CommunityAction

Whether you're part of a local group, volunteer network, or simply someone who wants to make a difference in the place that you live, we can help you! Our workshops and resources are here to help you learn more about poverty, start conversations, and take meaningful action at the pace you are ready for.

Workshops

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Online webinar: Making a Difference Made Easy

Our online Making a Difference Made Easy webinar will offer you a clear understanding of poverty in WA whilst introducing simple, practical ways to take action. The session is supported by downloadable resources to help you continue the conversation, reflect, and take meaningful steps in your own place.

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Making a Difference Made Easy

Delivered face to face, this interactive workshop helps groups explore what poverty looks like in WA and how you can discover small, achievable actions that will create real impact. With guided activities and opportunities for discussion, participants leave feeling informed, connected, and ready to make a difference.

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In-Person Workshop: Power of a Postcard

This hands-on workshop helps participants explore poverty and advocacy in a supportive, engaging space. After learning about the issues and discussing collective action, you can take part in a small exercise that puts your learning into practice - writing a message to a local MP via our No Place for Poverty postcards. We gather up the postcards at the end and handle all the posting, making it simple but impactful action.

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Online Session: Power of a Postcard

Our facilitated online session introduces participants to poverty in WA, and the role everyday advocacy can play in creating change. With guided discussion and simple prompts, attendees write a message to their local MP, which we then print and post on their behalf, making it easy to take meaningful action from anywhere.

Resources

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Resource: How to Talk About Poverty

This short guide helps community members and groups discuss poverty with understanding and compassion. It offers practical tips for starting respectful, informative conversations that strengthen connection in your community. 

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Resource: Toolkit of Actions

A practical guide to taking meaningful steps to help end poverty in WA. Breaking poverty down into five key dimensions, it offers free, easy, and impactful ways for individuals, groups, and workplaces to make a real difference. 

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Resource: Power of a Postcard

Download our Postcard of a Postcard workshop resource pack to complement the session. It includes a guide, supporting materials and downloadable postcards to help you learn about advocacy, generate ideas and take action. This is for anyone participating on their own, in a group, or planning their own session.

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Resource: Making a Difference Made Easy

Download our workshop resource pack to compliment the Making a Difference Made Easy webinar. It includes a guide and supporting materials to help you learn, ideate and take meaningful action – whether you’re participating on your own, in a group or planning your own session.