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Organisations

This page highlights organisations within the social enterprise sector, showcasing their areas of focus and contributions to positive change. These organisations have chosen to be part of this collaborative space, reflecting their commitment to sharing and building collective impact.

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  • Innovation Unit

    Innovation Unit is a not-for-profit social enterprise. We work with people, communities and organisations to address complex challenges, develop new solutions and create social impact at scale.

  • Institute of Community Directors Australia

    The Institute of Community Directors Australia (ICDA) is an independent social enterprise dedicated to strengthening governance within not-for-profits and social enterprises. As a specialised governance network, ICDA offers accredited courses and resources tailored to the community sector, including not-for-profits, school councils, sport clubs, and local councils. Through a range of programs— from lunch and learns and short courses to in-depth certificates—ICDA covers essential topics like leadership, conflict resolution, fundraising, and financial management, providing practical, self-paced, and workshop-based learning to meet sector needs.

  • Intelife

    Intelife is a social enterprise based in Western Australia, dedicated to empowering individuals with disabilities, enabling them to lead fulfilling lives.

  • intertwine

    Intertwine envisions a just, inclusive society where everyone thrives with health, representation, and self-determination. Our purpose is to dismantle systemic power structures, ending marginalisation through education, connection, and resilience. We promote gender, cultural, and racial justice as a registered charity, with integrity, inclusion, and transformation at our core. Intertwine supports organisations at any stage with services like cultural assessments, tailored training (anti-racism, intersectionality), diversity strategy evaluations, and community-building for diversity professionals.

  • Invictus Health

    Invictus Health is a leading Australian team of health experts dedicated to mental wellbeing and overall health. We empower individuals to thrive through compassionate, evidence-based care. Our team blends expertise, experience, and friendliness to support each person’s unique journey toward improved mental and physical wellbeing in a supportive, community-focused environment.

  • Just Gold

    Just Gold is Australia's first management consultancy and creative agency that is an accredited social enterprise. We deliver management and social impact consulting, digital production and creative solutions. Our team includes highly skilled professionals from vulnerable groups. Profits support pro-bono services for those tackling social issues but lacking access to resources.

  • Kawal Pictures

    Kawal Pictures is a Supply Nation-registered Sydney-based video production, drone video and video training agency. We provide pathways to employment for First Nations camera operators, producers, editors and graphics whizzes. And we make excellent video.

  • Kenshi Life Changing Candles

    Kenshi Candles is a social enterprise dedicated to providing food for people in need. We donate a minimum of 50% of our profits to fund pasta for those experiencing food insecurity in Australia and globally. Our scented soy candles are handmade in Melbourne by refugees from Myanmar, and each 400g candle or 240ml diffuser sold on our website directly funds 2kg of pasta, which is purchased and donated to grassroots food charities across Australia. Because we donate pasta rather than money, there is no middleman or intermediary taking a cut. 100% of the donation from your purchase is going directly to those who need it most.

  • LiveSafe Education PTY LTD

    We take a holistic approach on personal safety and provide overall education on strategies to avoid potentially dangerous situations. Added to this we teach effective, realistic self-defence techniques that can be used to escape or de-escalate dangerous situations.

  • MemoryBinder

    MemoryBinder helps you store and protect your documents and memories, legally. 

  • Merry Go Round Toys

    Merry Go Round Toys champions affordable and sustainable play by connecting children’s toys and developmental tools with new homes, supporting local charities, and fostering mental well-being through community involvement.

  • Miss Camellia Tea

    At Miss Camellia Tea, we are traversing the path to becoming a social enterprise and dedicated to using the power of tea to foster positive change in the industry while creating inclusive communities.

  • Mosaik Experiences

    Mosaik Experiences is a social enterprise that aims to inspire a sense of self, community and belonging by using the power of the arts and culture to improve wellbeing, embrace diversity and inclusion and enhance quality of life, including creating employment opportunities for migrant professionals and artists.

  • MumbleMe

    MumbleMe is a social enterprise founded for the future of working mums across Australia. MumbleMe is the careers marketplace that values mums because being a mum is a career advantage.

  • No Umbrellas

    No Umbrellas, founded by Gen X and Gen Z members, offers interactive workshops to bridge generational divides in workplaces. We create open spaces for teams to explore better ways of managing and collaborating. Workshops include intergenerational, manager, and Gen Z-specific sessions, fostering open communication and teamwork.

  • Our Race Community

    Our Race is an anti-racist Story Telling social enterprise who takes a collaborative approach to creating safe, ethical Story Telling processes across media, arts, marketing and communications, research through to advocacy and community engagement. Our variety of experiences and collaborative approach, allow us to work towards the same goal: flipping the power of Story Telling together.

  • Pacific Clean

    At Pacific Clean we believe in a world where good health is our real wealth, and it starts with a clean place to be. Our mission is to invest in ensuring your place to work or play is as clean as possible. We do that, by supplying great cleaning products to kiwi businesses and organisations.

  • People With Purpose

    People With Purpose is a purpose-led consulting and leadership development company dedicated to equipping business to improve the world. We specialise in providing leaders and organisations with the strategies, resources and capabilities needed to create meaningful impact and value for society, while cultivating sustainable growth.

  • Practice Inclusion

    Practice Inclusion offers consultancy, training, advisory, and coaching services, using lived experiences of neurodiversity, disability, chronic health challenges, and mental ill health to foster awareness and inclusion.

  • Processant Pty Ltd

    Processant consulting connects process, analytics and technology to achieve positive environmental, social and governance outcomes. We are a social enterprise that believes in creating a fair and sustainable world. We specialise in helping businesses measure and reduce their carbon footprint by leveraging data analytics, technology, and process improvements. Our comprehensive approach focuses on emissions reduction through streamlined processes and effective strategies. We empower decision-makers with trusted, actionable insights to enhance risk management and informed governance. Our data services support organisations by developing tailored data strategies and advanced analytics solutions, driving growth and sustainable success.

  • Red InnCol Inc

    Red InnCol Inc is a not-for-profit platform for citizens to conceive, develop and implement social projects in. We are committed to improve public education in Colombia.

  • Revolve ReCYCLING

    We are Revolve ReCYCLING, a social enterprise committed to recycling and redeploying bikes, e-bikes, scooters, and PTVs across Australia. As the first platform to extend the life of old rides, we help riders, bike shops, fleet operators, and importers reduce landfill waste, support sustainability, and empower disadvantaged communities.

  • Seer Data & Analytics

    Seer Data & Analytics is a data access, sharing, reporting and storytelling platform that empowers communities with data for local actions and better decision making. We measure impact, share data, tell stories and report progress for community-led decisions.

  • Shapes and Sounds

    Shapes and Sounds is a social enterprise that destigmatises mental health for Asian communities. The organisation provides mental health programs and resources that are specifically designed by culturally-responsive mental health professionals, for people of Asian and Asian diaspora identities.

  • SisterWorks Inc

    SisterWorks Inc is a grass-roots social enterprise that works closely with migrant, refugee and asylum-seeker women to support economic empowerment. Grounded in lived experiences, most of our team migrated to Australia, so we understand the challenges they face.

  • Social Engine

    Social Engine acts as a centralised hub and strategic partner, offering a comprehensive suite of services designed to streamline operations, facilitate growth, and maximise the impact of social enterprises. We provide a range of services, including strategic planning, funding support, sustainability-focused redesign, business planning, project delivery, impact measurement, and risk management. Our expertise extends to data strategy, tech and AI adoption, and grant processes. We also manage legal, marketing, finance, investor relations, and corporate connections through our trusted network, ensuring comprehensive support for your business growth and success.

  • Social Good Outpost

    Social Good Outpost is an Australian strategic and creative communications studio. We work with social enterprise, business and government, providing impact measurement, communication design, strategic mentoring and curation of international diplomacy programs. We have travelled all across Australia, in tiny homes, caravans and on the road to reach rural and regional communities, and live regionally. We have a particular focus on empowering women, LGBTIQ+ and connecting with and supporting Indigenous and ethnic minority communities.

  • Soco Collective

    Soco Collective focus on creating connections to power systems change. SoCo is a trailblazing force in driving equity and inclusion across business, startup and venture capital ecosystem.

  • Solutions2you Pty Ltd

    Solutions2You's focus is to work with those who are READY to be visionaries and prepared to do things differently. To be genuine contributors that create positive change for humanity and the planet. Likewise, we work with people who are here to DO GOOD (philanthropists, governments, and business leaders) but don’t know HOW to pull it all together.

  • Space Sensorium

    Space Sensorium is a social enterprise dedicated to fostering a more sustainable and interconnected world through space exploration. Our mission is to bridge the gap between space diplomacy, environmental responsibility, and impactful experiences. We provide strategic consulting, educational initiatives, and impact measurement tools to develop sustainable space programs, foster global understanding, and assess the social, economic, and environmental impacts of space activities.

  • SquareBySquare

    SquareBySquare enables anyone to buy tiny squares of conservation land. By making conservation land ownership affordable, accessible, and transparent, we aim to unlock its natural capital value and make it possible to protect nature, collectively. Through our platform, individuals and businesses can directly invest in conservation, building a community of environmental stewards focused on impactful ecological outcomes. By fractionalizing ownership, we provide an accessible way for conservation societies and foundations to raise funds through owners rather than donors, supporting long-term preservation of biodiversity, combating deforestation, and protecting critical habitats.

  • STREAT

    STEAT is a leading Work Integration Social Enterprise with a decade supporting youth aged 16-24, 36% from CALD communities. STREAT offers supported work readiness and employment pathway programs for disadvantaged young people facing barriers, aged 16-24 whose primary goal is to work. Our program is individually tailored and wrap around, including case management, work-readiness training, contextualised language training/support, extensive work experience across STREAT’s businesses (cafes, kiosks, bakery, catering, farms, gardens), and transition support into a real job (on average over 1,000hrs of support across a year).

  • Success Works Partners

    Success Works Partners is not-for-profit social enterprise with DGR (deductible gift recipient) status. We transform the lives of women affected by the criminal justice system, by providing them with employability skills and empowering them to present themselves to an employer who sees their skills and potential and not their record. We break down the barriers to employment for women with a criminal record through employer engagement, training and advocating for change.

  • Sydney School of Entrepreneurship (SSE)

    The Sydney School of Entrepreneurship (SSE) is a social enterprise providing best-in-class entrepreneurship education to diverse communities around Australia. In collaboration with industry, government, and community, we co-design and co-deliver work-relevant skills training that fosters learning pathways to ignite, uplift, and inspire.

  • The Big Issue

    The Big Issue is an independent, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting and creating work opportunities for people experiencing homelessness, marginalisation and disadvantage. Simply put, we help people help themselves.

  • The Creative Co-Operative

    The Creative Co-Operative (CCO) works with diverse, values-aligned organisations to provide design, marketing and digital services as well as support services for small businesses and startups. We’re an all-rounder creative services consultancy structured as a social enterprise.

  • The Freedom Hub

    The Freedom Hub is a social enterprise dedicated to combating modern slavery through education, advocacy, and support services, raising awareness and empowering survivors. Our Survivor School offers long-term, wraparound support with free, personalised classes to aid in trauma recovery and workplace readiness. Additionally, our Peer Support Program provides activities, workshops, community-building events, and recreational sports. We fund these initiatives through our social enterprise businesses, including a café, event venue, and online retail store, which serve as community hubs for involvement and awareness. As a result, most administrative costs are covered by the business, allowing supporter donations to go directly to survivor support.

  • The Multicultural Professional Network

    The Multicultural Professional Network is a People and Planet First Verified Social Enterprise which promotes mutual respect and social inclusion among all groups of people in Australia.

  • The Neurodivergent Coach Ltd

    The Neurodivergent Coach supports Neurodivergent professionals to design careers they love and to embed 'sustainable' ways of working that reduce overwhelm and burnout through Individual and Group Coaching programs.

  • The Operative Word

    The Operative Word helps organisations become more effective in fulfilling their purpose by employing a contemporary approach to operations and governance.

  • THE Rural Woman Cooperative

    THE Rural Woman Cooperative is the peak body for the advancement of rural women and girls. A visionary Co-op enabling connection of rural women and assisting them to improve their wellbeing, agency and/or financial security, through education, training, networking, mentoring and financial opportunities.

  • The Social Story

    The Social Story is a socially-led communications agency empowering you to maximise your impact and create meaningful relationships with your audience.

  • Unison Property Corporation

    At Unison Property Corporation, we believe that making a positive impact on society should never come at the expense of quality. We are more than just a property management company; we are a social enterprise dedicated to creating meaningful change in our community. For individuals who value both exceptional service and social responsibility, we are the perfect choice!

  • Velocity Empowerment

    Velocity Empowerment is a social enterprise tackling gender-based violence through emotional, mental, and physical self-defence.

  • Wilderness Collective

    Founded in Mallacoota post-2019/20 Black Summer bushfires, the Wilderness Collective, led by five dedicated women, promotes economic and social rejuvenation, sustainability and community growth. Transforming tourism reliance into entrepreneurship, we established a community hub that empowers residents through co-working, skill-building, business opportunities, and intergenerational support, fostering a vibrant future for Mallacoota.

  • Woven Threads

    Woven Threads is dedicated to telling stories about our shared humanity. We are pioneering a new form of communication, a form of storytelling that blurs the divide between entertainment/art and education. 

  • Yaala Sparkling

    We all experience presence in life’s most joyous moments through connection, laughter and storytelling. These moments are often enjoyed with a drink. Treat yourself and share a drink with us. Showcasing the modern taste of native Australian botanicals through our authentic, healthy and delicious drinks.

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