Partnerships with Industry

The Partnerships with Industry Project has been developed to assist social firms increase their capacity and consequently employment opportunities for their clients  by encouraging business and government to purchase services from or award contracts to social firms.

SoFA  organises tours and events to introduce procurement managers to social firms and promote the quality standards being achieved in a range of areas. These include: cleaning, maintenance, catering, gardening, tree planting, landscaping, waste management  and software testing.

If you would like to hear more about this project or whether there is a social firm that can meet your needs in the above areas please contact James Murphy.

"I never thought I could work. I always though I would be sick and at hospital and living with mum and dad. Now I have even done a training certificate. I see my friends and we talk about work and clothes and what the stars are doing – you know? We don’t talk about being sick."
Narelle, social firm employee
"I never thought I could work. I always though I would be sick and at hospital and living with mum and dad. Now I have even done a training certificate. I see my friends and we talk about work and clothes and what the stars are doing – you know? We don’t talk about being sick."
Narelle, social firm employee
"We contracted the social firm to do our annual meeting – the food was fantastic and the service faultless but mostly we were just pleased that our contract gave some disadvantaged folk real work."
Billy, catering customer.

Social Firms Australia ltd
ABN: 90 110 698 489

10/49 Smith St Fitzroy Vic 3065
P: 03 9445 0373 F: 03 9445 0375