MacroMelbourne

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Name: MacroMelbourne Type: Joint initiative Date: 2006 - present Focus: Disadvantage in Melbourne Donors: Melbourne Community Foundation; Department for Victorian Communities Partners: Committee for Melbourne; Melbourne Cares; ProBono Australia; Victorian Local Governance Association; Victorian Council of Social Service; RMIT University; Deakin University Link: http://www.communityfoundation.org.au/macromelbourne/

MacroMelbourne is an initiative of the Melbourne Community Foundation. Its purpose is to find ways to contribute to Melbourne being a liveable city for all its citizens as it faces the challenges of growth over the next 25 years.

Whilst government authorities set planning parameters and provide infrastructure, there is much that philanthropic trusts, large corporations, small businesses, universities and community organisations can do to help shape Melbourne’s future. MacroMelbourne provides a focus for building collaboration, considering the evidence and initiating projects that can help shape this future.

The MacroMelbourne initiative started by looking at the evidence in relation to disadvantage in Melbourne, the extent to which it already is a divided city and how growth may exacerbate this divide. It then went on to detail specific responses, projects and strategies to make Melbourne a more liveable city.

Independent research, funded by the Department for Victorian Communities, was undertaken by the Corporate Citizenship Research Unit at Deakin University in collaboration with the Victorian Council of Social Service. The research is downloadable from the MacroMelbourne website.