Community Enterprise Development Initiative (CEDI)

Rosewall Caf, Corio

Community Grantmakers Network, May 2007

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
CCE Community Contact Service Maidstone Braybrook Gardening Business

Industry
Cleaning Security Community Development Hard Landscaping/ Minor Maintenance

Trainees
7 PT 8 FT 4 PT 3 FT 7 PT

Staff
1 PT 3 FT

Revenue
$220,000 $550,000

Clients
AMES/BSL/ NYCH DHS

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

Project is framed around teaching communities how to start businesses BSL as a facilitator.
Sectoral development
Network Research & advocacy around Community Enterprise

28 projects located in rural, regional and metro areas

Questions?

Renovation for Renewal, Seymour