29 November 2011
SiiWA are excited to announce a new initiative with Social Traders designed to help put WA well and truly on the social enterprise map. Over the past year SiiWA has represented WA at numerous interstate social enterprise forums and functions one of the rather alarming but popular misconceptions that we encounter from our colleagues is [...]
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28 November 2011
Echoing Green is a New York based organisation that invests in standout social entrepreneurs and helps them to launch new organisations. They have invested neatly $30 million in seed funding to almost 500 social entrepreneurs and their organisations, and now are offering a fellowship to social start-ups, called the Echoing Green Fellowship. It provides up [...]
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28 November 2011
The Australian Centre for Social Innovation has announced their latest project, Solved, which has been launched by South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill. Solved is a nationwide search for social solutions that are working. Maybe you noticed a scheme to help local kids eat a healthy breakfast in Broome, and someone in Newcastle is searching for a [...]
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28 November 2011
Tom Tolchard; SiiWA Project Director discussing his recent trip back to the UK and some observations about some of the changes taking place there. I recently headed back to the UK for a few weeks. I tend to have mixed emotions every time I go back. I’ve only headed home three times in the past [...]
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28 November 2011
The Westpac Foundation has announced the release of a new grant category, The Catalyst Grant, which will award up to eight grants. Applications close Friday, 25 February 2012. This grant of $50 000 aims to support an existing social enterprise or initiative within a not-for-profit which has been, and continues to be, a catalyst for [...]
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22 November 2011
Tamsin Jones has delivered social innovation initiatives in Australia, United Kingdom, South Africa and Zambia. Her extensive experience and networks in sustainability practice and in advancing social entrepreneurship has spanned leading and designing social impact programmes and strategies for corporates in the area of social responsibility, government agencies and mothers2mothers – a HIV-prevention NGO that [...]
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14 November 2011
Every year, the WA Public Sector Innovation Action Plan Working Group hold an event, and the topic this year is ‘Collaborative Partnerships in Action.’ It is a full day workshop that showcases current public sector innovation projects, and encourages everyone who attends to gain ideas and insights from one another regarding the public sector, local [...]
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14 November 2011
With a theme of ‘co-operative enterprises build a better world’ the UN International Year of Co-operatives will bring co-operatives across the globe together to campaign for a ‘better’ business model. Co-operatives are the businesses that deliver services and products through a socially responsible business structure. In 2012, co-operatives, credit unions, mutuals and member owned businesses [...]
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14 November 2011
Perth – 23 November 2011 (6-7pm) TACSI initiative Family by Family is a new model for family support, which links up families who’ve been through tough times with families still facing tough times who want life to get better. This radically different model to support families in stress was co-designed with families in South Australia [...]
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03 November 2011
On December 3, the Dreamfit Foundation will host its inaugural ‘dreamDAY’ community festival featuring a variety of free inclusive sport, recreation and art activities. Celebrating United Nations’ International Day of People with Disability the day will offer a range of activities hosted by disability service providers, community groups and clubs. The activities will be suitable [...]
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