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Social Enterprise On The Coast

Update

Edition 2 – April 2013

News:Lakeside Art Creative EnterpriseTwo new artists have made the Lakeside Art Creative Enterprise their new home for 2013. Designer Sarah Baron and Manga artist Matthew Lin -otherwise known as Studio Scribbly - officially opened their new art space recently.

The artists will be hosting exhibitions, selling their unique work and running workshops and events throughout the year. Their new space is located in an empty shopfront in Lakeside Plaza - Shop 3/96 The Entrance Road, The Entrance.

For details call 0402 406 535.

How to Fund Your Social & Community Enterprise - FREE WorkshopWant to know more about crowdfunding, community finance and social benefit bonds? In this FREE workshop you will hear from StartSomeGood’s co-founder Tom Dawkins who will give you information about crowdfunding and how you can use this funding option to resource your social enterprise.

Social Enterprise Finance Australia (SEFA) and Foresters Community Finance will outline the different finance options for social and community enterprise.

Social Ventures Australia will provide information about the NSW government’s new Social Benefit Bond.

How to Fund Your Social & Community Enterprise Workshop

Friday 21st June, 2013 from 10 am

The Entrance Community Centre

Cnr Oakland & Battley Ave, The Entrance

Please call 4350 5193 to register your attendance

Social Enterprises focus on self-help, working together, creating opportunities for mutual benefit and supporting communities to build their own wealth.

We welcome your thoughts, feedback and contributions. We would love to hear from you.

“Crowdfunding websites helped

organisations and individuals worldwide

raise $2.7 billion in 2012, an 81% increase on the previous year”

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Workshop Program:The Social Enterprise on the Coast workshop program is in full swing. The FREE workshops have been raising awareness about social enterprise and providing Central Coast community organisations, individuals and social enterprises with the tools to test the feasibility of their social enterprise idea.

During May we will be rolling out the first of our “Road Map for Success’ workshops. The workshop is designed to give participants an understanding of the importance of planning to create sustainability and provides the tools to produce a business plan.

Tuesday 7th May, 2013 10am to 2pmStarting a Social Enterprise 101 – How to research the feasibility of your social enterprise ideaThe Entrance Community Centre

Thursday 16th May, 2013 10am to 2pmStarting a Social Enterprise 201 – Road Map for SuccessBusiness Enterprise Centre, Tuggerah

Friday 21st June, 2013 10am to 4pmHow to Fund Your Social & Community EnterpriseThe Entrance Community Centre

Thursday 27th June, 2013 10am to 2pmStarting a Social Enterprise 201 – Road Map for SuccessKariong Neighbourhood Centre

Numbers for each workshop are limited so please call 4350 5193 or email shari.young@wyong.nsw.gov.au to register your attendance.

The Entrance Community Café (Sam’s Café) to open Monday to FridayThe Samaritans were successful with their proposal to Wyong Shire Council to activate The Entrance Community Café.

Sam’s Café is a project of the Samaritans Supported Independence Program and aims to offer real-life work skills and development to people living with a disability. The café will also provide work experience opportunities for students studying Hospitality as part of their HSC. Details about the café including the menu can be found at www.samaritans.org.au/page364/.aspx

This year, the Central Coast Innovation Summit will be held on the 13th June 2013. On the back of two highly successful summits in the past two years this year’s summit will explore new ideas and models that capitalise on the next wave of innovation. The theme is “Catching the Next Wave of Innovation: A Resource Efficient Digitally Connected Community”.

The Summit takes its theme from the book “The Sixth Wave “by James Bradfield Moody and Bianca Nogrady. THE SIXTH WAVE is a popular business book built around extensive research with predictions and a roadmap to the future and explores how to succeed in a resource-limited world. The summit will explore the opportunity of coupling sustainability with digital technology to create “a resource efficient digitally connected community”. The key is to work out how to take advantage of such opportunities.

The summit will host nationally renowned speakers from the Carbon Climate institute, Carbon Arts and the University of Newcastle. There will be a special guest appearance from the author James Moody. It will also showcase local organisations that have adopted sixth wave thinking in their business practices!

The summit will be held at Mingara on Thursday 13th June from 8.30 am until 12 noon. Registration for the event is now open. More information can be found at www.innov8central.com.au. or by contacting Innov8Central on 4349 4953.

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Networking Event:The next Social Enterprise on the Coast Peer to Peer Networking event will be held in conjunction with Regional Development Australia’s (RDA) regular Focus on the Coast from 5.30pm on Thursday 20th June, 2013.

If you are an entrepreneur, involved with a community group or a business person and committed to making a difference in our community then join us at RDA - North Loop Road, Central Coast Campus 10 Chittaway Road, Ourimbah.

• Social Enterprise on the Coast Update

• Social Enterprise Showcase – Response Art & Design

• Social Enterprise Network – share your experiences with others interested in the social enterprise sector

To register please call 4349 4949 or email elizabeth.westrup@rdacc.org.au

Showcase:The Coolamon on Green Central

The Coolamon on Green Central is a social enterprise initiative of Youthconnections.com.au. It is a café that is managed and operated by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

The Coolamon is a friendly, community oriented venue, located at Kariong, and offers great coffee along side a beautiful selection of morning tea, lunches and afternoon teas. It is also a training café that hosts young people from alternative education programs, disability programs, structured work placement and work experience students.

Café manager Hayley Hardcastle says “The Coolamon is a unique business that incorporates a training facility for students to gain skills and confidence without the pressure of a normal café. We give students the support they need until they are ready to handle the intensity of a mainstream café.”

The Coolamon boasts an organic garden that provides an abundance of fruit and vegetables which is harvested daily for use in the café. The staff at the Coolamon also provide catering for functions, business breakfasts, work lunches and morning teas. The Café is open from 8.00am to 3.00pm Monday to Friday and all are welcome. For enquiries please contact café staff on (02) 4346 1110.

‘If you are a local social enterprise and would like to be part of our regular show-

case please let us know”

The latest ABS data shows 39% of income in the Not for Profit sector is earned through trade, indicating over a $29.5 billion contribution of social enterprise activity to the Australian economy just in the NFP sector.

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For further details about any of the information featured in this Social Enterprise on the Coast Update

please contact Shari Young E shari.young@wyong.nsw.gov.au

P 4350 5193 M 0408 807 758

Funded by:

Supported by:

Further Reading• Australian Stories of Social Enterprise• Business Planning Guide for Social Enterprises• Finding Australia’s Social Enterprise Sector Project

(FASES)• Churchill Fellowship ReportAvailable at www.socialenterprises.com.au/useful-resources

Social Enterprise Organisations:• Social Enterprises Sydney

www.socialenterprises.com.au• Social Traders - www.socialtraders.com.au• School for Social Entrepreneurs Australia

www.sse.org.au • The Australian Centre for Social Innovation

www.tacsi.org.au • The Centre for Social Impact – www.csi.edu.au • Social Ventures Australia

www.socialventures.com.au

Resource LinkFinancial Training, Services and Resources for Not for Profit Organisations• Community Compass Inc P 4353 9806 E info@

communitycompass.org.au www.communitycompass.org.au

Social Enterprise Finance & Funding Options• Social Enterprise Finance Australia (SEFA)

www.sefa.com.au • Foresters Community Finance

www.foresters.org.au • Social Ventures Australia

www.socialventures.com.au • StartSomeGood – Crowdfunding

www.startsomegood.com

Pro Bono Legal Services • National Pro Bono Resource Centre P 9385 7775

www.nationalprobono.org.au