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Birmingham Enterprise Foundation at Cobalt Square

March 31, 2014
by Alun Severn
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Birmingham Enterprise Foundation is now offering workspaces plus business support at the new Cobalt Square development at Five Ways. For more information send mail to Jonathan Harris or ring 0121 454 8069.
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UnLtd — Living It campaign

March 19, 2014
by Alun Severn
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In partnership with the Social Economy Alliance, UnLtd’s Living It campaign celebrates and showcases young social entrepreneurs. UnLtd will shortly be holding two live debates on the future of youth employment and how social entrepreneurship can create more jobs and opportunities for
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Heart of England Community Foundation — New ESF Community Grants Programme Open

March 13, 2014
by Alun Severn
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The Heart of England Community Foundation has announced the launch of its new European Social Fund Community Grants Programme for Coventry, Warwickshire, Solihull and Birmingham & The Black Country. The programme is now open for applications.
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Social enterprises in the Greater Birmingham area employ over 14,600 people and turnover at least £180m a year

March 12, 2014
by Alun Severn
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Research just published by the GBSLEP (March 2014)  offers a level of detail about the social enterprise sector that has never previously been available, underlining just how important the sector is — socially and economically. Size of the sector There are an estimated 450-500 s
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Forthcoming FREE workshop on social value

March 12, 2014
by Alun Severn
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As part of our Barrow Cadbury Trust-funded project on Social Value, we will be holding a major FREE workshop for social enterprises and commissioners involved in implementing the new legislation. This will take place in May or early-June. The likely theme of the workshop will be ̶
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Social enterprise bouquets & floral arrangements

March 10, 2014
by Alun Severn
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Park Lane Garden Centre is now producing beautiful floristry to suit all occasions — birthdays, new baby, anniversaries, funerals, special events, corporate hire -– ideal for Mothers’ Day. For further details or to pre-order send mail to Julia Parkes.
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Measuring Social Impact – An NHS Building Health Partnerships Case Study

March 05, 2014
by Mark Ellerby
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The Building Health Partnerships programme aims to improve health outcomes through supporting the development of effective and productive partnerships between Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), local authorities and voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations. S
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Up to £40m in ‘money plus advice’ for struggling service delivery organisations?

March 05, 2014
by Alun Severn
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The government seems likely to throw a lifeline to struggling third sector service delivery organisations in the 2015 financial year. According to a piece in today’s Third Sector Online, civil society minister Nick Hurd is concerned that some third sector organisations providing
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Upcycle Birmingham — new life for furniture, new hope for communities

March 05, 2014
by Alun Severn
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For months now, under conditions of closely-guarded secrecy (I know: I’ve tried to winkle the details out of them often enough), the folks at Castle Vale TRA have been developing a new social enterprise. Well, the wraps are finally off and we can tell you about Upcycle Birmingha
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Lottery announces £150m programme to support community-led enterprise

March 04, 2014
by Alun Severn
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Launched in December of last year, BIG has just announced that its new £150m ‘Power to Change‘ programme will be overseen by Richard Handover, ex-CEO of WH Smith. The fund will support community-led enterprises that directly engage with and service  local communities. BIG
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