Lusa Social Entrepreneurship Institute (SEI) delivers SETA-accredited, Comensa-recognised training programmes with over 30 years of experience. We empower individuals and organizations through tailored learning, coaching, and mentoring to build resilient communities and foster meaningful transformation.
Lusa Social Entrepreneurship Institute (SEI) is a Level 2 BBBEE contributor, SETA accredited, Comensa recognised training provider with more than 30 years experience in promoting practical learning for social impact through business partnerships in the CSI (Corporate Social Investment) space.
We also create tailor-made social entrepreneurship based programmes and bespoke strategies that transform communities into sustainable and resilient systems through training, coaching, mentoring and capacity building.
We are a training partner of choice focused on the development of leaders, businesses, and communities either in-person or through an online blended learning platform, registered with SACE and SACSSP, offering CPD points for our registered programmes.
All our social impact programmes include practical training and hands-on experience to ensure our theory is imparted in an experiential learning format, preparing our learners for real world scenarios, and providing a holistic approach to social entrepreneurship.
Lusa Social Entrepreneurship Institute was birthed out of Lusa Community Chest, a non-profit and public benefit organisation that leads, supports and participates in inclusive community efforts that build capacity and mobilise resources to improve lives and create long-term social change.
Lusa Social Entrepreneurship Institute is a vital part of the Community Chest legacy as the spirit of both entities is to transform lives and empower people to achieve their greatness, personally and professionally, creating a positive impact on our communities for the Greater Good.
Our courses encourage personal growth and lifelong learning, fostering an entrepreneurial mindset that aligns with the principles of social entrepreneurship.
Our courses offer specialised knowledge and expertise in specific areas, including the emerging field of social entrepreneurship, allowing you to develop a niche skill set.
Our courses are accessible online, allowing you to learn from anywhere in the world, overcoming distances.
Our courses are designed to enhance your career prospects by equipping you with in-demand skills and qualifications.
We offer competitive pricing options and provide excellent value for the knowledge and skills you gain from our courses.
Raising leaders, mediators, and coaches who will inspire, empower, and positively impact the world around them is at the heart of what we do, with a focus on fostering social entrepreneurship as a key driver of change. Our values have been defined by our vision to continually transform the learning experience by making emotional and social intelligence an integral part of our full-service offering.
Our learning experience offers short programmes and a national qualification in community development and social entrepreneurship. Delivered through interactive, blended learning, it combines live online sessions or in-person training with self-study and practical application in the community. Small group sizes ensure active participation, while a focus on social entrepreneurship empowers learners to create innovative, sustainable solutions. In-person training takes place at convenient venues, and online sessions are facilitated via Zoom for optimal engagement and collaboration.
Lusa Social Entrepreneurship Institute provides practical learning and development programmes to individuals and organisations. The Social Entrepreneurship Institute endeavours to provide much needed support to the growing social sector in South Africa.
Our social impact programs offer participants opportunities to have direct contact training and skills development at our training centre coupled with hands-on experience at non profit organisations, thereby providing a holistic approach to social entrepreneurship. Our mission is to help improve lives by upskilling and empowering individuals with skills to change their lives and the lives of those surrounding them.
Assisting you to think bigger, smarter or differently.
Ensuring that you set better goals and reach them.
Helping you to do more than you would have done on your own.
Becoming your partner on a journey to self-discovery and setting of goals.
Providing you with the tools, support, and structure to accomplish more.
Assisting you to break through the barriers which hold you back from being your best.
A transformative approach to assist individuals in clarifying and resolving challenges and issues that are perceived as impossible, with an emphasis on fostering skills that align with the principles of social entrepreneurship.
Principles, processes and techniques of conflict management, negotiation and mediation.
A holistic learning experience focused on improving skills and confidence within current and future leaders.
Creating a learning culture and the required skills to drive change, including introducing concepts of social entrepreneurship to empower youth as change-makers.
Promoting practical learning to establish growth and improve businesses.
Foundational training enabling educators to better implement and manage early childhood development to ensure school readiness of their young learners.
National certificate (NQF 5), 1-year full time programme preparing participants to better engage with community members and manage community development programmes that add value and have positive social impact on communities.
Basic Family Law and Divorce Mediation Training, 27 CPD points.
Silver Training Provider:
Level 1 - Neurocoaching Practioner.
Level 2 - NLP and Integrated Intelligence Coaching.
Level 3 - Systems and Change Navigation Coaching.
15 CPD points for the following programs:
Basic Neuro-coaching for educators.
Advanced Neuro-coaching for educators.
Trauma Coaching for Educators.
Resilience Coaching for Educators.
Transformer – Personal Mastery.
Foundational Early Childhood Development.
3 unit standards with PSETA:
US 117848
US 117853
US 114226
Supportive professionals providing assistance in delivering social services and care to individuals and communities.
Skilled facilitators helping resolve disputes and promote understanding in diverse contexts.
Experts driving initiatives to improve the well-being and infrastructure of local communities.
Personalised guidance empowering individuals to achieve personal and professional goals.
A structured platform for negotiation and dispute resolution between employers and employees.
Leaders managing nonprofit organisations to fulfill missions and drive social impact.
Coordinators overseeing and implementing projects that address community needs.
Mentors inspiring and guiding students to develop life skills and achieve their potential.
Dedicated professionals nurturing foundational learning and growth in young children.
Melanie is a practicing attorney with 20 years experience and owner of Melanie Van Aswegen Incorporated a litigation, family law and mediation practice. Melanie is passionate about family law, with strong child-orientated focus. Melanie is also a fervent advocate for mediation as a vehicle for creating win-win solutions for clients and is an enthusiastic facilitator of a NABFAM accredited course: Basic Family Law and Divorce mediation.
Veronica specialises in Transformational Leadership Coaching, Emotional Intelligence Development and Resilience Coaching. Veronica supports people to discover their purpose and to become mindful of the legacy they want to leave behind.
Veronica’s interests in leadership development and sustainable community programmes soon translated into a passion for Neuro Coaching. She is a certified Neuro Coach, M Bit Coach, NLP practitioner, with a Post Graduate Diploma in Coaching completed at SACAP (South-African College for Applied Sciences) in 2020. She is currently busy with her Masters Degree in Coaching in Education.
Veronica’s areas of Expertise lie in Community Development, Leadership Development, Emotionally Mastery, Personal Transformation, Resilience Coaching and Existential Coaching.
Annelise has 22 years of experience in municipal governance programmes with specific reference to local economic development programmes and high impact economic development projects. She strongly believes in the requirement that communities should be in a position to take the initiative and make the planning process, implementation and outcomes of sustainable community development their own.
Adelaide Makube has training, mentoring and coaching experience in the NPO sector and church environment for more than 16 years. She is inspired by the impact that coaching brings to individual development. How easy change come when you reach it from the inside. Adelaide is an advocate for self development, change, transformation, self awareness and that eureka moment.
Alwyn Burger is a highly skilled and certified neuro life coach with over eight years of experience, specializing in personal growth, resilience, goal setting, time management, family communication, parental guidance, relationships and children with ADHD. As a team coach, trauma counsellor, and community development agent, Alwyn is passionately dedicated to empowering individuals and communities through his coaching, counselling, and development work.
He is passionate about empowering young people and founded the Be Remarkable Warrior Program, where he mentors and coach boys and teenagers, instilling values like discipline, respect, and attitude.
Lynda is the founder of Lynda Bleazard, a Transformational Leadership Coaching and Wellness company. A mindful life-long learner, she shares insights to empower others. Lynda is passionate about Transformational Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Change Management, and Holistic Wellness.
Our social impact programs offer participants opportunities to have direct contact training and skills development at our training centre coupled with hands-on experience at non profit organisations, thereby providing a holistic approach to social entrepreneurship. Our mission is to help improve lives by upskilling and empowering individuals with skills to change their lives and the lives of those surrounding them.
