The Queensland Social Enterprise Partnership is funded by the Queensland Government’s Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation (DEEDI) and Department of Communities.
The partnership is designed to continue and expand SVA’s work supporting social enterprises in Queensland that are creating employment opportunities for people who are excluded from the labour market.
SVA will continue to provide business and relationship management to 21 social enterprises previously supported through the following projects:
Queensland Inclusive Social Enterprises Project (QISEP), funded by the Department of Communities
Participate in Prosperity Project, funded by DEEDI through the Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative
Youth Enterprise Partnership Project (YEP), funded by the Department of Communities
Supporting Social Enterprises Project (SSEP), funded by the Australian Government.
The partnership will also enable SVA to offer investment plus support to up to 10 new social enterprises in Queensland. The selected social enterprises will benefit from practical business support, expertise, training and funding that will assist them to grow and create jobs.
Enquiries
For further information on the partnership please contact Andrew Hamilton or Susan Black.
Applications
All social enterprises looking for investment and support will have to meet SVA’s investment criteria and go through a rigorous due diligence process. All social enterprises are required to present a business plan as part of the due diligence process. To assist you with this, SVA, in partnership with Parramatta City Council, has developed a business planning guide and template.
Click here to download the Business Plan Guide [PDF File Size: 1.8MB]
Click here to download the Business Plan Template [Word Document File Size: 49KB]
If you are interested in applying, please click here.
Supported Social Enterprises
The following social enterprises are supported as part of the Queensland Social Enterprise Partnership:
Australian Indigenous Youth Academy (AIYA) – School based traineeships for Indigenous students and fee for service programs targeted at the wider community
www.aiya.com.au
Baillie Café – A cafe providing employment opportunities to people with a mental illness in Toowoomba.
BARK (Brothers Acts of Random Kindness) – Provides vegetation management, mowing, tree clearing, weed control and tree lopping services in Townsville
The Big Issue – A current affairs magazine sold in cities and towns throughout Australia by people experiencng homelessness and/or long term unemployment. The funding covered the expansion into Ipswich.
www.bigissue.org.au
Changing Landscapes Asset Maintenance – A professional cleaning service specialising in professional rental bond and office cleaning. It is an extension of by Challenge Employment and Training’s social enterprise, Changing Landscapes, an established landscaping and gardening business within the Ipswich region.
www.changinglandscapes.com.au
Club Afrique – A venue hire facility in East Brisbane is an initiative of Queensland African Communities Council (QACC).
www.qacc.com.au
Entekcom – A computer recycling and refurbishment social enterprise, providing low cost computers to the community
www.entekcom.com
Food Connect Brisbane – Fruit and Veg subscription box, connecting farmers with city folk
www.foodconnect.com.au
Ipswich Healthy Hampers Cooperative – provides access to low cost food for families that are experiencing financial hardship, as well as employment opportunities for people excluded from the labour market
www.tivolimc.com.au
Just Earth – a retail store serving as a ‘one stop shop’ for all products green, fair trade, and locally produced. Juat Earth is an initiative of Spiral Community Hub
www.justearth.org.au
Lagoon Creek Catering and Function Centre – Provides catering and catered conference and meeting facilities in Caboolture, Queensland. It is an initiative of Caboolture Community Work Co-operative.
www.lagooncreekcafe.com.au
Lowercase – Youth focused peer research, consulting and communications enterprise
www.lowercase.net.au
Livingin Constructions and Livingin Landscapes (social enterprises of Kyabra Community Association) – Creates universal design housing and landscapes in Brisbane.
livinginlandscapes.com.au, www.kyabra.org
Mu’ooz Eritrean Restaurant and Catering – Restaurant and catering provider
www.muooz.com.au
NQGS (North Queensland Green Solutions) – A tip shop and recycling social enterprise located at the Harvey Ranges tip site in Townville
NQGS on Facebook
Nundah Community Enterprise Co-operative Parks and Property Maintenance – provides contract services in park maintenance.
www.ncec.com.au
People Power Cleaning (PPC) – Domestic cleaning service
www.peoplepowercleaning.com
Sandgate Economic Enterprise Development (SEED) – Property maintenance and commercial cleaning services
www.seedppm.com
STEPS Ahead – A cleaning and property maintenance business in Townsville.
Tasty Fresh – A catering service that provides a transitional work environment and pathway to employment for unemployed women in the Logan area.
www.loganwomen.com.au