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Calling researchers and evaluators — ‘Talent Match’ and ‘Changing Futures Together’
BVSC Bidders Event – Local Research and Evaluation Services for ‘Birmingham Changing Futures Together’ and ‘Talent Match Birmingham & Solihull’ Time and Date: 9.45 for 10.00-11am, Friday 17 April 2015 Venue: BVSC, 138 Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 6DR Birmi
Continue Reading →BVSC & Solihull SUSTAIN host EU funding briefing event
Event: 1st April 2015: 09.30 to 12.15 Venue: BVSC, 138 Digbeth, Birmingham B5 6DR Further to this post, BVSC and Solihull SUSTAIN have just announced a forthcoming briefing event for the voluntary and social enterprise sectors on the GBSLEP’s European Structural & Investment
Continue Reading →WAITS is recruiting
WAITS (Women Acting in Today’s Society) is recruiting… For more information and application pack please send mail to MARCIA LEWINSON or ring 0121 440 1443.
Continue Reading →Conferences at BVSC — new website launched
BVSC has today launched its new Conferences at BVSC website. As well as information on pricing, catering options and special offers and discounts, the website also enables customer feedback and reviews for the first time. Many perhaps don’t realise the degree to which infrastruc
Continue Reading →“City Drive” — social enterprise story teller volunteers needed
Birmingham City Drive – Social Enterprise Week 20th-24th April 2015 Further to this post, and this one, iSE has just announced the following: We are looking for social enterprise volunteers who are happy to give up 2 hours to share their social enterprise stories in small groups with
Continue Reading →“City Drive” social enterprise walks announced
Further to this post, iSE has just announced the following schedule of social enterprise walks to coincide with the City Drive week of events: As part of the City Drive week, iSE is hosting five social enterprise walks in Digbeth, in order to show how social enterprises work. Birmingh
Continue Reading →GBSLEP — European funding update
Update 20/03/15: Further to the post below, the first calls have just gone live on the gov.uk website → HERE. Those who attended one of the GBSLEP roadshows (they took place in late-Feb and early-March) may already know this, but colleagues from the ESIF team at Solihull Council have
Continue Reading →‘Back Down’ — on tour from Birmingham Rep, world premiere at St Barnabas
An exciting play comes to Erdington next week. Back Down is on tour from Birmingham REP and it plays at St Barnabas on Wednesday 18/03 and Thursday 19/03 before heading off across the country. Social enterprises — see it free! Paul Hanna, centre manager at St Barnabas wants to e
Continue Reading →Attachment theory workshop
Attachment Theory has developed since the 1930s, as a way of understanding human brain, emotional and social development. One of its fundamental principles is this: that our experiences of relationships with early caregivers (those in whom we place our trust and our ability to survive
Continue Reading →Investment for energy entrepreneurs
Ignite is the UK’s first impact investment fund with a focus on energy. Set up through Centrica, Ignite believe that energy entrepreneurs have a vital role to play in building a better society and are here to help them achieve their potential. Centrica are investing people and money i
Continue Reading →Launch of the Citizen Coaching CIC Big Lottery Funded Anger Management Programme
This month sees the launch of the Citizen Coaching CIC Big Lottery Funded Anger Management Programme. This programme is designed to help small charities, social enterprises or third sector organisations that has service users, clients or customers over 18 years of age who would benefi
Continue Reading →Small Business Charter/Aston Business School growth vouchers scheme
Eligible businesses have only until 31st March 2015 to apply for support under the SBS/Aston Business School Growth Vouchers scheme. The Small Business Charter Growth Vouchers Programme is a 10-module programme, designed and run by a national consortium of world-class business
Continue Reading →Lloyds Bank Social Entrepreneurs Programme – APPLY NOW
This, just in from Charles Rapson at the School for Social Entrepreneurs Midlands… Lloyds Bank Social Entrepreneurs Programme – APPLY NOW The School for Social Entrepreneurs Midlands has added two additional information/taster sessions for anyone interested in finding out more a
Continue Reading →UnLtd ‘SEE Change’ event — Birmingham
This, just in from UnLtd… Social Entrepreneurship Exchange Network event Date: 26th March 2015 Time: 2.00pm – 7.00pm Venue: Millennium Point, Birmingham City University Curzon Street, B4 7XG Birmingham, UK (Nearest Train station: Birmingham Moor Street) You are invited to attend
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