Kerry Grace

So often I speak with people in regional communities who are frustrated with how slowly change happens.

Rarely a week goes by without a phone call from a passionate regional community member asking me asking for support to get a grant over the line.

This year I became an empty nester.

Know that feeling when you find a model that describes your practice?

How producing a conference on my own dime changed my thoughts on speaker payments (and my behaviour as a speaker) Producing conferences and events is not a new thing for me, in fact, I pulled together my first band night which attracted several hundred pe…

Every week I meet people who are uncomfortable with something in their community.

Of the 789,645 businesses based in regional Australia a whopping 97% are considered small, that is employing 0-19 people (ABS, 2023).

Some time ago, I made the decision to step away from a role I had held for seven years, and could have continued in for many more.

Aunty Jo-Anne Kelly often speaks about weaving together elements of community to create change.

As I celebrate my 20th year in business #evolveis20 I’ve also dedicated some time to reflect on what it’s been like to live and work ‘in place’ (in the Mid North Coast of NSW) for two whole decades.

I first learned the term ‘social enterprise’ around 2009 when I was managing an Aboriginal Corporation and my funding partner had told me we had 24 months to make the entity sustainable.