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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 To view the program calendar click here ** WORKSHOP 4 NOW OPEN ** 19th April 10am Please note this is an online interactive workshop Head to Humanitix to secure a spot: Book a ticket ** BUSINESS FOR GOOD CONFERENCE REGISTRATIONS OPEN ** 20th JUNE Business for Good Conference Head to Humanitix to Book a ticket ** WORKSHOP & COACHING SCHEDULES RELEASED** Click to see the Workshop schedule and topics Click to see the Coaching and Procurement program. Round 1 has closed for Business coaching. Rolling applications are available for the Social procurement coaching program. Round 2 will open for coaching applications in July. Recent Activities February On the Couch Several Business for Gooders took us up on an opportunity for a Q&A with Amy Orange and Rhianna Wamsley from Social Traders, who took us through the ins & outs of the Social Enterprise Certification process.
Business Model Design for Impact Workshop 2 It was another full house for the team from Collab4Good and Tina Ferguson who walked us through some great tips, techniques and strategies for business model development and market fit. Amy, Arianna and Tina shared their expertise, taking us through Theory of Change, business model canvas for impact, design thinking, testing our assumptions and conducting good customer research.
| On the Couch These online, sessions are a relaxed, informal Q&A opportunity to ask your most burning questions about social enterprise, the Business for Good program or any other topic related to a for purpose business. Next topic: TBC Click here to secure your spot: Registrations opening soon  Join the Business for Good community to receive program updates and announcements |
