Social Enterprise News

White Box Enterprises Fairfax Grant win

White Box Enterprises announced that they have been supported by a $1.35m grant over the next 3 years from the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation to increase the range of opportunities to build social enterprises that can scale and create jobs for vulnerable young people. More information to come! https://whiteboxenterprises.com.au/

World first crowdfunded social impact bond launches

An Israeli social enterprise is utilising the power of crowdfunding to raise capital for a new social impact bond that will tackle loneliness in elderly people.   

While social impact bonds (SIBs) – which link the funding of a project to its impact on society – are usually solely funded by large investors, this SIB is believed to be the first in the world to use crowdfunding.  

Anchor investors and philanthropic funds have already contributed NIS 1.6 million (A$653,000) for the SIB, but advocates hope to raise another NIS 700,000 (A$285,000) through a crowdfunding campaign

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Congratulations to the nominees of this year's Pro Bono Australia's 2021 Impact 25 Awards. 

On the list are QSEC members Yas Grigaliunas, Lisa Siganto, Luke Terry and Robert Pekin.  Good luck!!

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Dr Ruth Knight, Associate Professor Wendy Scaife, 19 January, 2021

Social enterprises are packing ever more ‘punch’ in directly addressing the community’s social, cultural and environmental needs. These enterprises are responding to unmet social and environmental needs by trading goods or services and using a business model to create social change.  So what does the Brisbane and Queensland landscape look like and making social enterprise career pivots, a career move worth making?

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Learn more about Social Enterprise with QUT's new Social Enterprise Course this year :  Learn more

Social enterprises want to be included in Australia's post-COVID-19 recovery

"It's really important that social enterprise is part of that bounce back in the economy," said Mike McKinstry, chief of Social Traders, an organisation that connects social enterprises with businesses and governments.

"We've got to make sure that what we don't do is leave that cohort of people behind because they're the hardest to find a job."

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We thank you for all of your support this year.  We appreciate you all!!

Media Release 16 December 2020

Record $8 Million Funding for Queensland’s social enterprise sector
The Queensland Social Enterprise Council (QSEC) President Richard Warner welcomed the Queensland Government’s $8 million commitment to assist the creation of jobs for vulnerable Queenslanders, announced through the Queensland Budget.

“Over the coming two years the Queensland Government will work to develop the market and foster strong and vibrant social enterprises across the state,”  stated Di Farmer MP (Minister for Employment and Small Business).

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Welcome to the 2019 – 2020 annual report of the Queensland Social Enterprise Council (QSEC).

This report is a summary of the year’s activity from July 2019 until June 2020.  We are excited about the direction of the organisation and also the growth and growing awareness of our sector.

Social Enterprise Sector Submission

This submission outlines six core initiatives that will deliver on the Queensland State Government’s Social Enterprise Strategy 2019. The social enterprise (SE) sector, led by the Queensland Social Enterprise Council (QSEC), will drive outcomes that support the Queensland State Government’s current and emerging priorities, particularly in the areas of economic and social advancement. This submission has been prepared following extensive consultation with the SE sector in Queensland.

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Welcome to the new 2021 QSEC Board of Directors.

We're so grateful you have stepped up and taken the helm.  We can't wait to work with you.

Read the profiles of our new Board members here.

Meet the new Board