// Change Day Australia //
Change Day is about the collective energy, creativity and the ideas of thousands of people who work to improve the health and wellbeing of others. We will join together across Australia to demonstrate how we can all take one simple action
or enact a new idea to make a difference and improve outcomes for clients, consumers and patients, their families and their carers.
// When is Change Day? //
The first Change Day was held in Australia on 6 March 2014.
It was the single largest improvement event in Australia to date with more than 15,000 people making pledges. We are now building a mountain of energy for the next Change Day to be held on
11th March 2015.
Your support of this crowdfunding campaign will make that happen.
We need a paradgm shift!
Many of the ways we have gone about improving health and social care and delivering services were designed in a different mindset for a different set of circumstances.
Now more than ever we need to:
- Lead from the edge for the future
- Invest in frontline led change
- Mobilise large numbers of people
- Connect with our values
Change Day is a campaign that delivers change through the power of social movement. Let's grow that wildfire of support together and reach 30,000 pledges in 2015.
"As health care leaders, we need the courage to make a personal stand for what is right. We need to make a profound connection with the deep seated values that brought us and our colleagues into healthcare in the first place."
- Helen Bevan , Chief of Service Transformation, NHSIQ
// How can I help? //
We're so glad you asked that question! There is so much you can do to support change in health and social care:
2) Share our hashtag #changedayaus on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram with your Pledge Pic (just write your support on your hand, take a pic and load it to Instagram with #changedayaus).
3) Follow us on Twitter @ChangeDayAus and tweet your support
#changedayaus
4) Talk to your colleagues about supporting Change Day and making their pledge on 11 March 2015.
5) Become a Change Day Ambassador - just email us [email protected] - we'd love your support to create a big Change Day.
"I’m glad Australia is now part of a global movement for change in health and social care. The people who supported Change Day 2014 to achieve over 15,000 pledges are living proof that a
small group of people can make change happen and inspire others to reach higher. We have so much to be proud of." - Mary Freer, Founder
of Change Day Australia
Right now we need you to support our crowdfunding campaign and encourage your friends and colleagues to do the same.
$19,000 Tipping Point Goal
Tipping Point Goal = $19,000
If we reach our tipping point we can be sure that we will be able to deliver a great Change Day on 11th March 2015. There are some very important things that need to be in place so this can happen. Your support of this campaign will allow us to achieve the
following:
$4000 Website Upgrade - In 2014 we built a website in the middle of the night sitting at a kitchen table. We scrapped together $80 and we we
started a social movement. We received 15,400 pledges from all over Australia; our website was visited by more than 1000 people in a single day. Amazing! We are anticipating twice as many pledges and visits in 2015 and we need a website that is worthy of our
supporters. We will use the $4000 to ensure that the new look
changeday.com.au is ready to go live on 1st November and is robust enough to carry 30,000 pledges .
$8000 Short Viral Videos - We know from experience that short 2 minute YouTube videos that capture this movement of change in action drive people
to our website and inspire people to do better - this results in pledges. We will spend $8000 creating 6 short video clips for our You Tube Channel.
$7000 Road Show - Everyday we receive invitations asking us to present
at conferences, executive meetings, staff forums and team gatherings. In 2015 we are going to take Change Day on the road visiting capital cities to meet with our supporters and workshop the social movement strategies that will create more change. We need
$7000 to cover our airfares and accomodation.
Ultimate Goal = $29,000
Our tipping point of $19,000 is just the very beginning. If we can raise another $29,000 we will be able to do so much more. Imagine a paid worker and an office space!
$27,200 Paid Worker: We need to buy 2 days of worker time each week until the end of March 2015. This time will be used to manage our marketing and communications; deliver workshops and forums; respond to emails,
posts and tweets; manage our website; coach our ambassadors; write our media releases. We are aiming for 30,000 pledges in 2015. It gets very hectic at Change Day HQ!
Every hour of paid time is precious to us. For every $591.30 raised we will buy one day of paid time each week. With $27,200 we can have 46 days of paid time to run the Change Day campaign from 1st October 2014 to the end of March 2015. We know that people
worked 80 hour weeks last year with no pay and we will do it again. Having some salary makes everything run smoothly.
Shared Office Space $1,800 : We will pay for a desk in a shared workspace for 3 days every week until the end of March 2015. Having a place to call home makes a huge difference and having a desk to work from
is really important.
