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HLF launches new £10m grants programme to help 11-25s engage with heritage

September 29, 2016
by Alun Severn
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The Heritage Lottery Fund yesterday launched a £10m pilot programme and is inviting groups of charities and other organisations to apply for funding. The Kick the Dust programme aims “to make heritage relevant and inclusive for 11 to 25 year olds” and is inviting consortia of three or
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ChangesUK is recruiting…

September 29, 2016
by Alun Severn
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Digbeth-based recovery charity ChangesUK is currently going from strength to strength. As well as developing the huge 50,000 sq ft, £1m Recovery Central facility, which we reported in this post, it is now branching out to include specialist social enterprise development expertise with
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A free presentation to help you identify your social value — and report it

September 14, 2016
by Alun Severn
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The evidence from our work indicates that some social enterprises are struggling to identify the full social value of their work. Others are under-reporting the social value they are already achieving. We have put together a short guide to help you examine your contracts, services and
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iSE launches new programme of social investment workshops

September 13, 2016
by Alun Severn
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iSE has launched a new programme to help social enterprises attract social investment. The workshops are designed to provide more information about social investment and give social entrepreneurs the opportunity to practice pitching. The workshops will cover: Introduction to the legal
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Being a social enterprise champion — a GBSLEP year

September 07, 2016
by Alun Severn
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Melanie Mills is the social enterprise champion for the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership. In this post she reflects on what being a social enterprise champion means and looks back over her first year in this role. Being a social enterprise champion —
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Social value and the Birmingham Business Charter for Social Responsibility — consultation

September 05, 2016
by Alun Severn
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The Birmingham Business Charter for Social Responsibility (BBC4SR) has become the primary tool that Birmingham City Council uses to drive social value throughout its supply-chain. Some 350 companies are Charter signatories with many more expected. Birmingham City Council is currently
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Help and office rentals at the Women’s Enterprise Hub

September 02, 2016
by Alun Severn
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This, just in from the Women’s Enterprise Hub: » Are you a start-up women led business? » Do you need office space to rent? » Do you want to work in a space which is modern, safe and secure? » Would you like to be part of a vibrant network of Women Entrepreneurs? » If the answer
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Identifying social value — perhaps this approach can help your enterprise?

September 02, 2016
by Alun Severn
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When Lord Young reviewed implementation of the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012, his report (February 2015) concluded that local authorities had made significantly more progress than health bodies in utilising social value. Our own research at that time confirmed this view. But
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BITA Pathways hosts third Opportunities Fair

September 02, 2016
by Alun Severn
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BITA Pathways is hosting its third annual Opportunities Fair, aimed at clients with a disability or mental health need. It will be held on Monday 19th September, 10am-2pm at St Martins in the Bullring. A range of employers, training and placement providers will be exhibiting and there
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UK Sepsis Trust fundraiser at The Comedy Loft — ‘Remembering Tyler’

September 02, 2016
by Alun Severn
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Eleanor Cappell, who many of you will know, is raising money for the UK Sepsis Trust, a Birmingham-based charity, in memory of her friend’s son, Tyler, who died from a sepsis infection in November of last year. Tyler was two months away from his third birthday. Every year in the
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