We’re excited to introduce Catalysing Impact, designed to empower social enterprises creating innovative solutions for climate resilience and inclusion to secure investment. Funded by QBE Foundation, Catalysing Impact supports purpose-driven businesses through a combination of funding, mentoring, and collaboration opportunities, helping you turn bold ideas into measurable change.

The Council of Australian Social Enterprise Intermediaries (CASEI) has created an illustrative guide aptly titled "Five Stages of Social Enterprise Development". This resource is a culmination of collective insights from Sefa, The Centre for Social Impact Swinburne, Westpac Foundation, and Impact Seed.

In the continuous struggle against challenges faced by young individuals, entities such as Dismantle are shining examples of optimism. The Perth-based social enterprise Dismantle emboldens youths to unlock their complete capabilities via inventive initiatives and offerings, such as ReNew Property Maintenance (ReNew).

The Social Impact Hub is accepting applications for its highly acclaimed Scaling Impact Accelerator Program for social enterprises and purpose-driven startups looking to grow their business and prepare for future impact investment.

Some of the best and brightest leaders in Australia’s impact investment sector were honoured at the annual Australian Impact Investment Awards last night. A collaboration between the Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific and the Impact Investing Hub, the awards recognise outstanding activity and individuals in the Australian impact investing ecosystem.

The finalists in this year's Australian Impact Investment Awards have been announced! The Award winners will be announced virtually on Thursday, 16 December 2021, at 5 pm AEDT. If you have not yet secured your tickets to the virtual ceremony, make sure you register.

Beginning in March 2022, the Social Impact Fellowship is a three-month transformative program for aspiring change-makers seeking to explore their purpose and understand how they can drive greater social and environmental impact through their work and beyond.

The 2021 Australian Impact Investment Awards offer an opportunity for organisations and individuals to showcase and be recognised for their expertise, commitment and outstanding activity in the Australian impact investing ecosystem.

Running a social enterprise is crazy hard work, especially when you only have so much capacity and resources at your disposal. We get it. That is why finding the time to stay across what is happening can very difficult, even for the most seasoned, time-efficient changemaker. To make your life that bit easier, we have teamed up with Social Change Central to put together this bite-sized quarterly update filled with the most important developments and activities in the impact sector - it's all you need to stay informed and up-to-date.

Chuffed.org is a global crowdfunding platform that connects a good-willed community of everyday people who want to donate to social causes in their own way.

Two Good Co started as a roadside barbeque, which redistributed leftover food to those in need. Now, you can find their healthy, gourmet food jars being sold from their Sydney and Melbourne kitchens. And, for every meal sold, a meal is also donated to a victim of domestic violence.

Pollinate Group identifies, trains and develops local women entrepreneurs in India and Nepal who serve hard to reach families living on less than US$1.90 a day. Since its inception in 2012, Pollinate Group has empowered more than 500 women and reached more than 600,000 people with quality household products.

Social Impact Hub has secured funding from the NSW Government as part of a $10 million investment which aims to support non-government providers through the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

Following a highly successful inaugural program in 2020, Social Impact Hub have opened applications for this year's Reimagine Impact.

Running a social enterprise is crazy hard work, especially when you only have so much capacity and resources at your disposal. We get it. That is why finding the time to stay across what is happening can very difficult, even for the most seasoned, time-efficient changemaker. To make your life that bit easier, we have teamed up with Social Change Central to put together this bite-sized quarterly update filled with the most important developments and activities in the impact sector- it's all you need to stay informed and up-to-date.

We have announced the eight enterprises selected to participate in the 2021 Scaling Impact accelerator program. Funded by through Australian Government’s Entrepreneurs Program and the Sidney Myer Fund, together with support from Ernst & Young and the English Family Foundation, Scaling Impact will focus on addressing the needs of these social start-ups at a crucial point in their development – the inflexion point between building on a proven track record and preparing to take on impact investment.

Running a social enterprise is crazy hard work, especially when you only have so much capacity and resources at your disposal. We get it. That is why finding the time to stay across what is happening can very difficult, even for the most seasoned, time-efficient changemaker. To make your life that bit easier, we have teamed up with Social Change Central to put together this bite-sized quarterly update filled with the most important developments and activities in the impact sector- it's all you need to stay informed and up-to-date.

According to the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), the global impact investment market is worth an estimated US$712 billion (GIIN, 2020), representing a sizable and growing market. The emergence of impact investing has challenged the perception that social and environmental issues should be funded solely through philanthropic and government avenues.

Impact investing is a novel idea gaining significant momentum and the industry is experiencing rapid growth. New research shows the global impact investing market is continuing to mature despite the COVID-19 crisis and is now worth more than $1 trillion. And it makes sense – if you could make money and do good simultaneously, why wouldn’t you?! But before an impact investor decides to hand over their money to a social enterprise, here are five critical things they look for.

Mike Tozer is the Founder and CEO of Xceptional, a company he started in 2017.  Mike describes Xceptional as, “a technology job platform linking autistic people to meaningful careers with tech companies, banks, government and start-ups and scale ups.” As Xceptional grew, it was clear additional capital would be needed to enhance various functional areas to meet market demand, and also to support the development of Xceptional’s technology platform.