Australian Social Enterprises

Primary beneficiaries include People experiencing & at risk of homelessness. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

The Nigretta workshop includes an on-site store, where the items produced by the Nigretta team are available for purchase. Items crafted under the roof of Nigretta include quality timber chopping boards, Lazy Susan?s, timber platters and pizza paddles. Our cutting and serving boards are shaped, crafted and sanded on site. Nigretta offers services in other areas such as E-Waste recycling, sorting and packing. Products and services include Furniture & Furnishings, Gifts or rewards, Waste Management & Landfill. Primary beneficiaries include People with disabilities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Aroundagain is a Social Enterprise of Christie Centre Inc., providing supported employment, work experience and volunteering opportunities for people with disabilities and other barriers to employment while reducing waste entering Mildura's landfill. Products and services include Building products & materials, Furniture & Furnishings, Waste Management & Landfill. Primary beneficiaries include People with disabilities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Art Tearapy is a social enterprise founded by Su Mei Tan, offering art therapy services with an aim on supporting first and second generation immigrants, refugees and First Nations people. Products and services include Healthcare Services. Primary beneficiaries include People with disabilities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Artists for Kids Culture's enterprise activities are comprised of; the sale of artworks by prominent Australian Artists at an annual Art Auction and throughout the year, merchandise sales, artsbus program outsourcing, festival management and mural development exercises. Products and services include Music & Games & Toys & Arts & Crafts & Educational. Primary beneficiaries include Families, children or students. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Arts Project Australia supports artists with intellectual disabilities, promotes their work and advocates for inclusion within the contemporary art sector. Unique contemporary art can be purchased, licensed or commissioned. Products and services include Gifts or rewards. Primary beneficiaries include People with disabilities. Social Traders status: Certification Expired. Membership: Recognition Membership.

ArtsPay is a payment company for the socially conscious business or government agency. We provide EFTPOS terminals and online payment solutions to businesses large and small, and direct profits towards supporting artists and small arts organisation. Every time a customer makes a purchase at a business using ArtsPay, transaction fees that would normally go to the banks or a for-profit multinational instead go to support Australian Artists. Products and services include Financial and Insurance Services. Primary beneficiaries include A charitable or not for profit organisation. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

For more than 57 years, Aruma has operated a range of professional businesses serving corporates and small businesses. We create long term careers 500+ Australians with a disability and sub-contract to a further 20+ disability organisations to create further employment opportunities. We are specialists in our industries which range from Commercial-Laundry, Facility-Services, Manufacturing, Farming, Tourism, Food Products, Medical Packs and Packaging services. Products and services include Cleaning Services & Equipment & Supplies. Primary beneficiaries include People with disabilities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

For more than 57 years, Aruma has operated a range of professional businesses serving corporates and small businesses. We create long term careers 500+ Australians with a disability and sub-contract to a further 20+ disability organisations to create further employment opportunities. We are specialists in our industries which range from Commercial-Laundry, Facility-Services, Manufacturing, Farming, Tourism, Food Products, Medical Packs and Packaging services. Products and services include Food & Beverage Products. Primary beneficiaries include People with disabilities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

For more than 57 years, Aruma has operated a range of professional businesses serving corporates and small businesses. We create long term careers 500+ Australians with a disability and sub-contract to a further 20+ disability organisations to create further employment opportunities. We are specialists in our industries which range from Commercial-Laundry, Facility-Services, Manufacturing, Farming, Tourism, Food Products, Medical Packs and Packaging services. Products and services include Cleaning Services & Equipment & Supplies, Horticulture & arboriculture, Building Trade, Repairs & Maintenance. Primary beneficiaries include People with disabilities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

For more than 57 years, Aruma has operated a range of professional businesses serving corporates and small businesses. We create long term careers 500+ Australians with a disability and sub-contract to a further 20+ disability organisations to create further employment opportunities. We are specialists in our industries which range from Commercial-Laundry, Facility-Services, Manufacturing, Farming, Tourism, Food Products, Medical Packs and Packaging services. Products and services include Printing and Distribution Services. Primary beneficiaries include People with disabilities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

ASPIRE provides a transformative digital marketplace that enables businesses to exchange surplus materials, driving significant resource reduction and promoting a sustainable circular economy. Our core social mission is to empower organisations to embrace environmentally responsible practices, thus fostering a greener future and supporting the UN's SDGs Products and services include Business & Administrative Services, Engineer, Research, Tech services, Waste Management & Landfill. Primary beneficiaries include Environmental Sustainability. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

We are an award winning social-enterprise of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) delivering a global food experience to events throughout Melbourne. Our mission is to create pathways to meaningful employment through delivering catering services, and empowering people seeking asylum to gain financial autonomy, social inclusion and the opportunity to rebuild their lives. Products and services include Catering & Hospitality. Primary beneficiaries include New Migrants & Refugee Communities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

We are a social enterprise of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) that exists to create employment pathways for people seeking asylum. Through providing quality domestic and commercial cleaning services we create opportunities for employment and training. These opportunities help people seeking asylum build the skills and experience they need to pursue sustainable employment in the Australian workforce. Products and services include Building Trade, Repairs & Maintenance, Cleaning Services & Equipment & Supplies. Primary beneficiaries include New Migrants & Refugee Communities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

We offer local manufacturing of garments and PPE. This includes the ability to customise, use local fabrics, and source recycled textiles. We also offer services such as rebadging unused/unworn uniforms, and upcyling used materials such as gawk screening into promotional items. Our team are supported by Textile Industry apprenticeship training delivered by Holmesglen. Products and services include Clothing & Safety Equipment, Industrial Production & manufacture. Primary beneficiaries include New Migrants & Refugee Communities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

We provide employment opportunities to refugees. We specialize in Ground Maintenance and Landscaping for commercial and residential properties. Other services include streetscapes, landscape designs, planting, retaining walls, and paving. We also create a unique employment opportunity for mothers who have school-age children. They can work during school hours and earn income to support their family financially. Products and services include Horticulture & arboriculture. Primary beneficiaries include New Migrants & Refugee Communities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Founded in 2015, Austep is a B Corp certified Social Enterprise using business as a tool to positively impact people, profit, places and planet. We design and install energy efficiency upgrades in commercial buildings, to reduce energy costs and carbon emissions, while donating 50% of profits to charity. Products and services include Building Trade, Repairs & Maintenance. Primary beneficiaries include A charitable or not for profit organisation. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Established in 2013, ACRE is a for-purpose social enterprise with a BIG mission. We want a positive, vibrant future for rural Australia. We believe in lighting a spark for young people to think creatively, be entrepreneurial, be innovative and to be supported by their community. We support people to build their entrepreneurial capability and capacity to release new opportunities that can rejuvenate rural communities. Products and services include Training & Education Services. Primary beneficiaries include A particular geographic community. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Our vision is to address inequalities in oral health, and reduce the barriers to enable professional and high quality oral health care and education for all through partners and sponsorships, mobile dental clinics, fixed clinics and policy and advocacy. Products and services include Healthcare Services. Primary beneficiaries include Other disadvantaged people. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

The Australian Social Value Bank (ASVB) is the first online tool of its kind, allowing you to translate the value of your social impact into dollars. Our Value Calculator performs a three-step Cost Benefit Analysis that aligns to government best-practice guidelines used across the OECD. The ASVB allows you to: understand, compare, aggregate, communicate and compete on, the social value you create. Products and services include Business & Administrative Services, Community & Social Services, Training & Education Services. Primary beneficiaries include A charitable or not for profit organisation. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Avenue is a day program alternative where people with disability can make a purposeful contribution and generate revenue through microbusinesses. We have four microbusinesses; order fulfilment, kit assembly, flyer distribution, and pet care. We are looking for like-minded business partners who believe in building an inclusive economy, whilst benefiting from a high-quality service. Products and services include Advertising & media, Business & Administrative Services, Marketing and Communications, Office supplies & services. Primary beneficiaries include People with disabilities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

We are always working towards helping the most vulnerable members of our community find stable and reliable employment through our social purpose initiative. Products and services include Building Trade, Repairs & Maintenance, Cleaning Services & Equipment & Supplies. Primary beneficiaries include New Migrants & Refugee Communities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

B-Alternative delivers low bono environmental consultancy services, waste reduction strategies and low impact alternatives to everyday products to businesses, organisations and events. We reduce waste to landfill and lower environmental footprint, whilst making it financially viable. Products and services include Waste Management & Landfill. Primary beneficiaries include Environmental Sustainability. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

We are the first permanent Baby and Child First Aid Social Enterprise in North Queensland, who is dedicated to providing parents and caregivers with the necessary tools and knowledge to care for their children. Products and services include Community & Social Services, Healthcare Services. Primary beneficiaries include Families, children or students. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Recognition Membership.

Bacchus Marsh Community Enterprises Limited is the holder of the franchise for Community Bank Bacchus Marsh (Bendigo Bank). Our Enterprise is a community owned company and operates on a profit for purpose model, which means revenue generated by customers banking such as loans and deposits are reinvested back to the local community. Primary beneficiaries include A particular geographic community. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.