Australian Social Enterprises

Hope Street Cafés are not-for-profit social enterprises providing great value, healthy and easy breakfast and lunch options, events, functions and catering. We provide opportunities for people facing barriers to employment to learn new skills and gain hands-on experience in the hospitality industry. We also collaborate with local training providers, cafés and restaurants to build supported pathways to employment and a sustainable livelihood. Products and services include Catering & Hospitality. Primary beneficiaries include Long Term Unemployed People. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Horizon Business Plans just opened its (virtual) doors in February with the mission to help small businesses write business plans that help them access funding. I am still very early in my journey but my plan is to focus on solely supporting social enterp

Note: website under construction as the business is currently being developed with expected revenue from 1 July 2021. Hot Office provides a service that supports individuals to establish their micro-business start-ups. Our role is to provide advice, couns

Our team supports hospitality trainees with disabilities while offering a unique experience for travellers to the Blue Mountains. We provide 16 elegant rooms—Queen, Family, and Twin—each with an ensuite. Our restaurant and bar serve delicious Italian-inspired cuisine, with inviting spaces for socializing and relaxing. We also have private meeting and dining rooms, conference facilities, and corporate packages. Products and services include Catering & Hospitality, Travel & Tourism, Gifts or rewards. Primary beneficiaries include People with disabilities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

House of Welcome Catering (HW Catering) is a social enterprise using the power of food to connect communities and empower people from refugee and asylum seeking backgrounds to participate in employment opportunities. We empower participants to build financial security through meaningful employment and create pathways supporting self-determination and independence. Our menus reflect participants' cuisines while meeting the needs of all customers throughout Sydney. Products and services include Catering & Hospitality. Primary beneficiaries include New Migrants & Refugee Communities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

The Housing Hub is the place to search for a new home with accessible features. It's also a place for providers of housing to list properties that are accessible for people with disability.

We amplify the human quotient—the magic that happens when IQ and EQ come together—to open up spaces for learning, to rapidly uplift capability, and to create new win-win solutions to address challenges critical to Australia’s interests. As a social enterprise we create career pathways for Defence partners, veterans and women into projects with Defence, government and industry clients. Products and services include Community & Social Services, Engineer, Research, Tech services, Human resource services & recruitment. Primary beneficiaries include People in a particular vocation or profession. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

As a veteran family business and certified social enterprise Human Quotient Group is on a mission to boost wellbeing, employment and education outcomes for the veteran community and women facing systemic barriers to workforce participation. Human Quotient Group provides professional services for Defence, industry and government across the fields of: integrated logistics, engineering, project management, training and program design and delivery. The social enterprise delivers community benefits through employment, training, programs, advocacy and events. Current team members are majority veterans and spouses of current-serving ADF members. Human Quotient Group is an award-winning business having received the Small Employer of the Year award at the 2025 Prime Minister’s National Veteran Employment Awards. HQG also received a 2025 Award for Excellence from VESPIIA and is a Veteran Employer of Choice (with the Department of Veterans Affairs, DVA), a member of the SA Government’s Employer Network, a certified Australian Veteran Owned Business and a member of the Veteran Business Community. The company procures from social enterprises and Defence partner and veteran businesses wherever possible and prioritises the environment and community over short-term profits.

The Human Rights Arts & Film Festival is a not-for-profit arts organisation that hosts the largest public human rights arts and film event in Australia, engaging and inspiring audiences on human rights issues through art, film, music, and conversation. The festival showcases stories from around the world, including Australia, to cultivate a vibrant human rights community, culture, and conversation. By doing so, it aims to promote human rights awareness and inspire positive change.

Humanitarian Advisory Group brings fresh thinking to challenge the status quo of humanitarian aid and emergency response - both here in Australia and overseas. We provide research, evaluation, education and training, and advisory support on to government, humanitarian organisations, universities and businesses. Products and services include Community & Social Services, Human resource services & recruitment, Training & Education Services. Primary beneficiaries include People in developing countries. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Primary beneficiaries include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

We provide a safe space for food entrepreneurs to gain confidence, expand their knowledge and networks, and work in partnership to create an enabling environment that leads to greater economic empowerment. With a particular focus on working with underrepresented food makers impacted by gender, racial, social and economic inequality.

At Hume, we don't answer to shareholders‚ because we don't have any. We're owned by our customers: the same people who make our communities what they are. It's this important difference that ties us closer to the regions we serve and it's not the only difference.

HUMIFORM is a Melbourne based education social enterprise that aims to empower young people to become active citizens and change makers. We believe that education has the power to shape a better world.

To establish a botanic garden within the Hunter Region that would serve the people as a focus for the appreciation, study, research and enjoyment of horticulture, botany and related fields by the growing and display of plants, both native and introduced species, in landscaped and natural surroundings. Products and services include Community & Social Services, Horticulture & arboriculture, Training & Education Services. Primary beneficiaries include Environmental Sustainability. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Wellbeing Centre for homeless and disadvantaged people - meals, showers, laundry, lockers, mail, recreation, education Education and training - computer training, literacy and numeracy, cooking, art, music Pastoral care Visiting professional services - nurse, podiatrist, doctor, Centrelink, legal, housing, dentist, drug & alcohol Client services - case management Opportunity shop - Mon-Fri 10.30am-12.30pm

iClick2Learn teaches business skills to staff and volunteers working in not-for-profits, charities, social enterprises & community groups. Our comprehensive education platform and learning library help our vital community workforce adapt to change and build resilient and sustainable organisations.Our social impact purpose is to help the helpers live their purpose to impact their communities by providing accessible knowledge when they need it. Products and services include Training & Education Services. Primary beneficiaries include A charitable or not for profit organisation. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Ieramugadu Store Maya and Cafe are an Aboriginal-Owned not-for-profit supermarket and cafe. We create impact by providing culturally safe jobs and training for First Nations people, supporting food security for families and youth at risk, and offering inclusive employment for those facing barriers. Profits are reinvested into community-led programs that promote wellbeing, empowerment, and long-term opportunity. The mission of our social enterprise is to improve food security, create meaningful employment, and empower First Nations people through community-owned, culturally safe, and sustainable services that reinvest profits back into local wellbeing and development.

Our mission is to turn passion into possibility by unleashing the potential of passionate entrepreneurs, to take greater control of their lives through self-employment and business creation.