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Hello social enterprise lovers!

It was great to see how many members in the incredible list of change makers for ProBono’s 2022 Impact 25 review! Good luck to all our friends and colleagues from across the country! We know that you are all very deserving of this award, recognising the commitment to the growth of impact and social enterprise across Australia. We can’t wait to see the results.

From pandemic to endemic? It’s a dynamic time, as we observe the shift to “living with the virus”. Social enterprises and businesses more generally have been grappling with staffing levels, opening hours, cash flow pressures, demand and supply chain challenges. We asked our social enterprise members to respond to a survey to help shape how we advocate for social enterprise in the coming weeks and months to Government. You can read the report here and if you haven’t yet responded, it's not too late to have your say! Click here to complete the survey The survey will remain open to help us understand the shifting nature of the business landscape and the needs of social enterprises.

We are very excited for the year ahead as we plan to implement the programs we first established through the Reset and Recovery program and expand to regional and ecosystem development across many more areas of the state. The work we undertook in 2021 was evaluated by Griffith University’s Yunus Centre. Through this period we have developed a Regional Development Framework to help guide the kinds of levers and programs required to truly “shift the needle” for social enterprise in Queensland. In coming weeks we will be introducing our new Ecosystem Development Officer to help co-design this new program. There are more roles and initiatives coming up, so please stay tuned for more updates in coming weeks.

As ever, we are dedicated to growing the strength of our community and networks of social enterprises, so please feel free to connect with us to share your insights and let us know how we can work together!

Upcoming Social Enterprise Events

QSEC Event
Skilling Queenslanders for Work
Date: 3rd Feb 2022
Time: 10.00 - 11.30 am
Location: Online
Price: FREE

Homebase and City of Logan Events
Location: Online Price: FREE

Grant Writing Workshop
Date: 24th Feb 2022
Time: 5.00 - 7.30 pm
Grant Writing Masterclass
Date: 17th Mar 2022
Time: 5.00 - 8.00 pm

Join us to curate the vision and mission for the social enterprise sector

ASENA (Alliance of Social Enterprise Networks Australia) and the state networks have been engaged to give initial feedback on the draft vision and mission from the Yunus Centre report.

This feedback will then be compiled to put to sector-wide workshops to discuss and further develop. To allow for different availability and maximise participation, three open-invite workshops with the same format will be held on the following dates. People are encouraged to book into one only.

Thursday 3 February at 3pm (AEDT)
Tuesday 8 February at 3pm (AEDT)
Thursday 10 February at 3pm (AEDT)

The results of these workshops will then be compiled for ASENA, then the SENS Advisory Council, to finalise.

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Celebrating our Members!

Meet our member of the month

Allknd

ALLKND is an impact-led, Gen Z forward, not-for-profit, reducing the national youth suicide rate by teaching Australia's first digital, peer-to-peer mental health first aid program, at scale around the country. Their team of psychologists and communication specialists have used evidence-based research to build our signature classroom incursion and digital program that arms youth with the knowledge and skills required for peer-to-peer mental health first aid support, crisis or not.

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Social Enterprise Member News

We're looking forward to Australian Spatial Analytics at TFN Virtual Live on Wednesday 23 February. You can join us on Wednesday 23 February via Crowdcast to hear their pitch.

Social Good Outpost start the year with new offerings - strategic mentoring services in Design review and strategy, Organisational Communications and Social Impact Strategy.

Welcome new members!

We're excited to welcome the following new Social Enterprise members to QSEC. We've showcased a couple below.

My Giving Table l Slacks Creek Catchment Restoration Group (SCRG) l PASSIT
Funding4Growth Incubator l Accelerate Counselling l Work Eco l Everything Suarve Inc

A second welcome to the associate members that joined our community this month also.

Everything Suarve Inc

Everything Suarve is a NFP Charity focused on providing opportunities, guidance and pathways to success for disengaged youth. Everything Suarve provide a 10 week Big Brother Program focusing on mental well being, life skills, education and pathways to employment.

Funding4Growth Incubator

Funding4Growth is a pre-accelerator programme designed for purpose-driven Female Founders with meaningful businesses, who are actively seeking funding to catalyse growth and increase their impact. Even businesses focused on social good need to have solid, sustainable, and commercial foundations.

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Join QSEC to support the Queensland Social Enterprise community and to have a voice about the future development of the sector. In addition to a raft of benefits including community forums and visibility in our Member Directory, our monthly member newsletter is filled with sector events, opportunities and resources to help you grow your business and your impact.

Both social enterprises and those who support social enterprise are welcome to join. Annual fees range from $55 per year to $330 per year.

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