01 · PARTNERSHIP
How deep do your partnerships actually go?
Depth, breadth and governance of the relationships your program runs on.
LOUPE — VICHEALTH MEL
Look closely. Learn together.
Capability assessment, quarterly reporting and reflective practice for place-based prevention — one learning cycle, in one place.
Loupe is how VicHealth and its place-based partners measure what matters.
Programs run on frameworks — capability pillars, reporting measures, reflective prompts — deployed to cohorts of councils and coalitions on the rhythms they agreed to. Everything lands in one place. And AI helps surface what the whole cohort is learning.
THE LEARNING CYCLE
1
Assess
The Compass: a six-pillar self-assessment your team completes together. Not an audit — a shared baseline. Most councils take a few sessions over a fortnight.
2
Report
Quarterly measures: who you reached, who you didn’t, and what shifted. Aligned to the Victorian Outcomes Framework 2025. About an hour a quarter.
3
Reflect
Learning Loops: three questions a fortnight, answered honestly. Deeper reflections at baseline, mid-point and year’s end. Five minutes that compound.
4
Learn
AI synthesis reads across the whole cohort — themes, tensions, shifts. VicHealth sees what’s working; you see you’re not alone.
…and what you learn shapes the next cycle.
THE SIX PILLARS OF THE COMPASS
02 · LEADERSHIP
Who holds the pen — and who holds the power?
The authorising environment, and how community expertise is centred in decisions.
03 · HEALTH EQUITY
Is equity a value or a practice?
Capability to design, deliver and evaluate with priority populations.
04 · EVIDENCE & MEL
Does evidence change what you do next?
Measurement competency, learning culture, and how much the organisation values both.
05 · SYSTEMS CHANGE
Can you see the system you’re trying to shift?
Systems literacy and practice — policies, power, relationships, resource flows.
06 · SUSTAINABILITY
What survives after the funding ends?
How embedded the work is: plans, budgets, roles that outlast the program.
Teams rate themselves against each pillar, every cycle.
PER CYCLE
Place-Based Compass
Six-pillar maturity self-assessment with results, trends and AI-generated insights for every cycle.
6 pillars · 4 maturity levels
QUARTERLY
Program Reporting
Reach, representation and outcomes measures aligned to the Victorian Outcomes Framework 2025. Built for councils and coalitions.
~1h a quarter, per organisation
FORTNIGHTLY
Learning Loops
Light-touch reflective practice on the rhythms that matter — with cohort-level AI synthesis for program teams.
3 questions · five minutes, honestly
FOR VICHEALTH TEAMS
Behind the front door, a console.
Design the instruments, run the rhythms, and read the results — without chasing spreadsheets.
Design frameworks & prompts
Capability pillars, reporting measures and reflective questions — versioned and reusable.
Run cohorts on rhythms
Quarterly engagements, fortnightly loops, annual reflections. Enrol councils and coalitions once.
Drill into every response
Engagement → organisation → person, with completion tracked along the way.
Generate synthesis & briefs
AI-powered cohort synthesis and executive briefs, built from real responses.
FOR COUNCILS & COALITIONS
Your journey on Loupe.
You’re invited
Your VicHealth contact sets your team up. No passwords: a six-digit code lands in your email each time you sign in.
Find your bearings
Complete the Compass with your team. Most councils take a few sessions over a fortnight.
Tell the quarterly story
Reach and reporting measures, about an hour a quarter. Coalitions report once for the partnership.
Reflect as you go
Three questions a fortnight in Learning Loops. Your reflections are visible to VicHealth program staff and feed the cohort’s shared learning.
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No invite yet? Talk to your VicHealth program contact.