Community Enterprise Development Initiative (CEDI)

Community Grantmakers Network, May 2007

Rosewall Café, Corio

What is Community Enterprise?

• Using a business model to approach a community issue

Landscape Gardening Enterprise,

Maidstone – Braybrook

Maidstone-Braybrook

Issues• Poorly maintained

gardens in the area• Lack of an affordable

gardening service• High levels of

unemployment• Low level of community

pride

Landscape Gardening Enterprise

Response• Access commercial gardening work to

provide training and employment opportunities

• Develop a training and employment pathway• Develop a model of subsidised gardening

involving paid staff and volunteers• Not for profit - Reinvest business surpluses

into community garden• Involves community in the governance

ILM Model for Community Enterprise

Long term unemployed job seeker

6 week pre-employment course to develop work readiness

Traineeship for 12 months • real job• supported work place • high levels of supervision • assistance transitioning into open labour market• Accredited training and qualifications

Position in the open labour market

Other BSL Enterprises

• BSL/AMES Cleaning Company

• Community Contact Service

• Landscape and Gardening Business

• Street Cleaning Service

Community Contact Service, Fitzroy

Employment & Training Outcomes to Date

Enterprise Industry Trainees Staff Revenue Clients

CCE Cleaning 7 PT 1 PT $220,000 AMES/BSL/NYCH

Community Contact Service

SecurityCommunity Development

8 FT4 PT

3 FT $550,000 DHS

Maidstone Braybrook Gardening Business

Hard Landscaping/Minor Maintenance

3 FT7 PT

2 FT $750,000 DHS/SV/YCH

Hastings Gardening

Hard Landscaping/Minor Maintenance

7PT 2 PT $380,000 DHS/SV

36 traineeships

8 STAFF

$1.9 million

Community Enterprise Development Initiative (CEDI)

• DVC and BSL partnership

• Working to establish enterprises in disadvantaged communities across Victoria

• 28 projects located in rural, regional and metro areas

• Project is framed around teaching communities how to start businesses – BSL as a facilitator.

• Sectoral development– Network

– Research & advocacy around Community Enterprise

Questions?

Renovation for Renewal, Seymour