COMPACT works across communities and sectors to inspire people to foster social cohesion, stand united against divisive forces and come together in times of need.

At the program-level, our community partners work together to build Community Resilience across the four areas of community Preparedness, Prevention, Response and Recovery:

Preparedness: Proactively build and support committed, collaborative, responsive community networks

Prevention: Break the cycle of hate: the community champions cultural diversity and community harmony

Response: Community networks and relationships mobilise to stand up and stand united in the face of threats to community harmony 

Recovery: Community networks and relationships mobilise to support each other and maintain or restore social cohesion in the wake of an incident or crisis

COMPACT has inspired and empowered more than 80,000 young people as champions for community harmony. COMPACT Partnership Projects aim to:

1. To inspire and empower young people to stand up and stand united against extremism, hate, fear and division as champions for community harmony;
2. To support communities and build resilience to threats to community harmony in NSW arising from local or global issues;
3. To build robust, sustainable networks, relationships and partnerships across communities;
4. To promote community understanding of the value and benefit of cultural diversity.

Our COMPACT partners are youth practitioners who deliver a range of activities to engage, empower and inspire young people:

Digital citizens: includes methods to engage and empower young people to build safer, more harmonious online communities and to protect each other from online hate and other digital harms.

Peacebuilders & humanitarians: includes effective peacebuilding and conflict resolution methods and volunteering, community service, charity and local and/or international humanitarian work with a clear benefit to local communities.

Creative communicators: includes creative methods to amplify the voices of young people and tackle tough issues like hate and polarisation through art, music, writing, traditional and digital/social media, public speaking or performance.

Networkers & influencers: includes methods to create and sustain active, effective networks of youth leaders, allies and influencers, in both online and offline contexts, that can activate against divisive forces and promote community harmony.

Community connectors: includes methods of cross-cultural, cross-regional and interfaith engagement that bring communities together and foster trust, collaboration and cohesion.

Thought leaders & changemakers: includes methods to facilitate constructive dialogue and debate, enhance critical thinking and ethical social action, and inspire young people to defend democracy, diversity and human rights.

Team players: includes sports, games and play to engage young people, break down barriers, combat racism, reinforce positive messages, and create support networks, mentoring opportunities and positive role models.

COMPACT has been independently evaluated as “first of its kind” program.

Its success is measured by the positive outcomes for young people and the joint efforts of the COMPACT Alliance as a force for community harmony.

Projects are reviewed regularly. The COMPACT Alliance provides a regular forum for community partners to come together to learn from each other.

The COMPACT Alliance is a state-wide network of community partners and allies who are standing united against hate and building a force for community harmony.

The COMPACT Alliance brings our COMPACT community partners together to learn from each other, build networks and work collaboratively towards common goals.