Featured Projects
Our projects aim to support and guide the work of our service delivery programs, ensuring that the voices of those we serve are reflected in our practices. These projects also aim to give our clients a voice to influence government policies and the social issues that impact them.
Our Research
Research underpins all the work we do. We generate and facilitate rigorous research and evaluation, for knowledge and for good, that contributes to our understanding of how we support individuals and communities to flourish.
Working in partnership, we hear and elevate the voices of lived experience and advocate for, and with, others for a more just society.
Feature publications
View research reports, government submissions and articles published by, or in partnership with, Anglicare Southern Queensland.
Anglicare Submission to the Select Committee on The Cost of Living (2024)
Anglicare’s submission to the Australian Government Select Committee on the Cost of Living drew heavily upon the lived experience of our clients and staff in managing during the current cost-of-living crisis
The ache for home: rental affordability in Brisbane
This article for the November 2017 issue of Parity, the national journal of the Council to Homeless Persons, highlights the limited rental options of people on low incomes evident in the 2017 Anglicare Southern Queensland Rental Affordability Snapshot (Brisbane Metro area).
Anglicare Southern Queensland 2024 Rental Affordability Snapshot: Southern Queensland
As part of the Anglicare Australia national Snapshot, every year Anglicare Southern Queensland tests if it is possible for people on low incomes to rent a home in the private market. In response to the growing housing and homelessness crisis, in 2024 we expanded our focus from the Brisbane Metro region to the whole of southern Queensland
Youth Justice Reform Inquiry 2023-24
Anglicare’s submission to the Queensland Government inquiry into youth justice reform drew heavily on the voices of the young people from our Intensive Bail Initiative program, recognising that there are relatively few opportunities for young people themselves to offer insights into what would deter them from offending behaviours. This submission provided one way for Government to hear their voices
Queensland Community Safety Bill 2024
Anglicare provided a submission to the inquiry into the Queensland Community Safety Bill 2024, in which we particularly addressed the proposal to allow some Children’s Court proceedings to be more open, including to media. We argue that the proposed change could provide opportunities for additional media negativity and sensationalism, and encourage further stereotyping of young people and negative community perceptions.
‘Now it’s my time’: of being an expert in one’s own life
This article for the November 2017 issue of Parity, the national journal of the Council to Homeless Persons, describes the trauma informed/recovery-oriented practice framework underpinning service delivery in Anglicare’s Homelessness Services Women and Families (HSWF) programs.
Featured events
Anglicare Southern Queensland are pleased to host a range of events throughout the year, showcasing recent research and discussing issues impacting our community.
Hanging by a Thread – life experience at the heart of research
Hanging by a Thread – life experience at the heart of research.
Supporting seniors living with dementia
Supporting seniors living with dementia.
Enhancing outcomes for children and young people
Enhancing outcomes for children and young people
Meet the Research and Advocacy team
Leanne Wood
Manager, Research Evaluation & AdvocacyLeanne Wood is the Manager – Research, Evaluation and Advocacy at Anglicare Southern Queensland. She has worked at Anglicare for more than a decade in research, policy and advocacy roles, drawing on previous experience across diverse projects in the government, academic, education and private sectors. Her experience managing, and participating in, Australian Research Council- and government-funded research teams, gave rise to Leanne’s longstanding interest in the multiple facets of individual and community wellbeing, as well as qualitative methods for enhancing participant voice.
Dr Ana Stevenson
Senior Advisor – Research and EvaluationDr Ana Stevenson is Anglicare’s Senior Advisor – Research and Evaluation. After receiving her PhD in history from The University of Queensland in 2015, she held academic appointments at the University of the Free State, James Cook University, and the University of Southern Queensland. Her multidisciplinary expertise spans humanities and social sciences methodologies, including qualitative and mixed-methods research. With funding from the Australian Research Council and South Africa’s National Research Foundation, her research interests include social movements, digital archives, education, media, and knowledge translation.
Sarah Marris
Strategic Advocacy LeadSarah Marris is our Strategic Advocacy Lead. Sarah has qualifications in health science, media communications and human services. She has experience working in the disability sector across a diverse range of projects, both community education and engagement. With a strong background in relationship building and significant experience in advocacy and communications, Sarah is passionate about elevating the voice of those with lived experience.
Paula Lewis
Thread Together Volunteer CoordinatorPaula Lewis is the Thread Together Volunteer Coordinator, working between St Andrew’s Anglican Church at Indooroopilly and Anglicare’s Corporate Office. Paula has many years of volunteer coordination experience across a range of diverse community projects, and is passionate about conservation, recycling, upcycling and all things good for the planet. Her conservation interests are reflected in her PhD studies, encompassing human-wildlife coexistence and the application of ethics into wildlife management and public policy.
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