Featured Projects

Sport to Success was part of the Pasifika Thrive Project funded by The Department of Justice.  It boasts a strong collective collaboration of partners as experts in each of their fields: Charis Mentoring Inc, Kokoro Consulting and The Neurosequential Network mirroring the collective strength of Pasifika cultures.

The purpose of the ‘Sports to Success’ project was to build the capacity of coaches and sporting organisations in a healing centred and neurodevelopmental approach to coaching and mentoring Pasifika young people. Kokoro Consulting undertook a lead role in this project wich including project design, implementation and evaluation. 

The program consisted of Pasifika Cultural Competency and six-weeks of 1x hour sessions of ‘Intro NM-Sport Training’ delivered by Dr Bruce Perry from the Neurosequential Network and a ‘Power of Sport to Heal – Practical applications of NM-Sport’ workshop delivered by The Centre for Healing and Justice Through Sport.  

The unveiling of Nova Peris OAM OLY Statute of Equality by Public artists Gillie and Marc Schattner took place at Fed Square in July 2021.  

As the Project Lead, Kokoro Consulting was responsible for delivering this event from inception to end.  

The project aims to elevate Australia’s inspirational women publicly, starting with Novis Peris, a proud Aboriginal woman, Olympic Gold Medallist, and the first Aboriginal woman elected to Federal Parliament.  The launching of this statue in the heart of Melbourne – the sporting capital of the world, is yet another tangible step towards gender and race equality.

Only 1.5 percent of Victoria’s public statues depict women. More of Australia’s inspirational women will be recognised and acknowledged for their achievements through this enduring art form.

The program aims to foster amongst girls and boys a belief that they can achieve anything. 

The Wellington Community Wellbeing Project was delivered in partnership with Gippsland Primary Health Network as part of their One Good Community Grant Program (a response to environmental hardship, including droughts and bushfires)

The project aimed to support Gippsland communities experiencing hardship to build on and learn new strategies to increase resilience to stress and support them to become aware of when and how to reach out for support by using a collaborative strengths-based approach.

The project saw Kokoro Consulting partner with  LandCare Gippsland Networks, Gippsland Women’s Health, Uniting Gippsland and a combined group of first responding professionals from Wellington sourced by Wellington Shire Council to deliver a range of community capacity building workshops to strengthen wellbeing and connection

 The aim of the Tuning in to Kids (TIK) Bush Fire Recovery Project was to partner with early years’ service providers in East Gippsland to deliver TIK Parenting programs to parents and carers living in East Gippsland in order to build the capacity of both parent and child.  

The project partnered with a range of early years services in East Gippsland including the YMCA East Gippsland cluster of Kindergartens, Early years’ service providers including those at Orbost Regional Health and East Gippsland Shire Council.

The project engaged with parents and carers in order to build their capacity in parenting skills in emotion coaching, which is to recognise, understand and respond to children’s emotions in an accepting and supportive way.

This approach helps both the child and parent/carer to better understand and manage their emotions which leads to better outcomes in life, greater resilience and connection.