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Backpacks That Inspire Change

Samantha Freestone, Wednesday, 15th June 2016 -  Koky Saly, who came to Australia as a refugee, has created a business making and selling backpacks used from recycled materials to help fund education and schools in Cambodia, writes Savannah Holliday in this week’s Spotlight on Social Enterprise.

Disability Organisation Minda Transforms Commercial Enterprise Into Social Enterprise

Wendy Williams, Monday, 13th June 2016 -  South Australia’s largest non-government disability services organisation is set to restructure its $30 million commercial enterprise operations and transform it into a social enterprise.

Community Leaders Recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours

Lina Caneva, Monday, 13th June 2016 -  Arts philanthropist Roslyn Packer and social entrepreneur and founder of Engineers Without Borders Danny Almagor are two of the hundreds of community sector leaders who have been recognised in the 2016 Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

Social Enterprise STREAT to Triple Impact

Ellie Cooper, Wednesday, 8th June 2016 -  Melbourne-based social enterprise STREAT has launched a crowdfunding campaign to finalise its new flagship site in a bid to help triple both its business operations and social impact.

Young Social Enterprises Surge

Ellie Cooper, Tuesday, 7th June 2016 -  The percentage of Australian social enterprises older than 10 years has almost halved since the start of the decade with a surge of young businesses in the market, according to new research.

Changemaker

The Importance of Sharing Conversations

Wendy Williams, Monday, 6th June 2016 -  Robert Gillies is determined to change negative attitudes towards homelessness through his charity clothing store “HoMie”. Gillies is this week’s Changemaker.

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A Look at the Tactics Behind STREATs Record-Breaking Crowdfunding Campaign

Prashan Paramanathan, Wednesday, 1st June 2016 -  Running a successful crowdfunding campaign requires planning, creativity and dedication, and it’s much harder than it seems. CEO of Chuffed.org Prashan Paramanathan explores how social enterprise STREAT turned a $4,000 donation into $80,000.

Global Impact Investment on the Rise

Wendy Williams, Wednesday, 1st June 2016 -  Impact investment is set to rise by 16 per cent in 2016 topping $24 billion, according to the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN).

Impact Investment Finances Indigenous Community Solar Project

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 1st June 2016 -  In what is believed to be an Australian first, an impact investment loan via two philanthropic foundations has seen a 139-panel solar power system installed at an Indigenous community in Western Australia.

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Coffee Creates Opportunities for Disadvantaged Youth

Ellie Cooper, Wednesday, 1st June 2016 -  John Cafferatta went from working with disadvantaged youth to roasting coffee beans in his garage before combining the two and opening a cafe to provide training and work experience to help address unemployment, writes Ellie Cooper in this week’s S

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