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This library holds a chosen collection of useful tools, guides, and resources in the social enterprise sector. You can explore guides, articles, and more to support your journey. If you're starting a social enterprise, facing sector challenges, or looking into the impact economy, you’ll find something useful here.

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Australian Spatial Analytics (ASA) case study (page 12)
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Overnight loss of two major clients halved ASA's revenue and exposed structural vulnerabilities built during growth. This work integration social enterprise (WISE) case study examines how employment model design, geographic expansion, and philanthropic incentives shaped, and complicated, the path to recovery.
Australian Spatial Analytics (ASA) case study (page 12)
Challenge-led Innovation Workbook
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This resource introduces Challenge-Led Innovation (CLI) as a framework to address complex, large-scale challenges like climate change and inequality. Based on ‘Mission-oriented’ approaches developed by Mariana Mazzucato at UCL IIPP, CLI moves away from traditional innovation models by focusing on collaborative, mission-driven efforts across sectors and communities.
Challenge-led Innovation Workbook
Dismantle case study (page 3)
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Governance breakdown, frozen funding pipelines, and a lost premises hit simultaneously. This work integration social enterprise (WISE) case study follows Dismantle's CEO and board as they navigated near-insolvency, and what they learned about financial capability, funder relationships, and leadership fatigue.
Dismantle case study (page 3)
Free to Feed case study (page 6)
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Ten years of culturally safe, trauma-informed employment for refugees ended in closure. Free to Feed's founder and board chair speak honestly about why, as a work integration social enterprise (WISE), impact costs and trade income are in permanent tension, and what that meant when funding fell short.
Free to Feed case study (page 6)
Green Collect case study (page 9)
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Covering 93% of costs through trade, this work integration social enterprise (WISE) looked close to financial independence, then a new venture failed badly. Green Collect's case study explores what happens when growth projections don't meet reality, and how the organisation rebuilt with greater clarity and resilience.
Green Collect case study (page 9)
Perth City Farm as a Social Enterprise
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This case study tells the story of Perth City Farm and its role as a social enterprise. It highlights how the Farm makes money through various activities while supporting the community and sustainability. It also offers lessons for others looking to build strong, local social enterprises.
Perth City Farm as a Social Enterprise