Education Partnerships: Bringing Real-World Learning to Life
At CandleXchange, we believe some of the most powerful learning happens outside the textbook when students engage directly with a real business tackling real problems.
As a certified social enterprise built on circular economy principles, we partner with schools and universities to bring sustainability, maths, social entrepreneurship, and circular design into the classroom through hands-on projects and case studies.
From primary and secondary students measuring containers and calculating fragrance ratios in a candle-making workshop, to postgraduate students examining our business model as a live case study in social entrepreneurship, we tailor each collaboration to the curriculum and age group involved.
Who We Work With
Redlands
Candle-making workshops linking maths and sustainability for junior students, plus circular economy and social enterprise case studies across Year 8 and Year 9
Barker College
Real life Design Thinking Case study in the Year 10 Character & Enterprise Program
University of Technology Sydney
Solving real business problems through projects including customer research in the Managing for Social Impact capstone course
University of New South Wales
Live social enterprise case study in the Centre for Social Impact's Social Entrepreneurship course
Fundraising for Your School
Beyond education partnerships, CandleXchange also offers schools a pre-order fundraising program — a low-investment, low-effort way to raise funds, with no upfront cost or unsold stock risk.
What a Partnership Can Look Like
Every collaboration is shaped around the curriculum and age group involved, from hands-on candle-making workshops through to case studies for capstone and postgraduate units on social entrepreneurship, circular economy, and ethical business.
We invite educators, students, and organisations interested in experiential learning, social innovation, or fundraising to get in touch, we'd love to discuss what a partnership could look like for your students.