Phase 2: Testing those bold ideas

We're very excited to have identified 8 diverse projects from across Australia as part of Phase 1 of the Bold Ideas Better Lives Challenge. Now it's time to test those projects out in practice and see whether they can achieve the kind of positive social impact we're all aiming for.

Over the coming months we'll be working together with each project to support them in their work and testing the rigour and impact of their approach.

The projects will be blogging and sharing the experience here with us so stay tuned.

Aged Care Digital Lifestyles Engaging older people with technology to improve their quality of life in aged care facilities.

AroundYou Connecting people with their local neighbourhood and building community through events, activities and services online and in mobile devices.

Employment Pathways for Deaf Students Creating access to employment for the hearing impaired through development of workplace tools, technology and training.

Hello Sunday Morning Addressing Australia’s binge drinking culture and encouraging individuals to take responsibility and change their drinking behaviour.

Renew Australia Placing creative, social and cultural initiatives in empty or disused buildings to re-engage people with underutilised urban areas.

Sharing Universal Stories of Depression Raising awareness of depression among culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

Tjungu: Learning Country Building community capacity and social entrepreneurship with indigenous communities across the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunyjatjara lands in central Australia.

Who Gives A Crap? Turning consumers into philanthropists – a social enterprise selling environmentally sustainable toilet paper that will donate its profits to support environmental conservation and reforestation in Australia and water sanitation in the developing world.