?? How are you using stories to create change?

Hello,

How could stories be used to communicate the impact of community-led systems change work more effectively? While rethinking how we tell stories is part of the answer, we also need to create the conditions for them to be heard meaningfully by the right people.

This is why we’re incredibly excited to commence the next chapter in the role of storytelling in place-based, community-led work:?Listening to understand.

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We will speak to and host listening sessions with government officials, funders and academics, gaining their perspective on questions like:

• How do government officials and funders currently use stories in community-led systems change work?
• How might they be used differently?
• What are the barriers to hearing and valuing stories about community-led systems change work?

This is the next phase of our work with?Dusseldorp Forum?and?Hands Up Mallee. In 2022, we embarked on a journey to better understand the role of?storytelling in systems change.

As part of our commitment to working in the open, we will share regular progress updates as this work develops, so watch this space! And, if you have examples of story listening you’d like us to share,?send them through.

Best wishes,

Asitha

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