Pearl's Plan gives you — and your team — a practical, culturally grounded framework, built from real Aboriginal practice. Join the 9-week program and contribute to a sector-wide handbook.
Register Your PlaceThree participation options from $110 per person · Open to WSCF member organisations
Across the sector, practitioners are trying to build genuine connections with Aboriginal families and communities. Many are working hard — but often in isolation, unsure what good practice looks like, and without access to what others in similar roles are learning.
Pearl's Plan was built to change that. It brings practitioners together in a structured, supported program — gives you the right framework and the right questions — and builds a shared resource the whole sector can draw on.
Regardless of which tier you choose, every person who registers gets both of these.
Nine structured modules — one Pearl per week — with real case studies, reflection tasks, and tools you can apply in your work immediately. By the end you will have a clear, culturally grounded approach to Aboriginal community engagement that belongs to you and your organisation.
What you learn and observe goes into the Western Sydney Pearl's Plan Practice-Informed Handbook — a real resource, built by real practitioners, that will be used across the sector. Every participant receives a printed and PDF copy when it's published.
The 4-3-2-1 method at the end of each Pearl takes you from personal noticing to organisational commitment. It's the difference between completing a course and actually changing something in how your organisation works.
Self-directed, 24/7 access for 12 months. Work at your own pace. Includes downloadable workbooks, quick reference guides, module checklists, and a Q&A channel at module level. No rigid deadlines — the program fits around your work.
The program runs across three phases. You move through one Pearl per week, reflecting on what you're noticing in your own practice and your organisation.
You register, nominate which Pearls you have the most to contribute to based on your current role, and access the foundational Pearl's Plan materials. Anny is available for an orientation conversation if you're joining at Option 3.
Each week you work through one Pearl module, complete the 4-3-2-1 reflection, and — if you're on Option 2 or 3 — join the live Tuesday webinar from 10:30am–12:00noon (capped at 15, recorded for those who can't attend live). Your honest reflections become the raw material of the handbook.
GVX collates all de-identified contributions Pearl by Pearl. The handbook is written, reviewed, and released — first to participants and WSCF members, then publicly. You are acknowledged as a contributor (with your consent) and receive your copy.
This is not a survey. It's a structured reflection that takes you from what you noticed to what you'll actually do.
Four tailored prompts ask what you observed in your service's systems, your team's practice, and your own responses to this Pearl.
Three organisational documents that may need updating — from job descriptions and supervision frameworks to governance documents and induction materials.
Two specific changes you want to make in your own practice or your workplace, specific to the Pearl you just completed.
One real action — something you will do before next week's Pearl begins. Not an intention. A commitment.
Each Pearl addresses a specific area where Aboriginal and mainstream ways of working come into tension. Together they form a complete framework for genuine community engagement.
The history that shapes why Aboriginal people may not come to your service — and what that means for how you work.
Kinship systems and family relationships that surround every Aboriginal person you work with.
What Country means — for your service, and for the people you serve.
Cultural protocols — Welcome to Country, Sorry Business, Gender Protocols — and how to get them right.
Building genuine, reciprocal relationships with ACCOs — before you need something from them.
GEDDAR vs R'DAGED — ground-up versus top-down decision making, and how to tell the difference in your own organisation.
Whether your organisation's purpose reflects what Aboriginal people actually need — or what your funding requires you to provide.
Reaching Aboriginal people through community and family networks — not just individual referral pathways.
Building systems that hold cross-cultural knowledge in your organisation — so it outlasts any individual worker.
Every option includes full access to all 9 Pearls, 12 months hub access, workbooks, certificate, and a printed handbook copy. Choose the depth of engagement that suits your organisation.
Anny is an Aboriginal cross-cultural practitioner with over 25 years of applied experience in community development — specifically with Aboriginal and refugee peoples. She is the owner and director of Global Values Xchange (GVX), an Aboriginal-owned training and consultancy based in the Blue Mountains, NSW.
Pearl's Plan is named in honour of Pearl Gibbs (1901–1983) — Ngemba woman, activist, and key organiser of the 1938 Day of Mourning — Anny's grandmother. The framework carries that legacy of grounded, purposeful advocacy into the community sector.
Anny understands the challenges faced by non-Aboriginal organisations seeking to meaningfully connect with First Nations peoples — and the challenges experienced by First Nations organisations when they attempt to do business with the mainstream sector. She has built Pearl's Plan to bridge exactly that gap.
Fill in your details below and Anny will be in touch within 2 business days to confirm your registration and next steps.
Anny will be in touch within 2 business days to confirm your place and send through next steps. If you have any questions in the meantime, email info@gvx.com.au.
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