Australian social enterprises over 20 years: A timeline
17 June 2020 at 8:44 pm
The Australian social enterprise sector has come a long way in the last 20 years. We take a look back through the Pro Bono News archives to re-examine some of the major moments that have defined the sector.
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Made up of social, community and business leaders, the alliance forms to create, develop and fund new programs to assist disadvantaged Australians.
The recently launched Social Ventures Australia offers up a quarter of a million dollars to social entrepreneurs with solutions to entrenched social problems.
The organisation hopes young people will lead the way in the new business model.
The forum is told by sector leaders and advocates that a “mission driven cause doesn’t have to be at odds with profit motivation.”
The joint Social Traders and the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies research finds the Australian social enterprise sector is mature, sustainable and internally diverse.
The first initiative provides funding assistance to create and grow social enterprises, while the second connects employment social enterprises with advice and expertise from key professional service firms.
A social procurement guide for local government is published to promote the concept.
As the appetite for social enterprise development in the state grows, the Queensland Social Enterprise Council opens its doors to support the sector’s growth.
The fund is believed to be one of the country’s biggest.
The findings, released by Social Traders and the Swinburne University’s Centre for Social Impact, map Australia’s social enterprise sector for the second time.
The funding drop is part of a vision to make the state the number one destination for startups and entrepreneurs in Australia.
After seven years of supporting early-stage social enterprise development, the School for Social Entrepreneurs Australia (SSE) announces it is ending operations.
It’s hoped the strategy will strengthen the sector and create more employment opportunities for disadvantaged Victorians.
The half a million dollar initiative is part of a wide-ranging strategy aimed at creating more jobs for disadvantaged Queenslanders.
As coronavirus wreaks economic and social havoc throughout the social sector, social enterprise networks launch a new impact measurement initiative capturing the impacts of the virus on the sector to present to government.
The sector unites, forging a plan to build the economy back better post-coronavirus.
For a deeper look at these key changes, you can check out our article examining how far the social enterprise sector has come since 2000 here.
Maggie Coggan | Journalist | @MaggieCoggan
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