Bambuddha Group has today announced an official impact partnership with Success Works, formalising a shared commitment to responsible leadership, dignity-led systems change, and creating meaningful employment pathways for women impacted by the criminal legal system.
Success Works is a Sydney-based social enterprise dedicated to transforming lives through employment opportunities. The organisation challenges the notion that a criminal record defines a woman’s future, instead focusing on creating fair chances that allow women to look forward not back.
Through its programs and partnerships with employers, Success Works supports women to overcome barriers to employment, access meaningful work, and build confidence, independence and long-term stability.
At the heart of Success Works’ model is lived-experience. All programs are built by, designed by and delivered by people with lived experience of the justice system, ensuring relevance, dignity and trust remain central to every initiative. By working closely with employers, community organisations and participants, Success Works helps shift systems that exclude, replacing them with models that prioritise opportunity, fairness and real economic participation.
The partnership brings together Success Works’ deep community expertise with Bambuddha Group’s strengths in Responsible Leadership, Impact Program Development, Storytelling and capability-building.
Together, the organisations will collaborate to strengthen programs, amplify lived-experience voices, support leadership development, and build ethical, scalable impact models that deliver long-term outcomes for individuals, families and communities.
“This partnership matters because our values are deeply aligned,” said Anna Sheppard, CEO of Bambuddha Group.
“Success Works doesn’t design programs for people they design them with people. Their work is grounded in dignity, lived experience and fairness, and it challenges systems that ask people to be defined by their past. At Bambuddha, we exist to support leadership and impact that is human, accountable and future-focused. We are incredibly proud to stand alongside Success Works as partners.”
Through the partnership, Bambuddha Group will support Success Works across leadership development, impact storytelling, program design and organisational capability, while ensuring lived experience remains central to decision-making and delivery.
“Partnering with Bambuddha strengthens our ability to build systems that genuinely work for the women we serve,” said Yvette Evans-Streeter, CEO of Success Works.
“Bambuddha brings strategic depth, creativity and a strong values-led approach to leadership and social impact. Together, we are focused on creating fair chances, meaningful volunteering opportunities and pathways that support women not just to survive, but to thrive.”
The partnership reflects a shared commitment to hope, courage, dignity, accountability and fairness, and a belief that employment is one of the most powerful drivers of long-term social change. By combining leadership, lived experience and ethical impact design, Bambuddha Group and Success Works aim to demonstrate what is possible when purpose and practice are genuinely aligned.
About Bambuddha Group
Bambuddha Group is a boutique impact advisory and creative organisation dedicated to advancing Responsible Leadership, positive workplace culture, and measurable social and environmental impact. With a world leading Impact Index to help measure results, expert training, and empowering storytelling through media solutions at Bambuddha Studios , Bambuddha supports organisations to lead with kindness, accountability and long-term vision.
About Success Works
Success Works is a Sydney-based social enterprise supporting women impacted by the criminal legal system to rebuild their lives through meaningful employment. Our programs are designed and delivered by people with lived experience, creating spaces of trust, dignity, and connection. Through mentoring, skills development, and partnerships with supportive employers, we help women build confidence, access meaningful employment, and move towards long-term independence.
Thank you to NSW Government for the funding support for this impact program.
Image: Five people stand side by side against a solid purple background. From left to right: Yvette Evans-Streeter, CEO of Success Works, is wearing a sleeveless bright pink dress and has shoulder-length blonde hair. Natascha Consigli, Employment and Training Programs Coordinator at Success Works, is wearing a green camouflage-patterned dress with a black cardigan. Shannon Denmead, Volunteer Program Coordinator at Success Works, is wearing a light blue short-sleeve blouse and dark pants, with tattoos visible on one arm. Anna Sheppard, CEO of Bambuddha Group, is wearing a dark blue button-up shirt with sleeves rolled up. Lois Dillon, Social Enterprise and Employment Manager at Success Works Partners, is wearing a black collared polo shirt with white piping and a small pink logo on the chest.