Our social enterprises

Mission Australia’s operates several social enterprises - business ventures that also aim to achieve a social outcome – including:
 

Charcoal Lane 
Based in Melbourne’s Fitzroy, Charcoal Lane specialises in modern cuisine infused with native flavours. It also enables Aboriginal and disadvantaged young people to gain experience in a supported, real work environment while building personal skills and gaining accredited education in hospitality.

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Big Heart Enterprises 
Established in the Illawarra 20 years ago, Big Heart now includes eight 'op' shops that provide high-quality, low-cost clothing and furnishings. It also runs accredited training programs in forklift driving to the long-term unemployed.

Big Heart’s base at Bellambi is now home to a range of enterprises that provide local jobs and training and reduce landfill. Among them is the Soft Landing mattress recycling operation and Featherweight, which produces padded sports equipment from old mattress filling.

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Go to the Big Heart ebay page to shop online for Big Heart items

Urban Renewal
Urban Renewal is a Mission Australia-operated landscaping, gardening and light construction business that provides fixed-term, transitional work and training opportunities for previously unemployed and disadvantaged Victorians.

This social enterprise prides itself on delivering exceptional workmanship while improving the built environment and environmental sustainability of Victorian communities.

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