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ABOUT US
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History
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SEP continues the work of the
Social Entrepreneurs Network (2001 -2003) with a refined focus
on practitioners and change agents and a new and additional
emphasis upon public policy innovation to encourage social
enterprise.
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The term ‘social
entrepreneurship’ appeared in Australia about 1999. ‘Social
enterprise’ appeared about the same time. ‘Community
enterprise’ has had a longer history, having been used
in reference to employment creation ventures in disadvantaged
communities since about 1980.
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‘Co-operative enterprise’ has
been a continuous strand of activity and debate in Australia
since the 1870s, with peak periods of enterprise formation in
the wake of both first and second world wars (the first
national congress of co-operative enterprises took place in
1920). Mutuals and friendly societies were a strong part of
Australian life in the last thirty years of the nineteenth
century, but were marginalized in the twentieth -
some are now beginning to re-invent themselves for a new era.
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The term ‘community economic
development’ has enjoyed a usage spanning some three decades
in Canada, India, New Zealand and South Africa, but
has not been used widely in Australia, with the possible
exception of small town and rural community enterprise. The term 'social economy' has
enjoyed widespread use in Europe and the UK for the past
decade, receiving added impetus in the 1990s in association
with Third Way thinking, but its use in Australia dates only
from the beginning of this century.
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Various sector networks and peak
bodies have operated around some of these terms, but the
Social Entrepreneurs Network (SEN) was the first attempt to
develop a national cross-sectoral, cross-industry organization
for social enterprise activity. Following SEN, a permanent
infrastructure, development body, and public voice for this
activity is of critical importance.
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Leadership |
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National Director
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Vern Hughes is SEP's National Director. Vern is responsible for
SEP's strategic directions and communications.
Vern's contact
details are:
0425 722 890
vern@partnerships.org.au
CLICK HERE
to see Vern's profile.
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Location |
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National Office
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Social Enterprise Partnerships
41 Meldan Street
Burwood
Vic 3125
AUSTRALIA
Phone - 0425 722 890
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Social
Enterprise
News
A subscription
e-newsletter (free to members). Local and international
news and views on social enterprise, partnerships and
innovation in government/community relationships;
profiles of ventures of interest; and advertisements for
employment vacancies in social enterprise. Annual
subscription rate for non-members - $77 (includes GST).
Social Enterprise Update
A free e-newsletter, providing news on Social Enterprise
Partnerships' projects and events; and advertisements
for employment vacancies.
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