Sydney CBD Business for Good Lunch

The Social Enterprise Council of NSW and ACT (SECNA) invites you to join Champion Sally Irwin for the final Sydney CBD Business for Good Lunch of 2025 and to celebrate World Social Enterprise Day.

SECNA fosters engagement and connection with the social enterprise sector in NSW and ACT. Business for Good events give local social enterprises and their supporters a chance to meet, find new opportunities, ask for help, and share ideas.

This lunch will be held at The Freedom Hub, Waterloo.

Please note: The event will be catered, your ticket will include a meal and a beverage. Meals will be selected at checkout. As the event is catered ticket sales will close 48 hours prior to the event. These are the meal options:

1. Smoked turkey sandwich + coffee/tea or juice – Smoked turkey breast, tomato, baby spinach, cream cheese & cranberry on artesian café sourdough

2. Roast vegetable sandwich + coffee/tea or juice (vg) – Roast eggplant, zucchini and capsicum with rocket, hummus and tomato relish on sourdough

3. Italian baquette + coffee/tea or juice (v) – Tomato, pesto, bocconcini, fresh basil & baby spinach on a stone baked baguette

4. Teriyaki chicken brown rice salad + coffee/tea or juice – Sticky teriyaki chicken pieces with brown rice, pickled ginger, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, spinach & red onion

5. Asparagus, edamame green salad + coffee/tea or juice (v) – Asparagus, edamame, snow pea, spring pea, green bean, baby onion, honey & seeded mustard dressing

Who is this event for?

Open to anyone, it will be of particular interest to:

• Social entrepreneurs (and people wanting to create a social enterprise)

• People working in social enterprise (or wanting to)

• Local, state and federal government staff

• Local councillors and Members of Parliament

• University and TAFE staff

• People wanting to learn more about or support social enterprise

• Procurement officers

• Sustainability officers

What to expect:

• Welcome and social enterprise sector updates from SECNA

• Community asks and offers – each guest is given an opportunity to briefly introduce themselves/their organisation and then share one ask and/or offer of the community e.g. ‘we’re looking for warehouse space for refurbished items’ / ‘we’re experts in circular design and are happy to answer questions’ / ‘we’re wanting to find a social enterprise to run our events’

• Networking and discussion

We look forward to seeing you there!