A working vision for 108 speakers, 108 communities and practical music access where it can make a difference.
WAssup 108 Speakers for Remote Communities is working towards placing portable speakers and microphones into remote, regional, urban and under-resourced communities.
This page is a working planning page, not a final promise list.
WAssup has developed a list of 108 potential placements, but each possible placement still needs to be considered carefully. Before any speaker is donated, WAssup will need to contact the relevant organisation or community to confirm whether they can accept the speaker as a donation, whether it is suitable for their needs, and whether there is a practical pathway for delivery and use.
Final speaker placements will depend on community interest, local need, available funds, practical delivery, suitable host organisations and the ability for each speaker to be used for community benefit.
How Communities Will Be Considered
Potential speaker placements may include communities, schools, youth spaces, Aboriginal organisations, community resource centres, local clubs, grassroots groups, cultural centres, community-led programs and suitable support organisations.
WAssup is especially interested in places where a portable speaker and microphones could support music, singing, storytelling, youth engagement, school events, cultural gatherings, community meetings, announcements, dance and performance, creative workshops, local fundraising, connection and wellbeing.
The focus is not simply to send equipment somewhere. The goal is to place speakers where they can be used, cared for and put to practical community benefit.
Rural and Regional Western Australia
The early focus will be identifying suitable organisations and communities across rural and regional Western Australia.
This may include potential placements across the Kimberley, Pilbara, Gascoyne, Mid West, Wheatbelt, Goldfields-Esperance, Great Southern and South West.
Rather than listing every possible town publicly, WAssup will work through the potential placement list carefully and contact organisations directly to confirm suitability, interest and capacity to accept a speaker.
Perth Metropolitan Area
The project may also include suitable placements in the Perth metropolitan area where a speaker and microphones could provide genuine community benefit.
This may include youth spaces, community organisations, cultural groups, support services, local programs, schools, grassroots initiatives and other suitable host organisations.
Perth metropolitan placements will be considered carefully, with the same focus as regional placements: practical need, community benefit, suitable host organisation, and the ability for the speaker to be used well.
Nominate a Community or Organisation
If you know a community, school, youth space, Aboriginal organisation, community resource centre, cultural centre, local club, grassroots group or support organisation that could benefit from a portable speaker and microphones, please contact WAssup.
Suggestions are welcome, but no placement should be treated as confirmed until it has been discussed, funded, accepted and practically arranged.
Support the Project
The 108 Speakers project will grow as funds, community interest and practical placements become available.
You can support the project through donations, Containers for Change, business connections, useful equipment, community nominations or by helping connect WAssup with suitable host organisations.
Acknowledgement of Country
WAssup Community Services acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waters where we live, work and connect. We pay respect to Elders past, present and future, and acknowledge First Nations communities across Western Australia, including the remote and regional communities this project hopes to support.