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Learning community directory

This page showcases learning communities in the social enterprise sector. Here, people come together to learn, share experiences, and support one another. These communities help build stronger practice and collective impact. Explore each community to learn what they’re focused on, who’s involved, and what they’re creating for others to access and learn from.

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  • Full moon rising above tree silhouettes, framed by leaves in the foreground.

    Humanize Media: Governance our way

    First Nations

    This learning community will be building a toolkit that brings together Aboriginal Elders, community and practitioners to explore how Aboriginal Terms of Reference can transform governance, leadership and enterprise.

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  • Graphic for “Impact Measurement Journeys for Social Enterprise” with hands, a pie chart.

    Impact Measurement Journeys for Social Enterprise

    13 Aug 2025 • 12:00 pm AEST

    Join this interactive conversation with Social Good Outpost if you’re keen to explore impact measurement and evaluation practices and processes.

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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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  • Aboriginal-style artwork with connected circular motifs and decorative patterns in earthy colours.

    Kowa Collaboration: Supporting people and planet to thrive

    First Nations

    A learning community bringing First Nations business owners and leaders together to share knowledge and explore how Understanding, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (UMEL) can support people and planet to thrive.

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  • A choir of older adults stands in a garden, singing from sheet music while a conductor leads the group in an outdoor performance or rehearsal.

    Linkwest: Staying in place

    This learning community will bring together neighbourhood and community resource centres that are leading a place-based, community-led social enterprise response to meeting the needs of older residents in regional Western Australian communities. The ‘staying in place’ social enterprise approach is running well in several locations. These organisations are well-placed to share their journeys with other organisations seeking to make a similar social enterprise transition.

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  • Illustration of people of different ages and abilities collaboratively building and framing structures, highlighting teamwork, creativity, and inclusion in a shared space.

    morgan&co: Ethical storytelling for social change

    This learning community brings together ethical storytelling practitioners and social enterprises from different spaces and places across the country, who are doing good work in the margins. The purpose is to convene a space of solidarity to share learnings and lived experiences, develop good practice together, and co-develop resources for broader sharing to build the capability of the Australian social enterprise sector.

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  • Yellow Australian wattle bush with green leaves.

    Nalderun: Yulawil Youth Leadership and Mentoring Sharing Circles

    First Nations

    This learning community brings together First Nations enterprises that involve First Nations youth in leadership and mentorship roles, and First Nations organisations who are interested in learning how to support this work.

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    Open learning

    These are spaces where key learnings are shared through webinars. They are open to all, and guided by themes and topics identified by the sector.

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  • A group of people sit and stand on the grass in a park, listening to a speaker during an outdoor gathering, with trees and a historic building behind.

    Organising in Place and Working Across Altitudes

    18 Sept 2025 • 1:00 pm AEST

    Join Regen Labs and Regen Melbourne for an interactive session exploring how to navigate and connect across different “altitudes” of work. Whether that’s bold visions or practical, community-rooted interventions, this is a learning session for regenerative futures.

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  • Image of a nest in a tree

    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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  • Six pairs of bare feet standing in a circle on green grass, with leaves and bark in the centre.

    Percolab Coop: South Coast social enterprises

    This learning community is focused on the South Coast region of NSW. It invites social enterprises and social entrepreneurs on the NSW South Coast who are curious about the world of social enterprise, to explore this together.

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  • Colourful abstract illustration of a circular landscape with buildings, nature, people, and rivers, symbolising interconnected communities, growth, and regenera

    PermaQueer: Orienting futures

    Orienting futures is a learning community for people working in social enterprise who want to explore new and better ways of doing things. It will look at how to care for people and the planet, understand power and systems, and learn how to make real, lasting change — all while supporting emerging culturally and ecologically responsive practice in the social enterprise sector.

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  • Group of people seated at round tables in a rustic indoor setting, attentively listening to a speaker off camera.

    Regen Labs: WEAVE regenerative economy systems lab

    Led by Regen Labs, WEAVE is a 12-month, place-based innovation collaboration. It is designed to learn how to support regional social enterprises to play a catalytic role in accelerating the shift to regenerative, inclusive, and climate-resilient economies.

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  • Illustration of a person standing on a pink cliff, facing swirling red lines and a rainbow.

    Rural and Remote Funding to Deliver Social Impact

    26 Nov 2025 • 1:00 pm AEDT

    Join Sefa Partnerships and friends for a conversation sharing insights from a learning community focused on rural and remote funding challenges and opportunities.

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  • An adult emu walks through a dry, golden field followed by a group of chicks, with trees lining the horizon in the background.

    Sefa Partnerships: Rural and remote funding landscape

    This learning community will bring together a group of rural and remote leaders working to deliver social impact; and a group of funders wanting to support social impact in rural and remote Australia. From experiences of frustration, it will look for opportunities to increase the flow of funding across Australia’s diverse geographies.

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  • A vibrant artwork featuring yellow concentric circles, blue shapes, and flying magpies in symmetrical patterns.

    Shifting Ground: First Nations Social Enterprise Circle

    First Nations

    First Nations Social Enterprise Circle brings together a small group of First Nations social enterprises selected through a nation-wide call out. The circle creates space for individuals committed to social transformation to learn from each other, strengthen their work, and grow practices that care for people and Country.

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  • Close-up of a water droplet falling into a calm surface, creating circular ripples in blue-toned light.

    SIMNA: Impact measurement roundtable

    SIMNA's peer learning and support learning community will create a space for those looking to enhance the capability of their social enterprise in measuring and managing their social impact effectively.

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  • A black dog wearing glasses sits among a group of people in a casual meeting setting, with notebooks and a coffee mug nearby.

    STREAT: WISE models of supported training and employment pathways

    This is a learning community for practitioners working in social enterprises that help others into training and jobs. This group is a chance to share ideas, learn from each other, and feel supported in your work. Whether you’re new to the space or have been doing it for years, you’ll be part of a community that helps each other grow, stay motivated, and create real impact — all while having a bit of fun along the way.

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  • Hands arranging colourful sticky notes with labels like "Customer," "Problem," and "Journey Map" on a UX design canvas during a collaborative planning session.

    Sustainable Value: Good impact

    These good impact sessions will help develop the capability of South Australian social enterprises to measure and report their social outcomes and impacts.

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  • Woman reviewing a data chart.

    The Data Conversation: Data learning community

    Social enterprises deal with many different types of data - from data on their inventory to data on their impact, and everything in between. This learning community aims to support small and start-up social enterprises with all aspects of data.

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  • A group of people gathered in a modern, open space, attentively listening to a speaker in a red shirt, with a videographer recording the session.

    Think Neurodivergence: Autistic Pride and Entrepreneurship

    12 Mar 2025 • 1:00 pm AEDT

    Join Just Gold and friends in an interactive online webinar to learn from autistic entrepreneurs.

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  • A photographer stands barefoot on sandy ground, taking a photo of three women standing together in front of a striking red cliff face. The women are smiling and wearing patterned dresses, framed by the warm tones of the landscape, suggesting a relaxed, collaborative moment outdoors.

    Together Academy: Indigenous Enterprise Leadership

    First Nations

    This learning community focuses on First Nations social enterprises that are navigating growth and scale - shifting from start-up to investing in systems and strategic decisions for impact and sustainability.

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  • Group of people sitting on floor in a bright room working together on project.

    Unlocking Social Procurement Opportunities: Two-part workshop series | workshop 1

    30 Apr 2025 • 12:00 pm AEST

    Join QSEC, ArcBlue, and Gov Ready for a dynamic two-part workshop series designed to equip social enterprises with the tools and insights to successfully navigate government and corporate procurement.

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  • Group of five young adults discussing around a grass-covered table with recycling bins and plastic waste, in a bright, modern room.

    Unpacking the Social Economy

    25 Aug 2025 • 5:00 pm AEST

    Join this exciting ‘local to global’ conversation with Co-operative Bonds, exploring how people are building businesses and initiatives that put community empowerment, people and the planet first.

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  • Four people discussing sustainability, holding items like plastic bottles, an orange bag, fresh vegetables, and wearing a construction vest and helmet.

    WA Social Enterprise Council (WASEC): Starting up to succeed

    A peer learning community supporting micro social enterprises in Western Australia to build knowledge, confidence and connection - focusing on early-stage ventures, marginalised leaders, and regionally-based enterprises.

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