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Introducing MABL: A New Social Innovations Programme at the University of Melbourne

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2016

Sarah Wise
Sarah Wise*
Affiliation:
Melbourne School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Level 6, Alan Gilbert Building, 161 Barry Street, Carlton, VIC, 3053, Australia
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address for correspondence: Dr Sarah Wise, Good Childhood Fellow*, The University of Melbourne, Social Work: Melbourne School of Health Sciences, Level 6, Alan Gilbert Building, 161 Barry Street, Carlton, VIC 3053, Australia. E-mail: sarah.wise@unimelb.edu.au
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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to familiarise readers with a new social innovations programme at the University of Melbourne. MABL is an abbreviation for Mobilising change Alliance for Better Lives. The paper outlines the rationale for establishing MABL and describes the processes and principles it uses to generate, design, test and scale novel solutions to improve the safety and wellbeing of vulnerable children and adolescents. Information on how to join the change Alliance and/or invest in solving a better lives challenge is provided.

Keywords

social innovationchild protectionco-creation

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Practice Innovations
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Children Australia , Volume 41 , Special Issue 4: A FOCUS ON REGIONAL AND RURAL CONTEXTS , December 2016 , pp. 305 - 307
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2016 

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