EOIs open for Evolve Lighthouse: Expanding inclusive employment through growth and acquisition

Expressions of Interest are now open for Evolve Lighthouse, supporting disability enterprises to explore mergers and acquisitions to expand their impact.
White Box launches the ‘Evolve Program’ for Disability Enterprises.

White Box launches new Evolve Program designed specifically for Disability Enterprises who aspire to transform their business model to align with social enterprise best practice.
The state of social enterprise finance and why it needs to change

White Box Enterprises COO Mark Daniels outlines how the current state of social enterprise finance in Australia is a barrier to growth and impact.
Reflections on five years: What I’ve learnt leading White Box

White Box founder and CEO Luke Terry reflects on the organisation’s first five years and the things he wishes he’d known at the start.
First year of Financial Wellbeing Program delivers promising results

A financial wellbeing program created for, and with, jobs-focused social enterprises is delivering incredible returns for employees – giving them the confidence and skills to better manage their money.
A second Beacon Laundry opens in Adelaide

White Box has joined forces with Bedford Group to transform a large-scale commercial laundry in Adelaide’s south into a jobs-focused social enterprise under the Beacon Laundry brand, creating up to 50 new jobs for South Australians who face barriers to work over the next three years.
New data shows social enterprise delivers better outcomes for long-term unemployed.

As the federal government considers an overhaul of its national employment services system, White Box Enterprises has released a new report that presents a strong case for social enterprise to be an integral part of the solution.
A new era for social enterprise in Queensland begins

With a change of leadership in Queensland over the weekend, White Box Enterprises is excited by the opportunity this new government brings for social enterprise and impact investing across the state.
New report backs social enterprises as key to long-term employment success for jobseekers with complex barriers.

White Box has released its second year independent evaluation of the federal government Payment By Outcomes (PBO) Trial.
The laundry that almost never happened.

We talk to Coralie Nichols from the Ian and Shirley Norman Foundation, about the challenge of raising capital —and the role the foundation played in helping Beacon Laundry come to fruition.