Share your story: Sustainability | National Regional Challenges

Step 1 of 4: Your story

What happened in your town when the water ran low, from one person's point of view. It can be your own story. Add a photo, and a link to a video or audio clip if you have one.

Pick at least two questions to answer. A few sentences each is enough.

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What happened in your town when the water ran low?

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How did people come together?

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What do people do differently now?

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Who is someone who made a difference in your town when the water ran low, and what did they do?

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What do people say about your town and water?

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What would you tell another town facing the same thing?

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Add a title, photo or link (optional)

Story title (optional)

Leave blank and we use the storyteller's first name and town.

Video or audio link (optional)

One photo (optional)

JPG or PNG. Large photos are made smaller before they are sent.

If the photo shows anyone under 18, a parent or carer has consented

Step 2 of 4: The storyteller and your town

About the storyteller

Storyteller's first name

Your own first name if it is your story.

Storyteller's age band

Not published.

Storyteller's point of view

Storyteller under 18

A parent or guardian must agree before we publish a story from someone under 18. Their details are never published.

Parent or guardian's full name

Relationship to the storyteller

Parent or guardian's phone or email

We contact them only if we need to confirm their agreement.

The parent or guardian agrees to this story being published with the storyteller's first name and town

Town

Postcode

State or territory

Add an organisation or business (optional)

Organisation or business (optional)

Leave blank if you are taking part as a local resident.

Type (if you named an organisation)

Step 3 of 4: About you

So we can send you a confirmation and a link to check your entry.

Your full name

Not published.

Email

Not published.

Phone (optional)

Your role (optional)

Step 4 of 4: Check and send

What we will publish

To change anything, go back to that step.

Permission to publish

Stories are not anonymous. We publish the story with the storyteller's first name and town, and the photo and link if you add them. We never publish surnames or contact details, or the school or address of anyone under 18. To take a story down, email us and we remove it within 14 days.

I agree to this story being published on the National Regional Challenges website and in Ready Communities social media and reports. If it is someone else's story, they agree too.

Staying in touch

Send me invitations to the monthly webinars

Show our organisation's name with this entry when it is published

Share my contact details with the SQNNSW Innovation Hub, the Challenge Partner for this focus area

Send me Ready Communities news

Invite me to the Ready Communities alumni network

We use your details to run the National Regional Challenges and report results. Photos of anyone under 18 need a parent or carer's consent. See our privacy statement.

Share your story

1Step 1 of 4: Your story

2Step 2 of 4: The storyteller and your town

3Step 3 of 4: About you

4Step 4 of 4: Check and send

What we will publish

Staying in touch

Thanks for taking part

Step 1 of 4: Your story

Step 2 of 4: The storyteller and your town

Step 3 of 4: About you

Step 4 of 4: Check and send