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Founder handing over to avoid a case of Founders Fever

Karen Mahlab AM, Wednesday, 20th April 2016 -  The town crier runs into the town square shouting “Hear ye hear ye! Founders Fever narrowly avoided at Pro Bono Australia… All now safe and well!” Founders Fever happens when an idea-fuelled entrepreneur starts to…

Social Enterprise Design Challenge Launches

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 20th April 2016 -  Philanthropy and crowdfunding have joined together to provide a new funding opportunity for Australian Not for Profit social enterprises.

Agility Key to Social Enterprise Success

Ellie Cooper, Thursday, 7th April 2016 -  While successful social enterprises are resourceful, agile and dynamic in their balance of social purpose and commercial focus, the industry as a whole requires more tailored financial support structures, according to a new study.

Spotlight

Coffee With a Cause

Ellie Cooper, Wednesday, 6th April 2016 -  A cafe in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD is using a hands on approach to helping young people who face significant barriers to entering the workforce and developing skills and confidence, writes Ellie Cooper in this week’s Spotlight on Social Enter

Changemaker

A Just Cause

Ellie Cooper, Monday, 14th March 2016 -  Luke Geary founded Australia’s first social enterprise law firm that channels profits from its commercial operation into pro bono cases. Geary is this week’s Changemaker. He spoke to journalist Ellie Cooper.

Feature

Indonesian ‘Cinderella’ Enterprise on Show Down Under

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 10th March 2016 -  When a young Indonesian woman visits Australia next month as part of a government funded exchange program her luggage will be packed with “Batik Girl” dolls made by female prison inmates – the product of her innovative social enterprise.

Spotlight

Kick-starting NFP Social Enterprises

Ellie Cooper, Wednesday, 13th January 2016 -  After decades of volunteering for social enterprises, entrepreneur Barry Green set out to create his own organisation with the mission of helping Not for Profits to become financially independent, writes Ellie Cooper in this week’s Spotlight on Soc

Spotlight

Caring to Dance

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 16th December 2015 -  Faced with the realities of reduced government and philanthropic grants, and increased competition among Not for Profits for funding, Kumari Middleton found a sustainable solution for her dance organisation's financial challenges, writes Ellie Cooper

The Socially Good Spirit of Christmas

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 4th November 2015 -  From community kitchens addressing food waste to coffees that help the homeless, the profits from the Christmas season could help achieve social outcomes, writes Ellie Cooper in this week’s Spotlight on Social Enterprise.

Analysis

Social Enterprise Finds Jobs where the Market Fails

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 7th October 2015 -  With unemployment on the rise, many Australians face particular barriers to work that are not easily addressed through conventional economic policy levers, but social enterprise could be the answer, writes Head of Enterprise Development at Social Tra

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