Sponsorship opportunities
There are several sponsorship opportunities available to organisations who wish to partner with us:
- Gold Partner – currently taken by Cadia Valley Operations for 2023 (but available from next year)
- Silver – $7000 plus GST (2 opportunities available)
- Green Sustainability – $5000 plus GST (2 opportunities available)
- Bronze – $2000 plus GST (5 opportunities available)
- In kind – PITCHit partnership opportunities are negotiable.
If you would like to partner with us in other ways or for any further information, please contact:
Dr Alice Munro, Western NSW Local Health District – Director of Research
- Phone: 0427 231 056
- Email: alice.munro@health.nsw.gov.au.
Thank you to our 2023 sponsoring partners
Thank you to our sponsoring partners for their generous support of the 2023 event:
- Gold Partner – Cadia Valley Operations
- Silver partners – Rural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University and The University of Sydney, School of Rural Health (Dubbo/Orange)
- Green Sustainability – Western NSW Primary Health Network
- Bronze – Agency for Clinical Innovation, Western Sydney University, Bathurst Rural Clinical School and Western NSW Health Research Network (WHRN).
2023 PITCHit Western NSW
In 2023, we have over $60,000 of seed funding available for ideas that:
- capture the hearts and minds of staff to think outside the box to make meaningful change in the health of those in our region to infuse a culture of research and innovation in your team or department
- encourage staff of all levels of experience to participate in the development of the idea
- partner with academics of non-government organisations (NGOs) to strengthen your idea
- an idea that can make a tangible difference to improve the environmental footprint of our organisation.
PITCHit is open to staff across WNSWLHD.
- Step 1 is a written application assessed by an internal team.
- Step 2 is a pre-recorded pitch to an expert external judging panel and virtual or face-to-face audience, where cash prizes will be awarded for the most innovative pitches.
The 2023 PITCHit Western NSW event is proudly supported by our Gold Partner, Newcrest Mining’s Cadia Valley Operations, who have generously provided three years of funding for this event.
Similar to the 2020 event, we welcome a category for pitches relating to Green and Sustainable innovations. As a District, we pride ourselves on encouraging environmentally sustainable work practices and we think PITCHit Western NSW can help to drive more innovations.
Winning ideas will be supported with mentoring and accelerator support from WNSWLHD staff, start-up and academic partners.
When and where
The 2023 PITCHit Western NSW will be both a virtual and face-to-face event. It will be held in mid-2023. Winners will be announced and celebrated on the day.
PITCHit 2020
WNSWLHD held its second PITCHit event on 30 November 2020. The 2020 PITCHit Western NSW event was proudly supported by Cadia Valley Operations, who were also Gold Sponsors for 2019.
For the 2020 PITCHit event, we introduced a new category for pitches relating to Green and Sustainable innovations. As a District, we pride ourselves on encouraging environmentally sustainable work practices and we think PITCHit can help to drive more innovations in this space.
We received a total of 42 high quality applications to pitch their ideas. An internal review process selected a total of 6 finalists to present a 3-minute pitch of their ideas to win a share of $80,000 worth of seed funding from the following 2020 PITCHit partners.
The 2020 PITCHit winners
- Deborah Kenna, Yuranigh House break out 2021 based in Molong ($25,000, and also won People’s Choice award)
- Zoe Carr for Ssshhh….Reducing noise levels in Intensive Care – based in Orange ($5000)
- Rachel Kerney for her, Vision for our mob – based in Dubbo ($10,000)
- Jamie Goodlet, the inaugural Green PITCHit winner, for helping the District reduce our carbon footprint by 35% within the next decade– based in Mudgee ($25,000)