Introduction
Big Yellow Umbrella is committed to fostering a community that thrives on inclusivity, sustainability and innovation. The strategic plan for 2025-2028 lays groundwork for transformative growth, addressing the challenges of our times while leveraging opportunities to create meaningful impact. This plan reflects our vision to enhance the lives of individuals and families, strengthen partnerships, and elevates our organisational capacity to adapt and excel.
Mission and Vision
Mission Statement
Connection. Community. Everyone. Everywhere.
Vision
Our vision is to create strong and connected communities, where people of all ages and backgrounds are empowered to actively participate in community, whilst reducing social isolation, and improving overall quality of life.
Our Values
- Human Centred
- Innovative
- With Integrity
- Collaborative
These values serve as a strategic compass. They will guide decision making, shape culture, and reinforce BYU’s reputation as a trustworthy, contemporary and community led organisation. By embedding them in everything from recruitment to program design and partnership, BYU strengthens its ability to adapt, lead and deliver positive social outcomes.
Strategic Priorities
1. To Improve Social Outcomes
Our commitment to ensure all people are at the centre of our decisions and services delivered.
- Design and deliver place based services
- Consult with new and emerging diverse communities
- Invest in the well being of children & young people
- Support issues relating to food insecurity and cost of living.
- Strenghthen respectful and reciprocal relationships with First Nations Peoples through genuine engagement, cultural learning and shared decision making
- Educate people with options to participate in education, employment, health and other essential services.
- Respond to the impacts of natural disasters in our community.
2. Collaboration
Our commitment to focus on partnerships that align with shared values & goals & promote equitible opportunities and maximum impact for our communities. Working together with individuals, organisations & stakeholders to address any identified issues.
- Develop joint initiatives to address relevant community concerns.
- Leverage shared resources to maximise impact.
- Recognise and contribute to each stakeholders strategic direction.
- Provide flexible and responsive creative solutions.
3. Sustainability
Our commitment to sustainability ensures a balanced approach to economic stability, social equity & environmental management.
- Economic Sustainability – foster local economic resilience by seeking a diverse financilly viable economic base to ensure sustainable growth, adopt sustainable and ethical business practices and workforce development that empowers the individual and strenghtens the organisation.
- Social Sustainability – promote inclusivity, health & wellbeing & education by promotin equitable opportunities. Collaborate with a range of diverse groups and communities to foster a positive and sustainale change.
- Environmental Sustainability – make decisions that are good for the planet and intergrate environmentally friendly practices into everyday operations.
Conclusion
The strategic Plan for 2025-2028 represents Big Yellow Umbrella’s commitment to proactive and transformative action. By focusing on community engagement, sustainability, organisational capacity and partnerships, we will continue to “Connect. Community. Everyone. Everywhere”.
Together we will aim to achieve impactful change, ensuring that every individual is supported under the Big Yellow Umbrella.
