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Deadly Sports Plus is an Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organization that offers first aid services, first aid training, and first aid equipment throughout Victoria. They specialize in event first aid services for sporting events and community events, accredited first aid training for offices, worksites, and the public, and a range of first aid kits and defibrillators. 🙌 Deadly Sports Plus creates education and employment opportunities in pre-hospital care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, gender-diverse people, disabled people, and people from disadvantaged backgrounds. They provide discounted or free first aid training and event first aid services for communities in need. ❤️ Deadly Plus Sports is a Social Traders Certified Social Enterprise, a Supply Nation Certified Indigenous Business, and a member of the Kinaway Victorian Indigenous Chamber of Commerce and the Social Enterprise Network of Victoria (SENVIC).😊 Deadly Sports Plus Aboriginal Corporation Box Hill North, Victoria, Australia https://lnkd.in/gT85MEQ7

Knuckles Forest Garden Dankanda aims to provide organically grown food at affordable prices, restore natural ecosystems, provide economic pathways for local women, and create opportunities for people to enjoy and value nature. In 2022, they assumed responsibility for a 104-acre land that had been abandoned for more than 15 years. They have invested in soil development and sloping agricultural land technology (SALT) including contour terracing, drainage systems, vetiver grass planting, mana grass and paddy straw mulching, compost production, and green manure application. 💚 Knuckles Forest Garden Dankanda is working to create a model farm that is free from synthetic agrichemicals and produces fruit, vegetables, rice, and other crops in harmony with the local environment. 🌍️ They are also developing accommodation facilities to support agricultural ecotourism. Knuckles Forest Garden Dankanda offers free English courses and nature appreciation programs for local village children.😊 Dankanda, Sri Lanka https://lnkd.in/gTuXi7Ct

Motif Handmade makes it easy for conscious designers, brands, wholesalers, and retailers to access fair trade fabrics and products that sustain traditional crafts, minimize environmental impact, create living wage work, and support thriving families and communities in Bangladesh. They specialize in custom textile design, small-batch manufacturing, wholesale accessories and housewares, and handwoven fabrics. 🙌 Motif works with natural fibers, upcycled saris, recycled yarn made from garment factory waste, and other sustainably sourced materials. They reuse packing materials and boxes. 🌍️ Motif Handmade is Fair Trade Federation Verified. They are a member of ECOTA Fair Trade Forum in Bangladesh and Chicago Fair Trade in the United States.😊 Motif Handmade Hanna City, Illinois, United States https://lnkd.in/gKJSzNNC

Social Enterprise Australia fosters a vibrant and connected Australian social enterprise sector that provides environmental care, people-centered services, access to decent work, and community-led innovation. They work with state and territory peak bodies to plan, act, and learn together, create a shared national strategy and voice, and develop new ways of building social and environmental wellbeing. 🙌 Social Enterprise Australia commissions research to support federal advocacy. Their Business for Good report shows there are more than 12,000 social enterprises in Australia. The sector employs 1.6 percent of the Australian workforce and contributes 21.3 billion dollars to the economy each year. 👏 Social Enterprise Australia is registered as a not-for-profit organization and reinvests all surplus towards their purpose.❤️ Social Enterprise Australia Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia https://lnkd.in/gTGaDFgr

No Offence to Earth (NOTE) aims to revolutionize the stationery industry with innovative, environmentally responsible alternatives to plastic products. They started with plastic ballpoint pens because they are almost impossible to recycle, take hundreds of years to decompose, and an estimated 50 billion enter our landfills or oceans each year. 🌍️ NOTE developed a fully plastic-free pen from recycled newspaper and expanded to a plastic-free pen with a bamboo case, coconut shell cap, and recycled paper refill cartridge. Their refills were designed for compatibility with conventional pens to promote reuse and reduce waste. 👏 NOTE is working on new products that not only minimize environmental impact but also sustain and celebrate the craftsmanship of local Indian artisans. ❤️ They conduct workshops on sustainable practices and the importance of biodiversity, organize environmental cleanups, and contribute to tree-planting campaigns.🙌 NOTE Delhi, New Delhi, India www.goodmarket.global/note

Yoga on the Inside provides access to trauma-informed yoga and embodied mindfulness tools and practices to help people shift from surviving to thriving. They partner with prisons, youth detention centers, recovery programs, and support organizations to offer group and individual classes for people impacted by incarceration, family violence, substance abuse, psychosocial disabilities, and other marginalized groups. 🙌 Classes are facilitated by professionally qualified yoga teachers with specialized training in a trauma-informed approach. They are adapted to be accessible for everyone including people with disabilities. 👏 Yoga on the Inside reinvests at least 50 percent of all profits towards mentoring facilitators and providing pro bono services to support organizations with aligned values. They participate in forums, communities of practice, and conferences to share the benefits of this practice. ❤️ Yoga on the Inside is a Social Traders Certified Social Enterprise, the Australian affiliate of the Prison Yoga Project, and a member of Yoga Australia and the Queensland Social Enterprise Council (QSEC). Brisbane, Queensland, Australia https://lnkd.in/g2UcSHMA

Sustainable Wedding Alliance works with wedding businesses to develop future thinking strategies, make responsible decisions, and work collaboratively to create a more sustainable wedding industry. Their online member directory makes it easier for couples to find sustainable venues, florists, photographers, planners, celebrants, and other wedding service providers and suppliers. 🙌 Sustainable Wedding Alliance members receive an in-depth assessment of their sustainability practices, a customized action plan, and access to a resource library, training, certification, accreditation, and networking events.👏 Their Carbon Literacy Training for Wedding Professionals course is open to everyone in the wedding industry and is free for members. Sustainable Wedding Alliance runs a scholarship program for businesses from low-income groups and communities that are underrepresented in the industry. ❤️ They offset business carbon emissions through Ecologi and plant trees in the United Kingdom through Future Forest Company. 🌍️ Sustainable Wedding Alliance is a certified B Corporation. Sustainable Wedding Alliance | B Corp™ Oxford, England, United Kingdom https://lnkd.in/gk2T7Sja

Social Enterprise Council of NSW & ACT (SECNA) was started to build a thriving social enterprise sector in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. They engage and connect social enterprises, secure investment and policy change, and sustain and grow impact. SECNA maintains a directory of member social enterprises, supports communities of practice, promotes locally hosted Business for Good lunches, organizes events, and represents the interests of social entrepreneurs and social enterprises across their state and territory. 🙌 They work closely with Social Enterprise Australia, the national peak body, and the peak bodies for other states and territories. 😊 SECNA is registered as a not-for-profit organization and reinvests all surplus towards their purpose.❤️ Social Enterprise Council of NSW & ACT (SECNA) Eveleigh, New South Wales, Australia https://lnkd.in/gkFMWay3

Impact Hub Ankara helps develop the social innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem in Ankara and in Turkey. They provide coworking membership, meeting and event spaces, social entrepreneurship support, training, consultancy, and research services, and a project and program portfolio focused on local capacity building, policy development, and systems change. 🙌 All activities are developed and implemented in collaboration with their dedicated team, other social entrepreneurs and peer organizations, public, private, and civil society experts, and a broad community of Impact Hub members worldwide. 👏 Impact Hub Ankara offers discounts and free services to social enterprises, civil society organizations, low-income groups, and disadvantaged communities. 😊 They are a member of Catalyst 2030, Social Value Türkiye, the Türkiye Social Entrepreneurship Network, and the global Impact Hub Network. Impact Hub Ankara reinvests all surplus towards their social mission.❤️ Impact Hub Ankara Ankara, Türkiye https://lnkd.in/gSqY-Dyi

The Wellbeing Farm is an events venue in Lancashire that combines sustainability, wellbeing, and fun to deliver unique and memorable weddings, meetings, parties, and corporate events. They have minimized environmental impact by installing wind turbines to provide renewable energy, providing electric vehicle charging stations, repurposing existing farm buildings, creating furnishings from upcycled materials, maintaining a Prop Shed with reusable decorations, eliminating single-use plastic, and rewilding the farmland. 👏 The Wellbeing Farm supports the local economy by recommending local businesses, creating living wage employment for local young people, and sustainably sourcing local food, products, and services. 🙌 Surplus food is shared with local foodbanks or composted onsite. The Wellbeing Farm supports The Burnt Chef Project and makes a donation to One Woman At A Time for every booked event. ❤️ They are a certified B Corporation and a member of the Sustainable Wedding Alliance, The Better Business Network, and the SME Climate Hub. The Wellbeing Farm : B Corp Certified venue experience Lancashire, England, United Kingdom https://lnkd.in/gm6TDGhj