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Young people in the West Midlands — get your voice heard on employment and education

September 24, 2018
by Alun Severn
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A dozen organisations working together as the Inclusive Growth Partnership** are running 3 youth innovation workshops in Birmingham next week and currently in fully recruiting mode for young people. The workshops are about… What Works For Young People? Who should attend: 16- 24
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Fair by Design — why being poor costs more and how you can help tackle the ‘poverty premium’

September 19, 2018
by Alun Severn
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Those who have less pay more — for energy, insurance, and finance. Being poor costs more. This is called the Poverty Premium. Fair by Design, the movement to tackle this poverty premium — the extra costs of being poor — is launching its campaigning arm today. The cam
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Late but ‘live’ — final thoughts from SEWF 2018, Edinburgh

September 18, 2018
by Alun Severn
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As Sarah noted in her previous post, she may now be back from Edinburgh — and with a lot of catching up to do — but there is still a lot of value in sharing what she learnt from this year’s SEWF. We agree, and so here is her last post from Edinburgh. * This is my las
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Late but ‘live’ — more from Social Enterprise World Forum 2018, Edinburgh

September 17, 2018
by Alun Severn
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This — a little late, but we’ll call it ‘live’ — just in from Sarah Crawley who has been blogging from Edinburgh about what she is hearing and learning at SEWF 2018. * Writing from Edinburgh, Sarah says: Sorry this is slightly delayed but I still want to
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UnLtd to host event for social entrepreneurs working in access to employment — join guests for drinks/networking

September 13, 2018
by Alun Severn
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On the 16th October 2018 UnLtd will be hosting a peer learning event for social entrepreneurs who work in Access to Employment. The event will bring together social entrepreneurs from across the UK, as well as people in government and mainstream business, to address barriers to scale
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Live from Social Enterprise World Forum 2018 — Edinburgh, day 2

September 13, 2018
by Alun Severn
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Blogging live from this year’s Social Enterprise World Forum in Edinburgh, Sarah Crawley has just sent her latest update. * Well it really has been an amazing start and I hope the next two days are as good as Wednesday was! Scottish musicians and especially drummers formally ope
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Live from Social Enterprise World Forum 2018 — Edinburgh

September 12, 2018
by Alun Severn
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As we wrote in this post, the Social Enterprise World Forum has returned to the UK after 10 years of travelling the world, one continent at a time, and this year’s host city is Edinburgh. As in previous years, Sarah Crawley has kindly offered to do some live blogs so t
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Birmingham Black History Month 2018 — launch announced

September 03, 2018
by Alun Severn
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The Blackstory Partnership is back for the third year running with this year’s Black History Month, running for five weeks from the 24th September to the 4th November. The launch event is on the evening of Tuesday 25th September at Town Hall, Victoria Square, and is free. →
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