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 deliverycommunity and stakeholder engagement strategies aligned to your project goals, approvals pathway and delivery timeframes.
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By identifying challenges and opportunities early, our engagement and consultation approach helps 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.
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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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Workshops and facilitated discussions
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Advisory, working and reference groups, Community Consultative Committee management
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Online and digital engagement programs
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Research and analysis
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Landowner liaison and place manager services
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Relationship management
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Place making and activation events.
About Mara.
Mara Consulting is a Newcastle based communications and stakeholder engagement consultancy specialising in planning approvals, community consultation, social impact assessment and strategic communications for infrastructure, renewable energy and property development projects across NSW.
