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Quirky Kid delivered leadership and governance support for members of Sydney’s Sudanese community as part of its consulting work with STARTTS’ Communities in Cultural Transition program.
The workshop brought together 12 community members in Mount Druitt to work through practical issues involved in building and sustaining community organisations.
The activity formed part of Quirky Kid’s role as a consultant organisation for the STARTTS Communities in Cultural Transition program, which supports small and emerging refugee-led groups to strengthen leadership, governance and organisational capability.
Supporting community-led development
The Sudanese community members involved were already contributing to settlement support, family and child assistance, language development and social activities within their community.
The workshop focused on strengthening the structures around that work, including governance, incorporation, funding readiness and planning for future community initiatives.
Building capability rather than replacing it
A key principle of the STARTTS model is that development is community-led. External consultants support groups to strengthen their own systems, leadership and capacity rather than taking over the work.
That approach aligned closely with Quirky Kid’s community-development work at the time, which drew on social development, human rights and social justice frameworks alongside the organisation’s child and family focus.
Part of a wider STARTTS collaboration
The Sudanese community workshop was one example of Quirky Kid’s broader involvement in the Communities in Cultural Transition project.
