Consulting experience
Experience across community facilities, leisure access, neighbourhood places, housing and the planning, partnerships and programmes that support their use.
Selected brings together two Soft Infrastructure commissions and Alisha’s network coordination through Maribyrnong City Council. All examples also includes relevant experience from previous roles and independent practice.
14 examples · Community infrastructure
Darebin City Council
Managing a community centre as both a facility and a place for participation, connecting day-to-day operations, staff support, community partnerships and inclusive programming.
Explore projectLocal government
Working with youth services, design teams and LGBTIQA+ communities to translate access concerns into practical facilities advice.
Explore projectMerri-bek City Council · VACCA · Aboriginal Advancement League · local Advisory Group
Working with community-controlled organisations and local advisers to co-design free municipal leisure access for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.
Explore projectDarebin City Council
Connecting clearer participation pathways with practical access arrangements for community-led activities.
Explore projectDarebin City Council
Helping a community-facing team think about inclusive responses, staff responsibilities and the support needed in complex situations.
Explore projectMerri-bek City Council · Deakin University
Supporting research on healthier food options and healthy-eating environments in community and sporting facilities.
Explore projectMerri-bek City Council
Changing internal Council systems to enable resident-led street events, and launching the inaugural Play Streets and Street Parties Toolkit.
Explore projectMerri-bek City Council
Coordinating organisation-wide Council planning, integrating health and wellbeing priorities with Council objectives, budgets, action plans and reporting.
Explore projectMerri-bek City Council
Connecting affordable-housing priorities with planning processes, Council land and the practical decisions needed to assess delivery options.
Explore projectMerri-bek City Council
Connecting a long-term municipal strategy with the partnerships, governance and practical systems needed to respond to homelessness.
Explore projectLocal government and university research partners
Turning research, service evidence and community knowledge into clear findings and practical recommendations.
Explore projectSoft Infrastructure · Glenroy
Community conversations translated into a brief and coordinated delivery for a building-integrated project.
Soft Infrastructure · local businesses · Council partners
Developing local partnerships and coordinating a programme within operating neighbourhood businesses.
Alisha Abate · artists · local business owners
Producing an artist residency programme in local shopfronts, bringing artists, business owners and spaces together through development, shared planning and delivery into Window Shopping.
Explore projectThese examples include contributions from previous Council roles and independent practice. Each project explains the role, context and scope of the work.