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Who we are

Social Planet was born from the idea that there should be no barrier that prevents people from finding friends, connections and their sense of purpose. 

We are a Victorian community development platform creating software productivity tools for neighbourhood houses, community centres and more. We're committed to building Australia's social infrastructure and tackling the problem of social isolation and loneliness in Australia through empowerment and collaboration.

Social isolation is an urgent public health issue, given that more than one-fifth of Australians rarely or never feel they have someone to talk to or turn to for help. Addressing this problem requires innovation from organisations in how we engage and connect people to their local community. Social Planet is all about supporting these new approaches.

Our vision: Healthy, vibrant communities where everyone belongs.

Our mission: To end social isolation and loneliness in Australia.

Our values:

  • Super helpful - We strive to ensure our customers success with their community development endeavours
  • Quality - We work to meet our customer life a little better every day.
  • Innovative - We're collaborative in the way we work, we always consult, plan and innovate
  • Generosity - We cultivate a culture of care and giving to our staff, customers, and community.
  • Empathy - By understanding different perspectives, we cultivate compassion and goodwill.

What we do

  • Adult education - We specialise in supporting adult community education providers that are delivering literacy, numeracy and digital skills courses to Victorians.
  • Commonwealth DEX reporting - Assisting Multicultural Services deliver Settlement Services.
  • Venue hire - Improve Neighbourhood Centres occupancy rates and generate more income.
  • Member management - We help Centres to you retain participants by enabling personalised engagement. We handle the details, from reminders to individual interests, fostering a stronger sense of community.
  • Financial services - we provide a stress-free financial system for Centres, streamlining income and payments with features like multiple payment options, flexible booking, easy reconciliation, and integration with major accounting software. This helps boost Centre revenue and simplifies bookkeeping.

Our work

Head office:

  • Victoria

Service location(s):

  • Victoria

Type(s) of actor:

  • Social Enterprises
  • Innovation hubs

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We’d love to hear from you!

Reach out to one of our team members, and share input and ideas about how we can evolve Understorey.

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