Australian Social Enterprises

Work+Stay is a social enterprise providing professional recruitment and retention services to regional employers across Australia. Their unique STAY program supports candidates and their families with settlement services and community connections, creating sustainable outcomes for individuals and thriving regional communities.

Primary beneficiaries include People in a particular vocation or profession. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

WorkVentures is a sustainable social enterprise providing technology solutions to clients while creating employment opportunities and digital access to community. We can provide services Australia-wide through our facilities in Mascot, NSW and Tullamarine, VIC. Our commercial services include: - Technology repair & end-of-life management - Logistics & warehousing - IT support services - Technology system integration & project management Products and services include IT & Telecomms, Waste Management & Landfill. Primary beneficiaries include Marginalised Youth. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

WorkVentures exists to ignite the potential in young people through skills and employment. We are a a self-funding social enterprise that provides access to meaningful employment and skills development. Since 1979, WorkVentures has supported more than 24,000 people by training, qualifications and employment. Products and services include Human resource services & recruitment, Training & Education Services. Primary beneficiaries include Marginalised Youth. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Returning to the office: World Wellness Group are offering bulk flu shots for corporates and digital GP consultations. We run the World Wellness Community Clinic in Stones Corner, Brisbane. We channel all profits into prevention and treatment programs that promote health and wellbeing. Products and services include Healthcare Services. Primary beneficiaries include New Migrants & Refugee Communities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Worthy Cause offers employment opportunities to marginalised people who have overcome significant hardships. We offer a range of high quality catering solutions and our delicious cookies. In bespoke packaging and delivered that suits your needs. We host corporate team building and training days. Products and services include Catering & Hospitality, Gifts or rewards, Training & Education Services. Primary beneficiaries include People with mental illness. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

WV Tech provide the following services: * IT Decommissioning * Data Destruction (up to Secret) * Asset Remarketing * eWaste Recycling Clients include Boral, Mirvac, Lendlease, Telstra, Fujitsu, CSIRO among others. We operate to ISO 9001, 14001, 18001 and AS/NZS 4801 and 5377 standards. We are Supply Nation Registered and a member of NAID (National Association for Information Destruction) Products and services include IT & Telecomms, Waste Management & Landfill. Primary beneficiaries include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Primary beneficiaries include People with disabilities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

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YLab is a social enterprise that brings young people with diverse lived experience and partners together to tackle society’s most complex challenges. What we offer includes: Co-design and facilitation Learning and development Strategy Research and insights Creative services First Nations Products and services include Community & Social Services, Marketing and Communications, Training & Education Services. Primary beneficiaries include Marginalised Youth. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Grow Membership.

YMCA ReBuild is a social enterprise delivering commercial construction services whilst training, employing and supporting young people involved in the criminal justice system. Our aim is to reduce the rates of reoffending and reintegrate young people into the community. Over 10 years operating has given us the opportunity to provide training to over 150 young people in custody, and employ over 350 from the justice system. Products and services include Building Trade, Repairs & Maintenance, Horticulture & arboriculture. Primary beneficiaries include Prisoners and ex-offenders. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

YMCA South Australia is a leading community organization providing aquatic and recreation services, early learning centres, outside school hour care, and youth empowerment programs across South Australia. The organization operates recreation facilities and offers allied health services including exercise physiology and physiotherapy, serving families, children and students with comprehensive health, education and community programs.

We provide accessibility to trauma-informed yoga and embodied mindfulness programs to vulnerable members of the community who experience the symptoms of trauma to THRIVE and not just SURVIVE. The benefits which include 'better connect with ourselves and others', improved relationships, management of stress and anxiety (particularly in uncertain times), and reduced impulsivity. Products and services include Healthcare Services, Community & Social Services. Primary beneficiaries include Other disadvantaged people. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Primary beneficiaries include People with disabilities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Young Change Agents is a Queensland-based not-for-profit social enterprise that empowers young people to identify community problems and reframe them as entrepreneurial opportunities. Through partnerships with schools and educators, they deliver entrepreneurial learning and design thinking programs that help marginalised youth develop skills for the future workforce.

Youngster.co is an intergenerational social enterprise that connects digitally-savvy young people with seniors and others needing technology assistance. It provides patient, practical tech help, fostering digital inclusion for learners while offering employment, skill development, and confidence-building opportunities for the youth educators. The organisation aims to build stronger communities through these connections.

We offer allied health supports in the NDIS, fee for service and Medicare spaces. We also offer Australia award winning disability supports including Respite, and Community Care. We service Gold Coast, Brisbane, Melbourne, Hunter Valley & Tweed Heads. We won the Best Service in Australia in the Disability Space for Allied Health, Respite and Community Care. Our impact is to increase mainstream connections. Products and services include Community & Social Services. Primary beneficiaries include A particular geographic community. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Yourtown Enterprises provides paid work and training opportunities for young people aged 15-25 experiencing significant disadvantage and barriers to employment. Through a blended workforce model, qualified tradespeople supervise and train young people in grounds maintenance, landscaping, construction, and cleaning services, helping them gain practical skills and pathways to future employment.

Youth Enterprises Australia is a certified social enterprise that provides employment opportunities for young people facing barriers to work through a six-month employment and training program. The program combines paid work experience with life skills training, employability skills development, and wraparound support from youth workers to help participants transition to sustainable long-term employment.

YFO is a unique organisation, offering interventions to engage disadvantaged young people through complex trauma informed outdoor therapy. Customers include agencies from alternative education, child and youth mental health, child safety, youth justice, schools, refugee, AOD, and NDIS. Our practice framework is evidenced by research showing the importance of regulating the young person before other interventions. We embed our practice in human rights. Products and services include Community & Social Services, Healthcare Services. Primary beneficiaries include Marginalised Youth. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Yume Food operates Australia's leading online marketplace for surplus food, connecting businesses with excess inventory to buyers in the food industry. Their technology platform prevents food waste by facilitating the sale of surplus food, reducing landfill waste and environmental damage while creating economic value for businesses.

ZapCat is an Australian social enterprise that facilitates the transition of households and businesses to clean energy by electrifying everything. They provide instant cost estimates, free consultations, and connect clients with verified installers, with a particular focus on assisting vulnerable households and those at risk of being left behind in the energy transition.