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Organisational history: from strategy to implementation

for Cafs

In 2020, Ashtree Projects was engaged by Cafs Ballarat to develop a strategy for managing the organisation’s history and records. Since delivering the strategy we have played a role in its activation, including ongoing engagement with stakeholders to guide decision making and the coordination and delivery of priority initiatives.

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LOUD Fence Strategic planning

for LOUD Fence

Intiially worked with the LOUD Fence board to facilitate the collaborative development of high-level vision and strategy for the newly incorporated charitable association. We feel privileged to have continued our work with this organisation after supporting the development of their strategy and have recently carried out further facilitation and strategic support.

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Continuous Voices memorial

for City of Ballarat

Ashtree have been facilitating workshops, including supporting collaboration of the community reference group who are tasked with deciding how to present creative research outcomes to prospective memorial designers. We were also contracted to conduct a comprehensive thematic coding and data analysis of qualitative interviews which will be used to inform design.

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Collaborating to tell the histories of 4,000+ children

for City of Ballarat

The site of the former Ballarat Orphan Asylum, Ballarat Orphanage, and Ballarat Children’s Home lay dormant for 10+ years after it was purchased by private developers. Ashtree have been collaborating closely with a working group of past-’inmates’ of the institutions to guide the heritage interpretation and story telling that will take place at the site.  

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