REcent Projects

Elderly

Connecting elders through co-designed tech

Elders around the world find pandemic safety through physical distancing. Yet, this necessity highlights a common problem: so many of our seniors suffer from extreme social isolation and loneliness. A unique opportunity to co-design a tech solution with elders reveals a way to connect during COVID and beyond.

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Equal Rights

Reducing the number of countries that criminalise homosexuality

Empowering LGBT+ activists around the world, no matter where they are.

spur:org

Impact Measurement

Tracking the social change outcomes of peak bodies

Peak bodies should advocate for their communities - so how do we measure their effectiveness?

QLD Department of Communities

Design

Bringing unity to a national organisation through shared values

How do you design company values that actually work to influence behaviour? What makes Values jump off the wall into people's hearts and minds?

BDO Australia

Foster Care

Re-imagining foster care, for a whole new cohort of carers

A record-breaking approach to foster care marketing, to provide safe homes for more than 9,000 Queensland kids in care.

Anglicare Southern Queensland

Mental Health

The world's largest real-time mental health survey

spur: wrapped a digital mood ring around the world to better understand mental health trends

spur:org

Impact Measurement

Embedding impact metrics in counter-extremism solutions

Digital platforms can harbour and proliferate hate and violent extremism. Tech Against Terrorism is an initiative that helps tech companies prevent their platforms from being exploited for such purposes.

Tech Against Terrorism

Let's make something better, together.

We've worked across six continents, on projects big and small, with corporations, non-profits, governments, and community groups.

We love tackling wicked problems that create real human and social change.

If you're interested in improving the state the of the world, we'd love to work with you.

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What We're up to right now

Settling into our new Brisbane HQ in West End, rainbows included.

An evaluation strategy for Fairer Victoria

Working with the good folks at Fairer Victoria to develop an LGBTIQ+ outcomes and evaluation approach 🌈

Winning a $50k startup grant from Bolter to help us launch our latest mental health platform, Toucan.

Welcoming the newest strategist to the spur: family, Trisha Rwagaju

Working with a government body to understand how to help workers return work after injury sooner

Welcoming our newest good boy - Zinger!

Working with our heart-warming friends at The Common Good on donor behaviour strategies to further fund important medical research.

Soaking up all things travel, behaviour, and design for a brand engagement project with Sunshine Coast Council.

Releasing new research into the impact of COVID-19 on elder Australians and how the pandemic and associated restrictions have increased feelings of social isolation and loneliness.

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