Queensland Place-Based Network
Working with other place-based initiatives to share learning, strengthen practice and advocate for the conditions communities need to lead change.
We are Logan, together.
Logan Together is a community-led, place-based collective impact initiative committed to the wellbeing of every child in Logan, from pre-birth to 8 years of age.
We bring together community, government, services, business and philanthropy to improve outcomes for Logan’s children. By listening to, walking alongside and taking action with community, we work collectively to create the conditions for children and families to thrive.
Our big goal is simple: to see Logan’s children grow up happy, healthy, and thriving — now and for generations to come.
Our work rests on three pillars
First Nations First
We believe that we need to do the work to strengthen cultural ways of knowing. This will see us shift us from western structures and processes into an intrinsic way of working with a First Nations First approach.
Children at the Heart
We are helping to ensure children growing up in Logan are loved, safe, valued and thriving. We are working to ensure that the voices of our children directly influence the decisions we make together to ensure their strong futures.
Community Led
We believe power should be shared equally with our diverse community. Together we will enable community members to lead decision-making and share accountability with the sectors as confident, capable individuals.
Logan Together at a Glance
45,929
children aged 8 and under live, learn and play in Logan
100+
partners working together across community, government, services, business and philanthropy
Since 2015
working collectively to improve outcomes for Logan’s children
See the Logan Together movement in Action
Collective Impact - How Change Happens
Collective Impact is how Logan Together brings community, government, services, business and philanthropy together around shared goals for Logan’s children.
It is a proven approach to addressing complex social challenges by bringing people and organisations together around a shared vision, shared evidence and shared action.
In Logan, Collective Impact is more than a framework. It is a community movement where families, community organisations, First Nations leadership, government, business and philanthropy work alongside one another to improve outcomes for children from pre-birth to eight years of age.
By listening to community, building trusted relationships and taking coordinated action, we are creating the conditions for every child in Logan to be happy, healthy and thriving. We are Logan, together.
Scaling our impact
Logan’s First 2000 Days Model and the Focus Community Strategy operate together to deliver impact across Logan. Logan’s First 2000 Days focuses on the earliest and most important stage of a child’s life, from pregnancy through the early years. The Focus Community Strategy works deeply alongside local communities to listen, plan and act on the priorities that matter most to children and families in place. Together, these approaches help Logan Together strengthen families, build community leadership, align partners and shift the systems that support children to be happy, healthy and thriving.
What is Logan's First 2000 Days Model?
Logan’s First 2000 Days Model identifies 5 evidence-based initiatives, and 5 enablers of systems change that support the critical early years of a child’s life. By intentionally stacking and connecting these initiatives and enablers, we can create an early childhood development system that is accessible to all children – generating and amplifying life-changing impact.
The community co-designed First 2000 Days Model helps bring the outcomes and impacts identified in our Collective Plan to life. Our Roadmap then describes the indicators that show whether we are making progress in line with our shared vision.
Click on the 5 evidence-based initiatives and 5 enablers of systems change below to explore more
Who are the Focus Communities
Logan Together supports five Focus Communities unique yet connected through the Logan Together Backbone Team and a Focus Community Network.
Three Focus Communities are geographic – identified by place, and Two Focus Communities are cultural – cultural connections that are woven throughout Logan.
Tap an area to highlight it, then use the button to open its page.
Community Outcomes and Data
Together, we're creating measurable change.
Every conversation, partnership and shared action contributes to something bigger. These interactive data cards bring together community insights, local evidence and program outcomes to show how collective action is strengthening the wellbeing of children, families, communities and systems across Logan.
Explore the cards below to see what's changing.
Every conversation, partnership and shared action contributes to something bigger. These interactive data cards bring together community insights, local evidence and program outcomes to show how collective action is strengthening the wellbeing of children, families, communities and systems across Logan.
Explore the cards below to see what's changing.
How We Create the Conditions for Change
No single organisation, service or sector can improve outcomes for Logan’s children alone.
Lasting change requires community, First Nations leaders, government, services, business and funders to share influence, align resources and take collective responsibility.
Through shared decision-making, collaborative commissioning, shared leadership and advocacy, Logan Together helps ensure community priorities shape action, investment and broader systems change.
Shared Decision-Making
Logan Together believes community should have genuine influence over the decisions that affect children and families.
Shared decision-making means creating the conditions for community voice, First Nations leadership, lived experience, data and sector expertise to shape priorities, guide investment and inform action.
This happens through our governance, community conversations, focus communities, partnerships and collective planning processes.
It is how we move from consultation to shared ownership.
Collaborative Commissioning
Logan Together facilitates collaborative commissioning with partners operating in Logan.
This means working with community, services, funders and government to better align resources around shared priorities and outcomes for children and families.
Rather than commissioning work in isolation, collaborative commissioning helps partners design, invest in and support responses that are grounded in community priorities, informed by evidence and connected to the broader Logan Together vision.
Shared Leadership
Governance that reflects the movement
Our governance brings together community voice, First Nations leadership and senior leaders from across sectors and all levels of government.
This includes:
- Logan Together Board
- Gnirigomindala Karulbo, our First Nations Council
- Cross-Sector Leadership Table
Together, these groups help guide Logan Together’s work, strengthen accountability and support collective action for Logan’s children.
Advocacy and Influence
Sharing what we learn to influence change
Logan Together’s work does not stop at local action.
We use what we learn with community, partners and families in Logan to influence broader policy, funding, practice and systems change.
Our advocacy is grounded in the voices, experiences and priorities of Logan children, families and communities. It also draws on data, evidence and the lessons emerging through our place-based work.
This allows Logan Together to contribute to local, state and national conversations about what children and families need to thrive.
Recent submissions
Contributing Logan Together’s evidence, insights and community-led learnings to policy and reform processes.
SPSP Network
Participating in broader conversations and shared learning around place-based approaches, systems change and community-led impact.
Foundational Supports Model
Contributing to discussions about the supports children and families need early, locally and in ways that are accessible, connected and responsive to community.
Join the Logan Together Movement
For Parents & Families
Find activities, resources, events and community initiatives to join.
For community members and leaders
Share your voice, connect with local projects and help shape action in your community.
For Organisations & Funders
Partner with us to align efforts, support community-led priorities and create lasting change for Logan’s children.
Explore Logan's First 2000 Days Model
What is Logan's First 2000 Days Model?
Logan’s First 2000 Days Model identifies 5 evidence-based initiatives, and 5 enablers of systems change that support the critical early years of a child’s life. By intentionally stacking and connecting these initiatives and enablers, we can create an early childhood development system that is accessible to all children – generating and amplifying life-changing impact.
The community co-designed First 2000 Days Model helps bring the outcomes and impacts identified in our Collective Plan to life. Our Roadmap then describes the indicators that show whether we are making progress in line with our shared vision.
Click on the 5 evidence-based initiatives and 5 enablers of systems change below to explore more
Explore the Focus Communities
Who are the Focus Communities
Logan Together supports five Focus Communities unique yet connected through the Logan Together Backbone Team and a Focus Community Network.
Three Focus Communities are geographic – identified by place, and Two Focus Communities are cultural – cultural connections that are woven throughout Logan.
Tap an area to highlight it, then use the button to open its page.