Meet the team – Natasha Wilmer
Natasha Willmer is a born and bred country girl from Temora. In 1996 she found herself in Wollongong, after missing the truckie she was meant to [...]
Green Connect News August 2019
Last week I went to the Social Impact Evidence Forum in Melbourne and got to catch up with lots of great social entrepreneurs, researchers and funders. [...]
Green Connect’s youth employment program
Tucked away in one of the poorest suburbs of Wollongong, a city built on mining and manufacturing industries that are now in decline, lies an 11-acre permaculture farm that gives [...]
Volunteer “dig day” at the farm
A group of volunteers came to the Green Connect farm to remove a leftover crop, glean as much edible food as possible, and compost the rest. [...]
Introducing the Green Connect op shop
The Bellambi op shop that Illawarra residents know and love is joining the Green Connect family and we are inviting the whole community to a morning [...]
Meet the team – Emmanuel Bakenga
Emmanuel Bakenga arrived in Australia on December 4th 2012, after living in a refugee camp in Uganda for seven years and escaping war within his home [...]
Press release: Green Connect tackling youth employment
Green Connect – a Wollongong based social enterprise – has won a NSW Government contract to help solve youth unemployment. Green Connect has been engaged to [...]
Green Connect wins 2019 Australia Day award
Green Connect was honoured at the Wollongong City Council Australia Day awards last night, winning the award for Outstanding Community Group. Emmanuel Bakenga, Support Worker at [...]
Green Connect wins Excellence in Social Enterprise at the Illawarra Business Awards
We were honoured to win an Illawarra Business Award. Bron Williams, HR & Labour Hire Manager, and Kylie Flament, General Manager, were on hand to accept [...]
Green Connect free range pork
For those who eat meat, Green Connect offers an ethically-raised option: free-range pork from pigs who are raised with lots of fresh produce, space to roam [...]