Soulgen

Gamified and experiential workshops

• Hands-on, story-driven workshops that spark creativity, build confidence and turn ideas into action.
• Using creative tools such as the Camp Venture board game, participants explore leadership, collaboration and community change in playful yet meaningful ways.

Consultation and facilitation

• Soulgen provides creative facilitation and community consultation across youth engagement, multicultural inclusion, social cohesion, health, and co-design initiatives.
• We work alongside organisations and local leaders to design participatory processes that amplify community voices, strengthen collaboration and inspire sustainable action.

Training and capacity building

• Custom sessions for community organisations and educators on Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD), place-based approaches, youth participation, and creative leadership.
• Our trainings blend storytelling, reflection, and practical frameworks to help teams turn shared purpose into lasting impact.

Watch, read, listen…

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  Children and Young People: Our Most Underutilised Community Asset?
  What a walk through Parramatta reminded me about moving beyond identifying assets to connecting and mobilising them – and bringing places to life. At a recent workshop with Cormac Russell, hosted by Resourcing Inclusive Communities in Parramatta, we were invited to do something very simple. Leave the room. Walk through the neighbourhood. And notice the… Read more: Children and Young People: Our Most Underutilised Community Asset?
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  What Kind of Facilitator Are You – Really
  The more I do this work, the more I have come to see myself as a facilitator. A facilitator of people, teams, and communities through participatory, strengths-based, and relational processes. This week, as I train another group of Camp Venture facilitators – and as I prepare to head to Geelong for the Australasian Institute of… Read more: What Kind of Facilitator Are You – Really
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  Community Development Training with Lake Macqaurie Counlic
  Case study will be released soon
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  Building Social Cohesion the ABCD Way: Reflections from Culture Waves
  At first glance, some people may not immediately connect social cohesion programs like Culture Waves with ABCD (Asset-Based Community Development). But for me, the links are very real. Perhaps because I have never experienced ABCD simply as a framework to preach or a workshop to deliver – but something to live and breathe through practice.… Read more: Building Social Cohesion the ABCD Way: Reflections from Culture Waves
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  What Christchurch Can Teach Us About Participation, Place and the Power of Experimentation
  At dinner last night after an AANZPA Executive meeting, Simon from Christchurch shared stories about a local initiative called Gap Filler – a creative urban regeneration social enterprise that emerged after the devastating earthquakes in Ōtautahi Christchurch. I found myself deeply moved listening to him speak.Not because everything succeeded. In fact, he said many experiments… Read more: What Christchurch Can Teach Us About Participation, Place and the Power of Experimentation