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Enterprise Learning Projects supported

the facilitation of a Healthy Take-Away

Enterprise Project in Irrunytju

(Wingellina) and Papulankutja

(Blackstone) communities in the

remote Ngaanyatjarra Lands in

Western Australia. The project was

delivered over 18 weeks between

October 2009 and September 2010,with participants learning hospitality

skills and business skills on-the-job in

an enterprise context.

The participants began by selling the

meals they made to the local

community each evening. This

provided an opportunity for

community members to support the

training and to affirm the efforts of the

participants. Soon, the participants

were requested to provide a catering

service for Shire discos, Police Blue

Light Discos, and community sporting

events.

As word of the enterprise travelled, the

participants were approached to

cater for a number of large events.

These included catering for the

Blackstone Arts Festival, a

Ngaanyatjarra Media function, a

Healthy Relationships Camp ran by

Ngaanyatjarra Health for 50 people

over three days, and a mining

meeting organised by Metals X with

over 200 attendees over three days.

As a result of the project, Papulankutja

Community is in the process ofestablishing an ongoing take-away

enterprise to continue provide healthy

take-away options to the community,

representing job creation and clear

pathways for participants to use their

skills. Irrunytju Community is now able

to provide a catering service for

meetings, festivals and special

occasions.

The project continues to benefit the

wider community as participants go

on to share their newly acquired

knowledge and skills with their friendsand families. In the words of one

participant I learn new recipes here

and then I go and cook it at home for

my family.

Enterprise Learning Projects (ELP) works in partnership with remote Aboriginal communities to

create opportunities for people to achieve their aspirations for economic participation.

ELP facilitates the design and implementation of community based microenterprise projects.

Each project creates an experiential learning environmentparticipants are able to develop a

range of relevant and transferable skills and immediately apply them as they operate the

enterprise.

Through enterprise projects, ELP enables individuals living in remote communities to:

Access relevant, community-based training opportunities and work experience

Create their own employment opportunities

Work together and use their skills and abilities to contribute to their community

Develop the skills, experience and confidence to transition into employment or to start their

own enterprises

Contribute to local economic development

ELP demonstrates how enterprise can be used to create a range of employment opportunities in

remote communities.

ELP educates individuals, communities and local organisations in how to use enterprise to

create opportunities and demonstrates how this can be done successfully. ELPs recent projects

have included the following:

Supporting learning and development

through microenterprise project facilitation

HEALTHY TAKE-AWAY

The healthy take-away enterprise enables

community members to be actively

involved in creating a healthy community.

In Blackstone Community, participants were

involved in setting up and running a healthy

take-away venture while learning cooking,

hospitality and business skills.

OP SHOP

Participants were involved in setting up and

running an op shop providing low cost

second hand goods. The op shop enterprise

project creates opportunities for

participants to develop skills in managing

and displaying stock, handling money and

providing customer service.

SOAP MAKING

Women in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands were

supported to start up a soap making

enterprise. The women used local resources

such as bush medicine and wildflowers to

create a unique range of soaps. The project

enabled the women to develop skills in soap

making and small business management.

The following case study illustrates how enterprise projects can deliver long-term

benefits to remote Aboriginal communities:

Enterprise projects represent ground-level

explorations of what is feasible community

members are actively involved in exploring how

enterprise can be used to address community

needs. Whether its facilitating a healthy

take-away enterprise to respond to poor

nutrition, or an op shop enterprise that seeks to

provide people with affordable clothes,

enterprise projects equip people with the tools to

address issues in their community in a creative

and sustainable way.

Learning is central to all projects; participants

acquire the skills they need to operate effectively

within the enterprise as the project moves

through the different stages, from set-up and

operation of the enterprise to the final evaluation

of the project. Once the project has concluded,

ELP works with local agencies to support

participants to continue using the skills they have

acquired throughout the project.

Through microenterprise projects, ELP supports

individuals to develop the skills, confidence and

abilities they require to achieve greater levels of

economic participation.

For more information on ELP, please contact:

Laura Egan

Enterprise Learning Projects

p: 0406 351 508

e: laura@elp.org.au

w: www.elp.org.au