Winners announced at the State Library of Victoria on Tuesday, 28 May
“The Social Enterprise Awards are a celebration of excellence. They recognise the incredible journeys, the successes, the failures, the blood sweat and tears, the personal challenges, the amazing accomplishments and the absolute magnificence of these remarkable businesses called social enterprises… Social Enterprises are businesses calibrated to make the market do good stuff, to make the market deliver the social justice that it is capable of delivering.â€
~ Mark Daniels (Social Traders) master of ceremonies for the Awards
The inaugural Social Enterprise winners are
- Social Enterprise of the Year-Small – presented by The Trust Company Foundation –
congratulations to Connecting Up
- Social Enterprise of the Year-Medium/Large – presented by Australia Post –
congratulations to Resource Recovery
- Youth-Led Social Enterprise of the Year – presented by Foundation for Young Australians
congratulations to Thankyou Water
- Social Enterprise Innovation Award – presented by the Australian Government –
congratulations to STREAT
- Social Procurement Social Enterprise Supporter of the Year – presented by Social Traders –
well done Great Lakes Council