Since 2018 WACOSS have had a small team dedicated to supporting the Pilbara region. The Pilbara Project works with local service providers, local and state governments, the resources sector, and community members to improve systems and ways of working for a more equitable society. We do this by building genuine relationships, amplifying the voice of people in our communities who are most vulnerable, and strengthening the local networks in place to improve outcomes for the broader Pilbara community.
The Pilbara Project believes that our collective impact is stronger than its parts in resolving complex issues, and that listening is at the heart of understanding how to respond appropriately.
The Pilbara Project has sought to respond strategically to emerging issues across the region. This has taken many forms in which the WACOSS Pilbara team facilitates, coordinates, connects and amplifies the voices of the sector to improve social problems. The last few years WACOSS Pilbara has led the Pilbara Family and Domestic Violence Network (PFDVN); a group of more than 40 different agencies addressing the root causes of family abuse through a preventative and interventionist lens.
The PFDVN is a platform for cross-sectoral and organisational collaboration, with the goal that Pilbara families live free from harm, are safe within their homes and communities, and are healthy and thriving.
Alongside this work, the Pilbara team is collaborating with the sector on a new Outcomes Framework to enhance families and young children’s experiences in the region. The Thriving Pilbara Communities Outcomes Framework invites a new way of working to resolve wicked problems, cutting across multiple disciplines. We understand that to create sustained, generational change a whole-of-sector response is required with a long-term focus, ideally on young children and their families. With a focus on investing in the perinatal and early years period, research has shown that effective interventions to reduce adverse experiences early on has profound health and wellbeing outcomes over the life course.
The PFDVN is group of over 40 different agencies addressing the root causes of family abuse through a preventative and interventionist lens.
The PFDVN is a platform for cross-sectoral and organisational collaboration, with the goal that Pilbara families live free from harm, are safe within their homes and communities, and are healthy and thriving.
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If you live and work in the Pilbara and are a worker, person with lived experience, or a community member, you are welcome to join the Pilbara Family Domestic Violence Network.
The network shares information and there are opportunities to attend training, conference, be involved in policy review, attend consultations, and events. We will email you regularly and you can choose to opt in to attend events where relevant for you.
If you would like to know more, or wish to join the Network, please reach out via one of the emails listed below.
Celeste Stephens
Pilbara Senior Manager
[email protected]
Rose Barton
Pilbara Senior Policy Officer
[email protected]
