Organisation
Social Innovation Research Institute
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Research Summary
Blurred boundaries: social media and social connection in outer metropolitan suburbs
This briefing provides evidence of how digital technologies foster or hinder social connection based on common issues and tensions that emerged from an analysis of interviews with residents.
Research Summary
"When you find people like you, you don't have to explain yourself": experiences of social connection in outer-metropolitan suburbs
This project focuses on finding new evidence and using it to assist community partners and policy-makers to activate social connection in practical ways. It looks particularly at outer-metropolitan suburbs with diverse populations and ongoing rapid growth.
Report
City of Greater Bendigo data co-op: a place-based data collaboration focused on community resilience
This project report outlines the feasibility and potential benefits of organisations collaborating with data around the topic of community resilience for the City of Greater Bendigo.
Guide
Social connection 101
For those that work or volunteer in health, the community sector, government, or any other organisation invested in peoples' health and wellbeing, this resource provides a good understanding of what social connection is, how it works, and some ways that it can be activated.
Evaluation
Hope and Assistance Local Tradies (HALT) program evaluation
The evaluation assesses the effectiveness of the Hope Assistance Local Tradies (HALT) Program and makes recommendations regarding its future development.