The Residencies Social Impact: YES Campaign Development 13–15 February 2023 — A Voice to Parliament Rachel Perkins gathered a group of festival directors, music managers and artists together to brainstorm ideas for the YES campaign for the referendum on a First Nations Peoples Voice to parliament. Participants: Wendy Martin, Zoe Atkinson, Rachel Perkins, Monique Tompson, Emily Holm, Nigel Jamieson, Chris ... Read More

The Residencies Social Impact: Australia ReMADE 28–30 October 2019 Some of Australia’s most creative, collegiate and systems literate experts spent three days in Kangaroo Valley mapping out a blueprint for Australia reMADE’s vision — a different better Australia — including most urgently limiting global warming to under 1.5 degrees. The brief to the group of experts was to articulate a ... Read More

The Residencies Social Impact: Greenpeace 3 15–17 October 2019 Our friends and allies at Greenpeace met at Shark Island Kangaroo Valley to plan and strategise with key donors and partners. Participants: Sophia Fowler, Emma Franklin, Hilary Brambrick , Ann Porcino , Terri-Ann White, Dom Rowe, Magdalena Toth, Karen Mahlab, Maree Sidey, Amy Huva, David Ritter, Mathew Kuppe, Paul Sinnott, Joshua ... Read More

The Residencies Social Impact: FYA & Mecca Young Female Entrepreneurs Bootcamp 4 23–26 July 2019 Facilitated by Jan Owen from Foundation for Young Australians and partnering with MECCA, eight young entrepreneurial women participated in a confidence and ideas pitching bootcamp. Participants: Leila Akbarzadeh, Wendy Bonnici, Niveen Rajabdeen, Kimberely Ferraro, Ayesha Tauseef, Bianca Orsini, Claire Wiglesworth, Erin Hughes, Nicole Papadopoulos, Renee ... Read More

The Residencies Social Impact: Fairness Funders 20–22 March 2019 A gathering of philanthropists, heads of foundations, activists and academics, to explore new ideas and narratives around giving for greater impact. Participants: Jill Reichstein, Gemma Salteri, Mandy Milledge, Stacey Thomas, Sam Mellett, Emily Albert, Melanie Hogan, Maree Sidey, Georgie Byron, Ian Roberts, John Spierings, Nick Fairfax, Tom Snow, Deanne Weir, Alice ... Read More