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‘Your brand is not your logo’

June 28, 2012
by Alun Severn
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Further to yesterday’s post about iSE’s Responding to Change conference… Confused about branding? Think that ‘brand management’ is something faintly slimy that belongs only in the big, bad corporate world? Ever wondered what factors go to make up a ‘
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‘Trust your instincts and hold your nerve’

June 27, 2012
by Alun Severn
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I’ve spent the day at iSE’s excellent Responding to Change conference, held at the splendid new Midlands Arts Centre in Cannon Hill Park. Jean Jarvis, from South Shropshire Furniture Scheme was an early keynote speaker and the title of this post comes from her presentation
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Task force reviews progress towards ‘public service mutuals’

June 26, 2012
by Alun Severn
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The independent Mutual Task Force which is advising government on its plans for wider mutualisation of public services, especially in health, probation services, education, and social care has just published its latest report. This makes the case for public service mutuals based on ev
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New start-up guide for social enterprise

June 25, 2012
by Alun Severn
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Unity Trust Bank has sponsored a new start-up guide for social enterprises. The guide, produced and published by Social Enterprise UK, can be downloaded here. I’ve only had a quick look at this so far but it looks good — extremely useful for anyone who is considering socia
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Business in the Community nets £4.8m for business connectors scheme & more…

June 20, 2012
by Alun Severn
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Two items were of particular interest in today’s Third Sector Online digest. First, news that Business in the Community has secured £4.8m from the BIG Lottery to expand its ‘business connectors’ scheme. Business connectors are people who have been trained by BITC to
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Canal & River Trust set to become 13th biggest UK charity

June 19, 2012
by Alun Severn
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There’s an interesting item in Third Sector Online today about the ‘mutualisation’ of British Waterways as a new charity, the Canal & River Trust. I think this rather than quasi-privatised hospitals is probably what most of us had in mind when first the governmen
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An intern speaks

June 15, 2012
by Alun Severn
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Internships — the new ghetto of middle-class aspirations? The respectable face of slave labour? Austerity Britain’s new employment model? Have you ever wondered what interns themselves think? Well, here’s a chance to read a thoughtful and well argued account by one s
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New Labour administration puts social justice at heart of vision for Birmingham

June 15, 2012
by Alun Severn
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Maybe I was one of the few who wasn’t at the launch of Labour leader Albert Bore’s first policy statement for Birmingham on the 12th June, but just in case others missed it too, I’ll cover it here. In what the Chamberlain Files described as “one of the most det
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New exhibition showcases creative recycling from around the globe

June 12, 2012
by Alun Severn
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Rugby art gallery & museum invites social entrepreneurs and their supporters to the launch of a new exhibition showcasing creative recycling from around the globe. The preview and opening event takes place on Saturday 7th July 2012 from 10.30am until 12.00 noon, with free activiti
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£7.5bn city council spend will be used to create jobs & economic growth

June 07, 2012
by Alun Severn
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The next Finditinbirmingham breakfast event at 7am on the 19th June will showcase the council’s plans for a new, progressive procurement policy which will use its £7.5bn of public spending as an engine for job creation and business growth. Also presented at the meeting will be B
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