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ABC Mornings teen vaping interview
The Behaviour Change Collaborative was contacted by ABC Mornings for an interview about our Being Gen Vape research following news of increased calls to help lines from teens struggling with...
The BCC partnering with Centre for Accessibility Australia to transform the digital access landscape in WA
The Behaviour Change Collaborative (The BCC) will work Centre For Accessibility Australia to deliver a systemic advocacy grant that aims to fundamentally transform the digital access landscape in...
Groundbreaking research on teen vaping sheds new light on the world of Gen Vape
A ground-breaking behavioural study by Perth-based social enterprise The Behaviour Change Collaborative (The BCC) has found that for most teens, vaping is...
Perth residents combat the urban heat island effect
“By encouraging people to plant more greenery and join local groups, the project has helped take these neighbourhoods a few steps further towards being cooler, greener, more climate-resilient places.”
Healthway funding to explore e-cigarette use in schools
The Behaviour Change Collaborative has received Healthway (WA Health Promotion Foundation) funding to explore the growing rate of e-cigarette use amongst Year 7-12 school students.
New Zealand’s Covid-19 Response – Implications for Social Marketing
Social marketing – the use of commercial marketing and communication techniques for social purposes – is a powerful tool for positively and voluntarily changing the behaviours of individuals and...
10 Action Areas to Encourage COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic there has been a tsunami of misinformation and conspiracy theories that have the potential to reduce the uptake of any of the 20 + candidate vaccines...
The Yellow Brick Road To Recovery
What do the Wizard of Oz, a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man have to do with the road to recovery from COVID19? At the end of June, our Founder Luke van der Beeke joined Victoria's Chief Health...
Five dimensions of change
Why do people say they want to change and then refrain from actually doing something about their behaviour? And to what extent does our motivation to do more sports, read more books or drink less...
Encouraging voluntary behaviour change
Last week I came across this fundraising box at Subway. The sign promised that in exchange for helping I would feel good. My inner philanthropist thought why not! So I donated the coin contents of...