New Investment Program To Help Social Innovators
Announcement posted by Pulse PR 29 Aug 2013
Brisbane based organisation, Foresters Community Finance, will today unveil their latest investment product geared at providing funding for early stage social enterprises.
The Early Stage Social Enterprise Fund will provide social enterprise entrepreneurs with access to capital for improving financial resilience, extending services or products and improving their ability to deliver on their organisation’s mission.
CEO of Forester’s Community Finance, Belinda Drew, advised that the finance fund had been created to meet the needs of Australia’s changing social landscape, with both social enterprise and social entrepreneurship on the rise.
She advised, “We are seeing more and more social enterprises emerge which is great news for Australia’s social sector but unfortunately many of these new enterprises are challenged to find the capital and support their need in the early stages of their development.
“Our Early Stage Social Enterprise Fund has been designed with a view put recipients on the road to long-term sustainability. Through capital investment and access to our skills and knowledge network, recipients will be better positioned to deliver on their social enterprise mission.”
Foresters Early Stage Social Enterprise Fund will be officially launched today at 4.30pm by Allan English, founder of ASX listed Silver Chef and the 2012 Queensland Community Philanthropist of the Year.
For further information regarding Foresters Community Finance or the newly launched Early Stage Enterprise Fund, visit www.foresters.org.au.
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Members of the media are invited to interview Belinda Drew, CEO of Foresters Community Finance or Allan English, 2012 Queensland Community Philanthropist of the Year at the launch of the Early Stage Social Enterprise Fund.
When: Thursday 29 August 2013
Where: Foresters Community Finance
35 Brookes St, Bowen Hills QLD 4006
Time: 4.30pm to 6.30pm
To confirm your attendance at the event or to arrange an alternative interview and/or photographic opportunity with Belinda Drew or Allan English, please contact:
Amanda Hibberd or Bridget Egan
Pulse PR
Ph: 07 3103 1322
E: create@pulse-pr.com.au
The Early Stage Social Enterprise Fund will provide social enterprise entrepreneurs with access to capital for improving financial resilience, extending services or products and improving their ability to deliver on their organisation’s mission.
CEO of Forester’s Community Finance, Belinda Drew, advised that the finance fund had been created to meet the needs of Australia’s changing social landscape, with both social enterprise and social entrepreneurship on the rise.
She advised, “We are seeing more and more social enterprises emerge which is great news for Australia’s social sector but unfortunately many of these new enterprises are challenged to find the capital and support their need in the early stages of their development.
“Our Early Stage Social Enterprise Fund has been designed with a view put recipients on the road to long-term sustainability. Through capital investment and access to our skills and knowledge network, recipients will be better positioned to deliver on their social enterprise mission.”
Foresters Early Stage Social Enterprise Fund will be officially launched today at 4.30pm by Allan English, founder of ASX listed Silver Chef and the 2012 Queensland Community Philanthropist of the Year.
For further information regarding Foresters Community Finance or the newly launched Early Stage Enterprise Fund, visit www.foresters.org.au.
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Members of the media are invited to interview Belinda Drew, CEO of Foresters Community Finance or Allan English, 2012 Queensland Community Philanthropist of the Year at the launch of the Early Stage Social Enterprise Fund.
When: Thursday 29 August 2013
Where: Foresters Community Finance
35 Brookes St, Bowen Hills QLD 4006
Time: 4.30pm to 6.30pm
To confirm your attendance at the event or to arrange an alternative interview and/or photographic opportunity with Belinda Drew or Allan English, please contact:
Amanda Hibberd or Bridget Egan
Pulse PR
Ph: 07 3103 1322
E: create@pulse-pr.com.au