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🗓 Date: Wednesday, 7 December 2022
⏰ Time: 5pm-7pm Launch and tours
📍 Location: The large shed at the top of String Bean Alley (beside the wooden pallet sculpture near Peel St)

Join Social Enterprise Australia as they launch groundbreaking research on the contribution of social enterprise to Australia, and deliver this to Canberra.

A social enterprise is a business, for good. They trade like any other business, but exist specifically to make the world a better place. 

But their overall contribution to Australia has been little known – until now.

Social Enterprise Australia commissioned research to better understand the size and economic contribution of social enterprise in Australia. The research was done by Impact Tracks and funded by the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation.

The resulting report shows that – despite limited Federal Government recognition and support – the social enterprise sector makes a significant contribution.

Imagine what could be possible with deeper Federal Government partnership with the sector, as other governments do in places like Canada and Scotland.  

Bonus: Did you also know that 17th November is World Social Enterprise Day (#socialenterpriseday)? What better way to mark the day!

Join us online on November 17 to hear the research findings, celebrate our shared work , and to see the research hand-delivered to our colleagues in Canberra.

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What: SENVIC is inviting our social enterprise community to a two-part workshop sprint to respond to the Federal Government Employment White Paper Consultation, closing on Wednesday, 30 November 2022.

Why: We know that government consultations aren’t a sexy or exciting use of your time – but – we know there is a real opportunity to shape policy change when we get our foot in the door. 

Working in social enterprise is hard – we want to make it easier!  

Following this week’s new data on our economic contribution, this is a key opportunity for the government to lean in and learn from our community.  

So What? This is your chance to advocate your needs, your lived experience, and your passion towards favourable policy change for work integrated social enterprise in Australia. 

If we can take some of your pain away through making sense of the consultation process, then we know social enterprise will have a real opportunity to influence policy through their practitioner expertise and lived experience.

Our Value Exchange

We can’t do it alone. Help us to help you:

1. Be heard by SENVIC and have your key messages amplified through the collective voice
2. Test our key messages and template design to tell us what works and doesn’t work to enable your independent submission to be delivered
3. Come together for some peer-support and mentoring. At Monday’s workshop, we’ll sit alongside you with some awesome virtual energy and hand holding to help you stand up an independent submission.

How: Two Online facilitated workshops – Register for 1 or both workshops via Humanitix

When: 

Workshop 1 – Friday 25 Nov 1pm-2pm 

• Why should I care about the consultation and what is a ‘submission assistant’? (We’ll be super brief but it’s important to discuss!)

• What do you think of our key messages? (Keep them, bin them or something else?)

• What do you think about our template design elements for you/your staff to use? (Keep them, bin them or something else?)
• What are your key messages that we need to hear in relation to work-integrated social enterprise in your local context? (We know that passionate conversations can be tricky but hold all the important messages – let’s create space for that!)

Information Session and Workshop 2 – Monday 28 Nov 1pm-2pm

• What we learnt from workshop 1 (We’ll be super brief, but it gives us context and focus for the next leg of the sprint)

• Launch of the submission assistant (Your practical navigation tool)

• Opportunity no. 2 to share your key messages that we need to hear in relation to work-integrated social enterprise in your local context (like we said – we want to create space for those passionate conversations!)

• If you’re super keen to put a submission in on behalf of your social enterprise, but are still feeling unsure, let us be your personal cheer leader and mentor! We’ll stay online for an extra hour to motivate, answer questions, and help you get that submission over the line – think of it like a silent disco!

Social Enterprise Day is a special day to raise awareness of social enterprises. Frankston Social Enterprise Hub will be showcasing some of our local social enterprises at a breakfast event at Sages Cottages Farm where there will also be a live broadcast by our local radio station RPP FM!

Come along to hear speakers from Frankston Social Enterprise Hub, Family Life, Big Little Brush and our hosts Wallara.

Coffee and light refreshments will be available on arrival and throughout the morning. Full breakfast will be able to be purchased from the café menu.

Sages Cottage Farm is Wallara’s 38-acre heritage listed property on the Mornington Peninsula. It is a working farm that provides educational programs and employment pathways for people with a disability. 

The Farm is open to the public to enjoy the wonderful farm to plate offerings at Harvest Café, leisurely walks around the picturesque gardens and wetlands and get to know the farm animals – many that have bigger than life personalities

For more information on Sages Cottage Farm and Café, please visit www.sagescottage.com.au

What: SENVIC is inviting our social enterprise community to a two-part workshop sprint to respond to the Federal Government Employment White Paper Consultation, closing on Wednesday, 30 November 2022.

Why: We know that government consultations aren’t a sexy or exciting use of your time – but – we know there is a real opportunity to shape policy change when we get our foot in the door. 

Working in social enterprise is hard – we want to make it easier!  

Following this week’s new data on our economic contribution, this is a key opportunity for the government to lean in and learn from our community.  

So What? This is your chance to advocate your needs, your lived experience, and your passion towards favourable policy change for work integrated social enterprise in Australia. 

If we can take some of your pain away through making sense of the consultation process, then we know social enterprise will have a real opportunity to influence policy through their practitioner expertise and lived experience.

Our Value Exchange

We can’t do it alone. Help us to help you:

1. Be heard by SENVIC and have your key messages amplified through the collective voice
2. Test our key messages and template design to tell us what works and doesn’t work to enable your independent submission to be delivered
3. Come together for some peer-support and mentoring. At Monday’s workshop, we’ll sit alongside you with some awesome virtual energy and hand holding to help you stand up an independent submission.

How: Two Online facilitated workshops – Register for 1 or both workshops via Humanitix

When: 

Workshop 1 – Friday 25 Nov 1pm-2pm 

• Why should I care about the consultation and what is a ‘submission assistant’? (We’ll be super brief but it’s important to discuss!)

• What do you think of our key messages? (Keep them, bin them or something else?)

• What do you think about our template design elements for you/your staff to use? (Keep them, bin them or something else?)
• What are your key messages that we need to hear in relation to work-integrated social enterprise in your local context? (We know that passionate conversations can be tricky but hold all the important messages – let’s create space for that!)

Information Session and Workshop 2 – Monday 28 Nov 1pm-2pm

• What we learnt from workshop 1 (We’ll be super brief, but it gives us context and focus for the next leg of the sprint)

• Launch of the submission assistant (Your practical navigation tool)

• Opportunity no. 2 to share your key messages that we need to hear in relation to work-integrated social enterprise in your local context (like we said – we want to create space for those passionate conversations!)

• If you’re super keen to put a submission in on behalf of your social enterprise, but are still feeling unsure, let us be your personal cheer leader and mentor! We’ll stay online for an extra hour to motivate, answer questions, and help you get that submission over the line – think of it like a silent disco!

Catalyst 2030 is the global movement mobilising to accelerate the achievement of the UN SDGs by 2030.

The Social Enterprise Scholar Practitioner Network (SESPN) was formed to create a closer bond, intersectional identity and knowledge exchange between social enterprise practitioners and academia.

Following the Social Enterprise World Forum 2022, SESPN is presenting two speakers at our regular monthly virtual meet-ups.

At the Tuesday session, join us as we hear from Professor Eddie Blass.

Professor Eddie Blass left her academic career to pursue the Inventorium, a scaleable online education platform and high school curriculum that is systemically different from current education systems.  She has worked in Business Schools and Education Faculty, and is also a qualified school teacher.

In working with the students in the Inventorium, Eddie has become enlightened as to how teenagers are using gaming to change their world, and how this could translate into a new world order and future if it were to be realised.  This session questions the extent to which our own paradigms and understandings are limiting the impact of these changes, and discusses a research agenda to help progress and change.

Also check out our Thursday session with Jeremy Hale.

Book Tuesday’s session with Professor Eddie Blass

Catalyst 2030 is the global movement mobilising to accelerate the achievement of the UN SDGs by 2030.

The Social Enterprise Scholar Practitioner Network (SESPN) was formed to create a closer bond, intersectional identity and knowledge exchange between social enterprise practitioners and academia.

Following the Social Enterprise World Forum 2022, SESPN is presenting two speakers at our regular monthly virtual meet-ups.

At the Thursday session, join us as we hear from Jeremy Hale.

Jeremy Hale is a researcher for the Advanced Botanical and Biomass Research Institute and Natural Rebound, where he finds systemic solutions for communities focused on remediation and regenerative agriculture. His work is based on the premise of providing food, shelter, and clean water to communities before scaling industries and establishing infrastructure to support generational financial stability. As a scholar-practitioner he also develops research projects with universities to support industry development and support communities through sustainable strategies and technologies.

Jeremy will discuss systems thinking and ways we as scholars should adjust to the chaos of our specialties and accept the limitations of quantification. Jeremy will also discuss his recent talk in Amsterdam “discussing the relationship of arts and sciences in communicating global issues” and Ecuador “discussing the impacts of linear systems thinking and the need for circular systems when addressing issues”

Check out our Tuesday session with Eddie Blass – https://events.humanitix.com/s…

An exciting opportunity for up to 25 enterprising people to become part of the Gippsland Local Learning Lab. The Gippsland Social Enterprise Collective has partnered with WWF-Australia,Regen Studios, and The Australian Centre for Social Innovation (TACSI) to support local regenerative enterprises at the Gippsland Local Learning Lab – a two day workshop designed to support groups, entrepreneurs and businesses with an idea, project, or enterprise for regenerating Gippsland.12-13 Nov, West Gippsland  more info>

SENVIC launched its first Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) to support and showcase our young social entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs in Victoria. After an intensive eight weeks of expert-led learning and attending the Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF2022), we are excited to announce SENVIC’s first Pitch Night.

CELEBRATE WITH US
We’re immensely proud of our Emerging Leaders Program and can’t wait to celebrate the successes of our inaugural graduates.

MINGLE AND NETWORK
Join Melbourne’s social enterprise community for an evening of networking, non-alcoholic drinks and snacks.

SHOW YOUR SUPPORT
Emerging leaders are looking for skills and support that you might just have. A few of our ELP participants will pitch about their progress, milestones, challenges and celebrations from the social enterprises they work for or have founded from various sectors including Aboriginal clothing, disability, mental health, employment and media. 

This will be an inclusive, supportive and memorable pitch and networking night with connection, collaboration and celebration. Everyone is welcome, bring a friend and share in your networks!

6:00 pm | STREAT Cafe doors open
6.30 pm | Welcome to Country & Pitches commence
7.15 pm | Networking, drinks and snacks
8.30 pm | Event concludes

Free event – but if you can pay it forward we would love this!

🗓 Date: Friday 11 November
⏰ Time: 6PM – 8.30PM
📍 Location: STREAT Cafe – 66 Cromwell St, Collingwood VIC 3066

Snacks and non-alcoholic drinks provided. 

Look forward to seeing you there!

If you have any questions, contact Sakshi (sakshi@senvic.org.au) or Nick (nick@senvic.org.au)

Realtalk is a virtual morning tea to connect with other social entrepreneurs. It’s casual and informal and enables you to connect with others and share what’s going on with you.

Mikhara Ramsing from Miks Chai is candid about the challenges in her social enterprise and is keen to connect and share learnings with others. She doesn’t have all the answers but believes we are stronger together.

Mikhara is a social entrepreneur from regional Australia. She is the founder of Miks Chai – a tea social enterprise which funds suicide prevention – and Ethnic LGBT+ – a national resource platform for culturally and linguistically diverse LGTBIQA+ communities. She believes stories save lives and has travelled 70,000Km around Australia in a self-built tiny home connecting with rural communities. She is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directions and has been nominated as the Young Australian of the Year QLD 2019, AFR Top 100 Women of Influence and was awarded a Westpac Social Change Fellowship enabling her to attend Harvard University and work with communities around the world. She is passionate about using business as a tool for social impact, you can watch her Tedx Talk here.

SENVIC’s 2022 AGM will be a hybrid event online and in-person at CURATE Space, Melbourne. Doors open at 5.30pm for a 6.00pm start. The AGM will end at about 6.30pm and will be followed by a panel and open-floor discussion of current issues and challenges arising from SEWF22. Meet the new SENVIC directors and join your peers to explore what lies ahead for our movement.

SENVIC Members will be sent a ‘Guestboard invitation’

Please contact hello@senvic.org.au if you have not received this.