Nedd
Brockmann
What one person backing themselves completely can do.
Who is
Nedd Brockmann?
Nedd & Mobilise. A person and an organisation that refuse to accept that homelessness isn’t solvable.
A partnership that has turned a run across the country into a platform that has housed over 1,500 people – and shown what happens when you refuse to accept that anything is impossible.
Before the runs, the records, and the Direct Giving programs Nedd was a young sparky from Forbes who moved to Sydney. He started noticing people sleeping rough on his way to TAFE, and couldn’t let it go.
He sat with people. He listened. And when he met Mobilise founder Noah Yang – someone who’d been doing the same thing – an idea was hatched.
Nedd set out to run from Perth to Sydney and raise money for Mobilise.
Nedd's
Record Run
Nedd had a goal: run from Perth’s Cottesloe Beach to Sydney’s Bondi Beach and raise $1 million for Mobilise.
He ran 3,952km. He averaged 100km a day for 46 days through deserts, heat, and an injury list that would have stopped most people at day one. By the time he crossed the finish line at Bondi Beach in front of 10,000 people, he had built a movement.
The result? He raised over $2 million for Mobilise, far exceeding expectations.
The money went directly into building Mobilise’s direct giving programs – Kickstarter, Matched, Pay, and Employment – the same programs that have now helped over 1,500 people into stable housing across the country. Without Nedd, these programs don’t exist.
The story of the run became the documentary RUNN, produced by Bursty and WildBear Entertainment. It quickly became the 7th most-watched film in the country during its release week. If you haven’t watched it, it’s on Netflix now!
Nedd's
Uncomfortable Challenge
In October 2024, Nedd was back. This time with a fresh challenge. He ran 1,000 miles – 1,610km – around the track at Sydney Olympic Park.
3,760 laps in 12 days, 13 hours, 16 minutes and 45 seconds. Through blistered feet, tendinitis, and sleep deprivation, he kept going.
But this time, he didn’t run alone. Nedd’s Uncomfortable Challenge invited Australians to do something uncomfortable for 10 days alongside him – and they showed up.
Hundreds of marathons were run. Thousands of kilometres were swum. People slept in tents. People went out on the streets and talked to people experiencing homelessness for the first time. People who’d never done anything like it pushed themselves past what they thought they were capable of – and in doing so, started to understand that if they could do that, maybe homelessness really is solvable.
The 2024 challenge raised over $4 million for Mobilise’s direct giving programs – enough to fund 370 years of safe housing.
Now and
The Future
In January 2026, Nedd was named Young Australian of the Year – recognition of everything he and the thousands of people who’ve joined him have built. At the ceremony, he announced that Mobilise’s Kickstarter program had helped its 1,000th person into housing.
Nedd is a key part of what Mobilise is building. Every run, every challenge, every conversation inspires more Australians to believe that homelessness is solvable. And more importantly, to act like it is.
If Nedd’s shown us anything, it’s that the impossible is just uncomfortable. Thank you, Nedd. We exist until homelessness doesn’t. So do you. That’s why this works.
