Thursday, 23 February 2023

Frankston Social Enterprise Hub

Paul EDBROOKE (Frankston) (11:22:062:): On 16 February I had the immense pleasure of attending and speaking at the Frankston Social Enterprise Hub’s first birthday anniversary celebration. We enjoyed food from local social enterprises and heard from local project manager Amber Earles – the amazing Amber Earles – and from the Social Network Enterprise Victoria. Frankston Social Enterprise Hub prides itself on being a community where diversity is accepted and celebrated and where everyone is welcome. It is a place for people and organisations committed to creating social value through enterprise and doing good for people and planet.

The Victorian social enterprise sector is already the largest in Australia with over 3½ thousand social enterprises, employing around 60,000 people and generating $5.2 billion for our economy every single year. Among a wide range of social, economic, cultural and environmental benefits that we enjoy in our community, the sector’s growth has enabled Victorians facing barriers to work to gain meaningful employment in supported workplaces.

I am so proud to support such a wonderful project in the electorate of Frankston again. It is our community actually leading the nation once again in Frankston, this time with our social enterprise hub. I give big thanks and a shout-out to our partners Chisholm, Frankston City Council, Peninsula Health and the other partners and of course project manager Amber Earles.