STATUS: PAUSED · NO CURRENT EDITION · LAST REVIEWED 2026-07-17 · PROJECT RECORD, NOT AN INVITATION

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Give Backathon

A First Nations technology hackathon · the record

GiveBackathon

Technology practitioners, professionals and community leaders in one room, building ideas with and for First Nations communities. The previous edition has ended. This is its record — kept warm for the next one.

VENUE FISHBURNERS BNE COVERAGE NITV LIVE FORMAT TEAMS × CHALLENGES REGISTRATION NONE OPEN

Run of show

PREVIOUS EDITION · 6 STEPS

The format as it was designed — recorded here in the order teams experienced it.

01Kick-off and team formationParticipants formed teams around event challenge statements.FORM

02Challenge explorationTeams explored issues such as volunteer management, community engagement and resource allocation.EXPLORE

03Workshops and mentoringGuidance on design thinking, technology and project delivery.LEARN

04Pitch sessionTeams presented their concepts to an event panel.PITCH

05RecognitionTechnical, community-impact and collaboration categories.AWARD

06ConnectionsMeeting people working across community, technology and volunteering.CONNECT

Challenge areas

AS SUPPLIED FOR THE EVENT

Teams didn’t pick from a void — challenge statements framed the issues communities actually wanted worked on.

CHALLENGE / A

Volunteer management

How volunteering effort gets found, matched and kept — explored by teams during the event.

CHALLENGE / B

Community engagement

How organisations reach and hear community — one of the issue areas teams worked through.

CHALLENGE / C

Resource allocation

Where limited time and money should go — the third recorded challenge area.

Who builds

DESIGNED FOR

Technology practitioners and students Volunteer organisations and not-for-profits Community leaders and social entrepreneurs People into community-led technology projects

From the NITV Live archive

STILLS + FOOTAGE

Retained as an archive of earlier Give Backathon activity. A verified delivery date and outcomes summary are not currently published on this page.

Teams gathered at Fishburners Brisbane during an earlier Give Backathon, still from NITV Live coverage — **FRAME 01** — Teams present to the room at Fishburners Brisbane.

Lucas Carmody of The Streets Movement interviewed at the Give Backathon, still from NITV Live coverage — **FRAME 02** — Lucas Carmody, The Streets Movement co-founder and director, interviewed.

Group photo of Give Backathon participants at Fishburners Brisbane, still from NITV Live coverage — **FRAME 03** — The full cohort, group photo before close.

Roll the footage

VIDEO

Two recordings. The first is the archive footage of this event. The second is separate Barayamal programming, included because it shows the same work continuing — it is not Give Backathon footage.

Give Backathon participants gathered for a group photo at Fishburners Brisbane — Archive · NITV Closing the technology gap for First Nations charities NITV’s coverage of the Give Backathon — the source of the stills above. Watch on YouTube ↗

Related · Barayamal Indigenous Youth Coding Workshop Separate Barayamal programming, not part of the Give Backathon. Included as current context for the work. Watch on YouTube ↗

The record, straight

NOTHING CLAIMED THAT ISN'T HELD

// on the record

[x] purpose and audience of the previous edition
[x] the six-step event format as designed
[x] previous venue — Fishburners, Brisbane
[x] NITV Live archive footage and stills

// not currently published

[ ] a verified delivery date
[ ] an outcomes summary
[ ] winners or judging results
[ ] any upcoming edition, date or registration

> The material on this page records the intended purpose and format of an earlier event edition. It is not a current event invitation.

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