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SEUK celebrates success of the CIC legal structure and calls on Treasury to increase funding for the regulator

January 27, 2017
by Alun Severn
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The Community Interest Company legal form, introduced in 2005, has been one of the unsung successes of the social enterprise sector. Adoption of the form by new-starts as well as conversion to it by existing enterprises has exceeded all expectation. The structure has also proven popul
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USE IT! social entrepreneurs programme launched

January 27, 2017
by Alun Severn
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Just launched, the USE IT! social entrepreneurs programme is an exciting and innovative three-year scheme to create a new ‘place-based’ community of social entrepreneurs and like-minded individuals who want to help tackle poverty and social isolation in their local neighbour
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Big Issue Invest launches Impact Loans England

January 26, 2017
by Alun Severn
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Big Issue Invest, the social investment arm of The Big Issue Group, has launched a new investment programme called Impact Loans England. This programme is designed to help social enterprises and charities which might  previously have struggled to access small to medium-
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Social enterprise…in the cathedral

January 24, 2017
by Alun Severn
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Birmingham Cathedral, one of the oldest buildings in the city, now contracts its cleaning services from a Jericho Foundation social enterprise. The Acting Dean of Birmingham, Revd Canon Nigel Hand, has recognised that using the Jericho Cleaning social enterprise will also se
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New centre for ME sufferers opens in Sutton Coldfield

January 18, 2017
by Alun Severn
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On the 26th January the Mayor of Birmingham will cut the ribbon on a new specialist centre for people with ME (Myalgic Encephalomyalitis), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and other similar conditions. The Salus Sanctuary, made possible by a grant of over £300,000 from
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Birmingham voluntary sector mobilises against cuts to services for the most vulnerable

January 16, 2017
by Alun Severn
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We wrote in this post about the PUBLIC CONSULTATION currently underway on Birmingham City Council’s proposed cuts  to its Supporting People and Third Sector Grant Programmes. This would see cuts of £5m this year, rising to £10m in 2018/9. These reductions com
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Midland Mencap mass lobby against disability cuts

January 13, 2017
by Alun Severn
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The further cuts proposed in Birmingham City Council’s 2017 budget — including cuts across all Supporting People services — will hit the most vulnerable groups in the city hard. St Basils has said, “We absolutely understand the extremely difficult decisions tha
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Birmingham news flash — Barrow Cadbury Trust

January 12, 2017
by Alun Severn
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The Barrow Cadbury Trust has just announced the following free events in Birmingham: Find out how to share video content more effectively on YouTube Net Squared Midlands is hosting a free event on Monday 16 January 6.30-8.30 pm on effective sharing of video content using YouTube
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Tendering opportunity to delivery a health and wellbeing programme in Sandwell

January 12, 2017
by Alun Severn
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The Accord Group is offering the following Tendering opportunity for delivery of a health and wellbeing programme (Lunch Clubs) in Sandwell. Details Following the successful delivery of the National Charity Partnership Lunch Club programme in Sandwell last year, the Accord Group is&nb
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Acorns Children’s Hospice — 2017 events & fundraisers

January 09, 2017
by Alun Severn
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Acorns Children’s Hospice provides babies, children and young people aged 0-18 years who have life limiting or life threatening conditions and associated complex needs with a network of specialist palliative nursing care and support. Acorns fundraises throughout the year to
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brap is recruiting…

January 09, 2017
by Alun Severn
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Equality and human rights charity, brap, is recruiting… Living Apart Together — Outreach and Development Officer £24,000per annum — (37 hours per week) Job share considered 18-month fixed term contract Living Apart Together is a new 18-month project which h
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The Relate Macmillan Counselling Service — for those living with or affected by cancer

January 05, 2017
by Alun Severn
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Macmillan Cancer Support and Relate have teamed up to provide a new, free counselling service for families living with cancer. The number of people surviving and living with cancer is increasing. In Birmingham and the Black Country alone over 5,000 people a year are  diagnosed wi
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