PIYP Hope Industries

Who we are

Hope Industries is a certified social enterprise created by The Power In You Project to provide inclusive employment opportunities for people facing barriers to work, including homelessness, addiction, mental health challenges, disability, and involvement with the justice system. Through supported employment, mentoring, and real-world work opportunities, we help individuals build skills, confidence, and pathways to long-term employment.

Our mission is to create inclusive employment opportunities that empower individuals, strengthen local businesses, and deliver lasting social impact. Our values are Community First, Innovation, and Integrity.

Gallery

Three people in Hope Industries black polo shirts smiling together in a warehouse stocked with branded product bottles on shelving behind them.

A worker in high-visibility clothing installing a new timber paling fence along a residential backyard, with old fence materials stacked on the grass.

A smiling man wearing glasses and a Hope Industries yellow high-visibility shirt standing in a sunny backyard garden.

A smiling man in a Hope Industries yellow high-visibility shirt and cap standing in a garden beside a pile of cleared vegetation.

Two workers in yellow high-visibility gear mulching and tending garden beds beneath a fruit-laden loquat tree in a sunny backyard.

A young bare-branched tree planted in a timber raised garden bed beside a wooden fence, with a second planted bed visible behind.

A worker in a yellow high-visibility shirt tending to established shrubs along a narrow garden path between a brick wall and timber fence.

What we do

Hope Industries delivers workforce and property maintenance solutions across Geelong and surrounding regions, combining reliable service delivery with measurable social impact. The organisation partners with businesses, community organisations, and local government to meet their operational needs while creating real employment opportunities for people facing barriers to work.

Services include labour hire, commercial and residential cleaning, garden maintenance and landscaping, rubbish removal, and small motor repairs. Hope Industries also manufactures The Hope Soap, a range of cleaning and personal care products that directly create employment, training, and mentoring opportunities for the people it supports.

Our work

The Hope Soap
Other
A key initiative is The Hope Soap, our social enterprise cleaning and personal care product range. Revenue from product sales directly supports employment, training, and mentoring opportunities for people rebuilding their lives. For every 1,000 litres sold, Hope Industries creates 60 hours of paid employment and 24 hours of peer mentoring.
The Hope Soap
Employment & Workforce Solutions
Other
Businesses today face workforce challenges: skills shortages, retention issues, and the need for flexibility. Hope Industries provides a solution that not only meets these challenges but also creates measurable social good as a Certified Social Trader.
Employment & Workforce Solutions

Head office:

Victoria

Type(s) of actor:

Social enterprises

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