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Please help by giving iSE some feedback on City Drive 2019

May 29, 2019
by Alun Severn
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Rebecca Giannelli at iSE has just been in touch to say: CITY DRIVE once again proved to be the biggest social enterprise event in Birmingham’s calendar, with 18 events taking place all over the city. Here at iSE we thoroughly enjoyed what was a non-stop week showcasing Birmingham as a
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Contract opportunity — iSE and partners seek consultancy support for USE-IT project legacy

May 22, 2019
by Alun Severn
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iSE and partners are seeking a consultant to support the project steering group to develop and implement a strategy for the USE-IT Project legacy, which is the focus of Work Package 7. This consultancy work is to commence from 24th June 2019 and complete by 20th December 2019. It is e
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UnLtd and Scope join forces to close the disability employment gap — grants of up to £15,000 available for social businesses

May 16, 2019
by Alun Severn
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UnLtd and Scope are in partnership to award grants of up to £15,000 for entrepreneurs who wish to start or grow social businesses focused explicitly on addressing the disability employment gap — in other words improving access to employment for people with a disability or i
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HUB 109 announces business networking event in partnership with NatWest

May 15, 2019
by Alun Severn
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We’ve written before about Erdington’s new managed workspace venue, HUB 109 before on this blog — here and here.  Founder Sean Alimajstorovic has just announced that a series of business networking events in partnership with NatWest will be taking place, startin
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Martineau Gardens, Birmingham’s oldest community garden, celebrates Spring and you are invited

May 15, 2019
by Alun Severn
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Martineau Gardens is Birmingham’s oldest community garden. Now a thriving independent charity, the beautiful therapeutic gardens — an oasis of calm just two miles from Birmingham city centre — include orchards growing figs, mulberries, grapes and apples; vegetable an
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