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The changing face of social enterprise — Second Pedals CIC

July 26, 2017
by Alun Severn
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Second Pedals CIC is bicycle refurbishment, rebuilding and resale enterprise based on Castle Vale, Birmingham, and is another example of how the CIC legal structure is being used to start up and grow interesting and useful trading activities that have a social purpose and offer commun
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New social enterprise networks and free networking events

July 25, 2017
by Alun Severn
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Opportunities for social enterprise networking have become increasingly important. As funding for other more formal types of business advice and support has disappeared, there seems to be a growing appetite for peer support, networking and opportunities to meet like-minded people who
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PSIAMS Scoops Prestigious Healthcare Innovation Award

July 24, 2017
by Mark Ellerby
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PSIAMS Systems has won a prestigious award celebrating the very best of innovation in healthcare around the West Midlands. PSIAMS was given the gong in the Social Enterprise category of the West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (WMAHSN)’s second annual Celebration of Innovatio
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The changing face of social enterprise — Ballot Street Spice

July 18, 2017
by Alun Severn
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It is rare to see social enterprise featuring in the school curriculum and rarer still within primary schools. But this is exactly what is being done at Victoria Park Primary Academy in West Smethwick. Victoria Park Primary Academy is part of the groundbreaking Victoria Academies Trus
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The changing face of social enterprise — Inside Outcomes

July 17, 2017
by Alun Severn
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Inside Outcomes began life as a private consultancy, owned by Darren Wright, offering client-management software solutions along with support and training for organisations looking for ways to record and demonstrate the improved outcomes their clients achieved from the services they a
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The changing face of social enterprise — Miracle Laundry

July 13, 2017
by Alun Severn
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The Jericho Foundation in Balsall Heath is far from new. Over the past thirty years this organisation — and the group of social enterprises it operates as a means of creating employment opportunities for some of Birmingham’s most disadvantaged groups — has become a key employer in the
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School for Social Entrepreneurs turns its attention to community businesses

July 13, 2017
by Alun Severn
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  Yet more evidence that new trends and directions are emerging in the social enterprise sector. The School for Social Entrepreneurs in the Midlands (SSE Midlands) has just announced that its new Community Business Trade Up Programme & Grant is open for applications. SSE Midl
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The changing face of social enterprise — Summerfield Community Gardening Project

July 12, 2017
by Alun Severn
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Summerfield Community Gardening Project is a a local project based at City Hospital greenhouses. It aims to promote well-being by connecting people and plants through gardening. The work the group is doing at the City Hospital Greenhouses is part of Summerfield Residents Association’s
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The changing face of social enterprise — Birmingham Impact Football Club CIC

July 11, 2017
by Alun Severn
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Birmingham Impact Football Club CIC is one of Birmingham’s newest community interest companies. With support from iSE’s FUSE enterprise skills programme and incorporated just last month, the enterprise is the brainchild of Zehir Kadra, a professional football scout, qualif
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The changing face of social enterprise — Changes Gardening

July 10, 2017
by Alun Severn
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We’ve written about Changes UK, the Digbeth-based recovery charity before on this blog. Since moving into Birmingham just a few years ago, the organisation is well on the way to realising its ambition of making this city the capital of recovery services. But what does a drug and
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ART adds to its lending power with new Birmingham Small Business Loan Fund

July 05, 2017
by Alun Severn
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ART Business Loans continues to innovate in the local finance it is able to make available. Now, in partnership with Birmingham City Council, Unity Trust Bank and peer-to-peer lender Thin Cats, ART is offering  the new Birmingham Small Business Loan Fund. If you are a Birmingham-
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Awards for All grant helps BSSEC promote the work of a new generation of social enterprises

July 05, 2017
by Alun Severn
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      We can now help more social enterprises — and especially new-starts and younger enterprises — promote their work and social impact We’re delighted to announce that BSSEC has just received an Awards for All grant to help us publicise and
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