Sandpit

We create spaces for public sector changemakers to give their ideas a go; safely yet with all the tools they need to move forward and scale them.

You’ll be teamed up with talented technologists and surrounded by likeminded changemakers from the public sector. Everyone who particiaptes in the Sandpit is passionate about finding new ways to solve government challenges.

Energy and a book to capture your notes. We also cater each session with delicious food so bring your appetite.

We’d love to offer this program for free, but we haven’t found the magic person or organisation to fund it. In the meantime, the cost per organisation is $10k (excluding GST). Bring one idea through and up to two people. We recommend sending two people because your organisation will double its learning.

The Sandpit runs over six weeks, in twelve two-hour sessions: Tuesday evenings from 6-8pm and Friday mornings from 8-10am. You will need to set aside some extra time on top of this for project work. Our next Sandpit is ready to kick off when you are – get in touch with us chat through the dates you have in mind. 

If you’ve ever had an idea to make something in the public sector more affordable, scalable, easy or efficient, this is the place to validate it. By participating in the Sandpit you can expect to walk away having explored your idea, with hands on experience in collaboratively validating, testing and scaling it.

Nope – you can read blog posts from previous participants but no pre-work is necessary. 

None! All we need to know is that you’re interested in learning. We will help demistify the nitty-gritty of prototyping, online collaboration, product lifecycles and the strings behind the buttons you push.

We’ve prepared a pitch deck to help public sector folk request support to participate in the Sandpit. Shoot us a message and we’d be happy to send through a copy.