Safe and Connected Rural Women
Proto-type
What does it look like to you?
In rural communities like Clunes, what does 'safe and connected' look like for the diverse cross-section of people who call Clunes (and surrounding areas) home? We are about to find out.
In a collaboration with WRISC we'll be rolling out a series of art-based activities with individuals and groups; sometimes in a formal way (if that is what people would like) and other times in a more informal way, like a general activity.
We'll be taking what people describe and using it in three ways.
1. We'll use your thoughts and artwork to create a community mural that will become a part of the garden at Clunes Neighbourhood House.
2. We'll build your thoughts and ideas into the co-design work that will develop a proto-type for rural women that we'll trial in Clunes; wrapping it in information about existing products and services that exist to keep people safe in rural communities
3. We'll use your thoughts to guide the work of Neighbourhood House more broadly. Safety and physiological needs are the basis of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs; a model that we use to inform our work so that everyone is able to contribute actively to the neighbourhood they live in.
Funded by the 'Strong and Resilient Communities' grant from the Department of Social Services, via the Australian Neighbourhood Centres and Houses Association.
Boosted significantly by a partnership with WRISC.
Be a Part of the Conversations
This project was sparked by the vulnerabilities women revealed in conversation while they created art. When this project ends in 6 months' time, the outcomes we deliver will have been inspired by everyone, in a way that shows that safety and connectedness is important for everyone, and can be influenced in big and little ways, across a community.
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03 5333 3666