Oct 31, 2023 | Other
Enterprise name Welcome Merchant
What’s the trading activity We run curated dining events and artist-led workshops in Sydney and Melbourne, in partnership with refugee and asylum seeker entrepreneurs in Australia.
We also sell gift hampers on behalf of 9 refugee entrepreneurs.
We promote, for free, refugee and asylum seeker entrepreneurs in our online directory and social media channels. We also run free skill-building workshops for these entrepreneurs.
What’s the social or environmental cause your enterprise addresses?
We bridge the gap between the refugee and asylum seeker business community and the wider public.
We are contributing to changing the negative perception of refugees and people seeking asylum in Australia.
How are you going with the work?
We have organised 18 successful events in partnership with the refugee entrepreneurs so far, 3 of them in Melbourne.
We’ve sold around 180 gift hampers, with 90 being sold to Canva end of 2021.
We have featured 119 refugee-led businesses in Australia since we launched on Instagram in March 2020. We’ve organised 5 free skill-building workshops for the entrepreneurs.
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Aug 22, 2022 | Other
Enterprise name Common Times
What’s the trading activity Common Times is a digital noticeboard that connects community groups and their local community. Common Times builds community connection and engagement and hence individual and community resilience. NFP community groups can list on Common Times and post news about the services they provide and any events coming up. SENVIC members can list their business on Common Times under our shop local listing. Common Times gets over 50K visitors per annum – get your share of this audience by listing your community group or business.
What’s the social or environmental cause your enterprise addresses?
Common Times fights loneliness and builds local community resilience. Big search and big social media actively discourage local connection. They reward content that divides. They present content that focusses users on an ever narrower interests. Measuring the value of content by the number of clicks rewards national and international content at the expense of the local and regional. Result is a connected society without local connection and a pandemic of loneliness. Common Times is built to support local community connection. It builds engagement and involvement in the local community by design. Only community groups and local businesses can post on Common Times and every reader sees all the content related to just their local area. Just like a local noticeboard except in feed format on your phone.
What is the biggest challenge?
Getting content. We want every member of SENVIC to put their community group or business on Common Times and get their customers to follow them on Common Times. Let’s change the world. Let’s get local. Let’s get connected.
https://commontimes.com.au/
Nov 5, 2021 | Other
What is your trading activity?
We believe that people want to support organisations that are aligned with their values. But there is no easy way to find the organisations who put purpose ahead of, or equal to, profit. So, we created a platform to find the for-purpose organisations tackling social and environmental change.
Greatest Good is a directory, community and marketplace that helps conscious consumers to find, engage and transact with for-purpose organisations. That means we’re connecting conscious consumers with social enterprises, charities, community groups, co-ops, other not for profits, and B Corps who are aligned with their values.
It’s a one-stop platform where consumers choose the value areas that are important to them and we show the for-purpose organisations who meet these values. From there, they decide how they want to engage with and support them! This can be shopping, donating and attending courses and events. There are also opportunities for working, volunteering and collaborating.
It’s also a one-stop platform where for-purpose organisations can sell products/services, obtain donations (DGR1 only), offer courses and education programs, list unlimited paid and volunteers jobs, fund-raising and other events and collaboration opportunities, They can also access grants and a directory of service providers who specialise in providing services to the for-purpose sector.
What is the biggest challenge?
There have been a few challenges over the last 4 years of research and platform development (oh, the stories I could tell…). But the biggest challenge we are now facing is the chicken and egg scenario of a two-sided platform and marketplace. We have hundreds of consumers ready to find, engage and transact with for-purpose organisations, but we need the organisations on the platform first so they can be found, engaged and transacted with. So, which SENVIC members are willing to take the first steps…
What is your hope for the future?
My hope for the future is that people live their lives according to their values. Greatest Good is the White Pages, ebay, Seek, Eventbrite and more of for-purpose organisations. We hope that consumers use it to find for-purpose organisations aligned with their values, then use the platform to shop with, donate to, attend learning, find paid and volunteer jobs, fund-raising, collaboration and other events offered by these organisations. Doing this will grow and build capacity in the for-purpose sector, as well as building a community of conscious consumers willing to collectively tackle social and environmental problems.
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Apr 21, 2020 | Other
Enterprise name
The Difference Incubator
What’s the trading activity?
The Difference Incubator (TDi) is a boutique, senior-led team of practitioners bringing together decades of success in strategic consultancy, organisational and operational leadership, non-executive governance, impact accelerator design and delivery and social entrepreneurship. We are driven by a deep belief in the power of business to achieve change and believe that building more sustainable and equitable businesses not only solves big societal issues, but also improves business performance.
We are here to help businesses and their leaders to make that happen. We work with enterprises and not-for-profits to design business models that address today’s biggest social and environmental challenges, whilst delivering competitive financial returns. We are committed to building social enterprise capability and since 2010, we have been supporting the development of social enterprises in Australia and across the Pacific, building sustainable models and reducing donor dependence.
What we do:
– Sustainable business modelling
– Strategic planning
– Business capability building
– Social impact measurement and evaluation
– Social innovation partner
What is your hope for the future?
We dream of an economy that is worthy of the human spirit. an economy that is inclusive, embraces diversity, shares prosperity and is sustainable. We see social enterprise as being central and essential to the establishment and long term success of this new economy.
How are you going with the work?
We exist to empower, amplify and help sustain the amazing efforts of entrepreneurs, founders, businesses (staff and executives) and directors. Our work takes us across Australia and the Pacific (and sometimes beyond) working with a variety of peoples and communities. Our aspirations are large and our work may never be complete, but we are delighted by the proliferation of social enterprise we have seen over the last decade.
www.tdi.org.au
Sep 3, 2019 | Other
Enterprise name
CrimCheck Ltd
What’s the social or environmental cause your enterprise addresses?
Alleviating social isolation in the elderly by the provision of community transport and social support services.
Describe your trading activity (what do you sell and who are your customers?)
We deliver background screening services nationwide.
How are you going with the work?
We currently provide our services to over 2,000 organisations across Australia.
What is the biggest challenge?
Our biggest challenge is competing with commercial entities who often advertise using our trademarked name through online searches. Many of our competitors have been purchased by overseas companies but still portray themselves as Australian Companies.
What is your hope for the future?
That we can expand our services to more organisations when they realise that not only are we competitive, but also have a social purpose.
www.crimcheck.org.au
