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Business for Good
The Business for Good: Social Enterprise Sector Development program will support up to 80 South Australian (SA) small social enterprise businesses with key business fundamentals to strengthen their knowledge, capacity and capability to deliver social, environmental and economic outcomes for SA with long-term business sustainability and growth. Delivered in partnership by the South Australian Social Enterprise Council (SASEC), Social Traders and Collab4Good, the 18-month Business for Good Program delivers activities through three streams:
- Early advice, information and referrals.
- Group workshops and a social enterprise conference.
- An advisory support service, consisting of a social procurement readiness program and a business growth coaching program.
The Business for Good Program is an initiative of the Government of South Australia’s Office for Small and Family Business and the South Australian Small Business Strategy 2023 – 2030.
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What does the program involve? |
Stream 1 | Access early advice, information, resources and referrals that can help you develop your social enterprise or embed more social and/or environmental impact through your business. Get involved by: emailing us directly via hellosasec@gmail.com |
Stream 2
| Social enterprise development workshop series, delivered in-person and online Business for Good Conference | 20th JUNE 2024 Get involved by: joining the Business for Good community below to receive update bulletins Click to see the workshop schedule and topics |
Stream 3 | Social procurement readiness program | ROLLING INTAKE - NOW OPEN Business growth coaching | APPLICATIONS FOR COHORT 2 OPEN IN JULY Get involved by: joining the Business for Good community below to receive update bulletins Click to see the Coaching and procurement program |
Who is the program for? |
Social enterprises, First Nations owned businesses or B Corps who are already championing good social and/or environmental impact through business: the Business for Good program is here to help you go further. Traditional small businesses interested in how you might create more social impact, be more environmentally sustainable and/or recruit for diversity: the Business for Good program is here to support you to do so. |
Eligibility |
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You are welcome to join the Business for Good program and access all of the program activities if all of the eligibility criteria apply. If any of the criteria don't apply to your business there are still some activities you can access. We will let you know what they are once you register.
Is there a cost to participate?
Please be aware that some activities attract a small fee as a co-contribution to support the sustainability of the program. You can find these fees below. We have an Equitable Access Policy if the fees are a barrier for you to access the program.
Contact us via hellosasec@gmail.com to determine if this policy can be applied to your participation and to access the policy.
Activities will be ticketed via Humanitix, with the appropriate fee.
Workshop fee: $25+gst per person
Coaching fee: $40+gst per session
Program Opportunities & Updates
Current Program Opportunities The next workshop in the Business for Good series is about Financial Management for Business Sustainability and Impact. Coaching and Procurement program Would you like some tailored support 1-1 support to embed social and environmental impact into your business? Or do you need some help building up the commercial sustainability of your social enteprise? Expressions of Interest have opened for our second (and last!) Business for Good coaching intake.
Recent Activities JUNE - Business for Good Conference
WOW WHAT A DAY! 💥 On 20th June we hosted the Business for Good Conference. Calling it a massive success is an understatement! It was an absolute pleasure to bring together the social enterprise and small business for good community in South Australia, with a whole day and program co-designed and delivered by the sector itself! 21 sector activators and over 30 businesses for good showcased as contributors and suppliers. Thank you to all of our activators, suppliers, showcasers, sponsors and volunteers for contributing to this incredible successful event!
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