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How to get your kids to brush their teeth.

It’s a cruel trick of the parenting game – just when they’re really jack of everything, you’ve got to entice them to stand still enough to stick a semi-sharp object in their mouth for long enough to perform a complex routine that involves lots of fine motor skills. Not to...

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Clothes that empower

The Social Outfit is more than just a fashion label; it’s a place of female empowerment. Camilla Schippa (CEO) and Aminata Conteh-Biger (board member) explain how giving a woman a job can change everything. Shoutout: We’re proudly partnering with Bank Australia to bring you stories of hope, resilience and a...

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Serving up Social Justice for Women

Hana Assifiri is a powerhouse. After facing violent relationships, wars and sectarian violence she channelled her energy into creating a restaurant that supports and empowers women and uses food to unite communities. Shoutout: We’re proudly partnering with Bank Australia to bring you stories of hope, resilience and a new way...

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HAVE A LITTLE YARN AND LEARN AN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE

We chat with Gamilaraay woman Rudi Bremer, radio broadcaster and host of Little Yarns – an Australian podcast series for pre-schoolers – about teaching kids the many diverse languages, stories and countries of Indigenous Australia. Shoutout: We’re proudly partnering with Bank Australia to bring you stories of hope, resilience and...

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An App Which Reduces Your Carbon Footprint

Lily Dempster, the founder of the One Small Step app, explains how your small actions can have a significant impact on the planet. Shoutout: We’re proudly partnering with Bank Australia to bring you stories of hope, resilience and a new way of thinking. What is One Small Step? One Small...

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Hope School - Teaching kids how to be grateful

Teaching Kids How to Be Grateful

Studies show that grateful kids do better in almost every metric than their non-grateful peers. But how do you even start to cultivate something as ambiguous as gratitude? Shoutout: We’re proudly partnering with Bank Australia to bring you stories of hope, resilience and a new way of thinking. Ungrateful: it’s...

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Hope School - Free to Feed

A social enterprise with impact

A chat with Loretta Bolotin, founder of Free to Feed. Shoutout: We’re proudly partnering with Bank Australia to bring you stories of hope, resilience and a new way of thinking. How did you become involved in Free-To-Feed? I co-founded Free to Feed with my husband in 2016. A decade of...

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Cooking for the community

Free-to-Feed cook, Apsara, shares her journey on coming to Australia, and the importance of cooking for community. Shoutout: We’re proudly partnering with Bank Australia to bring you stories of hope, resilience and a new way of thinking. How did you become involved in Free-To-Feed? When I was back there in...

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CLIMATE CHANGER

An inspiring, out of the box conversation with British-born writer, mother and activist Lucy Aitken Read. Shoutout: We’re proudly partnering with Bank Australia to bring you stories of hope, resilience and a new way of thinking. Who is in your family? There’s me, my husband Tim, and our two daughters:...

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Lunch Lady + Bank Australia - Hope School - Play By Play

Play by Play

In a small town in North Wales, one of the most unusual playgrounds in the world is trying to change the way we think about play. Welcome to The Land. Shoutout: We’re proudly partnering with Bank Australia to bring you stories of hope, resilience and a new way of thinking....

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Lunch Lady + Bank Australia - Hope School - Be An Unfucker

Be an Unfucker

A conversation with Caroline Shields and Vanessa Morrish, about how positive peer pressure, small changes and a straight-talking attitude can have a big collective impact on climate change. When did you have the idea for Be An Unfucker? Caroline and I regularly had our own side projects going on but...

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Lunch Lady + Bank Australia - Hope School - Whats Your 2040

WHAT’S YOUR 2040?

Director and thinker Damon Gameau sees Climate Change as an opportunity for us all change. In his inspiring documentary 2040, he seeks to lift climate change into our everyday conversation and use all our collective skills to do something about it. Shoutout: We’re proudly partnering with Bank Australia to bring...

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