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This year, celebrate International Women’s Day at the Women’s Enterprise Hub

February 28, 2017
by Alun Severn
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You are warmly invited to celebrate International Women’s Day at the Women’s Enterprise Hub. Drop in any time on Wednesday 8th March between 10:00-14:00 to browse the stalls of local creative goods and mingle with inspiring and ambitious like-minded people. Stalls and exhi
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A fire safety company — with a difference

February 27, 2017
by Alun Severn
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Fire Safety Managers Ltd is a fire safety company with a difference. It is the UK’s only fire safety provider operating as a social enterprise.  It reinvests part of its profits in teaching schoolchildren fire safety techniques and has developed interactive fire safety work
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Transformation & Social Value Event – 5th April 2017

February 20, 2017
by Mark Ellerby
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Transformation and Social Value taking place in Birmingham on 5th April 2017 is an opportunity to hear from the charities leaders and social enterprises in the West Midlands who have embraced new technology and data to empower their organisations to work differently and demonstrate th
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Save Our Support plans flash mob demo 27th February — against cuts to services for city’s most vulnerable

February 15, 2017
by Alun Severn
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Further to this post, yesterday’s huge lobby against the cuts to Birmingham’s services for its most vulnerable groups showed just how passionately service users, advocacy groups and others are fighting to defend these services (coverage: here, here, here). Save Our Support
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West Midlands Academic Health Science Network — ‘Celebration of Innovation’ awards now open

February 15, 2017
by Alun Severn
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West Midlands Academic Health Science Network’s (WMAHSN) annual Celebration of Innovation Awards will be formally launched today (15 February) at the Merdian LIVE event. Following on from the success of last year’s awards — which saw more than 80 entries from ac
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Locality says “Keep it local — for better services”

February 09, 2017
by Alun Severn
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Locality, the national network of neighbourhood development organisations, has just published How to Keep it Local — A Five step guide for councillors and commissioners. As part of its national Keep It Local campaign, Locality is calling on councillors and commissioners to
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New sport project for young people in Birmingham with mental health illness

February 09, 2017
by Alun Severn
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With funding from Sport England’s small grants scheme and Birmingham Council’s Community Safety Fund, Start Again Project CIC is launching a new six-month ‘Healthy Lifestyles’ project that uses sport and activity to improve the well-being of young people with Mental Hea
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RNIB and Shoosmiths offer free sight-loss at work seminars

February 08, 2017
by Alun Severn
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Do you know what the implications are for you as an employer who has a staff member affected by sight loss? Do you see the legal issues clearly? RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People) and Shoosmiths invites you to a free Sight Loss at Work — Seeing the Issues 
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Birmingham City Council launches Crowdfunding Birmingham

February 06, 2017
by Alun Severn
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Birmingham City Council is launching Crowdfund Birmingham and wants to hear now from local organisations interested in raising money through crowdfunding. The council is setting aside £470,000 from its Community Innovation Fund to provide match funding to pledge on projects that will
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The Pump, premier youth hub in East Birmingham celebrates tenth birthday

February 02, 2017
by Alun Severn
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With a music studio, performance space, a dance studio, cyber-cafe, a daycare nursery, room hire, and facilities over four floors with full disabled access, The Pump is the hub for youth work and activity in Kitts Green, in the heart of East Birmingham. And it is celebrating its
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Jericho Foundation holds first social enterprise workshop

February 02, 2017
by Alun Severn
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Richard Beard, CEO of The Jericho Foundation writes: On the 26th January 2017 The Jericho Foundation ran its very first Social Enterprise workshop aimed at connecting, equipping and empowering churches and Christian organisations with the basic knowledge and resources to engage i
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Tech Wednesday — meet-up for women in the ‘tech for good’ sector

February 02, 2017
by Alun Severn
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Tech Wednesday is the monthly meet-up for the technology and entrepreneur community in Birmingham. The next meeting is at at 5.30pm at Innovation Birmingham on Wednesday 15th February 2017. All welcome. 5.30-6.00pm – Registration and networking 6.00-7.00pm – Talks 7.00-8.00p
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Save Our Support plans second lobby against cuts to services for most vulnerable

February 01, 2017
by Alun Severn
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Birmingham Changing Futures Together is one of the organisations co-ordinating opposition to the cuts currently planned for the city’s various Supporting people services (see earlier post). It has just issued the following statement: I am writing to you asking for your support f
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