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About Youth Innovation

The Centre for Youth Innovation at St Cat’s incorporates a number of partners and programs involved in innovation. Bloom is the most established youth-led program raising the entrepreneurial spirit of young Western Australians.
 

Bloom's history

In 2013, Bloom started as a series of meetups for students interested in entrepreneurship and rapidly grew from there. Fast forward to August 2015, and the BloomLab was launched at St Catherine’s College by Dr Michael Chaney AO, then Chancellor of UWA.

Bloom believes that young people are more than capable of creating a positive impact in their community through entrepreneurship, and it is Bloom's job to encourage and support them in any way possible. To do this, Bloom runs workshops and hosts industry speakers, provides mentoring and one-on-one support, and ultimately provides a physical location at St Catherine's College for entrepreneurs to use as their dedicated office space.

Bloom is continually growing. Bloom's vision for 2021 is to have 100 actively engaged start-ups working out of the BloomLab at St Catherine's College, and an effective team in place to support them. Bloom is always looking for new and innovative ways to create the best value possible for its members, volunteers, and mentors.

Bloom's supporters and partners

The rapid growth and success of Bloom and its members would not have been possible without the generous and ongoing support of their partners.

Bloom ensures its partners maintain healthy, supportive relationships that are delivering mutual benefits for all stakeholders, and facilitating a clear path for Bloom to achieve its mission of raising an entrepreneurial spirit in Western Australia. 

Last year saw Bloom develop an exciting new partnership with the Malka Foundation, adding to the existing relationships with The University of Western Australia, legal partner, Squire Patton Boggs and financial partner, RSM.

  • Malka Foundation — Foundation Supporter of the Centre for Youth Innovation

  • UWA — Gold Partner

  • RSM — Financial Partner

Co-working

Do you have a passion project or business you want to take time to work on? St Catherine’s residents get a coworking membership FREE so you can use the facilities and space to grow your business or project! The space includes:

  • Hot desks

  • Dual monitor screens

  • Kitchen amenities

  • Stationary

  • Printer

  • Need anything else? Just ask!

Head to the page to learn more and email members@bloom.org to join the space now!