RISE 2022
Growing healthy communities
Finding innovative solutions to support health and wellbeing in regional communities
RISE 2022 is a sprint and pitch event dedicated to finding solutions to healthcare issues faced by our regional communities.
Growing healthy communities is the theme for 2022 to find solutions that support the health and wellbeing of regional communities from birth through to later life. RISE will be a dynamic and collaborative event designed to inspire innovative products, service, business and program ideas.
We are looking to find solutions that will help address current issues as well as preventative solutions that will help to ease the burden on the healthcare system. Ultimately, these solutions will help growth and prosperity in the health of our communities.
RISE 2022
PROBLEM STATEMENTS 2022 / THEME: GROWING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
RISE participants will be asked to address three specific problem statements to build solutions to:
Health Education
Many health challenges are a result of poor health habits and choices that are embedded from an early age.
How can we improve the long-term health outcomes of our community by focusing on better education for children, today?
Aged Care
Maintaining independence and social connection is key to enabling the elderly to live at home longer therefore alleviating pressure on the residential aged care system (which is predicted to have a staffing shortfall of 110,000 by 2025).
How can we enable the elderly to remain independent at home with an enhanced quality of life – covering nutrition, physical independence (mobility) social connection and mental wellbeing?
Mental Health
Mental health has a huge impact on every aspect of people’s lives. It affects behaviour, physical health, work and relationships, as well as the people around them.
How can we improve mental health outcomes in our community?
RISE 2022 summary
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Briefing on the Problem Statements, expert briefings and rules of the RISE explained.
Where: Tamworth
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Further details coming soon!
About RISE
The primary aim of RISE 2022 in Tamworth is to create tangible, human-centred solutions.
At the completion of the sprint and pitch, we hope to identify five to six ideas that have a viable solution – whether that’s a physical product, service, digital business or program – to run through a fully-funded 5 week intensive, pre-accelerator program with the UNE SMART Regional Incubator. This will help bring those ideas to market.
Why RISE works
RISE is supported by regional collaborators including Tamworth Regional Council, NSW Government, the UNE SMART Region Incubator, their mentors and amazing networks of community supporters.
The UNE SMART Region Incubator puts community first. By focusing on the best possible experience for participants, year on year, we deliver creative and innovative hackathon-style events.
RISE at its core is about enabling organisations to partner with the broader community to showcase and celebrate participatory agricultural innovation and co-creation. When you join us you will have the opportunity to engage with teams to further the development of ideas and projects!
Artwork by Ann Johnson and Colleen Tighe Johnson
Water is life (detail) 2022
acrylic on canvas
Water is life is a commissioned piece for RISE by Ann Johnson and Colleen Tighe Johnson. It tells the story of our connection to sky, land and water. Nungeena-tya Mother Earth (landscape) links the sky to the land, when it rains the water from the sky flows into our river systems. This piece speaks to the lore and interconnectedness of spirituality, language, family, identity and our culture. Our Belonging through our Kinship system, our spiritual connection of creating stories, sharing stories, sharing knowledge and conserving life.
RISE 2022 is supported by:
