Aspire
Running from 2014 to 2023, the Aspire Programme was an after-school experience where pupils from local Dunedin schools are paired with a University of Otago student volunteer.
We hosted the students on campus, started a higher education dialogue, demystified the university campus and opened the pupils’ eyes to the opportunities and excitement of further education.
On Purpose
A speaker night for challenging mainstream ideas of leadership and social impact.
On Purpose 2024 featuring Jackie Bannon from The Bowling Club Dunedin, illustrator Ruby Jones, and community-builder Lily McFarlane
On Purpose 2023 featuring Amita Kala from Aunty’s House, Pam Lowe from Nisa, and Kii Small from SaySo, Unpack, and Coalesce
On Purpose 2021 featuring Jenny Kendrick, Missy Parata, and Amal Abdullahi
On Purpose 2020 featuring Shit You Should Care About, Guled Mire, and Tom from Catalyst Dunedin
Agency
All about… well… agency! A mini-festival featuring speakers and workshops on social impact, equality, leadership, community, and knowing yourself.
Brock Party
A student-led collaboration with Otago Response Team and the local community had 70 students spend the day in Brockville - a beautiful suburb on the outskirts of Dunedin
Students got stuck in across the board, painting, cleaning, and transforming the backyards of former refugee families into vegetable patches.
Dunedin Sleep Out
A community event to raise funds for Dunedin Night Shelter
We braced the cold and spent a night in Winter to demonstrate our commitment to fight against poverty and homelessness
Cardboard forts, fire-spinning lessons, dance parties…
100 students raising around $10,000
“The Dunedin Sleep Out is a prime example of what is achieved when you enable the freedom and creativity of students and channel them towards a cause they are passionate about. The Sleep Out is attributed with significantly raising the profile of the Dunedin Night Shelter in the city. ”