Carriageworks, Eveleigh by April McCabe

Strategy + Social Planning

We work alongside clients, community + stakeholders to create strategies, plans + policies that are shaped by a clear purpose + informed research about people, place and context. By listening to the community + stakeholders, we better understand their needs + issues, which enables the development of actions that are responsive and can deliver equitable, connected, sustainable + generous places.


Great strategies + plans capture the textures of a place + local experience to support equitable cities + communities.

  • Services

    • Policy, demographic, context analysis + issues mapping

    • Social Infrastructure needs studies, analysis + advice

    • Social Infrastructure Strategies + Community Facilities plans

    • Library Strategies + Facilities Plans

    • Arts + Cultural Strategies/Plans

    • Disability Inclusion Action Plans

    • Place Plans + Placemaking Strategies

    • Strategy advice + staff coaching/capacity building

    • Social value + social Issues research

    • Policy peer review

  • Our experienced team are well regarded for their skills and abilities in the development of strategy, policy advice, and analysis including:

    • Social Infrastructure Needs Studies and Strategies, for state government, local councils, and private clients.

    • Library Strategies and Facilities Plans for local councils

    • Cultural + Creative Strategies [local government + private clients]

    • Planning for Inclusive Communities, through social issues research, Disability and Inclusion Actions Plans, community development plans and LGBTIQA+ strategies and plans.


We believe that impactful + enduring strategies + plans are more than words on a page. They articulate a clear purpose, capture the texture of a place, reflect community aspirations, provide a measurable framework for future decision-making and deliver practical approaches + actions for implementation. 

Our goal is to support existing and future communities in building equitable, connected, generous, and sustainable places. 

We effectively work with a multi-disciplinary team to ‘connect the dots’ and identify a clear purpose, understand the context and issues to develop practical, responsive solutions. We have significant experience working with state government, local councils and their communities in undertaking research to develop a broad range of strategies, provide evidence based social infrastructure needs studies and advice for the provision of infrastructure advice.