Membership
Why join QSEC?
By joining QSEC, you become part of a vibrant and growing movement of purpose-led businesses creating positive social and environmental impact.
As a member, you’ll gain access to exclusive opportunities including grants, procurement projects, tailored training, and sector-specific support. You’ll also connect with a diverse network of changemakers through events, workshops, and peer-to-peer learning. QSEC champions the voice of social enterprise at all levels of government, ensuring your work contributes to shaping policy and growing recognition.
QSEC Membership Options
Industry Member
A social enterprise is a business that puts people and planet first. They trade like any other business, but exist specifically to make the world a better place.
It has an social and/or environmental mission embedded in the DNA of the business; derives a majority of its revenue through trade rather than through grants, donations or gifts, and; reinvests a substantial portion of profit and resources back into their mission and impact model.
Associate Member
Associate members are not social enterprises or businesses on the journey of becoming a social enterprise; they are businesses, individuals, government and/or industry bodies that support the social enterprise sector and want to stay updated and included in sector discussions and events.
Associate members can also include charities, not-for-profits and philanthropic foundations that do not trade goods or services but exist to make the world a better place.
Youth (FREE)
A Youth Member is a social entrepreneur, social enterprise, associate or sole trader with a founder(s) under the age of 21 years.
Youth Social Enterprise members receive the same membership benefits as the equivalent tier of social enterprise or associate membership.
Tailored mentoring and support programs for this membership tier exist to foster sustainable and thriving business for a good ecosystem.
Membership Prices:
Membership prices are scaled based on your organisation’s annual turnover.
| Annual Turnover | Cost (ex. GST) |
|---|---|
| Less than $150,000 per annum | $150 |
| Between $150,000 and $2 million per annum | $250 |
| Between $2 million and $5 million per annum | $350 |
| Between $5 million and $10 million per annum | $500 |
| More than $10 million per annum | $750 |