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We are a purpose-driven consultancy dedicated to helping organisations, service providers, and governments measure, demonstrate, and amplify their social impact.

We collaborate with our clients to design programs and services with their clients and communities, monitor and evaluate their work, and demonstrate their impact. We’re passionate about working with organisations and on initiatives that aim to challenge systemic inequity and build safer and more inclusive communities.

We value collaboration at Collective Action, and we believe that we can achieve the best outcomes for our clients by bringing together people with diverse expertise, experience, and skillsets. We have a core team of specialists who work collaboratively on every project, and we regularly partner with consultants to create multidisciplinary teams that are fit for purpose for each client and project.

Program and service design

We collaborate with organisations, government, communities, and service users to design programs, services, and policies that create meaningful and lasting change.

Social impact measurement and reporting

We help our clients understand, measure, and demonstrate their impact.

Monitoring, evaluation, and learning

We conduct independent evaluations, and we help organisations build their internal capability so they can effectively monitor and evaluate their programs and activities

Toolkits and resource design

We develop clear and easy to use guides and toolkits to support organisations and communities to design, implement, and evaluate their programs and services.

Research

We conduct community research and consultations to strengthen the evidence base for addressing inequality and building safer, more inclusive communities.

“I would absolutely choose to work with Alison again. She came highly recommended to MHCC ACT and lived up to her reputation. We also liked that she specialises in working with for-purpose organisations and her quote was very competitive. She worked with us to deliver our first independent stakeholder survey and then analyse and interpret the results. She is professional, thorough, and flexible to work with and you can trust her advice.”

Leith Felton-Taylor | Policy and Sector Development Manager, Mental Health Community Coalition ACT

“Alison worked in a highly considered, trauma-informed, humble, diligent, knowledgeable, respectful and flexible way with our diverse and complex communities to design the model. We love working with Alison and her team, and have absolutely no hesitation in recommending her services to other organisations and communities.”

Catherine Mellors | Special Projects Officer, Meridian

“Alison Barclay (Collective Action) has contributed to and shaped program design, monitoring and evaluation, and strategic communications for Meridian (formerly AIDS Action Council). Alison has great interpersonal skills and has built productive and respectful relationships with teams, even in the trickiest of environments. Alison’s professional and refined approach and wide range of skills and experience make her work incredibly valuable. She would be an asset to any organisation looking for a professional, ethical, and accomplished consultant.”

Philippa Moss | CEO, Meridian (formerly AIDS Action Council)

“Alison and her team worked with OPTIONS, a multi-country USAID-funded consortium, to produce an oral PrEP-specific training package for adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Africa. Throughout the project, Alison and her team were extremely flexible and responsive, ensuring that the training package would be able to meet the multiple needs of a variety of countries, NGOs/CBOs, and operating environments. It was a pleasure to work with her and the team, and the package has been well received by adolescent girls and young women, CBOs/NGOs, local governments, and funders alike!”

Morgan Garcia | Senior Clinical Research Manager, FHI 360

“The approach that you both took to the day created a space for women and men to discuss what are sensitive issues in a way that was strengths-based, supportive and not overly threatening (or perhaps had just the right amount of threat). Also, your ability to adjust the afternoon session on the fly to respond to what had emerged the day prior was great.”

Dr Tim Grice | UQ International Development

“We engaged Collective Action to research and write a desk review on promising approaches for the prevention of violence against women and girls, with particular reference to Vanuatu and the wider Pacific. Alison and her team were a pleasure to work with and produced a well-written and comprehensive report which will be very useful for guiding our future work.”

CARE International in Vanuatu

“Alison is a dedicated person who delivers quality products on time and is willing to go the extra mile. She has expertise in developing gender-based violence prevention programs with solid monitoring and evaluation component integrated into it. We have found that she takes an empowering approach to working with our national staff.”