Andre is an experienced consultant, trainer, and practitioner in community development.

For the past 20 years, he has worked with different communities around Australia, predominantly in lower socio-economic areas. Andre has extensive experience working alongside local governments, schools, faith groups and the not for profit sector.

His work has included:

• Community research
• Organisational reviews
• Planning and network facilitation
• The co-creation of a rooming house accord and report into rooming houses
• Broadcasting on radio
• Helping to organise community wide celebrations
• Starting two not for profits aimed at improving local and broader communities
• Teaching on community development

Andre is also a PhD student focussing on models for building social infrastructure in cities, where people can thrive and flourish.

Andre lives on a mixed tenure housing estate in Fitzroy, an inner-city suburb of Melbourne with his wife Amy and their son Josh.

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