Social Enterprise Staging Definitions

Following a collaboration between various social enterprise service providers, the Council of Social Enterprise Intermediaries have produced a definitive staging of social enterprise growth phases.

The aim is to reduce confusion in labels and terms when it comes to supporting and funding social enterprises, and a uniform understanding will go a long way towards improved policy advocacy with governments at all levels.

The Council of Australian Social Enterprise Intermediaries (CASEI) was established after the Social Enterprise World Forum 2022. It is a collaboration between organisations across Australia who are focused on the common goal of supporting social enterprises in their growth and development journey through increased capacity - ranging from capability building to investment readiness support and capital.