As part of this research project, Centre for Social Impact researchers interviewed and surveyed NDIS participants receiving Psychosocial Recovery Coaching to explore their experiences and outcomes of this service for people with psychosocial disability.

This paper reports on research conducted by the Centre for Social Impact (CSI), Swinburne University of Technology, into the Moonee Valley City Council (MVCC) ‘Women, Careers and Leadership’ (WCL) project.

This project aims to better understand what is different about living in regional areas that leads to poorer mental health and difficulties accessing support, and what further support is needed to improve the lives and wellbeing of people living in those communities.

The Women, Careers and Leadership (WCL) Program offered women from migrant and refugee backgrounds living in the Housing Estates opportunities to further develop and pursue their career goals through a range of workshops and programs, along with ongoing mentoring support. The responses to the survey are overwhelmingly positive which may suggest that people have been...

The Parents, Learning, Advancing, Nurturing (PLAN) project was created to provide holistic support option for vulnerable parents to address barriers to wellbeing, employment and financial and emotional stability. This report presents evaluation findings that reveal the strong efficacy of the project in the outcomes it generated among participants, as well as the strength of the...