Learning communities
Learning communities provide a space for shared learning, support, and collaboration to spark change. Read about learning communities and opportunities to get involved, below.
About learning communities
The Social Enterprise Development Initiative (SEDI) will support the development of four types of online learning communities that offer opportunities for social enterprise actors of all types, sizes, and stages of development.
Understorey will support learning communities that:
- Align with social enterprise sector values
- Enable deeper exploration of experience and the development of leading practices
- Provide space for shared learning, support and collaboration to spark change
- Engage with equity justice challenges in the sector
Read the FAQs on why and how learning communities will be commissioned under SEDI.
Some of the resources that helped shape the framework for learning communities include:
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Explore learning communities
Open Learning
These are spaces where key learnings from different learning communities are shared through open online forums. They are for all to gain insight and ideas for change.
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Innovation Collaborations
These are collaborations set up to innovate and transform systems. They experiment with doing things differently to ensure all people, places and planet thrive.
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Peer Learning and Support
These are communities that come together around topics of social enterprise interest and impact. They support development through nurturing new conversations, ideas and connections.
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Deep Experience
These are communities that bring together people who share deep context and experience on a specific topic of social enterprise activity or challenge. The goal is to develop leading practices and share these with others.
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Get involved
Under the Social Enterprise Development Initiative, $600,000 will be available to support the facilitation of a range of learning communities and the sharing of resources produced by them. These funds come from the Australian Government, Department of Social Services. It will be allocated by Social Enterprise Australia, the Social Enterprise Development Initiative Education and Mentoring Coordinator.
Expressions of Interest are now open for Innovation Collaboration learning communities. It can be completed below.
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