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This page helps people find and connect with organisations across the social enterprise ecosystem. Use the filters to find organisations by their characteristics, including what they do, where they work, and the communities they support. Organisations curate their own profile. Social enterprises listed are currently self-identified, with plans to distinguish independently recognised social enterprises in a future update.
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15 Times Better is a majority First Nations-owned and led consultancy that helps Australian organisations turn their First Nations strategies into measurable outcomes. It exists to close the gap between good intentions and genuine impact, bringing experienced First Nations voices, honest diagnosis, and practical implementation support to organisations across all sectors.
1for1.clUb is a certified social enterprise providing high-quality Australian merino socks and beanies. Every purchase includes the distribution of a matching item through community partners supporting people experiencing homelessness and hardship. Since launching in 2024, we have helped provide warmth, dignity and comfort to hundreds of Australians in need.
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Ability Enterprises is a not-for-profit, social enterprise providing meaningful employment opportunities to marginalised individuals living in regional Queensland. Through strategic community and corporate partnerships, we provide a social enterprise vehicle to support people living with mental illness, people with a disability, refugees and Indigenous Australians. Our people work across waste management, hospitality, maintenance, administration and cleaning industries, delivering a high standard of service.
Ability Works Australia is a social enterprise based in Kew, Victoria, that creates meaningful employment for people with disability. It operates across customised employment services, inclusive design and consulting, and supported employment through manufacturing, mailroom, packing, and digital services. It is a registered NDIS provider and Australian Disability Enterprise.
Adapt Mentorship Indigenous Corporation is an Indigenous owned and led Social Enterprise in Toowoomba. We create meaningful change through our Tribe of Mentors, Connection, on country, health and wellbeing and innovative community development projects
ADHDx is a collaborative care pathway, education, assessment and support. At ADHDx we believe this must change and are leading the way. Bringing together a team of experts in their fields we are developing screening tools, education programs for those living and working on the ADHD front line, and accessible and effective collaborative care pathways to help navigate life with ADHD.
A Fitting Connection is a social enterprise that reduces textile waste through creative reuse, education, upcycling workshops, and our fabric resource recovery centre. We empower communities, provide skills training, and promote sustainability while supporting inclusive employment pathways for people with disabilities and at-risk youth.
After is a textile waste recovery and recycling service operating across Australia and New Zealand. It collects unwearable clothing, linen, and textiles from households, businesses, councils, and hotels, diverting them from landfill through certified recycling and upcycling pathways. It exists to make textile waste recovery as simple and accessible as any other waste stream.
Align Agency is a fundraising and social impact consultancy. We support nonprofits, social enterprises, and purpose-driven organisations to amplify their mission. Our work helps increase funding and maximise social value. We do this through strategic alignment, compelling storytelling, and measurable impact.
Allara Creative is a work-integrated social enterprise based in Canberra that designs and sells gift and homeware products. It exists to create employment, training, and community for newly arrived women from refugee backgrounds, helping them build confidence and economic independence as they settle into life in Australia.
Allara Drives is a social enterprise driving school based in Canberra that offers driving lessons to anyone wanting to get their licence. It has a particular focus on people from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds, who often face extra barriers to learning to drive, including cost, lack of practice support, and language differences.
Allied Collective is Australia’s first inclusive facilitation and wellbeing practice. We help People & Culture leaders, executives, and teams reduce burnout, strengthen connection, and build cultures where people thrive.
ALLKND is a youth-led mental health charity teaching young Australians to be better mates through free training, volunteering, digital education and inclusive events, building confidence, compassion and connection for a generation of Good Mates.
All Things Equal is a social enterprise providing purposeful training and award-wage employment for people with disability in our cafe, catering, cooking school and canteen.
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Amplifier Collective is a social enterprise consultancy dedicated to helping organisations better understand their communities and achieve their social impact goals. Our expertise includes social impact strategy and advice, engagement and communication design, training and capacity building, and facilitation.
Amplify Alliance Australia is a Member-led peak body representing Not for Profit and social enterprise organisations delivering human and social services working across the key determinants of wellbeing; Jobs, Home, Learning, Health, Social Justice and Social Connection.
At Amplify Black Women (ABW) we are dedicated to creating a thriving, empowered community where Black women in Sydney have the resources, opportunities and support to achieve success in all areas of life.
are-able is a not-for-profit organisation that helps people find work, build skills, and connect with their community. A not-for-profit puts any money it makes back into its work rather than paying it to owners. Founded in Warrnambool, Victoria, in 1989, are-able now has more than 400 staff across 36 sites in Victoria and South Australia.
Arise Foundation focuses on the empowerment and financial freedom of survivors of financial abuse through employment training and job placement, wrap-around support services and advocacy.
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Assembled Threads is an award-winning work integration social enterprise and supplier of ethically made uniforms and accessories, focusing on social impact and sustainability. We create meaningful job opportunities for marginalised individuals, promote environmental responsibility, and advocate for social procurement. Our Australian-made high-visibility vests, crafted from recycled fabrics, empower customers to make a positive difference with every purchase.