Participation
Start with people who know the place
The young person and the community organisation decide what support is needed to take part safely.
Goods on Country
Theory of Change
The whole project model, using current records and clear boundaries between what is verified, modelled, intended and still a pathway.
Practical work
Build a real product
People learn assembly, materials, quality checks, delivery and repair. We only count paid work when a wage record proves it.
Paid work
Turn orders into paid work
Orders pay for making and delivery. Youth support is funded and counted separately.
The operating loop
Build the bed. Use it. Learn what worked. Let the community choose what happens next.
Step 1
Build the parts
Cut, drill and check every part before the bed leaves the workshop.
Step 2
Build together
People assemble the bed, learn the work and record who was paid.
Step 3
Use and test the bed
Each bed has a record. We return to ask what worked and what needs fixing.
Step 4
The next decision stays local
The community chooses whether the next dollar buys stock, pays for work or moves more making On Country.
Full theory of change
From the problem to the long-term shifts
1
Problem
Remote homes face costly, short-lived goods. Safe beds, working washing machines and local repair are harder to access.
2
Inputs
Community leadership · recycled HDPE · steel and canvas · tools and machines · funding · buyers
3
Activities
Listen · design · make · deliver · track · learn · improve
4
Outputs
540 beds delivered · 11 communities · 23 washing machines in community · 3,540kg HDPE design mass, not weighed diversion · paid work tracked separately
5
Outcomes
Better rest · dignity and safety · community decisions · paid work · materials kept in use
6
Long-term shifts
Material shift · economic shift · story shift
The result we are working toward
More useful goods. More paid work. More decisions made on Country.
Young people
Count who took part, paid hours, wages, skills and the next work step.
Community business
Count buyer payments, local costs and what the community decided to do next.
Useful goods
Count what was made, where it went, repairs, materials and what households told us.