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Opportunities to tender

June 30, 2014
by Alun Severn
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There are two opportunities to tender currently detailed on BVSC’s website (click links for relevant pages/documentation]: → Tender — to prepare a Social Return on Investment analysis: £3,500.00 inc VAT; closing date 12:00 noon Fri 18/07. →  Tender — to research and
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More social value news

June 26, 2014
by Alun Severn
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Social value seems heavily in the news today… → Social Enterprise UK has just published a new report called Communities Count: The Four Steps to Unlocking Social Value. This calls on more local authorities and housing associations to adopt written policies on social value and ha
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Another voice on social value

June 26, 2014
by Alun Severn
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There’s an interesting item over on Vicki Fitzgerald’s Inside Outcomes blog in which she explains her own perspective — based on more years than she cares to remember working in public and community health — on social value. It very much echoes comments we made
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Can you help?

June 24, 2014
by Alun Severn
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Do you have office or retail-type space that isn’t fully utilised? If so, you may be able to help — please see below. RETAIL/OFFICE SPACE WANTED Small “not for profit” credit union type organisation based in Birmingham City centre is looking for either retail or office spa
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Digbeth Social Enterprise Quarter launches new website

June 20, 2014
by Alun Severn
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  Launching today, the Digbeth Social Enterprise Quarter now has its own website! You can still get news and updates about the Quarter on the BSSEC website here, and read all our posts tagged ‘Digbeth Social Enterprise Quarter’ here, but from now on we’ll also b
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Government publishes 2014 update on growing the social investment marketplace

June 19, 2014
by Alun Severn
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Today the government published its 2014 update on growing the social investment marketplace. The report sets out progress against the government’s 2013 commitments and plans for the next 12 months. These include: Making it easier to be an investor. Helping communities to access
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“Don’t get too excited” — Lottery CEO cautious but optimistic for EU matching scheme

June 16, 2014
by Alun Severn
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Dawn Austwick, chief exec of the BIG Lottery has been very cautious in the words she has chosen too describe progress towards a joint Lottery and EU match-funding deal. If successful the proposal will enable around £500m-worth of Lottery funds flowing through the third sector to be ma
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Evidencing social value — the elephant in the room

June 16, 2014
by Alun Severn
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Following on from the roundtable event we held on the 15th January 2014 we held a further event on the 9th June 2014 specifically to look at the progress local authorities are making in evidencing and measuring social value as part of their new commissioning arrangements. We found tha
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Next Digbeth Social Enterprise Quarter market 27th June

June 12, 2014
by Alun Severn
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The next Digbeth Social Enterprise Quarter market will take place on Friday 27th June 2014. Be there or be square! For more information or to book a stall ring Marija Sakalauskaite at iSE on 0121 771 1411 or send Marija mail.
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New £40m fund to support voluntary sector & social enterprise sustainability — consultation until 24th July

June 10, 2014
by Alun Severn
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There is news flagged up here on the footprint associates website and  here on the BVSC website regarding a recently launched consultation exercise which is important to the third sector and to social enterprise. Over the coming weeks — until 12:00 noon on the 24th June July 201
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