Women in Social Enterprise - The Best of Moreland
Event description
On Friday the 26th of March, Moral Fairground in partnership with Youth Projects, Society Melbourne, and Pascoe Vale Food Collective present Women in Social Enterprise - The Best of Moreland, an in-person event that celebrates International Women’s day featuring; Tenille Gilbert - Founder of Society Melbourne a not-for-profit organisation that exists to create pathways out of homelessness for young people, Sylvia Lo Piccolo - Chairwomen from Pascoe Vale Food Collective, a community lead group that sources food and cleaning products in bulk as locally, organically and ethically as possible in bulk and provides these items for distribution to its members, and Celeste Norris, Social Enterprise Leader at Youth Projects is an award winning social entrepreneur. Famed for her highly successful café on the Mornington Peninsula, in 2018 Celeste made the move to social enterprise and became our Social Enterprise Leader. Responsible for the development and implementation of Youth Projects social enterprise operations across Melbourne which have grown from one to three cafés over the past 12 months. Karen Porter - Co-Founder of Moreland Star a issues and information sharing portal launched on Facebook at the end of 2020, this venture is 100% volunteer driven and arose out of discussions about the absence of a local single platform to connect communities within Moreland on topical issues and concerns.
A rare opportunity to find out more about social enterprises and ethical business and the amazing women that run them. An opportunity to find out what keeps a community running, keeping is sustainable and the people that keep their communities together. Celebrate International Women’s Day and #ChooseToChallenge.