The Collaborate for Children scoping project investigated how to bring together research, practice and policy to best support the establishment of more relevant and effective service systems. Over 12 months, the Australian locational ‘place-based’ landscape was examined to understand how we can better promote children’s wellbeing through place-based initiatives.

• The evidence: what we know about place-based approaches to support children’s wellbeing (a summary of the literature)
• A snapshot of place-based activity promoting children’s wellbeing (a compendium of contemporary activity in Australia)
• Big thinking on place: getting place-based approaches moving (an analysis of consultations with experienced place-based researchers, policy-makers and practitioners on issues and opportunities for advancing place-based approaches)
• The state of play in Australian place-based approaches for children (a compilation and summary of the Evidence, Snapshot and Big thinking reports).

The project was undertaken for, and with the support of, the Australian Government Department of Education.

For more information on the Collaborate for Children scoping project visit www.rch.org.au/ccch/collaborate_for_children