While funding for this particular program has ended, we want the resources we created and things we learned to be easily accessible and useful to the Logan community and beyond. Our aim is to spark creativity, build capability and ‘biodegrade’ out of the picture so initiatives are led by communities.
We learned many things throughout the program and are preparing a case study on the Cultivate program.
At a program level we learned:
Time is just as valuable as money. We cultivated some wonderful relationships during the program. But we needed even more. More time for building deeper relationships and trust with more community groups, and for growing capability after initial events. We need to factor this in to planning.
Funding for outcomes needs to be flexible. Every program starts with hypotheses. Once we’ve tested our hypotheses we need the flexibility to pivot programs to more successfully contribute to intended outcomes.
Cultivating cultural literacy and safety are imporant. When participants felt they were in a safe place where they could see others like them, their engagement improved. And by celebrating diversity in the room we were able to share multicultural ways learning and doing business.
