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Building Social Enterprise Literacy to Sustain Place-based Impact

Upcoming webinar
  • Date:27 May 2026
  • Time:
  • Duration: 60 minutes
  • Location: online

Join Linkwest and friends to explore how a learning community supported social enterprise emergence with Neighbourhood and Community Resource Centres across Western Australia.

About this webinar

The funding landscape for not-for-profit organisations is shifting. Short-term grants and government contracts alone are no longer sufficient to guarantee long-term sustainability, particularly for place-based community-led organisations responding to complex and evolving local needs. 

Over the past 12 months, Linkwest convened a community of learning and practice to build literacy in social enterprise with Neighbourhood and Community Resource Centres across the Linkwest member network. 

This webinar will share stories of courage, changing mindsets and community impact as small not-for-profit organisations explore independent income-generation activities as a gateway to autonomy, agility and resilience.

About the Convenor

Linkwest is a peak association amplifying the voices of place-based members for the benefit of their communities.

Across Western Australia, there are dedicated community spaces where people gather, connect, learn and grow. These places are known by many names: Neighbourhood centres, family centres, learning centres, community centres and community resource centres. In Western Australia, they cover from Broome Circle, Mowanjum and Kununurra Neighbourhood House in the North through to Walpole CRC, Denmark CRC and Rainbow Coast Neighbourhood Centre to the South. Most are community-managed not-for-profits, with some operated by local government. No two Centres are the same - each reflects the needs, strengths and aspirations of its local community. As the Western Australian Peak Body for this vital network, Linkwest’s primary purpose is to assist Centres be the best that they can be, to ensure they develop empowered, resilient and thriving communities, and remain a part of the local landscape for generations to come.

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Jane Harwood

CEO

Linkwest

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Jane Harwood has been CEO at Linkwest since July 2023. She is a passionate advocate for strengths based community development and works to enable and empower organisations to be the best they can be for their community.

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