Australian Social Enterprises

The Welcome Table, by House of Welcome, is a work-integrated social enterprise that supports people seeking asylum and refugees to build skills, confidence and community connections while helping break down the barriers that limit their employment opportunities. Supported by the wraparound support services of House of Welcome, we create impact in three ways: 1) Delivering vibrant, multicultural catering from the heart of Western Sydney. People seeking asylum and refugees gain essential commercial cookery, food safety and workplace skills as trainees in our six-month program. In our kitchen, they build confidence and share their culinary heritage while creating fresh, generous food with professionalism and pride 2) Nutritious, culturally appropriate food for people experiencing food insecurity. Funded by partners and donors, these meals nourish individuals and families in our local communities. They offer comfort, dignity and connection, while demonstrating the contribution people seeking asylum and refugees can make to our society and 3) Shared cooking, cultural food experiences and volunteering. These food-based experiences bring people together around a shared table while supporting people seeking asylum and refugees to build confidence, practise communication and share their culture, forming meaningful connections within their local communities.

We offer returnable packaging as a service to events, platforms & organisations aiming to reduce single-use waste whilst simultaneously providing employment for trainees and graduates of social enterprise employment programs

Opening doors for refugee, migrant, women and First Nations food entrepreneurs through food business training, shared kitchen space, and a corporate catering business.

Greenacres' purpose is to be an innovative pioneer in disability services, constantly adapting and evolving with the needs of the people who used our services, enabling people to live the life they imagine. Our social enterprises employ just over 200 people with disability in the following areas: warehouse operations - manufacture of a homewares range, packaging, assembly and labeling, as well as industrial sewing, metal shearing and production of sandbags, mainstream enterprises in a retail store in Shellharbour, 4 Cafes in the Wollongong area and at Shellharbour Airport, a catering kitchen based at Shellharbour Airport, Parks & Garden Maintenance, Labour Hire Crews, and a Cleaning Crew. We also have ecommerce for IMAGINE Homewares and Hampers our homewares brand made in Wollongong, which we retail online and also wholesale to stockists throughout Australia and for corporate gifting.

Plate It Forward is a for-purpose hospitality group creating employment pathways for people facing barriers to work. Through our restaurants, and catering & event operations, we provide hands-on training, paid roles, and real industry experience. Profits from our venues are reinvested into the Plate It Forward Foundation, funding food relief programs and expanding access to training and employment opportunities.

Syrian catering, cooking experiences, and pop-up dining, A migrant-led Syrian kitchen using food to connect communities through culture and storytelling.

Reduce inequality, promote social inclusion and financial security through employment and training to migrant and refugee women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in our sustainable vegetarian hospitality cafes, catering and an urban farm that supplies fresh greens to the menu items.

To end modern slavery in Australia, help victims of this crime recover and partner in the fight to end global slavery.

Think+DO Tank Foundation collaborates with low-income and marginalised, urban communities in NSW, focusing on culturally and linguistically diverse women and children. Together, we develop a shared way of doing things, designing projects that have a demonstrated and lasting impact. Our evidence-based, replicable approaches improve social cohesion; reduce isolation; strengthen community capacity; and foster equity. By using the arts, imagination and creativity and social enterprise to approach communities we shift the realms of possibility while we simultaneously address the pragmatic challenges of disadvantage which hinder change.

Two Good Co is a Social Traders-certified social enterprise that reinvests 50% of its profits into supporting and employing women overcoming domestic violence and homelessness. Through the sale of our catering, gifting, soaps, sanitisers, and washroom essentials, we help corporate partners and government organisations turn everyday business spend, to deliver social impact in their local communities.