Celebrating our 3rd birthday!
During May, we celebrated the third anniversary of our soft launch (although it did pass me by somewhat!). I am so grateful to all of our current and past advisory board members, for-purpose organisational members, cheerleaders, supporters, donators, purchasers, event attendees, and so many others who have supported us over the last 3 years.
The election now seems like a long time ago (although it took my electorate 4 weeks to determine a winner, amid various premature declarations of victory and a recount of votes). A landslide majority Labour Government victory surprised almost everyone. However, It is great news for the for-purpose sector, with the Prime Minister’s victory speech promising that no one is held back or left behind. Along with this vision and other election promises, funding and support will need to be provided to social enterprises, charities and other not-for-profits to deliver these objectives.
Our next Flourish and Thrive in 2025 event is a marketing strategy masterclass, helping you develop a one page marketing strategy that places your customer at the heart of your decision making (see events section below).
As always, please share your feedback, thoughts, comments and suggestions with us, to help us to help you do your greatest good.
Jenni Harding- Founder/Managing Director, Greatest Good
Inspiration from our members
- The amazing Verity White from Checklist Legal, created the Legal Lightbulbs podcast and will officially launch the podcast next month
- Narelle Henry, GM of Ember Connect took part in the BHP Partner Symposium, which serves to bring BHP staff and Indigenous social investment partners together to learn, share and identify potential collective projects to collaborate on.
- Hotel Etico General Manager, Saraya O'Connell, sat on a panel at the 2025 Disability Employment Australia Conference on the Gold Coast, covering a wide range of questions related to social enterprises as a way to create and facilitate employment for people with disability
- The team at CuriousWorks released their 2024 Annual Report, delivering 443 activities (artworks, creative developments, artist residencies, workshops and social enterprise production) during the year.
- Be Hers were the recipient of $10,800 following a fundraising event by social enterprise, The Beautiful Bunch
- Creative Plus Business announced 19 diverse screen creators joining the inaugural Social Enterprise for Screen (SEFS) program 2025, Australia’s first program supporting filmmakers to build social impact screen businesses through enterprise training.
- SisterWorks has received an impact investment from retailer dusk, as well as being commissioned to produce heat packs. And a quick reminder for those in Melbourne that their Unity in Dignity: A Refugee Week Spectacular – a community celebration of the strength, resilience, and cultural diversity of refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers in the community is coming up in mid June.
News and Updates
- Australia’s top 50 philanthropists donated a record $1.37B in 2025, with tech, women, and intergenerational giving shaping the future of large-scale generosity
- The Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation launched their Strategy 2030, focusing on housing, climate and economic justice, social equity, and a wellbeing economy
- Impact Seed appointed new Executive Directors as co-founders Kylie Hansen and Sven Stenvers step back after a decade of leadership
- Philanthropy Australia’s survey revealed just 1.5% of total giving supports First Nations programs, highlighting funding gaps and cultural training’s role in change
- The WA Government launched Find My Way, a digital portal connecting people experiencing homelessness to services, referrals, and accommodation
- Ethical Jobs released their annual impact report, helping to raise $743K in 2024 to support 48 ethical organisations across key sectors
Opportunities to do your greatest good
Events/Courses
Our Flourish and Thrive in 2025 event series continue to help with both personal/leadership growth and organisational development. You can find these events and a range of curated for-purpose events on our Events/Courses page.
- Personal/leadership development
- Organisational development
Asks/offers and resources
With over 100 free resources in our Asks/Offers & Resources section, you can find a range of personal and professional items to help you do good, ranging from videos, reports, guides, toolkits, advice, services and more. Use our range of filters and the search bar to find the resources you or your organisation need to do your greatest good.
Regulatory updates
Our regulatory updates provide a summary of the key regulatory updates and announcements affecting the for-purpose sector. It’s short and sweet this month as the Government emerges from election mode, back into governing:
- The Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) has collaborated with the Melbourne Business Schools Centre for Business Analytics and law firm, Allen’s, to publish a data governance resource, as well as a Snapshot summary and Checklist for NFP and SME directors
- The wash up from the election creates a platform to not only implement the various elections promises, but also creates some priorities and issues to be aware of
You can find more on these items and other regulatory updates in our monthly regulatory updates and other updates posted on the Blog Pages (use the Regulatory Updates filter). We can't provide legal advice but you can find proposed and upcoming legislative changes to discuss with your legal advisers.
