Presenting to an international delegation – an exciting morning!
The team at One10 was honoured to present today to a delegation of Government officials from the Philippines (many of whom were female – something we can learn from here in Australia!) organised by the Asian Development Bank. The different Government departments represented included:
Department of Social Welfare and Development
National Economic and Development Authority
Department of Trade and Industry
Department of Finance
This was a fantastic opportunity to share our knowledge on social enterprise and impact investing. There were plenty of questions around how start-up social enterprises can scale their business to create greater positive impacts. Social enterprise is popular in the Philippines, yet there is a a gap between people with ideas and passion, and business acumen and capital.
This challenge is not unique to the Philippines – it is one that we face here in Australia too, and one that One10 is trying to address. We shared a fantastic discussion around ways to connect social entrepreneurs with the expertise and capital they need to make their business a success.
We would also like to extend our thanks to the representatives from YGAP, Pollinate Energy, Thankyou., North Home, City of Melbourne and Oxfam who greatly enriched the discussion with their stories of success and explanations of different ways purpose-driven business can be approached. These organisations all play different roles in the social enterprise ecosystem and shed light on how multi-faceted and collaborative it is!
#News Great to see One10 Groups valued client ANC Delivers proud to announce a significant new funding agreement with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to accelerate the electrification of their delivery fleet.
Social Enterprise Development Initiative (SEDI) Grants help social enterprises, including trading Indigenous owned or controlled organisations with a defined social benefit, grow their business, scale their impact and further their missions of creating positive social change.
Communities of Practice (CoP) are groups of peers who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly (Goodhue & Seriamlu, 2021). Research suggests that learning is the main reason CoPs are established. Social learning and thinking together are key concepts in it. The collaborative learning process of ‘thinking together’ is one of the most meaningful elements of a CoP and what makes it work.
With over 20,000 social enterprises in Australia alone, there is immense potential for driving positive change through sustainable business models. However, many impact-focused ventures face obstacles in areas like measuring impact, raising capital, scaling operations, and securing revenue opportunities.
Many business owners, boards, and stakeholders may not realise they are already operating as a social enterprise. Social enterprises aim to have a positive community impact, not just maximise profits. According to CSI Australia, a social enterprise has an underlying mission of creating social or environmental change. This differs from a traditional business focusing solely on making money.
Eight Gippsland and Latrobe Valley purpose-driven organisations have been selected to undertake a twelve-week accelerator program being delivered in partnership between Federation University Morwell Innovation Centre and Social Innovator One10 Group.
The program seeks to build the capability and capacity of the social enterprise sector and support the participating organisations to scale their ventures and impact in the region.
The emerging Social Enterprise sector in the Latrobe Valley and Gippsland region is set to get a major boost from a new social enterprise accelerator program being delivered at the $17 million dollar Federation University Morwell Innovation Centre.
The 12-week program called ‘Acceleration for Social Enterprise’ will be delivered by leading Social Innovation organisation One10 Group in partnership with Federation University Morwell Innovation Centre and support the further development of the social enterprise sector and enterprises across the region.
One10 Group is pleased to announce our educational workshops for September, our 3-part Startup Essentials, is created by One10 and facilitated by Social Entrepreneur and Impact Investor, Geoff Gourley.
By signing up, you will take a huge step forward in progressing your knowledge of the startup essentials. Geoff will be supporting you through a journey toward becoming better founders and enable you to understand the essentials and be better placed to start and scale your venture.
These workshops cover a range of topics over an hour and a half period from 4:00pm-5:30pm each week.
Not a day goes by where you don’t read about company X or founder Y raising millions in equity investment for their startup venture or scale stage business.
Every week more ‘Funds’ are announced to support “women, indigenous, early stage, scale stage, sector specific, and there is currently 4,000 grants worth $50B listed on the GrantGuru website.
It can be competitive, confusing and really difficult to navigate and prepare yourself and your venture to attract funding, and we all know how important having sufficient cash is to support growth and scale.
Here at One10 we speak with founders and startups every day about investment, funding, pitching and grants, which is why we have created this specific Masterclass called “Funding Your Venture”.
This is such an important week in the calendar #NAIDOCWeek is an opportunity to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
The 2021 theme, 'Heal Country', calls for stronger measures to recognise, protect and maintain all aspects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and heritage.
At One10 Group we join that call for action, and encourage others to do the same.