Stories of Giving and Receiving
Stories of Giving and Receiving
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Stories of Giving and Receiving is a podcast from the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation – a thriving family foundation with more than sixty years of grant-making experience. Host Emilia Kefford speaks directly to changemakers supported through the Foundation’s Backing Young People strategy. These conversations shine a light on their challenges, achievements, and what it takes to truly effect change.
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The podcast focuses on themes of youth empowerment, social innovation, and philanthropy, showcasing individual stories such as Bevis Masson-Leach’s transformative music workshops, Callum Champagne’s regenerative farming initiatives, and Rizina Yadav’s research on gender-based violence, emphasizing the challenges and achievements of recipients supported by the Foundation’s Backing Young People strategy.
Stories of Giving and Receiving is a podcast from the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation – a thriving family foundation with more than sixty years of grant-making experience.
Host Emilia Kefford speaks directly to changemakers supported through the Foundation’s Backing Young People strategy. These conversations shine a light on their challenges, achievements, and what it takes to truly effect change.
In this episode we chat with Jameson Harvey, who founded Red Dirt Robotics after graduating high school in 2021. Jameson is on a mission to inspire young people across Australia with STEM.
With the help of a Backing the Future grant, Jameson ran robotics workshops across 35 schools, working with 910 kids and 100 staff all across Queensland, starting in the Darling Downs and zig-zagging up to Cape York touching as many regional schools as he could.
Jameson shares his journey through the challenges of reaching remote communities to his joy in seeing students’ enthusiasm for technology as he “disguises the learning as fun”.
He also discusses the crucial role of teacher training in STEM, how teaching robotics and technology is not that tricky (as long as the kids are confident enough to give it a crack), and the importance of making tech education accessible to all, no matter where they live.
Learn more about Jameson’s work: reddirtrobotics.com.au
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