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Change doesn’t happen overnight — and it doesn’t happen the same way everywhere. Our Town is a 10-year journey with regional communities, learning what it really takes to shift the dial on mental health and wellbeing.

In this space, we share what we’re discovering along the way: the tests, triumphs, the big ideas we are grappling with, and the practical lessons that only emerge when you’re working alongside communities for the long haul. Here you’ll find reflections, learnings, and stories that reveal the real work of building stronger, healthier, more connected towns.

Our WHY: Positioning Our Town

Community-led systems change

Interested in what it means for community to be the ones leading change that is transformational, sustainable and equitable so that new possibilities can emerge?

Power and Partnerships

Our Town is exploring how dominant habits that shape how power and partnership show up in systems and in communities might shift to support real, lasting change. 

Regional Mental Health & Wellbeing

Regional mental health is not a single story. In every town, wellbeing is shaped by different histories, relationships, identities, challenges and strengths.

Our HOW: The practices and approaches we're drawing from in Our Town

Moving into the inner circles: What Allyship with First Nations Communities Looks Like in Our Town

Across Our Town, we have been reflecting on how to move past surface-level actions and step into active, meaningful allyship with First Nations peoples. This current chapter isn't starting from scratch; it has deep, living roots.

Learn more about how we are approaching what allyship looks like in Our Town here.

Our WHAT: The innovations and impacts we're starting to see

Our Town Berri

Our Town Cummins

Kangaroo Island Our Town

Our Town Kimba

Mid Murray Our Town

Visit each Town's page to learn more about their work, learning and impact.

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