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Three social enterprises – BackTrack Works, Hotel Etico and Plate It Forward – are set to benefit from an extra $100,000 funding boost via a ‘Strengthen Grant’ from Westpac Foundation.

The Social Outfit has won a contract to supply elements of the Westpac uniform, in a deal that will support the enterprise’s mission to train and employ more refugee women.

Hotel Etico has a very different employment model to most, providing a luxury hospitality experience for guests, while running an immersive hospitality training and employment program for people with living with disabilities.

Small building and landscaping business, Bama Services became one of the first Westpac Foundation grant partners to tap into a new finance structure to support its next phase of growth.

The idea to create her social enterprise as a florist came to Jane Marx when she realised floral arrangements had been the only element of her Melbourne-based events business that seemed pandemic proof.

Social enterprises working to tackle employment barriers and support more Australians into work are set to accelerate their growth and impact with $4.7 million in funding.