Rural people are at the heart of our services.

We service rural and remote not-for-profit and member-based organisations, community & local government and rural businesses.

Not-for-profits.

Not-for-profit and member-based organisations work in our communities every day, providing much-needed services. Being so well integrated into our community experience provides these organisations with a deep understanding of the needs of the people and how they can meet them. However, within our small towns, it is often the same core group of people trying to make things happen. And before too long, volunteer exhaustion comes into play, and these organisations can struggle to survive.

At 150Square, we help build capacity within regional organisations, working to make local groups sustainable. We bring a genuine willingness to see ideas implemented, collaboratively and collectively from within, so these values become embedded at a grassroots level. We believe that strategy, structure and governance are the key elements of strong rural organisations.

How we work with you:

  • Governance & structure
  • Membership engagement
  • Funding model development
  • Strategic planning
  • Human resources
  • Governance workshops
  • Constitution advice
  • Board and committee development
WBN Member Based Organisations
“Probably the biggest benefit was that I was able to completely outsource the project to Caroline, and it was like a one-touch process. I didn't have to micromanage her. We had maybe one meeting, she scoped what our needs were and what the content was. Then she conceptualized how she would deliver it. And I didn't even need to meet with her again. I just greenlighted it and said, “Okay, go do it.”. In terms of the course, Caroline hosted and delivered it all online. She just took full ownership of it and the quality of her content was outstanding.

My measure of success for some something is always the bums in seats, and how many people actually consume the content. Our consumption rate of people that completed all the content was really high. Around 87% of participants engaged with and got through all the content. That exceeded our goals and aspirations. So we know that what Caroline delivered hit the mark for the participants.”
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Online governance course for Kallista Bolton
Grower Group Alliance

Local Government.

Local Government organisations form the foundation of our country towns, developing and executing long-term strategies to grow our communities. Particularly in smaller areas, this is often done with few people and limited resources. Meaning even a small amount of the right external help can make a big difference.

The 150Square team’s involvement in our own communities gives us a genuine interest in and a solid understanding of the issues impacting regional governance in the Wheatbelt. We bring strong administration and project management skills as well as stakeholder engagement and relationship management to help you transform your town. This broad range of expertise means you get customised, responsive solutions that allow you to free up internal resources to work on other priorities.

How we work with you:

  • Executive services to VROCs
  • Governance or Management support
  • Mentoring and support of new CEOs
  • Project management
  • Council and community engagement frameworks
  • Review of service delivery
  • Review of work practices in small rural local governments
  • Fire and emergency services
  • Business Cases
  • Integrated planning – Strategic Community Plan, Corporate Business Plan, Workforce Development Plan
  • Project plan development
  • Grant applications
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Pro Bono.

Part of the 150Square mantra is to give back to the communities we live in. We have supported numerous not for profit organisations in rural WA, providing up to 10% of our time each year to undertake pro bono work. We will continue to do so where we can.

A few of the organisations we have assisted