Social Enterprise Growth Incubator
Supporting social enterprises for greater impact
Sefa Partnerships delivered The Paul Ramsay Foundation’s (PRF) Social Enterprise Growth Incubator for 2023.
Eight social enterprises helping break cycles of disadvantage across Australia were supported to accelerate their growth and impact through our new intensive program.
During the 10-month Incubator program, the organisations were supported to strengthen their operations and impact with access to customised learning sprints, expert coaches, a dedicated incubator manager and opportunities to connect with fellow participants and the wider for-purpose sector.
These eight social enterprises, all beyond the start-up stage, are working across Australia to break cycles of disadvantage in different ways, from creating employment opportunities for people facing barriers to work, to providing a unique education program that strengthens children’s emotional and social skills and resilience.
The 2023 PRF Social Enterprise Growth Incubator participants are:
Ability Enterprises (Queensland)
Ability Enterprises provides meaningful employment opportunities to marginalised individuals living in regional Queensland. It collectively employs over 80 people who have faced barriers to employment, across various sectors including waste management, hospitality, maintenance, administration and cleaning industries.
Blend Creative (South Australia)
Blend Creative is a socially inclusive, multi-service graphic design studio that provides real work opportunities to designers with disabilities.
Free to Feed (Victoria)
Through training, employment and supportive shared food experiences, Free to Feed empowers people seeking asylum and refugees to overcome social and economic barriers to inclusion in Australia.
Fruit2Work (Victoria)
Fruit2Work delivers high quality fruit, milk, and pantry items to workplaces, while providing meaningful employment opportunities for those who have been impacted by the justice system.
Hamlet (Tasmania)
Hamlet is a social-enterprise café providing hands-on training and work-ready skills to Tasmanians who face barriers to securing employment and participating in the community.
Hotel Etico (NSW)
Located in the historic Mount Victoria Manor in the Blue Mountains, Hotel Etico is Australia’s first social enterprise hotel, providing vocational training and independent living skills for young adults with learning disabilities.
Social Science Translated (Queensland/online)
Through its flagship espionage-themed program, Secret Agent Society (SAS), Social Science Translated works to strengthen the emotional and social skills and resilience of 8 to 12-year-olds, including children diagnosed with autism, ADHD and anxiety.
Welcome to Country (NSW/online)
Welcome to Country is a not-for-profit organisation addressing employment and economic development outcomes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities by providing a national online marketplace for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander experiences and products.