In conversation with Shannon Threlfall the founder of The Founder’s Vision - the social entrepreneur journey from fashion to supporting women startup businesses.

About The Founder’s Vision

Shannon helps women rise up to create a positive impact in the world through business and become role models for the next generation of leaders.

Read more about the speaker HERE.

The talk will be released on the 6th of December at 9:30am HERE.

In conversation with Dean Sprague the founder of Single Origin Skin care- the social entrepreneur journey from hospitality to sustainable skin care

About single Origin Skincare

Single Origin Skincare which reclaims and upcycles used coffee grounds from cafes to create luxurious organic skincare products and MelbourneChefs, which tackles broad ranging issues in the hospitality industry (such as retention, alcohol and drug use, bullying) and the greater food system by starting and supporting community food-based projects. Recently MelbourneChefs started collecting and sharing Food Stories in order to create real connections between the people who grow food and the custodians of that legacy, the people who cook it.

Links:

https://www.singleoriginskincare.com
https://www.melbournechefs.com

Social:

https://www.instagram.com/singleoriginskincare
https://web.facebook.com/singleoriginskincare

Twitter: @MelbourneChefs

Read more about the speaker HERE.

The talk will be released on the 3rd of December at 1:00pm HERE.

Hear how Felicity Wright' passion of hand made fabrics, Indigenous art, culture and fair trade led her to establishing her social enterprise Flying Fox Fabrics a business that specialises in high quality authentic, unique, ethical products made through cross-cultural collaborations.

The talk will be released on the 1st of December at 12:00pm HERE.

In conversation with Pru McMillan founder of Community Projects WorldWide. Pru takes us through her journey as a social entrepreneur, her passion, the challenges and her ethical business values. Discover why it was so important for Pru to create a business that upholds fair trade principles and how this has shaped her life.

About Community Projects WorldWide

We are a social enterprise (although we do have some charitable products , and we support an organisation in Swaziland that helps child headed households) . It has always been our intention to build a sustainable model that will survive beyond our own humble endeavours.
We take great pride in working with all our suppliers who are all hard working, honest and smart people doing what they can to support themselves and their families, often under difficult social and geographic conditions. We have had relationships with many of our suppliers for close to 20 years and you can read about them on our ‘meet the artisan’ page of this site.
We adhere to all the principles of Fair Trade in conducting our business. All our suppliers are paid their asking price and we supply deposits to facilitate cash flow. We all work together in a mutual relationship of respect, trust Co as a wholesale supplier to retailers throughout Australia, and Community Projects Worldwide caters to our own retail customers. During this time we have expanded our reach to South America, India and South East Asia.
We are a social enterprise (although we do have some charitable products , and we support an organisation in Swaziland that helps child headed households) . It has always been our intention to build a sustainable model that will survive beyond our own humble endeavours.
We take great pride in working with all our suppliers who are all hard working, honest and smart people doing what they can to support themselves and their families, often under difficult social and geographic conditions. We have had relationships with many of our suppliers for close to 20 years and you can read about them on our ‘meet the artisan’ page of this site.
We adhere to all the principles of Fair Trade in conducting our business. All our suppliers are paid their asking price and we supply deposits to facilitate cash flow. We all work together in a mutual relationship of respect, trust and consideration.
Today we still live on the Sunshine Coast have two beautiful children and travel to Africa, South America and South East Asia often to work with our groups.

Read more about the speaker HERE.

The talk will be released on the 30th of November at 7:00pm HERE.