The Social Studio

The Social Studio is a not-for-profit social enterprise with the purpose of empowering new migrants and refugees and their wider communities to reach their full potential in the fashion industry and beyond. We see a future where welcoming marginalised communities into mainstream society with open arms is the norm.

We empower our participants to design their futures by providing fashion and industry-based solutions to the main barriers they face upon arriving in the community: unemployment, isolation, and difficulties accessing education and training.

We are a fashion school, a retail store, a clothing manufacturer, and a safe place of belonging for refugee and new migrant communities. Each of our business streams plays a role in creating both revenue and impact that drive us towards achieving our mission. Championing diversity, community, education, sustainability, art, creativity, and design through our ethical business practices, we provide opportunities to work and learn for talented migrant and refugee youth.

Since our foundation 16 years ago, we have engaged over 800 people from refugee and migrant backgrounds in our supportive, creative educational programming.

Our social enterprise model means that we generate trade through our manufacturing studio, retail store, and mending and repair service, while fundraising is essential for ensuring that our social impact programs, including our school, traineeships, and community programs can meet the demands of the communities that we support.

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