0 to 8 are the focus of Logan’s First 2000 Days Model. The Focus Communities are implementing Logan’s First 2000 Days Model in a way that works for them. This approach aims to:

Strengthen community-led decision-making.
Build collective capacity through shared partnerships and expertise.
Embed the First 2000 Days Model in a way that will make real change now and be sustainable long term.

To understand how the First 2000 Days Model is implemented in each Focus Community, see Logan’s First 2000 Days Model.

This work is made possible through the leadership of residents, community organisations and the Logan Together Backbone team.

Who are the Focus Communities

Logan Together supports five Focus Communities unique yet connected through the Logan Together Backbone team and a Focus Community Network.

Three Focus Communities are geographic – identified by place, and two Focus Communities are cultural – cultural connections that are woven throughout Logan.

Logan Village and Yarrabilba

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Collective Impact Journey

Each Focus Community moves through its own Collective Impact journey, shaped by local strengths, community voice, priorities and readiness. Explore the journey below to see how communities come together to listen, plan, act and learn over time.

1000 Voices

1000 Voices - Listening Deeply to Community

We begin by gathering and elevating the lived experiences of local people. Through safe, culturally grounded conversations, we hear directly from families, children, Elders and community leaders about what matters most. This is not a survey exercise. It is a commitment to ensuring community voice shapes the direction of change from the outset, laying the foundation for system-wide transformation grounded in lived experience.

Finding the Themes

Finding the Themes - Identifying Shared Priorities

In parallel to the community conversations, we bring together partners across government, services, research and philanthropy to build a shared Indicator Bank. This draws together quantitative data, including population trends, health and education outcomes, and service insights. It forms the other half of the picture, complementing lived experience with measurable evidence and helping partners see their role within a broader system.

The Data Party

The Data Party - Where Story and Evidence Meet

The qualitative and quantitative pathways converge in a collaborative workshop known as a Data Party. Community members, partners and decision-makers sit side by side to reflect on the full picture. Together, they co-design the foundations of a long-term Collective Plan. This is where community voice is elevated into shared strategy, and where the conditions for coordinated systems change begin to take shape.

Moving to Action

Moving to Action - From Plan to Practice

A Collective Plan only matters if it leads to change. Following co-design, working groups and community-led initiatives are mobilised to bring priorities to life. Partners align their efforts, resources and influence around shared goals. This is where strategy is translated into aligned action across sectors, reinforcing and scaling the change the community wants to see and shifting the systems that shape outcomes for children and families.

Collective Plan