Central Coast Health and Well-Being Living Lab

The Central Coast Health & Wellbeing Living Lab (CCLL) supports innovation that helps people age well and strengthens community wellbeing. Based in New South Wales, Australia, and operated in partnership by the University of Newcastle and the Central Coast Local Health District, CCLL connects researchers, healthcare providers, older adults, carers, and local industry to develop solutions that address community and sector needs.

We focus on community engagement and participatory methods, such as co-design, to help research and innovation projects access end-users, gather insights, and refine technologies and service models that reflect the priorities of older adults and those who support them.

By collaborating with researchers and partners across the health, aged care, and technology sectors, CCLL ensures projects are grounded in lived experience, generate useful evidence, and deliver outcomes that make a measurable difference for individuals and communities, while strengthening the region’s innovation ecosystem.

Areas of work:

• Education and/or Vocational Training
• Emerging Technologies (e.g. AI, AR/VR)
• Health and Well Being
• SME and Start-ups
• Social Innovation and Inclusion