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1. Charcoal Lane embraces seasonal change
(Daily News/Blog)

Mission Australia’s Charcoal Lane social enterprise restaurant in Melbourne has unveiled a new autumn menu of dishes infused with native flavours. Among the entrees new head chef Andy Bedford and his ...

2. Cheer the RaboDirect Melbourne Rebels and stand up for youth
(Daily News/Blog)

... Victorian youth programs such as our Charcoal Lane social enterprise restaurant and Learning Unlimited help young people to reengage with training and education. Scrumhalf Richard Kingi is intimately ...

3. Featherweight
(Pathways/About Us)

Featherweight is a Mission Australia social enterprise based in Bellambi that produces padded sports equipment from old mattress filling and unwearable clothing donated to our Big Heart op shops. Funded ...

4. NEIS helps basketball star set up dream diner
(Daily News/Blog)

Former NBA player Raheim Brown has opened his first New York Dreams restaurant in Adelaide’s Semaphore after learning small business skills through Mission Australia's New Enterprise Incentive Scheme ...

5. With a little help from our friends
(Daily News/Blog)

... hosted a Christmas Day breakfast to celebrate the work of Big Heart Enterprises volunteers and help make Christmas merrier for local people who would have otherwise have spent the day alone. "The thought ...

6. Free Christmas breakfast for the Illawarra community
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... says the breakfast is open to the whole community. “The idea for the breakfast came about as we have a number of volunteers at our Big Heart Stores and our Soft Landing enterprise who live alone and ...

7. Our social enterprises
(Pathways/About Us)

Mission Australia’s operates several social enterprises - business ventures that also aim to achieve a social outcome – including:   Recycling, reducing and re-using in New South Wales Mission ...

8. We love our Big Hearted volunteers
(Daily News/Blog)

Mission Australia’s Big Heart Enterprises in the Illawarra has marked 21 years of volunteering with a picnic and commemorative booklet – just in time for International Volunteer Day.  More than 100 volunteers ...

9. Sustainable growth
(Pathways/About Us)

... enterprises), Mission Australia is well on the road to becoming financially sustainable. We minimise overheads through resource economies of scale, avoiding task duplication and ensuring efficient workflows. ...

10. Service excellence
(Pathways/About Us)

... programs and social enterprises, Mission Australia provides opportunities for people to gain skills, qualifications and confidence. In 2011 our 17 training and skill-building services helped 2,276 individuals. ...

11. Common Ground Sydney supportive housing initiative opens doors
(Daily News/Blog)

... as mental health, counselling, vocational training, fitness classes, living skills and financial management. A social enterprise (a business that also provides social outcomes) will also be developed ...

12. Rebels with a cause
(Daily News/Blog)

... constructed by Mission Australia’s Urban Renewal social enterprise, to Hemmings Park. Players even manned the My Future Community Garden stall that had been set up in the Pop-Up Park to...Eight new RaboDirect ...

13. Featherweight packs a double whammy
(Daily News/Blog)

Ever wondered where old mattresses go when they die? If they’re lucky they end up at Mission Australia's new Featherweight recycling enterprise in Bellambi where they’re reborn as punching bags. One of ...

14. NEIS helps Dang grow fruitful business
(Daily News/Blog)

... Relations’ New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS) program, operated in Darwin by Mission Australia, Dang has started her own small business. “Historically, I had operated a small business enterprise ...

15. Follow the Charcoal Lane story through film
(Daily News/Blog)

This week, our partners at Citi Australia, are presenting a series of short videos about Charcoal Lane – Mission Australia’s social enterprise restaurant in Melbourne. Charcoal Lane enables ...

16. Local business recognised nationally for hard work
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Media release, 7 October 2011 A family owned and operated business in the Riverland has been nominated for ‘Best New Business’ in the National New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS) Association Business ...

17. Our first Celebrate Social Enterprise Awards a hit!
(Daily News/Blog)

On Monday night Mission Australia hosted our inaugural Celebrate Social Enterprise Awards at Melbourne Aquarium. This event celebrated and acknowledged the dedication and hard work of past and present ...

18. Norm's Blog: Day Two: Part two - Juma Ventures
(Daily News/Blog)

... and award-winning youth development program that combines employment in social enterprises, college preparation, and financial and intellectual asset building to create a safe, supportive community where ...

19. Media coverage - ABC: Toby Hall talks social enterprise
(Daily News/Blog)

... social enterprises. Social enterprises are businesses with social goals, such as helping people who are disadvantaged and long-term unemployed into the workforce. “Social enterprises are about getting ...

20. Toby Hall talks social enterprise
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... Sydney on Saturday Extra to discuss the potential of social enterprises. Social enterprises are businesses with social goals, such as helping people who are disadvantaged and long-term unemployed into ...

21. Reform efforts have charities all atwitter
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... trying to close off profitable social enterprises that reinvest earnings into community programs. “They’re on the record as saying that they’re not trying to close off those investments by taxing the ...

22. More traineeships in Bellambi for people with disability
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... accredited training in Certificate II in waste management. The job seekers will receive training though a soon to be established social enterprise Feather Weight, which will manufacture punching bags ...

23. Pathways to life and work-ready skills
(Pathways/About Us)

... programs and social enterprises, Mission Australia provides opportunities for people to gain skills, qualifications and confidence. In recent years Mission Australia has concentrated on providing free ...

24. Urban Renewal (VIC)
(Community Services/Community Services)

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

25. Learning Unlimited (SA)
(Community Services/Community Services)

... with re-entry into mainstream education, employment or enterprise initiatives. Case management is also provided, which addresses the social or emotional issues that have prevented the young person from ...