Australian Social Enterprises

Training and employment opportunities for people facing barriers to work due to disability or disadvantage

As a leading social enterprise and not for profit, Enable's vision is a socially, environmentally and economically connected community without disadvantage. Our mission is to break unemployment cycles by enabling disadvantaged jobseekers to connect with community.

To reducing waste ending up in landfill buy designing and manufacture products made from 100% recycled plastic.

1. Affordable Access to Whitegoods: Providing reliable and affordable whitegoods to communities, particularly those in need, improving their quality of life. 2. Environmental Impact: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by refurbishing whitegoods, participating in green initiatives, and diverting e-waste from landfills. 3. Community Impact: Creating local training, apprenticeships and employment opportunities 4. Circular Economy Advocacy: We have been involved in the Circular Economy for over a decade, emphasizing the importance of extending the life of appliances, helping those in need, and reducing e-waste and CO2e emissions, in partnership with households, businesses, and local councils.

MFM is a registered NFP and social enterprise establishing and managing accredited farmers markets across Melbourne. We're at Alphington Food Hub; a circular economy project based on the collective impact of a number of like-minded food systems organisations and our weekly Sunday morning farmers market.

Outlook Australia is a leading NDIS provider, Disability Employment Service and social enterprise operating across metropolitan Melbourne. Outlook's social enterprise Outlook Environmental provides resource recovery services to a range of corporate and g

We empower and assist businesses, community groups and schools to move from our resource-draining ‘take, make, waste’ linear system, to a progressive circular economy.

Our social purpose is to continue to help organisations close the gap as we acquire assets through our defit and asset recovery service we endeavour to support local Indigenous schools, charities and community organisations with both assets and financial donations. Our goals are to fulfil sustainability commitments through a circular economy approach, eliminating landfill, reducing our carbon footprint and decreasing manufacturing needs, whilst supporting the Indigenous community.

Windarring's social purpose is to provide individualised employment opportunities to people with a disability. At Rohs Road, we provide employment pathways around clothing recycling by aiming to save as much textile waste from landfill as we can, and to engage in gardening servicing/jobs within local community homes and businesses. Individuals have the opportunity to learn skills around using a lawn mowing, whipper snipper and engage in other garden maintenance tasks.

Single Origin Skincare recalaims and upcycles used ground coffee from cafes to create luxurious organic skincare products.

Windarrings social purpose is to provide valuable employment opportunities to people with a disability. Windarrings Recycled Shop/Op shop provides employment pathways for those who are interested in retail work. Our employees get the opportunity to learn all skills around retail, including customer service, merchandising and money handling.

To show the world that single use plastic waste isn't waste but a resource and that when recycled correctly can be made into brand new practical products.