Stepping Stones is a program that helps refugee and migrant women living in Melbourne to develop small business skills by offering financial education, micro-business training and mentoring support.

Building upon participants’ strengths and experiences, we aim to create a model that enhance women’s understanding of the implications of starting a small business in Australia and informs mainstream services and policymakers on alternative models of delivery for more inclusive and effective micro-business facilitation programs to refugee and migrant women.

 Stepping Stones builds refugee and migrant women’s capacity to start small business in Australia by:

-          Facilitating understanding of financial systems in Australia

-          Facilitating understanding of Australian small business regulations

-          Building participants’ capacity to develop business plans and marketing strategies

-          Assisting in finding traineeship and work opportunities

-          Assisting participants to adapt their business experiences overseas to the complexity and compliance issues of running a business in Australia.

-          Linking participants to enthusiastic and experienced female business mentors in Melbourne.

Register your interest by calling 8412-8710 or 0409 296 495 or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.