Australian Social Enterprises

Specialisterne focusses on creating neuroinclusive workplaces where individuals thrive. We provide strategic advisory services, education, training, recruitment, and workplace support to organisations around the world. Specialisterne Australia partners with business and government who recognise the value in hiring people and enabling existing employees who think and communicate differently – an asset in problem-solving, team building, and innovation. Products and services include Human resource services & recruitment, Training & Education Services. Primary beneficiaries include People with disabilities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

ISC is a member-based, purpose-led peak/industry body for infrastructure sustainability, ensuring all infrastructure delivers social, cultural, environmental and economic benefit. Products and services include Advertising & media, Business & Administrative Services, Training & Education Services, Marketing and Communications. Primary beneficiaries include Environmental Sustainability. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Cleanable Property Maintenance Service (Cleanable) is a commercial cleaning and property maintenance social enterprise providing sustainable, paid employment to people facing barriers to employment. We offer services such as Commercial Cleaning, Labour Hire Services and External Building and Grounds Cleaning. We also supply a large range of hygiene products. These include toilet paper, hand towels, soaps, air fresheners, dispensers etc. Products and services include Cleaning Services & Equipment & Supplies, Human resource services & recruitment. Primary beneficiaries include People with mental illness. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

LoveLuvo is a retail social enterprise based in Seddon, Victoria. We stock eco-friendly, locally-sourced and fair trade home and body products. LoveLuvo was created by WCIG to provide sustainable, paid employment for people who experience barriers to finding a job, giving people an opportunity to build skills and confidence in a supportive work environment. "The good you do comes back to you" Products and services include Cleaning Services & Equipment & Supplies, Gifts or rewards, Personal & Domestic Services. Primary beneficiaries include People with mental illness. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Recognition Membership.

gforce employment + recruitment operates across Geelong and Ballarat, Western Melbourne and across South West Victoria. gforce is a professional recruitment, traineeship, apprenticeship, outplacement and career guidance organisation working to find the perfect match for jobseekers and employers. We are committed to reducing unemployment and recruitment injustices of discrimination, exclusion and bias. gforce is ISO 90001 certified Products and services include Human resource services & recruitment. Primary beneficiaries include A particular geographic community. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Mai-Wel Enterprises is a leading Australian Disability Enterprise in the Hunter region, providing employment opportunities for people with disabilities. We offer high-quality services such as packaging, assembly, printing, and light metal fabrication. Our mission is to reinvest profits into programs supporting individuals with disabilities and job seekers, fostering an inclusive community. Products and services include Business & Administrative Services, Industrial Production & manufacture, Office supplies & services. Primary beneficiaries include People with disabilities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

The Mayi Market aims to transform food supply to remote Indigenous communities in Cape York by providing an online food market. It is a social enterprise, low-overheads model delivering food boxes at mainstream prices each fortnight. In each location community members assist in the distribution of pre-ordered food boxes and help to run a market stall selling, initially, fresh fruit, vegetables and meat. Products and services include Food & Beverage Products. Primary beneficiaries include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Great coffee brought to you and your guests. Coffee carts, mobile bar, activations and long term in-house barista services. Great quality and excellent service. Co-Ground. Make a scene. Make an impact. Products and services include Food & Beverage Products, Catering & Hospitality. Primary beneficiaries include People in developing countries. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Specialising in the delivery of large-scale public infrastructure, we have successfully delivered streetscapes, pathways, commercial parks and gardens, sporting and educational facilities throughout Queensland and NSW. Products and services include Building Trade, Repairs & Maintenance, Horticulture & arboriculture. Primary beneficiaries include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

The Bearded Dragon Gallery provides a quality retail Art Gallery that contributes positively to the economic independence of people with disability. The business model uses a ‘social return on investment’ approach by assisting & investing in our social economy. 80% of the profit from each artwork sold goes directly back to the artist having a substantial economic impact on the artist’s livelihood whilst also promoting their career. Products and services include Marketing and Communications, Merchandise and Personal Products. Primary beneficiaries include People with disabilities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

With over 15 years’ experience, GAME is a leading, certified social enterprise. Providing Traffic Management & Planning, Equipment Hire, Temporary Fencing and Grounds Maintenance services across regional Victoria and Southern NSW. Products and services include Building Trade, Repairs & Maintenance, Horticulture & arboriculture, Parking & Traffic Services & Equipment. Primary beneficiaries include Marginalised Youth. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

We’re a force of digital hero doers armed with good strategy, latest tech and smiles to make your digital and social media marketing perform when you can’t find the time or talent. We also provide virtual assistance services to support optimal automation and streamlining of your business operations and administration. Products and services include Business & Administrative Services, Marketing and Communications. Primary beneficiaries include Other disadvantaged people. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Recognition Membership.

Creative Plus Business provides education about entrepreneurialism for individuals and organisations working within the creative industries. We provide workshops, online training programs, resources and advisory services to help practitioners in the creative economy to improve their small business skills, financial literacy and business development models. The outcome is a marked improvement in best professional practice for freelancers, creative businesses and arts organisations. Products and services include Training & Education Services. Primary beneficiaries include A particular industry. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Global Sisters exists to make business possible for all women. We support women who are challenged to participate economically but are deeply motivated to be self-employed. Global Sisters business development support is long-term and equips women to launch and grow their own businesses. Being self-employed enables women to ‘stand tall’, creating a ripple effect of change in their families and communities. Products and services include Training & Education Services, Gifts or rewards. Primary beneficiaries include Marginalised Women. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Recognition Membership.

In response to Covid-19: Mates on the Move is providing office/IT equipment relocation services to companies who need to get staff set-up to work from home Mates on the Move is a social enterprise initiative of the Prisoners? Aid Association of NSW, created to facilitate education and employment opportunities for men and women exiting the justice system. Products and services include Transport, Freight & Logistics, Waste Management & Landfill. Primary beneficiaries include Prisoners and ex-offenders. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

The Bread & Butter Project is Australia's first social enterprise bakery, investing 100% of profits into training and employment pathways for people seeking refuge and asylum who aspire to become bakers. Since 2013, The Bread & Butter Project has been producing delicious artisan sourdoughs and pastries, while successfully graduating professionally trained bakers into employment in Australia's hospitality industry. Products and services include Catering & Hospitality, Community & Social Services, Food & Beverage Products. Primary beneficiaries include New Migrants & Refugee Communities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

TACSI can partner with you to provide design and innovation services, where we support communities and institutions to practice innovation by discovering new opportunities, inventing creative possibilities, and scaling new and better practices, policies, organisations, and systems. We can also provide institutional capability building for participatory working with communities, and connecting local demonstrations with broader systemic change agendas using experimentation. Products and services include Training & Education Services, Community & Social Services. Primary beneficiaries include Families, children or students. Social Traders status: Certification Expired. Membership: Connections Membership.

At The Equality Institute, we work to advance gender equality and end violence against women and girls (VAWG), working towards our vision of a world in which diversity is celebrated, all people are respected and power and resources are shared. Products and services include Community & Social Services, Marketing and Communications, Training & Education Services. Primary beneficiaries include Marginalised Women. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

At Resilient Ready we are putting disaster preparedness and resilience on the everyday agenda of business, government and communities. We provide strategic advice, executive coaching, workshop facilitation and training, program development and delivery to corporates, micro-small-to-medium enterprises, government and communities. We specialise in disaster risk reduction, reputation/crisis management, disaster giving advisory and social capital solutions to save lives and livelihoods. Products and services include Business & Administrative Services, Community & Social Services, Training & Education Services. Primary beneficiaries include Other. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

GROW is designed to deliver outcomes for people facing barriers to employment and consult to business seeking to deliver social value to communities that they are operating in, helping to make our local communities and economy more equitable. We have an evidence-based focus and prioritization of cohorts and communities facing the greatest individual and systemic barriers to workforce participation. We work with you to design, develop and implement social change. Products and services include Community & Social Services. Primary beneficiaries include Long Term Unemployed People. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Orsum is a software development company based in Victoria that builds custom software, web applications, and mobile apps with a focus on innovative design solutions. While the website primarily describes commercial software development services, as a social enterprise they likely contribute to digital capability building and potentially provide technology solutions for social impact organisations.

Primary beneficiaries include A charitable or not for profit organisation. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Primary beneficiaries include A particular geographic community. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Australian Spatial Analytics (ASA) is one of Australia’s largest and fastest-growing work-integrated social enterprises. We provide careers in the Geospatial and Engineering professions for young neurodivergent adults who may otherwise be unemployed. We consistently deliver professional, award-winning, high-quality data services for real-world projects, specialising in Geographic Information Systems, Survey, Computer Aided Design, Building Information Modelling and Machine Learning technologies. Products and services include Engineer, Research, Tech services, IT & Telecomms, Mining, Oil and Gas. Primary beneficiaries include People with disabilities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Grow Membership.