Midland Town Hall, Great Eastern Highway, Midland, WA

Wednesday 20 April, 2005

          
This is a FREE seminar, sponsored by the City of Swan.

PROGRAM

8.45- 9.10    Registrations

9.00 - 9.20   Welcome: Charlie Gregorini, Mayor, City of Swan 

9.20 -9.30    Introductory Address: Tracey Hodgkins, Director, Curtin
                  Advantage (MC)  

9.30 - 10.15  Keynote address: Social Enterprise in Australia - Vern Hughes,
                   Executive Director, Social Enterprise Partnerships  

10.15 – 10.30 Tea/Coffee               

10.30 – 10.40  WA Networking Bright Spot  

10.40 – 12.30  WA Social Enterprise – 4 Presentations  

• Partnerships: Key Factors for Success ( Malaga Wood Waste Recovery) - Partnership: City of Swan, Jobs Australia (Midland/Morley) & Ernst & Young -  Alisa Patterson, Jobs Australia (Midland/Morley); John Rogers, Malaga Business Development, City of Swan
   
• The Big Issue: ‘a hand up, rather than a hand out’ - Jim Petrie, The Big Issue/Ruah Community Services/The Body Shop
   
• Community Foundations- Money & decisions at the grass roots David Beurle, Creative Futures & Trevor Chapman, WA Community Foundation (WACF) 
   
• Social enterprise, partnerships, sustainability - Nicole Hodgson, Co-ordinator, WA Collaboration; Sumit Dutta, Infoxhange/Green PC

12.30 – 1.15 Lunch  

1.15 – 2.30  Networking! Information!  And ….steps to progress social 
                   enterprise in WA?

Stream 1:  Social Enterprise & Partnerships - Vern Hughes (stream facilitator)

• Lifecycle Ventures: Youth, Family, & Aged - Vern Hughes
   
• Housing & Accommodation - Kathleen Gregory, Eastern Metropolitan Community Housing Employment & Training
   
• Community Cafes & Catering - Ken Jennings, Centrecare WA

Stream 2: Social Enterprise & Sustainability - Helen Lynes (stream facilitator) 

• Community Enterprise: Sustainable Future - John Croft, Nicole Hodgson
  
• Employment & Training - David Grealy, Jobs West
  
• Disability, Social Inclusion & Enterprise - Simone Flavelle, DADAA 

2.15 – 2.30 Afternoon Tea  

2.30 – 3.30  Networking! Information!  And ….steps to progress social 
                  enterprise in WA?

Stream 1: Power of money & trade at the grass roots - Helen Lynes

• Micro-Finance - Natalie Hunt, WACOSS Resource Recovery
   
• Banks & Foundations – John Croft, DLGRD & Trevor Chapman, WACF
   
• Superannuation & Social Enterprise - Heather Walford, Edith Cowan University
   
• Local Energy Transfer System (LETS) - John Croft, Dept of Local Govt & Regional Development

Stream 2: Social Enterprise & Partnerships  Vern Hughes

• Resource Recovery - Chris Whitelock, Good Samaritan Industries
   
• NGO & Business Partnership - Helen Dullard, Hills Community Support Group
   
• Micro-enterprise  John Rogers, City of Swan
   
• Peer Services – Mental Health Consumers - Maxine Drake Health Consumer Council

3.30 – 4.30 Summing up, plenary - where to from here?  

4.30  Close

An initiative of Social Enterprise Partnerships and the City of Swan, in association with the Western Australian Community Foundation, Jobs Australia (Midland & Morley), and WA Community Collaboration.
  
This is a FREE seminar, sponsored by the City of Swan.

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