Regional Activation and Industry Events

2022 - 2023

Regional Activation and Industry Events

Queensland’s economic recovery needs impact businesses that are run well, supported, able to respond to social procurement opportunities and can access the right capital at the right time.

The Queensland Government has supported QSEC and sector partners to help reveal the diversity and depth of market for social enterprises (SE) to advance business activity in regional areas across Queensland.

Regional Activators have been engaged to help unlock opportunities for SE on the ground in key regional areas and promote direct engagement with potential industry partners through Industry Forums (details and dates of these events to come).

Regional Activation Lead - Su Marshall

Su has a wealth of community development experience spanning 20 years across community service settings, including legal community service, women’s and youth development, community education and local government. This includes leading the development of grass roots activities and transforming a domestic violence state-wide program. Su’s values and vision are to work collaboratively alongside individuals and businesses to create positive social, cultural, and environmental impact.

Contact: su@qsec.org.au

Regional Activators

We have engaged seven Regional Activators for the following areas:

Far North Queensland

- - Jennifer McHugh (James Cook Uni)
  - Contact: Jennifer.mchugh1@jcu.edu.au
  - Events coming up in FNQ

North Queensland

- - Ricky Esterquest (Towards Better)
  - Contact- ricky@towardsbetter.com.au
  - Events coming up in North Queensland

Central Queensland

- - Natalia Muszkat (Strong Communities)
  - Contact - natalia.muszkat@strongcommunities.org.au
  - Tanya Rutherford (Learn, Grow, Become)
  - Contact - tanya@learngrowbecome.com
  - Events coming up in Central Queensland

Emerald & Central Highlands

Blake Repine (Central Highlands Community Services)
Contact - ceo@chcommunityservices.org.au
Events coming up in Emerald and Central Highlands

Wide Bay Burnett

- - - Damien Tracey (Community Lifestyle Support)
    - Contact - damien.tracey@cls.org.au
    - Events coming up in Wide Bay Burnett

Darling Downs & South West Queensland

- - Kate Taylor (Vanguard Laundry)
  - Contact - kate@vanguardlaundry.com.au
  - Events coming up in Darling Downs and South West Queensland

South West Cluster (Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast, Redlands, Gold Coast, Logan, Ipswich & West Moreton)

- - Tom Allen (Impact Boom)
  - Contact - tom@impactboom.org
  - Events coming up in Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast, Redlands, Gold Coast, Logan, Ipswich & West Moreton
Activators - Submit your events here.

Sector Development Activation

CQ University (Office of Social Innovation)

iActivate is CQUniversity’s innovative short course for developing a social enterprise or “business for good”.

Dates: Aug 29th - Nov 21st - Details here

Areas: Cairns, Rockhampton, Wide Bay, Darling Downs

Nundah Community Enterprises Cooperative Ltd & Praxis Community Enterprise

Strengthening the ecosystem for place based social enterprises.

Workshops in Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba and Moreton Bay.

Dates: October 2022 -April 2023 in collaboration with Neighbourhood Centres

Contact: Nundah Community Enterprises and Praxis Community Enterprise

White Box Enterprises Ltd

The strong and sustainable capacity building program for work integration social enterprises (WISEs)

Areas: Non metro Brisbane, Cairns, Townsville, Toowoomba

Dates: TBC

Contact: White Box Enterprises

James Cook University

Social enterprise sector development - FNQ project

Areas: Cairns/Port Douglas, Tablelands (Atherton/Mareeba), Thursday Island, Cooktown, Lockhart River, Weipa

Dates: TBC

Contact: narayan.gopalkrishnan@jcu.edu.au

QUT (Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies)

Developing your enterprising leadership and partnerships - Details

Areas: Brisbane and remote/regional QLD

Dates: TBC

Acceler8 Pty Ltd

Financial Education for QLD social enterprises

Areas: Cairns, Rockhampton, Mackay, Brisbane

Dates: TBC

Contact: Timothy.Hui@bdo.com.au

Impact Boom Pty Ltd

Elevate+ social enterprise accelerators and additional sector capacity building

Areas: South East QLD

Details here

StartSomeGood Pty Ltd

Emerge pre accelerator program

Areas: Brisbane, Roma, Toowoomba, Goondiwindi, Hervey Bay, Bundaberg, Mackay

Dates: TBC

Contact: Startsomegood

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