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Local businesses help John Taylor Hospice become more dementia-friendly

May 31, 2016
by Alun Severn
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John Taylor Hospice, the UK’s only social enterprise hospice, has joined forces with local businesses (including volunteers from Jaguar Land Rover — pictured) to raise funds which will help the hospice become more dementia-friendly. The hospice’s campaign coincided with a
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Cabinet Office announces new review “to unlock potential of mission-led businesses”

May 26, 2016
by Alun Severn
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The Cabinet Office has announced that later this year it will be issuing a call for evidence as part of a review of the “mission-led” business sector in the UK. Mission-led businesses, the Cabinet Office says, use their business models to achieve both social and economic i
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Access to employment: Greater Birmingham & Solihull ESIF project call is live

May 26, 2016
by Alun Severn
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Greater Birmingham & Solihull LEP has just announced that its project call for Access to Employment services in Greater Birmingham andSolihull is now live. This priority axis aims to increase participation in the labour market and thereby improve social inclusion and mobility. App
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Create impact for your social enterprise through a summer placement student

May 24, 2016
by Alun Severn
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The University of Birmingham wants to develop and strengthen links with social enterprises in the West Midlands and would like to offer you the opportunity to gain additional support this summer (June-September) from a final-year student through a short-term placement (minimum 40 hour
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Cabinet Office publishes new social enterprise market trends report

May 12, 2016
by Alun Severn
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The Cabinet Office has just published Social Enterprise Market Trends 2014. This report — the first revision since 2012 — uses data from the Dept for Business, Innovation & Skills small business survey. By applying social enterprise selection criteria to that data it e
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Birmingham Changing Futures Together marketplace event

May 12, 2016
by Alun Severn
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Birmingham Changing Futures Together is a £10m Big Lottery funded programme supporting people with multiple and complex needs. It is holding a marketplace event at which people can find out more about its No Wrong Door Network — providers who are pledged to working together ensu
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