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.

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 - May 2023 - Details here

Areas: Cairns, Rockhampton, Wide Bay, Darling Downs (check program for specific regional dates)

Nundah Community Enterprises Cooperative Ltd & Community Praxis Co-op

• 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

Workshop 1 

• 26 October - Wilsonton Neighbourhood Centre
• 4 November - Caboolture Library

For more information about the program click Here

White Box Enterprises Ltd

• The strong and sustainable capacity building program for work integration social enterprises (WISE) is designed to:

• connect participating enterprises with experts in relevant areas of strategic and operational priority.

• identify priority concerns and opportunities in support of resilience and sustainability.

• develop a roadmap that articulates actions required to strengthen strategic and operational resilience.

• foster confidence in enterprise leaders to drive the necessary changes and lead complex teams in support of their vision.

• The program will be run twice as hybrid models (in-person and online)

• Far North Queensland (for SEs from as far south as Townsville right up to and including Thursday Island) – based out of Cairns for the in-person component.

• Non-metro Brisbane (for SEs in non-metro SE Qld including Darling Downs and Moreton Bay regions) – based out of Ipswich for the in person component.

Dates: EOI for FNQ  program please contact us on info@whiteboxenterprises.com.au by 31 August.

Contact: More information

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

BDO Financial Education

• Financial Education for QLD social enterprises

Areas: Cairns, Rockhampton, Mackay, Brisbane

Dates & Program Information: Program Information

Contact: Financial.edu@bdo.com.au

Impact Boom Pty Ltd

• Elevate+ social enterprise accelerators and additional sector capacity building

Would you like to get support to strengthen your social enterprise?

APPLY NOW for Australia's leading social enterprise accelerator program, and get wrapped with strong, subsidised support.

Elevate+ is currently open to South East Queensland based entrepreneurs and will:
- provide you with weekly workshops, allowing you to develop key areas of your business
- give you access to Impact Boom's online learning modules
- connect you with leading mentors, investors and their alumni for one-on-one and group mentoring
- generate strong exposure for you, both online and at public events
- take the loneliness out of being an entrepreneur.

Application deadline is 5pm AEST, 20th July. Don't miss out on this fully subsidised opportunity!

Areas: South East QLD

More details here

StartSomeGood Pty Ltd

• Emerge pre accelerator program

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

Dates:

• November 2022 (call for applications late Sep 2022)
• April 2023 (call for applications February 2023)

Contact: Startsomegood