A room your community owns — and can build itself.
For councils, libraries, neighbourhood houses, community health services and local organisations who want their people to reach professional help without the long trip.
Small spend. Big difference to access.
One well-equipped room can give a whole town a private, reliable way to see many kinds of professionals.
- Fewer long trips for appointments that could happen locally
- Real help for older people and those not confident with technology
- A private, quiet space people may not have at home
- Shared infrastructure, not tied to any single provider
- Fits naturally with digital-inclusion and regional-development goals
- Uses space you may already have
Do it yourself, or have it done for you.
Open source doesn't mean "on your own". We expect several paths, so each community can choose what suits its skills and budget.
Do it yourself
Use the open specifications and software freely.
Software service
Supply your own room; use managed ROOM software.
Technology kit
Pre-configured equipment and software, ready to install.
Complete room
Supplied, installed and commissioned for you.
Managed room
Ongoing platform, monitoring, updates and support.
These paths are still being worked out. Our aim is that no community is ever forced to buy from Spreadable Ideas — or anyone else — to run a room.
Around $10,000
That's our working target for a useful pilot room, depending on the space and equipment a community already has. It puts a pilot within reach of modest community, digital-inclusion and regional-development grants.
This is an aim, not a quote. The prototype will tell us what's really needed.
Who we'd like to work with.
Community-owned and community-led.
For First Nations communities, our preferred model is a room that is owned by the community and led by an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation — not infrastructure imposed from outside.
We'd welcome early conversations about what would work, and what wouldn't.
Register your interest.
Whether you might host a pilot, offer services through a room, or help build the technology — send us a short email. Tell us who you are, where you are, and how you'd like to be involved.
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