Guide to the Australian social enterprise sector
A starting point for understanding the areas of activity, types of actors, and their role in the sector in driving positive change.
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Social enterprise models
Advancing charitable or community purpose
Creating opportunities for community participation
First Nations-led for First Nations justice
Meeting unmet consumer needs
Promoting ethical consumption and sustainable supply chains
Social and environmental innovation
Strengthening the social economy
Work Integration Social Enterprise (WISE)
Types of actors
- Capability builders
- Corporations
- Co-working spaces
- Federal Government
- Financial intermediaries
- Higher education institutions
- Impact investors
- Innovation hubs
- Local Governments
- Market connectors
- Networked initiatives
- Peak bodies
- Philanthropists
- Professional service providers
- Registered training organisations
- Research centres
- Social enterprises
- Standards organisations
- State Governments
Areas of activity
Advocacy and promotion
Economic development support
Education
Events and meet-ups
Funding and investment
Hubs and spaces
Impact measurement and management
Incubators, accelerators and ideation programs
Marketplaces
Networks and communities
Policy and regulation
Research, data and knowledge bases
Standards and certifications
Technical and professional advisory
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