Research and produce education material

At Real Options we take pride in producing education material developed with stakeholders. We use plain English and have particular skills in taking complex technical or scientific information and making it accessible to a broad audience. Our projects also aim to share the knowledge and insights gained from the projects development.

We have proven expertise in using an action learning framework which is a participatory and flexible model of education, that encourages responsiveness to local knowledge and skills and the needs of all stakeholders.

Some recent project include:

• Ethnic Communities Council of NSW
  Research and development of Working with and learning from ethnic communities a sustainable living project to be used by local government environment officers to work with their ethnic communities. This included workshops with local government environmental officers and ethnic community educators to develop content and ongoing liaison with these groups.
• NSW Local Community Services Association
  Preparation of the Do-It-Yourself Community Management Refresher Kit for voluntary management committees. The kit is a guide to committee responsibilities, relationships and performance.
• Stay on Your Feet WA
  Assisted the WA Department of Health to produce a booklet of information on falls awareness and prevention targeted to older people. Also assisted with the development of peer education material for volunteer presenters of falls prevention sessions for older people.