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Birmingham chosen as one of four pilot areas for ‘problem families’ Social Impact Bond

August 26, 2011
by Alun Severn
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Further to this post, and this post, on Social Impact Bonds, things are now moving faster than might have been anticipated following the riots…. Third Sector Online announces today that Birmingham is one of four pilot authorities chosen to test a Social Impact Bond aimed at supp
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Quiet news day?

August 23, 2011
by Alun Severn
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Maybe it’s because it’s an otherwise quiet news day, but there are two interesting — if somewhat arcane — stories covered by Third Sector Online today. The first relates to the current consultation exercise being undertaken to inform future policy directions fo
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Telling it like it is

August 18, 2011
by Alun Severn
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I have few real heroes but have just added a new one to my list. Martin Sime, the CEO of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations. OK, I’ll admit a slight national bias being an exiled Scot – worse still an exiled Highlander (same race, bigger chip on shoulder) but
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Nursery gives parents a break with kids summer play scheme

August 17, 2011
by Alun Severn
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An innovative city centre nursery is offering busy parents a breather during the school holidays by holding special two-hour play sessions for kids. Little Mill Nursery, in Mill Wharf, is open from 7.30am to 6pm and offers state-of the art childcare facilities for youngsters from the
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Drinking water — Midomo works a charm

August 16, 2011
by Alun Severn
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Just over nine months ago, in this post, I wrote about the Midomo bracelet, a designer silver charm bracelet which through terrific marketing and some clever technology is being used to fund the provision of a brilliantly clever but simple water purifier in developing countries. The M
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New funds available in grants and loans to healthcare social enterprises

August 12, 2011
by Alun Severn
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As has been widely expected, new funds have come onstream to support the development and growth of healthcare social enterprises. See the coverage here in Third Sector Online. Offering grants of between £50,000 and £150,000 as well as loans, the £12m Capital Growth Fund is an extensio
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10 things the government could do to promote social enterprise

August 03, 2011
by Alun Severn
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Robert Ashton’s wish list of ten things the government could do to support and encourage social enterprise. I saw this on the Guardian’s social enterprise network website recently and I thought: yes, I like this guy.
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2,000 voluntary groups face funding losses because of spending cuts, says False Economy

August 02, 2011
by Alun Severn
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Third Sector Online today has excellent coverage of the research just published by anti-cuts campaign False Economy. Using FoI requests, False Economy surveyed the spending cuts being made to voluntary sector budgets by 265 local authorities. You can download all the data from False E
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