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The Australian Centre for Social Innovation

We work with: Not-for-profits and service providers

We work alongside for-purpose organisations to build the conditions for innovation and lived experience to thrive.

We work with: Not-for-profits and service providers

From service delivery to systemic impact

In an era of increasing demand and restricted funding, we help NFPs rethink how they deliver value. We help you move beyond business as usual to develop service models that are more effective, sustainable, and deeply rooted in the needs of your community.

Talk to us about:

  • Creating the conditions for innovation in your organisation
  • Developing  your lived experience involvement strategy
  • Developing organisational strategy through lived experience involvement 
  • Improving services and developing new ones 
  • Designing and implementing peer-to-peer services
  • Building your teams’ innovation capability

Our experience

We’ve helped dozens of NFPs transform their approach to service delivery. Recent partnerships include:

  • Uniting Communities: A long-term partnership to scale Family by Family, an award-winning peer-to-peer service.
  • Fay Fuller Foundation: A long-term strategic partnership to build Our Town, a 10-year initiative empowering regional South Australian towns to lead their own mental health and wellbeing solutions.
  • Ballarat Community Health: Redesigning forensic mental health services to build side-by-side capability between clinical teams and people on correction orders.
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Featured case study:

Ballarat Forensic Mental Health

Context: Mandated support often struggles with low engagement. In partnership with Ballarat Community Health, we set out to redesign the Forensic Mental Health in Community Health (FMHiCH) program, and build a side-by-side service model for people on Community Correction Orders.

Scale: A cross-sector collaboration involving the Ballarat Community Health, Grampians Community Health and BADAC to transform regional service delivery.

The work: Led a multi-disciplinary co-design process alongside clinical teams and current clients to prototype new practices and shift systemic service mindsets.

The outcome: The corrections department accepted the prototype pitch, resulting in a fully redesigned model of care, a new service name, and embedded peer-to-peer support roles.

Let’s build the services and capabilities that break the cycle

Whether you’re looking to redesign a service model or build the innovation capability of your team, we’re ready to help.

We also work with

Commonwealth and state government

Commonwealth and state government

We have deep and broad experience working within the unique constraints and opportunities of government.

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Philanthropy

Philanthropy

We partner with philanthropic foundations on bold and future-focused projects, initiatives and strategies that centre innovation, lived expertise and outcomes for future generations.

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Primary Healthcare Networks (PHNs)

Primary Healthcare Networks (PHNs)

We work as strategic partners with PHNs across Australia, bringing social innovation practices to every stage of the commissioning cycle, with the goal to improve local healthcare outcomes.

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Communities

Communities

We support community members and community organisations to strengthen capability for influencing and leading local change.

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Specialist partnerships

Specialist partnerships

We partner with values-aligned researchers and specialists agencies to enable them to use social innovation practices and examples/case studies in their work.

Learn more
Commonwealth and state government

Commonwealth and state government

We have deep and broad experience working within the unique constraints and opportunities of government.

Learn more
Philanthropy

Philanthropy

We partner with philanthropic foundations on bold and future-focused projects, initiatives and strategies that centre innovation, lived expertise and outcomes for future generations.

Learn more
Primary Healthcare Networks (PHNs)

Primary Healthcare Networks (PHNs)

We work as strategic partners with PHNs across Australia, bringing social innovation practices to every stage of the commissioning cycle, with the goal to improve local healthcare outcomes.

Learn more
Communities

Communities

We support community members and community organisations to strengthen capability for influencing and leading local change.

Learn more
Specialist partnerships

Specialist partnerships

We partner with values-aligned researchers and specialists agencies to enable them to use social innovation practices and examples/case studies in their work.

Learn more

TACSI Learning
Hub

Working in Not-for-profits has it's own opportunities and challenges. Talk to us about how we can tailor our courses and programs for the unique needs of your NFP team.