It's goodbye but it's not goodbye.
It's come to the end of an era for The Village Leaders.
We've all got busy with lots of different projects in our own businesses and can't get to do everything we want. Then we realised we can still collaborate together on big protects, without maintaining The Village Leaders as an extra organisation.
So it's goodbye but it's not goodbye.
We'll still be here with our individual work, you'll still see us around and you can still ask any of us for help.
Thank you everyone who has worked with and supported us over the last few years. We've loved it and hope you got as much value from the work we did together as we did.
Dr Anne Butcher www.drannebutcher.com
Jennifer Emmett www.jenniferemmett.com.au
Deb Rae www.debrae.com.au
We believe that skilled, supported and connected people make better communities. We help you to be the best you can be to create this for your community. You are the people in senior roles, you are the frontline workers, you are the volunteers. You are the ones who support us with our health, our wellbeing, our learning, our cultural awareness and diversity, our sport, our hobbies, our finances, our daily living needs and our social connections. You are the ones who care for the animals, and you are the ones who show us how to respect our natural environment.
We know how important you and your organisations are in your community. Your commitment and skills help to increase your community's prosperity and each individual's wellbeing.
That is why we offer our skills, knowledge and experience to the community services sector and government agencies who work with the community services sector.
Services we offer:
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Planning and Management
Governance
Grant writing
Community engagement
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Individual Development
Leadership coaching
Professional mentoring
Personal development
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Team and Organisational Development
Upskilling
Organisational development
Strategic planning
Change management
Yuwi People
The Yuwi people, who are the traditional custodians of country in the Mackay Region, have lived here for thousands of years, while Europeans arrived only 160 years ago. These Europeans displayed no understanding or respect for the existing people, their social structures, or how they sustained their livelihood. The Europeans forcibly stole the land and stopped the Yuwi people from having access to their country and their food sources. In desperation, due to starvation, the Yuwi people rebelled, and the Europeans massacred them, destroying a society that had existed for thousands of years. This forced many of the remaining Yuwi people off country and left them disconnected from their culture and everything that sustained them. We cannot change what our forebearers did, but we can at least acknowledge that it happened. For this reason, we acknowledge the Yuwi people, the traditional custodians of this land, and we pay our respects to the elders, past, present and emerging. We also recognise the resilience displayed in the face of such extreme challenges and the right of the Yuwi people to determine their own economic, social and cultural development.
The Village Leaders is a collaboration between three experienced community leaders to provide people and organisational solutions for better communities. We have a passion for supporting communities and over 75 years of combined experience working with individuals, organisations and government.
Check out examples of our work
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