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Applications are now open for the Bold Ideas, Better Lives Challenge. So if you've got a big idea we're offering up to $1 million and capacity building partnerships to turn your idea into reality.
Don't miss out on this great opportunity. Read all about it on our Challenge pages and apply.
We’re committed to supporting up to 10 projects that show the best and brightest ideas in social innovation across Australia. Your idea could deal with anything from healthcare to climate change, unemployment to the internet as long as it addresses a social need faced by communities in Australia.
The Bold Ideas, Better Lives Challenge is open to just about anyone - you could be an individual, a group of friends, an organisation, a private company - from anywhere in the world, as long as your idea addresses a social need faced by communities in Australia we want to hear from you.
So don't keep your ideas to yourselves - set them to work to make our world a better place.
Posted by michael curran, 31/03/2010 5:49pm (4 months ago)
please add me to your mailing list and Im interested in applying personally rather than professionally
Posted by nicole Bloomfield , 29/03/2010 12:01pm (4 months ago)
When 64 Aboriginal constituents nominate a non-Aboriginal candidate in a federal election, you'd think it might make local,state or federal... maybe international media headlines. It didn't!! Ask me why! 0412295124
Posted by Stewart Scott-Irving, 11/03/2010 4:53pm (5 months ago)
The aboriginal communities of remote Australia are not functioning as healthy societies. This is caused partially by their lack of self esteem and frustration at being the beneficiaries (and victims)of white mans charity. My bold idea is to have veterinary teams going into these communities and help the people develop their love of animals so it is translated into properly caring for them. Any visit to a remote community gives a picture of "community dogs" suffering from a variety of parasitic and/or skin conditions that are sometimes zoonotic which cause health problems for the people themselves. People naturally gain self esteem when they look after or care for someone or something else. Pride in a well maintained car, clean house, cared for garden is something that needs to be taught. Education in remote communities does not cover these topics. By teaching care for an animal (which all aboriginals instinctively wish to do - they depend on them for food) begins a journey where healthy animals can lead to a healthy mindset of community care and family care. Aboriginals are very family orientated but lack self esteem. Give them something to be proud of and reinforce it with proper support and the aboriginals themselves will solve their own community problems.
In summary let biology not charity be the science that leads to a united Australia. So far the University Veterinary schools are not developing the programmes they wish to perform through poor resourcing.
Posted by Tim Mather, 10/03/2010 1:23pm (5 months ago)
Our company seekes creative solutions to Global Issues. We are seeking ways that new forms of education and the arts can affect the relationship between people and each other and people and the planet.
Posted by shinyshinyworld, 10/03/2010 1:10pm (5 months ago)
"What You do......Makes a difference!"
Posted by John Dobozy, 08/03/2010 12:37pm (5 months ago)
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