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This page helps people discover and connect with organisations across the ecosystem. Each organisation curates its own profile, helping others understand who they are, what they do, where they work, and the expertise and services they bring to the sector. As a community-led resource, it will grow and evolve through your input. We facilitate updates and improvements, helping keep information current, useful and accessible for the broader ecosystem. On 23 June 2026, we launched a map view (beta). If something doesn't work as expected, please let the team know at team@understorey.org.au.
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Stepping Stone Social Enterprise is a Work Integration Social Enterprise based in Canberra. We provide employment and paid training opportunities for migrant and refugee women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds who face multiple barriers to formal employment, through two cafes and a catering business.
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Stirling and Rose is a first-of-a-kind legal practice specialising in crypto and digital assets, web 3.0, metaverse, smart legal contracts and data rights. We have a long track record across some of the most complex transactions and applications of digital law in the market and have been influential in policy making and regulation internationally. We serve investors, platform providers, entrepreneurs, financial institutions and Governments on the legality and regulation of new digital assets and alternative finance. We are uniquely positioned to advise on FinTech, RegTech and LegalTech holistically.

Stori.Rise is a creative studio and impact platform. It delivers culturally grounded websites, marketing, and education. Stori.Rise Impact offers free digital storytelling and support for communities. It also publishes story-driven books that build voice, identity, and connection in diverse communities.

Strategy&Ops Consultancy is a mission-driven social enterprise delivering sustainability advisory, training, and digital tools. We help organisations and communities build practical capability in climate, ESG, and circular economy, enabling measurable environmental and social impact through accessible, practitioner-led solutions.
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STREAT is a leading Work Integration Social Enterprise with a decade supporting youth aged 16-24, 36% from CALD communities. STREAT offers supported work readiness and employment pathway programs for disadvantaged young people facing barriers, aged 16-24 whose primary goal is to work. Our program is individually tailored and wrap around, including case management, work-readiness training, contextualised language training/support, extensive work experience across STREAT’s businesses (cafes, kiosks, bakery, catering, farms, gardens), and transition support into a real job (on average over 1,000hrs of support across a year).

Strive Motion is a registered social enterprise, we solely exist to solve a social problem. Our impact is through local action, helping people over 50 who feel socially isolated and have poor access to health, to find hope and community.
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Success Works Partners is not-for-profit social enterprise with DGR (deductible gift recipient) status. We transform the lives of women affected by the criminal justice system, by providing them with employability skills and empowering them to present themselves to an employer who sees their skills and potential and not their record. We break down the barriers to employment for women with a criminal record through employer engagement, training and advocating for change.

Sustainable Value partners with organisations to design, develop, and scale impactful services and products. Blending human-centred design with economic analysis, we drive social and economic change through strategy, enterprise development, and outcomes measurement for purpose-driven initiatives.

Sydney Posters is a one-stop shop for local and national print and campaign needs, specialising in high-quality printing, outdoor and indoor distribution, and design services. From posters and business cards to street and in-store advertising, we provide a wide range of products to help businesses connect with their audience. With an in-house design team and online marketing solutions, we deliver creative, marketing-ready strategies to elevate your brand's reach and impact.
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The Sydney Social Sciences and Humanities Advanced Research Centre (SSSHARC) uses innovative and collaborative approaches to problem solving within the humanities and social sciences and beyond. Example projects include Reimagining the Queer Classroom, which brings together researchers in sexuality studies to develop queer-led classroom concepts; Beyond Consent: Gender and Sexuality Norms, a collaboration with Consent Labs to create school programs aimed at preventing gendered violence by examining gender and sexuality norms; and Games Methodology for Complex Issues through the SQUIGGLE project, which uses tabletop games to foster gender inclusivity and transformative interpersonal exchange.

Ta'leem Consulting is a learning consultancy on a mission to empower traditionally marginalised voices. We build effective solutions, through a human-centered design approach and structured thinking process to create elegant, intentional solutions.

Senior communications support for not-for-profits and social enterprises. I assist teams to deliver clear, accessible annual reports and complex communications work with thoughtful judgement, strong writing and calm support.
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TechForGood is an IT reseller that is B Corp and Social Enterprise certified, and 100% women-owned. We offer competitively priced IT hardware and software, and commit 2% of revenue from every sale to social and environmental impact projects.

The Beautiful Bunch is a Melbourne-based not-for-profit social enterprise and floral delivery service that creates training and employment for young women from refugee backgrounds. It exists because this group faces some of the most significant barriers to entering the workforce, and meaningful work can change that.
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The Behaviour Change Collaborative is a social enterprise working collaboratively to address health, social and environmental challenges. We partner with academia, government, non-profit organisations and social businesses to influence behaviours and improve lives.

The Big Issue is an independent, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting and creating work opportunities for people experiencing homelessness, marginalisation and disadvantage. Simply put, we help people help themselves.

The Creative Co-Operative (CCO) works with diverse, values-aligned organisations to provide design, marketing and digital services as well as support services for small businesses and startups. We’re an all-rounder creative services consultancy structured as a social enterprise.

The Data Conversation is committed to supporting small community organisations with accessing and using data. We are doing this by sharing knowledge, developing capabilities, and advocating for the needs of the sector. We are a social enterprise based in Canberra, Australia.
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The Freedom Hub is a social enterprise dedicated to combating modern slavery through education, advocacy, and support services, raising awareness and empowering survivors. Our Survivor School offers long-term, wraparound support with free, personalised classes to aid in trauma recovery and workplace readiness. Additionally, our Peer Support Program provides activities, workshops, community-building events, and recreational sports. We fund these initiatives through our social enterprise businesses, including a café, event venue, and online retail store, which serve as community hubs for involvement and awareness. As a result, most administrative costs are covered by the business, allowing supporter donations to go directly to survivor support.
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CUC Southern Shoalhaven's core business is as a Regional University Study Hub, supporting university students in our local region. We run The Hive as a social enterprise in the co-working sphere, where people can hire space at a desk or a room for a variety of individual or group uses.