The House that Dan Built Incorporated

2024 was a defining chapter for The House That Dan Built. As we approached our tenyear milestone, we made a deliberate and powerful choice: we paused. We applied the brakes just long enough to reflect on the effectiveness and sustainability of everything we d built so far. We called it our Year of Consolidation and in doing so, gained the clarity and courage to reimagine what s possible. STRATEGIC GROWTH This year, we focused not just on what we do but how we do it. We looked deeply at who we are, what drives us, and how we want to grow. We followed up on longheld ambitions, opened new conversations with communities we hope to collaborate with, and invested in the systems that sustain us touring frameworks, creative processes, and our people. One of our proudest achievements of 2024 was the development of our 2025 2028 Strategic Plan a roadmap for our next chapter. This was no small task: it involved months of reflection, review and consultation with artists, presenters, partners, and community stakeholders across Australia. We examined our values, our capacity, and the kind of future we want to build not just for The House and the young women we work with, but for the broader sector. We asked: How can we influence music access for girls across the country? How do we create more space for women's voices and compositions locally and nationally and is it time to continue conversations internationally? Throughout the process, a key insight emerged: our shortterm funding strategies though effective were keeping us constantly busy. We were so engrossed delivering, we had little time to dream, plan, or breathe. We created a new core staff role focused entirely on developing longterm, sustainable funding pathways. We also laid the groundwork for a fourday work week for all staff in 2025. This small but seismic shift positions us for a more spacious, sustainable future. It ensures that our financial scaffolding grows with our vision while fiercely protecting our commitment to access, especially for girls in regional communities and in Sydney. We are proud to say: we re building a future where our growth is strategic, our creativity is supported, and our impact can continue to deepen.