Resources

Featured resources

The Swinburne Social Startup Studio

Social Enterprise Fundamentals

Now launched and freely available, The Social Enterprise Fundamentals are a set of videos, workbooks and interactive workshops providing the ‘nuts and bolts’ of social enterprise to new and emerging social entrepreneurs as well as anyone who’s ever wanted to know more about social enterprise. Free to access and available online.

Click here for more information

What is Social Enterprise?

See our page What is Social Enteprise?

Learning and development opportunities to help you on your social enterprise journey are available at ACRE. Click here to find out more.

Starting out

Become a Social Enterprise

Check Business Victoria for more information.
SENVIC founding member Jaison Hoernel from Good Cycles on finding tools to create your own impact.
Check out the Centre for Social Impact for more resources, publications and events.
The Swinburne Social Startup Studio offers support to early-stage Social Enterprise including a range of free resources titled Social Enterprise Fundamentals

Using the Business Model Canvas for Social Enterprise Design

Free download: Learn how to balance commercial success and your impact to achieve the change you’re passionate about.

Well-being check

How are you going?

It is healthy to talk about the stress and trauma caused directly or indirectly by COVID-19. The mental load is significant and you need to look after yourself to look after others.

We’ve collected some resources to help you through. Find out more.

Marketing and promoting your enterprise

Social Traders certification

What does certification mean? Find out more at Social Traders.

Marketing your social enterprise

Advice to maximise your impact. Read or listen on Impact Boom

Reach conscious consumers

Looking for somewhere to get your good business promoted? (Think) Enough can help

Upskilling

Downtime or lockdown is a perfect time to improve the way you work. The Victorian Government has created an online portal to help businesses access tools and training that can help you pivot or plan for post-lockdown.

https://upskill.business.vic.gov.au

Funding and financing pathways

A list of incubators and accelerators, plus intermediaries that can help you source the right social finance for your social enterprise is available from Impact Investing Australia.

Awards and competitions

Victoria’s social enterprise community has much to celebrate. SENVIC is currently developing the first awards program that will increase the visibility and recognition of social enterprise in the wider community. The awards will showcase the strength and breadth of the social enterprise community in Victoria and how we are building an inclusive, sustainable and environmentally responsible economy.

Stay tuned for details about the inaugural SENVIC awards in 2021.

If you have an idea to help us shape the awards, please email us at hello@senvic.org.au.

Sustaining the work

Coaching and Mentoring

X-Factor Collective

The X-Factor Collective is an Australian-first community supporting capacity building, of and for social change-makers. Designed to remove the ‘headache and heartache’ in finding trusted support and advice with experienced, pre-vetted, multi-disciplinary, accessible specialists in social impact. Find out more.