Three Social Enterprise Stories

Three stories recount the success of community involvement in positive change in the Sydney suburbs of Claymore, Minto and Campbelltown.

Brian Murnane and the Claymore Miracle

Sometimes miracles do happen.  Six years ago Proctor Way in the Campbelltown suburb of Claymore was known as the worst street in NSW.  It had a record of 60 police incidents a month or two a day.

Today Proctor Way and much of Claymore have been transformed.  It is now possible to talk about a functioning community.  The neighbourhood still has high unemployment and the odd incident but generally, it has regained a sense of normality.

Helen White and the Minto Hill Project

Social entrepreneurs often emerge in unexpected ways and places.  Following the success of the Claymore project, the NSW Department of Housing decided to try something similar in a section of the Minto estate (known as “the hill”). 

The community now runs its own neighbourhood watch scheme, soup kitchen, vegetable gardens and arts and crafts program.Perhaps the greatest success, however, has been the establishment of a new business called Concept Cooperative. 

Vicki Meadows and Families in Partnership

The greatest challenge for any parent is to raise a developmentally delayed child. 

 A group of working class parents in Campbelltown has met this challenge with an inspiring program of social entrepreneurship. 

Not content with placing their children in institutionalised care, they have tried to build the provision of services around the needs of their families.  Through a powerful combination of innovation, social capital and sheer tenacity, they have achieved a remarkable amount of progress.

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Contact	:	Social Enterprise Partnerships (NSW)
Address	:	Suite 509, 208 Forest Road Hurstville NSW 2220
Phone	:	02 9570 9166
Fax	:	02 9570 9066
Email	:	nsw@partnerships.org.au

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