How it works?
The Women's Subscription Enterprise is a new social enterprise by The Big Issue Australia that provides employment, training and pathways opportunities for disadvantaged women
Through the sale of subscriptions to The Big Issue magazine homeless and disadvantaged women are employed to work as Dispatch Assistants, sorting, collating and inserting magazines for distribution to subscribers every fortnight. As well as paid employment, the women will also receive ongoing training and pathways opportunities, and the chance to develop their skills in a safe, secure and rewarding environment.
Subscriptions will be sold commercially, so there is no pressure on the women to make sales and all revenue is directed into the pockets of disadvantaged women, through the provision of wages, training, mentoring and support.
For every 100 subscriptions sold, the Enterprise can employ one woman. The more subscriptions sold, the more women can be employed.
An idea so simple, it was funded by the Australian Government.
The Women’s Subscription Enterprise is financially sustainable and totally viable after the start up phase through the ongoing sale of subscriptions. After working for more than two years to develop a business model that not only addressed the viability of a subscription service, but whether this was the best way to help the needs of homeless women, we presented it to the Australian Government and they thought it was a great idea! In March 2010 they announced they would invest to help us get the program up and running which is what we have done. And why we’re now turning to you...
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