Bloom for Schools

Bloom hosted an Innovation Camp during Country Week with BCGS which five students and two staff attended. One student will be attending West Tech Fest to present his idea at the Young Entrepreneur Showcase. He will be a resident at St Catherine’s next year (and attending UWA) and is keen for further involvement in Bloom (use of the co-working space, possible involvement in Launchpad and/ or Shine).

Bloom ran a program with Year 8 Perth College students to help them design a business related to a Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) that they were passionate about. The aim of the business was to then donate profits to a charity in the chosen SDG. The students ran a Market Day at the end of the program where they sold their products and got to learn the hands on skills to build a business from the ground up and then take it to market.

In collaboration with Aspire UWA, Bloom presented a workshop to a group of students from Nagle Catholic College about entrepreneurship and innovation. Students learned about the design thinking process through a number of activities and came up with many innovative solutions to problems they noticed existed in their communities. One group came up with an idea to introduce workshops for students at younger ages that teach about critical life skills and careers.