Township And Village Social Enterprise
Sustainable community-based tourism enterprise.
CAUSE SERVICES
Township and Village is a social enterprise co-founded by Cause CEO, Nicolette Booyens for the SEED Trust in Stellenbosch. Our services included research, business plan writing, business start-up, partnership development, product development and capacity building. We currently offer strategic business development and marketing services to the social enterprise together with Visit Stellenbosch, the tourism DMO of the town.
Sustainable tourism business.
PROJECT OVERVIEW
Township and Village supports, trains and enables community-based tourism service providers to access the formal tourism economy. The business promotes community-based tourism products and offers direct and online booking services.
The social enterprise operates sustainably to distribute the advantages of the lucrative Stellenbosch tourism economy across all communities in Stellenbosch.
SEED Trust
THE CLIENT
Township and Village was founded by SEED Trust, which commissioned Cause to establish a sustainable tourism social business in Stellenbosch.
SEED is a non-profit trust that promotes and supports entrepreneurialism and local economic development in the region.
Partners Working Together
PROJECT PARTNERS
This multi-partner project is seen by many as a blueprint for tourism development, particularly in terms of how the partners have worked together to make Township and Village a success.
Stellenbosch Municipality funded the start-up and Visit Stellenbosch (DMO) provides tourism intelligence and marketing services (market access). Other significant partners include the Greater Stellenbosch Development Trust (GSDT), Stellenbosch University, Cape Winelands District Municipality (CWDM), Old Mutual Foundation and Blaauwklippen Vineyards
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E-Cargo Micro Logistics
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Stellenbosch Youth Employment Project
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Township and Village is a tourism social enterprise that creates access for community-based entrepreneurs to the formal tourism market. The social enterprise was founded in 2018 with the objective of catalysing and supporting economic development through the development and marketing of community tourism products. The start-up was funded by Stellenbosch Municipality, Old Mutual Foundation, Stellenbosch University and the Cape Winelands District Municipality, and is now operating sustainably through trade income. T