Stepping Stones to Small Business
Stepping Stones to Small Business is a program tailored for women from refugee, migrant and asylum seeking backgrounds. It provides opportunities for women to achieve financial wellbeing through starting a small business, finding employment, training pathways, mentoring and support.
Financial wellbeing is key to women’s security and safety
Stepping Stones to Small Business’s offers participants the opportunity to learn in an environment which is supportive, gender aware, friendly and actively reduces the barriers that prevent women from mainstream business training. English as an additional language (EAL) is supported.
For more information, get in touch with the team at steppingstones@bsl.org.auMentoring
We are currently seeking enthusiastic women interested in imparting their knowledge and skills to refugee and migrant women who want to start small businesses in Australia.
Thinking of starting a small business?
Stepping Stones to Small Business is now accepting applications.
What our participants say
The most important thing I learned from the program was to believe in myself. I am making my own money, I have financial independence and feel socially connected.
Giovanna
One of the things I liked about the program is that they did not push any of us to start a business. They encouraged us to look at other pathways, such as employment and education, depending on our individual circumstances.
Bahati
It wasn't easy to get a job in Australia without having any local work experience. Stepping Stones has always supported me ... made me believe and trust myself, and helped me become an independent woman. All my life I will be thankful for how this course has changed me.
Reema
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Visit our business directory to order catering, or purchase goods.
Partners
We acknowledge the following partners for their valuable contributions:
We acknowledge the enormous contributions made by our many volunteer mentors.
Financial partners
The Stepping Stones program is funded by:
With contributions from these councils: