The Youth Enterprises Partnership (YEP) Project, funded by the Queensland Government’s Department of Communities, is managed by SVA. The project is designed to fund the establishment of at least two social enterprises in Brisbane and Townsville that specifically target young … Continue reading →

Yarnteen is an award-winning Newcastle based non-profit organisation focused on Indigenous capacity building and enterprise development. Yarnteen’s success has been attributed to the vision, stability, cohesiveness and co-operation they have been able to generate from all sectors of the Indigenous … Continue reading →

SVA, together with its partners, launched the first Social Enterprise Hub in Brisbane in 2006. The Hub has delivered impressive results to the community, assisting over 40 social enterprises. In 2009 the original Brisbane Hub was expanded beyond Brisbane to … Continue reading →

The ACT Social Enterprise Hub commenced in 2008 and was formally launched in June 2009 by a partnership made up of Social Ventures Australia (SVA), PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), The Snow Foundation, Mental Health Community Coalition (MHCC), ACT Health and the Department … Continue reading →

Social Enterprise Hubs are an innovative approach to developing partnerships between government, philanthropists and the community sector to support the development of social enterprises in Australia. They are place-based responses to social inclusion and are developed in specific regions to … Continue reading →

SVA has been pioneering work in Australia over the past five years to support the development of social enterprises. With an increasing focus on social enterprise from government, the commercial sector and the non-profit sector, SVA’s work is targeted at … Continue reading →