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Enable featured in Adult Learning Australia's Quest

  • Enable & In The Click
  • Sep 13, 2019
  • 1 min read

'A Social Enterprise for All Abilities'


Most of us have got a pile of unwanted electronic devices at home or work that we’ve got no use for. What to do with this growing pile of waste that is harmful to the environment is the question.

While our electronic waste is growing, so too is the demand for jobs among the most disadvantaged groups in Australia, with high unemployment rates for people with disabilities, refugees and asylum seekers and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

With a passion for the environment and social justice Julie McKay came up with a solution to tackle both environmental and social problems. In 2013, she founded Enable a social enterprise to re-use and recycle e-waste staffed by disadvantaged people in Broadmeadows in Melbourne’s north.


People who work at Enable include migrants and refugees, people with disabilities and most recently clients from the Department of Justice. All are referred by a range of agencies including NDIS and local English language programs so they can learn new skills and improve their chances of finding work.


Read the full article online here, or download the full issue of of Quest 3, 2019 here.

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We acknowledge the traditional owners of country throughout Australia and recognise their continuing connection to the land, waters and culture. 
 

We pay our respects to their elders past, present and emerging.

Warehouse & IT Recycling Centre:

Warehouse A, 60-64 Belfast Street

Broadmeadows, Victoria, 3047

(by appointment only)  

 

Open Mon-Friday 9am-4pm

(Excl. Public Holidays)

communications@enableaustralia.org.au

Ethically Recycle Your Tech:

0490 778 588

communications@enableaustralia.org.au

AFFORDABLE Tech Shop:

www.intheclick.org.au

Greener Futures Employability Program:

0491 154 016

programs@enableaustralia.org.au

General Enquiries:

0490 778 588

communications@enableaustralia.org.au

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