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.
Our team works with a wide range of stakeholders to enable and support place-based approaches to social, environmental and economic justice. Learn more about who we are.
Our partners allow us to pursue our commitment to social, environmental and economic justice and continue working with disadvantaged communities all across Australia. Read our full list of donors here.
Learn more about our services.
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.
We deliver a range of programs in Western Sydney and the Northern Territory to support community development, build capacity and provide flexible response to community needs.
We partner with community service organisations, communities, and governments to build local climate resilience and adaptive capacity.
Place-based approaches are an innovative way to address disadvantage and inequity, strengthen resilience to crises in place, and build thriving and resilient communities.
Read more about how the Centre is working with community service organisations and local governments to enable climate adaptation and resilience.
Discover more about how increasingly frequent extreme weather events caused by climate change put homeless communities at-risk.
Dropping off the Edge (DOTE) explores complex locational disadvantage and well-being inequities across different Australian postcodes. Learn more about the report’s findings here.
This paper seeks to draw attention to the overlapping social and ecological harms of the prison system, and to make the case for why a just transition must include a focus on decarceration.
Our Collaborative Action Plan (2022) seeks to further understand the localised and systemic drivers of climate vulnerabilities for community health and service organisations in Melbourne’s west.
Read about how the Centre is working to build connections to community and culture in Western Sydney.
Read more about the issues that are important to us.
Read our official position on a wide range of social and climate justice related issues.
Read our contribution to discussions about what action can be taken by governments, individuals and the community service sector to build equity and justice.
Understanding and defining the value of place-based approaches.
Explore a visual depiction of how Jesuit Social Services is providing flexible responses to local community needs in Western Sydney.
Explore and understand place-based initiatives across Australia through an interactive map.
Read stories on our place-based initiatives in action.
A list of tools and resources to aid in your understanding of the place-based framework.
An initiative of Jesuit Social Services
On this page:
Research report and case studies uncovering what features enable the success of place-based approaches.
An in-depth look at place-based approaches in bite-sized pieces.
Resources designed to help Victorian Public Service employees support community-led initiatives.
The Strengthening Communities Alliance is a network of organisations committed to created positive social change by taking place-based community-led approach.
A Paul Ramsay Foundation report on place-based approaches in Australia, the evidence supporting them, and a roadmap for the future.
An initiative of Jesuit Social Services
An initiative of Jesuit Social Services