About the Centre for Just Places

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About us

The Centre for Just Places was established by Jesuit Social Services in early 2021 with support from the Gandel Foundation and the Victorian Government to enable and support place-based approaches. Through our research, advocacy and place-based work, the Centre is uniquely placed to unlock the relationship between social, environmental and economic justice. We do this through three main areas of work:

Working in place – our practice in Western Sydney and Northern Territory

We deliver a range of place-based initiatives to support community development, build capacity and provide flexible responses to community needs.

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Enabling climate justice

We partner with community service organisations, communities, and governments to shift systems, build local climate resilience and adaptive capacity.

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Supporting strong, healthy and equitable communities

Building on more than 25 years of research into locational disadvantage with Dropping off the Edge, we work with communities to know where people are struggling, to understand what is contributing to that struggle and how we can collectively enable communities to flourish.

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