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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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  • Soco Collective logo in black with stylised curved lettering.

    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 logo with gradient blue and orange circle above text.

    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.

  • Artistic collage of planets floating in outer space with abstract textures.

    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.

  • Spazii logo with a stylised blue “S” icon above the word “Spazii” in bold white text on a dark blue background.

    Spazii

    Spazii is a social enterprise and community-powered platform reimagining how we work and transforming underutilised local venues into hubs of productivity and connection.

  • Minimal black tree icons on a bright green background.

    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.

  • Abstract circular logo made of irregular, pebble-like shapes in orange, rust, teal, and aqua on a black background.

    Stepping Stone Social Enterprise

    Stepping Stone Social Enterprise is a Work Integration Social Enterprise based in Canberra. We provide employment and paid training opportunities for migrant and refugee women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds who face multiple barriers to formal employment, through two cafes and a catering business.

  • Green text reading “Stirling & Rose” on white background.

    Stirling & Rose Pty Ltd

    Stirling and Rose is a first-of-a-kind legal practice specialising in crypto and digital assets, web 3.0, metaverse, smart legal contracts and data rights. We have a long track record across some of the most complex transactions and applications of digital law in the market and have been influential in policy making and regulation internationally. We serve investors, platform providers, entrepreneurs, financial institutions and Governments on the legality and regulation of new digital assets and alternative finance. We are uniquely positioned to advise on FinTech, RegTech and LegalTech holistically.

  • Bold black uppercase “STREAT” text underlined.

    STREAT

    STREAT 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).

  • Strive Motion logo with a circular blue icon of stylised people forming a connected shape, alongside the words ‘STRIVE MOTION’ and the tagline ‘Regain Momentum'.

    Strive Motion

    Strive Motion is a registered social enterprise, we solely exist to solve a social problem. Our impact is through local action, helping people over 50 who feel socially isolated and have poor access to health, to find hope and community.

  • Purple circular logo with white letters “SW” in a stylised design.

    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.

  • Sustainable Value logo with the word “Sustainable” in light blue and “Value” in light green, displayed on a clean white background.

    Sustainable Value

    Sustainable Value partners with organisations to design, develop, and scale impactful services and products. Blending human-centred design with economic analysis, we drive social and economic change through strategy, enterprise development, and outcomes measurement for purpose-driven initiatives.

  • Sydney Posters logo featuring cartoon figure holding posters with blue circle background.

    Sydney Posters

    Sydney Posters is a one-stop shop for local and national print and campaign needs, specialising in high-quality printing, outdoor and indoor distribution, and design services. From posters and business cards to street and in-store advertising, we provide a wide range of products to help businesses connect with their audience. With an in-house design team and online marketing solutions, we deliver creative, marketing-ready strategies to elevate your brand's reach and impact.

  • Black shield and text “The University of Sydney” on orange background.

    Sydney Social Sciences and Humanities Advanced Research Centre (SSSHARC), The University of Sydney

    The Sydney Social Sciences and Humanities Advanced Research Centre (SSSHARC) uses innovative and collaborative approaches to problem solving within the humanities and social sciences and beyond. Example projects include Reimagining the Queer Classroom, which brings together researchers in sexuality studies to develop queer-led classroom concepts; Beyond Consent: Gender and Sexuality Norms, a collaboration with Consent Labs to create school programs aimed at preventing gendered violence by examining gender and sexuality norms; and Games Methodology for Complex Issues through the SQUIGGLE project, which uses tabletop games to foster gender inclusivity and transformative interpersonal exchange.

  • Ta’leem Consulting logo featuring a large “T” above three intersecting gold lines, with the company name in grey text on a dark blue background.

    Ta'leem Consulting

    Ta'leem Consulting is a learning consultancy on a mission to empower traditionally marginalised voices. We build effective solutions, through a human-centered design approach and structured thinking process to create elegant, intentional solutions.

  • Logo for “Tanya Hollis Writes” featuring a stylised infinity symbol made of colourful dots and curves, with the name in modern purple and red text.

    Tanya Hollis Writes

    Want words that are inclusive, accessible and work for everyone? Need a communication specialist to hit the ground running? From annual reports and media releases to AI-ready, search optimised content, Tanya Hollis Writes is the kind and careful communication specialist for organisations that value access and inclusion.

  • White “t” symbol on dark square beside text “Tech for Good.”

    TechForGood

    TechForGood is an IT reseller that is B Corp and Social Enterprise certified, and 100% women-owned. We offer competitively priced IT hardware and software, and commit 2% of revenue from every sale to social and environmental impact projects.

  • Orange and blue connected triangles with white linking nodes.

    The Behaviour Change Collaborative

    The Behaviour Change Collaborative is a social enterprise working collaboratively to address health, social and environmental challenges. We partner with academia, government, non-profit organisations and social businesses to influence behaviours and improve lives.

  • Bold red logo reading “THE BIG ISSUE” inside a rectangular border.

    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 logo with orange, blue, and green circular design.

    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.

  • Blue and orange “DC” logo with text “The Data Conversation.”

    The Data Conversation

    The Data Conversation is committed to supporting small community organisations with accessing and using data. We are doing this by sharing knowledge, developing capabilities, and advocating for the needs of the sector. We are a social enterprise based in Canberra, Australia.

  • Purple butterfly icon above text “Freedom Hub – Ending Modern Slavery.”

    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.

  • Logo for The Hive Collaboration Spaces, featuring orange and brown dot patterns forming a spiral, with text on a black background.

    The Hive | CUC Southern Shoalhaven

    CUC Southern Shoalhaven's core business is as a Regional University Study Hub, supporting university students in our local region. We run The Hive as a social enterprise in the co-working sphere, where people can hire space at a desk or a room for a variety of individual or group uses.

  • The Horae logo in dark green lowercase text with a period.

    The Horae

    The Horae creates powerful narratives that inspire action and foster communities. The horae is a female-owned, globally distributed creative consultancy. Simply put, we've united to amplify stories that matter.

  • Logo of "The Mill House Ventures." It features a colorful, geometric circular design with a vibrant gradient of rainbow colours, and in the centre, there is a stylised letter "M." Below the logo, the text reads "THE MILL HOUSE VENTURES" in purple.

    The Mill House Ventures

    The Mill House Ventures is a nationally recognised social enterprise intermediary that works with businesses that seek to trade for purpose in Canberra and Region. We deliver renown accelerator and incubator business programs for local start-up social entrepreneurs as well as growth programs and business support activities to assist their sustainability when up and trading.

  • Logo of ImpactSphere, The Multicultural Professional Network, featuring a green-blue geometric cube design on a dark blue background.

    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.

  • Blue soundwave icon above purple text “The Neurodivergent Coach.”

    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.

  • White letters “OW” on black rounded square background.

    The Operative Word

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

  • A white electrical plug icon resembling a smiling face on a bright yellow background.

    The Plug-in, COTA SA

    COTA SA’s social enterprise The Plug-in, is a specialist market insights operation which connects older people with business, industry and researchers. We give older people an influential voice and enable clients to innovate and improve products, services and policies for the growing 50+ market.

  • Bold black and white text logo with horizontal bar accents.

    The Racial Justice Centre

    The Racial Justice Centre is Australia's first community legal service dedicated to racial justice, using the legal system, education, and reform to combat racial discrimination and promote equality.

  • The Rural Woman logo with red flower and text “bloom where you are.”

    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 logo of The Social Deck features a dark blue square with rounded edges, displaying the organization's name in white text. Below, the tagline reads engage. create. communicate. in black lowercase letters.

    The Social Deck

    The Social Deck is a for-purpose consultancy specialising in strategic communications, stakeholder and community engagement, digital strategy, and social marketing. We help government agencies, businesses, social enterprises, and nonprofits drive positive social and environmental change through impactful campaigns, public engagement, and evaluation services, ensuring effective communication and meaningful community action.

  • Peach-coloured stylised “S” on a dark green circle background.

    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.

  • Logo for "Third Story" with the word "Third" in teal and "Story" in rust red, displayed on a white background.

    ThirdStory

    ThirdStory is a trusted partner for social innovation and change. We collaborate with communities, government and others to develop, grow and scale new possibilities. Together, we help shift systems across a range of education, health and social settings and bring about the changes our communities want and need.

  • Stylised white text “TO BIAS” on black background with geometric letter design.

    Tobias

    At Tobias, we partner with progressive thinkers and change makers to remove persistent limitations, uncover opportunities, create strategies, develop responsible models, build capability, and deliver products & services people love

  • Unison logo with yellow “u” icon and tagline “Communities that thrive.”

    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!

  • Navy crest above text “UniSQ” on gold background.

    University of Southern Queensland

    University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) is a recognised leader in online and blended education, we are renowned for our supportive environment and student-focused commitment to learning and teaching.

  • UNSW Sydney crest beside “Founders – Make Change Happen” text.

    UNSW Founders Liverpool Entrepreneurship Programs

    Designed and delivered by UNSW Founders, the LIP Entrepreneurship Program encourages more women and other underrepresented founders from CALD backgrounds to explore entrepreneurship, with a specific focus on supporting social enterprises that solve unmet needs in communities across the South-Western Sydney area.

  • Velocity Empowerment logo in olive green with abstract wing-like icon.

    Velocity Empowerment

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

  • Gradient logo with rounded bars and dots in aqua, blue, and pink arranged in a geometric pattern on a white background.

    Vividhata Pty Ltd

    Vividhata is a boutique, woman-led organisation. We equip individuals, teams to embrace equity, diversity and inclusion leading to better workplace, performance outcomes and innovation.

  • Simple logo with white letters “VC” centered in a white-bordered square on a solid blue background.

    Vu Consulting

    VU Consulting is a strategy and impact consultancy helping purpose-driven organisations navigate complexity, embed systems thinking, and deliver social impact. We specialise in co-design, facilitation, strategic planning, and capability building across government, non-profit, and social enterprise sectors.

  • WA Social Enterprise Council logo with bold text and a green shape representing Western Australia containing the letters “WASEC.”

    WA Social Enterprise Council (WASEC)

    The WA Social Enterprise Council (WASEC) is the peak body for social enterprise in Western Australia, championing a fast-growing sector of purpose-led businesses tackling complex social challenges like homelessness, domestic violence, mental health, and inclusive employment.

  • Logo of WAITOC.com featuring Aboriginal art designs with the tagline “Ancient Tracks, New Journeys.”

    Western Australian Indigenous Tourism Operators Council (WAITOC)

    Western Australian Indigenous Tourism Operators Council (WAITOC) and is the peak representative for Aboriginal tours and experiences in Western Australia. We promote and support authentic cultural experiences at a state, national and international level. Aboriginal Tourism Western Australia (ATWA) is WAITOC’s charitable subsidiary. With Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status, ATWA enables donations and reports on the social impact of Aboriginal tourism across WA.

  • White background logo featuring a blue cube outline above the lowercase letters "wbe" in dark blue font.

    White Box Enterprises

    White Box Enterprises works with social enterprises, government, investors and philanthropists to build, support and advocate for large-scale jobs-focused social enterprises, so that every individual can access meaningful and inclusive employment.

  • Teal and rust overlapping oval shapes with “Wilderness Collective” text below.

    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.

  • Purple handwritten logo with abstract looping line design.

    Wondiverse

    Wondiverse supports workplaces, organisations, and communities to create environments that feel like home for neurodivergent individuals. We empower all neurotypes to work + play together. Led by our neurodivergent leader with over 20 years of training experience, we're here to bring authenticity and expertise to every corner of the workplace.

  • Worthy Cause logo with the tagline "Tastes Great. Does Greater." in bold orange text on a white background.

    Worthy Cause Social Enterprise

    Worthy Cause is a Melbourne-based social enterprise dedicated to empowering vulnerable individuals through structured employment programs. By producing and selling artisanal cookies, we provide stable income, skills training, and confidence-building opportunities, fostering personal growth and facilitating pathways to sustainable employment.

  • Stylized black “wt” logo inside a yellow circle.

    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 logo on blue patterned background with white wave symbol.

    Yaala Sparkling

    Yaala Sparkling is a First Nations, female-owned business creating premium sparkling water infused with native Australian botanicals. Committed to culture, sustainability, and community, Yaala celebrates Country and empowers Indigenous voices through every bottle.

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  • Pink heart and hands icon with circular text “Yia Yia Next Door.”

    Yiayia Next Door

    Yiayia Next Door is a social enterprise dedicated to addressing family violence through community-driven initiatives. Inspired by personal experience, we work to foster safe, supportive environments where individuals impacted by family violence feel heard and cared for. Our mission is to inspire connected, compassionate communities that promote healing and safety.

  • Young Change Agents logo with the phrase “What’s Your Mission?” in bold white text on a purple background, framed by circular and banner design elements.

    Young Change Agents

    Young Change Agents is a not-for-profit empowering youth through entrepreneurial education. We equip young people to identify problems, develop solutions, and lead change in their communities—building future-ready mindsets and skills through schools, educators, and ecosystem partnerships across Australia and internationally.

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