White Box Enterprises: social enterprises are key to success for people facing job challenges
Getting a job in Australia can be tough. If you’re a First Nations person, living with a disability, a newly arrived Australian or an ex-offender, it’s much tougher. But social enterprise incubator White Box Enterprises is fast developing a track record of start-up successes that are opening up the job market to people who had been facing barriers – one of which has just attracted a $5 million boost in funding from the Paul Ramsay Foundation.
Read morePhilanthropists collaborate in new employment grants program
A group of Australia’s leading philanthropic organisations has established a new grant program to support social enterprises in accelerating growth and impact, while creating job opportunities for Australians facing barriers to employment.
The key questions I asked to be a better leader for social impact
Founder and CEO of the Top Blokes Foundation Melissa Abu-Gazaleh, reflects on what she took away from being part of the first cohort of the Social Impact Leadership Australia (SILA) program.