Some important updates from your Team @ RHoK - Virtual Hackathon 2021 recap - Join us! Support us! Pizza? us! (or just say hi!)
Read More
COVID has brought it’s challenges and limitations to RHoK - No hackathons being the biggest of those! - but the restrictions of the pandemic have, for many of us, opened new doors we weren’t brave enough to try until now.
Read More
There’s no better time to jump into some exciting new ways for for-purpose organisations and individuals to get into Random Hacks of Kindness!
Read More
“When I first got exposed to Random Hacks of Kindness and the whole concept of ‘hacking for good’, I’d worked in the not-for-profit sector for a good 20 years already and was part of a fairly large organisation in Victoria called UnitingCare. At the time, we were trying to create an innovation hub based around client satisfaction, which is very difficult to track in aged care/disability, and we ran out of ideas quite quickly. So I took to the Internet in search of fresh input and that’s when I stumbled upon RHoK’s hackathon event…”
Read More
Where can for-purpose/NFP organisations go to get up-to-date, relevant information and resources about how best to adapt to an environment of pandemic?
Read More
While the RHoK hackathon won’t be happening this winter, there are lots of other opportunities available for hackers keen to make a difference at this critical time. Here’s just a few…
Read More
Being a recipient of an Atlassian Foundation Grant was already a huge thing for RHoK... The ability to not only continue doing what we do (and love!) but to also explore seeding some regional RHoK’s in other states, beyond Vic, NSW and Queensland.
Read More
These are exciting times for RHoK. We’re taking some time out to figure how we can make the most of our brand new partnerships with the Atlassian Foundation and Our Community, and we want you to be a part of that :)
Read More
This free 101 session, brought to you by RHoK Australia, GetAgile and OurCommunity, is perfect for for-purpose and not-for-profit start ups. Useful for program, product and software development alike, it will help you and your organisation serve your audiences and communities in more flexible, innovative and person-centred ways.
Read More
RHoK puts hackers together with changemakers to deliver a solution to a problem in one weekend. Last week I joined their Melbourne Winter Hackathon, my first hackathon ever! On Saturday morning, I got together with a bunch of people I'd never met to deliver a solution to a charity by Sunday afternoon. This is the result of our collaboration…
Read More
As we lead up to the Random Hacks of Kindness 2019 Melbourne Winter Hackathon on May 18-19, we'll be introducing you to our new Changemakers in a series of articles, telling you their amazing stories and what they're hoping to achieve by working with RHoK and our amazing community of hackers.
Read More
I’ve always been really passionate about technology and being a positive force in what might sometimes seem like a bleak world. Random Hacks of Kindness is the perfect marriage of both passions and I was eager to join in, hacking to make a positive change.
Read More
The RHoK Australia Melbourne Summer Hackathon is just over a month away and we have six fantastic organisations and social enterprises that we’ll be collaborating with.
Read More
Our Melbourne Winter Hackathon is currently in progress at REA Group. Meet the Changemakers and follow their work.
Read More
We have 8 excited changemakers - a diverse range of social organisations with real business problems. Come along to our Melbourne Hackathon Nov 25-26 (this weekend!):
Read More
As the Syrian refugee crisis unfolded midwife and women’s health advocate Beccah Bartlett identified a significant lack of accessible and localised reproductive health information for women of refugee backgrounds.
Read More
Hackathons are synonymous with startup culture, but Jennifer from Berry Street Services has proved that hackathons aren’t just a fad.
Read More
CEO of Association for Children (ACD), Eddie Chapman came to his first hackathon as a changemaker in 2014. Changemakers are what we at RHoK call a charity, community group, social enterprise or individual making the world a better place.
Read More
Two years ago I had no idea that initiatives such as Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) existed. I wasn’t even aware about the whole notion of hacking! The geek in me looks forward to RHoK weekends with the anticipation of a five year old on Christmas Eve.
Read More