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Get Involved

Join TOM Melbourne and help make a real difference. Whether you’re experiencing a daily challenge or ready to create game-changing solutions, there’s a place for you in our community.

Get Involved

Join TOM Melbourne and help make a real difference. Whether you’re experiencing a daily challenge or ready to create game-changing solutions, there’s a place for you in our community.

How it works

We bring together a diverse team of designers, engineers, health professionals, and creative thinkers.

To solve everyday challenges faced by people with disabilities. It’s all about co-creating practical, low-cost solutions that make life easier, more accessible, and more enjoyable.

Happy prototyping at Makeathon.

Ways to Get Involved

At TOM Melbourne, we believe that together, we can make a meaningful impact. Whether you’re someone living with a disability who needs help solving a daily challenge, or someone who wants to use your skills to create innovative solutions, we invite you to join our community.

Share a challenge

Do you or someone you care about face daily challenges due to a disability? We co-design assistive technology to enhance hobbies, art, cooking, communication, gardening, and more - tailored to you.

Learn more about sharing a challenge

Volunteer with us

Do you like problem solving, innovating and thinking outside the box? We are looking for engineers, designers, software and hardware developers, health professionals, hobbyists and anyone with a passion for social change!

Learn more about volunteering
Video: Team Four – Regional Makeathon 2023

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Sarah

“We had a lot of people in the room that weren’t signed up as volunteers, like some support workers and the photographers, pitching in ideas. So it doesn’t matter how skilled you think you are, you definitely have ideas and input that are valuable. So I would recommend it to anyone.”

Sarah
Maker