This paper reports on research conducted by the Centre for Social Impact (CSI), Swinburne University of Technology, into the Moonee Valley City Council (MVCC) ‘Women, Careers and Leadership’ (WCL) project.

The Women, Careers and Leadership (WCL) Program offered women from migrant and refugee backgrounds living in the Housing Estates opportunities to further develop and pursue their career goals through a range of workshops and programs, along with ongoing mentoring support. The responses to the survey are overwhelmingly positive which may suggest that people have been...

This paper collates the existing data available about Australian Disability Enterprises, adding new data to identify the current state of the ADE sector.

This paper presents a new model for Australian Disability Enterprises: the WISE-Ability model. The model articulates the organisational elements that build capacity of employees including pathways to open employment. The paper also identifies data from research about the funding barriers to transitioning employees from ADEs to open employment.

This paper is an overview of research undertaken by the Centre for Social Impact related to the employment needs of people with disability over several years, in addition to a substantial body of research related to social enterprise.