Consultation and engagement
We deliver community and stakeholder engagement that reduces risk, builds trust and supports better decisions. Our work is practical, evidence-led and designed to help complex projects progress with confidence.
What we do
Working in collaboration with your project team, we design and delivery community and stakeholder engagement strategies aligned to your project goals, approvals pathway and delivery timeframes.
By identifying challenges and opportunities early, our community engagement consultants help reduce project risk across planning, design and approvals, through to construction and commissioning.
We engage with a broad range of stakeholders, including groups and individuals who are often hard to reach or overlooked. By using the right mix of face-to-face, digital and targeted engagement tools, we support meaningful conversations that lead to clear outcomes and stronger project decisions.
Our focus is on building trusted relationships and better outcomes not just engagement metrics.
Mara services
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Engagement strategies, plans and implementation
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Community meetings, public forums and events
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Advisory, working and reference groups, Community Consultative Committee management
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Landowner liaison and place manager services
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Relationship management
Frequently asked questions
About Mara.
Mara Consulting is an award-winning communications and engagement consultancy specialising in planning approvals, community consultation, social impact assessment and strategic communications for infrastructure, renewable energy and property development projects across NSW.
Projects
Honeysuckle Ideas
Client: Hunter & Central Coast Development Corporation.
Project type: Government, mixed use development.
Services: Strategy development, engagement, digital engagement, communication, marketing, graphic design, advertising, research and focus groups.
Awards: National Finalist, Excellence in Community Engagement.
Hunter Transmission Project
Client: EnergyCo NSW
Project type: Government, energy, infrastructure
Services: Stakeholder engagement strategy, Aboriginal engagement, communications, marketing, advertising, event management, media and issues management, place management and landowner liaison, government relations & ministerial communication.
Newcastle Interchange
Client: Transport for NSW
Project type: Infrastructure
Services: Strategy development, community and stakeholder engagement, digital engagement and consultation, strategic communications and marketing, creative and content production, landowner liaison and place management.
