The Social Deck has been engaged by the Department of Education, Skills and Employment to undertake and support consultation and engagement activity as part of the national Skills Reform agenda.

The Social Deck was engaged by the Department of Health to design and test communication materials to increase participation in the National Cervical Screening Program.

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The seminars were targeted for people at all levels of the Australian public service, as well as people working in fields relating to disability, public communication and community engagement. 494 people attended the first webinar, on communication, and 285 attended the second, on engagement.

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We worked with Department of Education, Skills and Employment to design and implement the national consultation process for the 2020 Review of Disability Standards for Education.

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We facilitated four youth workshops to support the Department of Education’s review of senior secondary pathways into further education, training and work. These workshops and our reports are providing valuable insights from young people to the expert review Panel.

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The Social Deck has led national consultations for the development of a new national obesity strategy. On behalf of the COAG Health Council working group (comprising Commonwealth and state and territory health departments), we met face-to-face with more than 600 people including people and organisations representing targeted population groups.

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In 2019, we managed and facilitated a series of community consultation workshops and focus groups across all states and territories to support the Tune Review of the NDIS Act, which included development of a new NDIS Participant Service Guarantee.  

We worked with the Department of Education, and all states and territories, to organise, promote, manage and facilitate national consultations events to inform the new Declaration on educational goals of young Australians.

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Under the guidance of the Steering Group for national disability reform, we designed and implemented a national engagement program to reach people with disability, their families and carers, disability organisations and service providers, advocates and other interested stakeholders to inform the next national disability strategy for 2020 and beyond.

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Working alongside our partners, Gilimbaa, we worked with the Department of Social Services to undertake a series of engagements with the disability employment sector, other stakeholders and people with disability on ensuring a strong future for supported employment of people with a disability.

We worked with Gympie Regional Council to engage women in business or leadership roles in the Gympie region to identify their business aspirations and development opportunities.

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We were engaged by the Queensland Department of Communities, Disability Services and Seniors to engage across Queensland on potential changes to the Queensland Disability Services Act legislation

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The Social Deck was engaged by the Commonwealth Government to work across state and territories to facilitate national face-to-face consultations on the future of supported school transport for students with a disability.

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We developed tailored behavioural messages and a low-budget creative using humour to engage the community and target likely dumping offenders. The messaging and creative was based on active research in the Orange community and the development of a targeted behaviour change strategy through a collaborative workshop with campaign partners.