Finn Kelly

The story of the project 10 x 10 is a group of Australian based young professionals and creatives who wanted to fight apathy and create a culture of giving within our communities.
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THIS IS THE PROBLEM.
There are thousands of charities, not for profits & social enterprises – how do you know where to start?
How do you know where your money’s going?
I don’t have enough time to find out what’s out there, let alone whether they’re legit.
I’m not a millionaire so how can I make a difference?

THIS IS THE 10 X 10 SOLUTION.
We’ve picked out three organisations which we think are changing things up in how they’re working on complicated social issues in our communities.
We’ve done the due diligence on them so we know they are of a scale where our collective contribution will make an impact – and that your funds will be fully leveraged to bring about social change.
We’re bringing 100 people together, each contributing $100 - so that your $100 is going to turn into $10,000 (at least!).
And all the costs of putting on the event have been covered by our sponsors so that every dollar will go directly to the organisations.

The Co-Chairs of the Melbourne chapter are:
Finn Kelly
Zoe Warne

The organising committee is:
Ngoc Le
Grace Richards
Vivi Chau
Dom & Karina McKenna
Angela Porras
Emma Challands
Michael Whytcross
Sam Street
Matthew Prouse
Rebecca Boles

Our amazing three charities are: 
Beehive Foundation - supporting young people in the community through developing their self-esteem and life skills to ensure they have the confidence and skills to engage
Wild At Heart - a community program to engage with those with a disability, to learn and develop artistic skills, and create masterpieces!
CCSVI Foundation - raising funds and awareness to support the research and care for those with Chronic CerebroSpinal Venuous insufficiency

1. Your ‘buy-in’ to come along is $100. You pre-pay this on Pozible, one of Australia’s leading crowdfunding websites, and get a confirmation of your contribution. The pooled funds are held securely by Pozible.
2. When you arrive on the night, you’ll get your $100 back in the form of charity dollars to allocate to any of the three organisations over the course of the event. Each organisation has a jar to collect charity dollars.
3. Each of the three organisations will have 5 minutes to deliver their pitch in the style of the popular UK TV show, the Dragons Den (or soon to be launched in Australia - Shark Tank). They’ll be pitching to you and the crowd, and to our resident dragons.
4. Our Dragon, Jan Owen, CEO of the Foundation for Young Australians, will question each organisation about their pitch and business model.
5. When all the pitches are done, you drop your charity dollars into the jar of the organisation (or organisations) who you loved the most. If you want to give more than your $100 on the night, you will be able to to do so if you’re really inspired by the organisations and we’ll give you instructions on how to do so.
6. The pooled funds will then be distributed to the organisations based on the tallied up contributions.


JOIN US AT THE NEXT EDITION OF THE 10 X 10 EVENT:
6 – 8pm (networking from 6 with formalities kicking off at 6.30 sharp)
Wednesday 25th March 2015
Little Red Pocket - 422 Little Collins St, Melbourne


SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR AWESOME EVENT SPONSORS:
Practice Ignition (super sponsor)
Pozible (platform partner)
Little Red Pocket (venue partner)
The Dessert Parlour (yummy desserts)

Please refer to the website for each of our charities : )