What I am building

Two ventures, one mission.

I build things that give people who have been overlooked a genuine shot at work. Worthy Courses takes that mission online and to scale. Worthy Cause is where I proved the model on the ground.

Flagship

Worthy Courses

Worthy Courses is an Australian online training platform that teaches the practical employment skills nobody formally teaches: how to get a job, keep a job and grow in it. Schools do not teach employability, and employers expect you to already have it. Worthy Courses makes those skills explicit, learnable and certifiable: nine courses and 52 modules built around communication, reliability, people skills, resilience and workplace readiness.

Buy one, give one

Every paid course funds a free place for a learner who faces barriers to employment. This is not an add-on. It is the whole point. The more Worthy Courses grows commercially, the more free places it creates. Growth and impact are the same engine.

Learn the Skills. Feel Confident. Get the Job. Keep the Job.

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The foundation

Worthy Cause

Rick Cohen at a Worthy Cause market stall with freshly baked cookies

Before Worthy Courses, I founded Worthy Cause: a DGR1 registered charity and social enterprise I started in 2021 with $17,000 of my own money. It funds and runs a 26-week paid employment program for people facing complex barriers to work, through cookies made in Melbourne and two New Grounds cafes. It is where I proved that the right support, in a real workplace, changes what people believe they are capable of.

Worthy Cause works, and it taught me the limit: a six-month program changes one life at a time and costs a fortune to run. The skills that actually keep people in work can be taught to thousands. That lesson is exactly why I went on to build Worthy Courses.

worthycause.org.au