About Us

CommunityLed provides tailored workshops and community-based project support. By creating connected communities to prepare for, endure and recover from adverse events, we help build resilience and capacity.

We are specialists in

Community Informed Practice.

We can help you to identify and leverage the existing strengths within communities to build capacity and resilience.

We service community groups, councils, non-for profit groups and government organisations.

 

Key Services:

Community Based Facilitation
Disaster Recovery
Climate Adaptation
Trauma Informed Approaches
Community Led Initiatives
Professional Development
Rural and Remote
International Contexts
Focus Groups

Why Wattle?

Our logo celebrates Australian Wattles.

Wattle are known as pioneer plants.

Their seed can remain viable for years or decades in the soil seed bank and often are triggered to sprout by disturbance.

When conditions are right, they reproduce and grow quickly, enabling them to take advantage of the resources in a challenging environment.

Through their interactions, pioneer species build a simple initial community that gradually gives way to new plants, animals, and other organisms, changing the structure of the biological community to a strong, resilient ecosystem.

CommunityLed supports capacity builders to build strong resilience communities.

About the team

Founders Paula Paananen and Christine Black have many years experience, working with a diverse collection of communities in Australia and Internationally.

Their solid background of community engagement and facilitation brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to you and your project.

Paula Paananen

Paula Paananen

Facilitator

Paula has a career spanning thirty years working with disaster impacted communities in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

She has spent the past four years working with and learning from NSW communities impacted by extreme fires, floods and drought.

She lives with family on acres on the NSW Coast where she operates a licensed wildlife rehabilitation facility.

Convinced of the power of community connections to help adapt to a changing climate, Paula thrives on working with people to design and implement local, practical solutions that inspire hope.

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Christine Black

Christine Black

Facilitator

Christine is an educator with vast experience from living and working in remote locations, and senior roles in public education and the corporate world.

Her drive comes from working with great people and making a difference by building authentic connections.

She understands and deeply values the importance of relationships when addressing community needs. She lives on a small property in the Manning Valley and enjoys life with friends and family.

Working with Paula and CommunityLed is exciting and a real pathway for change.

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Get in touch

Talk to us about tailored solutions to connect and build capacity in your community:

 

  • Workshops (In Person and Online)
  • Project Support
  • Professional Development
  • Resource Creation

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