Gavin Ackerly

I'm Gavin Ackerly, a community educator and innovator passionate about building bridges between diverse communities in a world increasingly divided by conflict.

Gavin Ackerly, Executive Manager, Western Bulldogs Community Foundation. Back to top ABC listen More from ABC

CEO of Community Four. Creator of the Humanitarian Symbiotic Innovation Model. Churchill Fellow. Australia

Gavin Ackerly's Churchill Adventure. 86 likes. Travelling to USA, Canada, UK, Europe and Africa to investigate refugee innovation and entrepreneurship.

Husband. Dad. Community Development worker and teacher. 󱛏. Joined October 2016. 󱤂. gavinackerly.com. 󱤂. communityfour.org. Photos. 󱘋. Photos. See more from

Gavin is currently the Founder and CEO of Community Four, where he has worked for the past six years. The for-purpose organisation uses a unique community-

Gavin is the founder of WORCs, a world first e-Mentoring program for asylum seekers and refugees, and the creator of Australia's only state government-funded

Gavin Ackerly, Director of the Empowerment Pillar at Melbourne's Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, writes about the ASRC's new model which helps asylum seekers