Business Planning Guide for Social Enterprise
This guide focuses on social enterprises in Australia that provide employment for people who are excluded from the labour market.
Who is this guide for?
The guide is primarily aimed at people and/ or organisations interested in starting a social enterprise and who don’t have experience of doing this before. It is a step-by-step guide to thinking about, researching, planning for, starting and then growing a social enterprise, which will help you to:
- create a rigorous business plan for a sustainable social enterprise
- obtain support for your social enterprise e.g. from partners
- secure investment for your social enterprise
- monitor and evolve your social enterprise in future years.
It is also designed to be a useful resource for more experienced practitioners, acting as a reference point and refresher.
First Nations peoples should be aware that this website may contain the images, voices or names of people who have passed away.