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The Age 11 June 2019: 'We're in a bubble': Country kids left behind as education gap widens
This article published in The Age, articulates exactly what ACRE is about - in an age where quality education should be so accessible rural kids are not getting the same opportunities as their city peers. ACRE exists to build a thriving rural Australia through igniting entrepreneurship in young people and their communities and we are always looking for collaborators that care about the education of country ...
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Entrepreneurs, innovators and start up businesses from across North East Victoria and Southern NSW are set to benefit after ACRE was awarded a federal government grant of $491,000 to establish a business incubator as part of the government’s $23 million Incubator Support initiative.
Breakout Accelerator is a partnership between ACRE and SecondMuse which is a collaboration agency focused on high-impact ecosystem incubation.
Centred around the creation of a new incubator at the Old Beechworth Goal, ACRE’s Breakout Accelerator program is designed to leverage regional, national and international networks in order to open up and introduce regional and rural startup entrepreneurs to the broad innovation ecosystem.
The funding was announced by Karen Andrews, Minister for Industry, Science and Technology with the ACRE project ...
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ACRE was one of eight case studies showcased by the Ovens Murray Regional Partnership this week.
The partnership, keen to showcase some of these national and international digital success stories was a way to inspire others in, and to our region including ACRE's project with the Towong Shire.
All of the case studies highlight how people in Ovens Murray are using technology to facilitate community connections, enable work-life balance and provide economic and social benefit through jobs, training and improved services.
Take a few moments to hear about all the case studies and learn more about ACRE's project in the Towong Shire.
https://youtu.be/JcLwTKo7lAM
Digital innovation and entrepreneurship in Ovens Murray
https://youtu.be/Gu8FDBQuvZc
ACRE Program Manager, Peter Sacco talking about how tech reality offers start-up ...
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ACRE are proud to be partnering with Social Traders in the ‘Social Procurement in Regional Victoria’ series - an event that provides you with the basic principles of social procurement and the impact its growth can have in the region.
Join us in Wodonga on Wednesday 20 March 2019 to learn more about how the recent growth in social procurement in Victoria provides significant opportunities to local social enterprises and indigenous businesses as business and government are looking to increase their procurement spend to generate positive community impact.
Featured topics of this event include:
Principles
behind social enterprise and social procurementVictorian
government’s Social Procurement Framework, and its impact on Gippsland’s social
enterprises, businesses and not-for-profit organisationsGrowing
Regional Opportunities for Work (GROW Gippsland) initiative ...
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THINK START GROW - DON'T MISS OUT
We are so excited for our Think-Start-Grow Corryong Network Forum and Think-Start-Grow Tallangatta Network Forum events happening next week in the Towong Shire. If you want to find out more about starting or growing a business this is the perfect opportunity to hear from experts who can help.
ACRE - Australian Centre for Rural Entrepreneurship have gathered Tom from StartSomeGood.com, Jenny from Jenny Bevis Events and Jamie from SalesUp Business Coaching in the one room to answer all your questions.
Register via the event links or find more information on our ...
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Matt Pfahlert and Peter Sacco will be participating in a webinar on Wednesday, Feb 27th at 9am AEDT with free signup.
Social entrepreneurship plays a key role in building thriving rural communities, but rural social entrepreneurs face unique challenges, like finding funding, market size, hiring, lack of relevant infrastructure and services, and more. This means a one-size-fits-all approach to social enterprise development doesn't work for rural social enterprises.
They'll be talking about:- The biggest challenges facing rural social entrepreneurs and how to go about tackling them,- Opportunities for social enterprise in rural areas,- How rural social entrepreneurs can go about funding,- Common mistakes many rural social entrepreneurs make.
Don't miss this exciting event.
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