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iSE is seeking a new chief executive

February 24, 2021
by Alun Severn
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I’m not going to embarrass either myself or Sarah Crawley by repeating everything I said in this post when last her departure from iSE was announced. She didn’t leave. Her plans coincided with the outbreak of the Covid pandemic and lockdown and she delayed her departure at
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WMCA launches Community Recovery Innovation Challenge — three top prizes of £15,000

February 11, 2021
by Alun Severn
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West Midlands Combined Authority has launched a brand new competition for bright ideas that will help people in communities across the West Midlands get through the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond. The Community Recovery Innovation Challenge will provide three top projects with up t
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University of Birmingham’s fully-funded Impact Internships

February 08, 2021
by Alun Severn
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Not to be confused with the internships programme covered in this earlier post, the University of Birmingham also operates a scheme called Impact Internships. These are designed specifically to enable start-ups, social enterprises and SMEs to recruit talented students or graduate
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WMCA launches new creative & cultural social enterprise support pilot

February 08, 2021
by Alun Severn
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The West Midlands Combined Authority has just launched a pilot project to test new approaches to developing cultural & creative social enterprises. The programme is supported by the Greater Birmingham & Solihull LEP, Black Country Consortium (LEP) and Arts Council England. WMC
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The state of economic justice in Birmingham & the Black Country 2021 — major new report published

February 03, 2021
by Alun Severn
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The funding that The Barrow Cadbury Trust invests in its Economic Justice programme continues to help break new and important ground. The New Policy Institute (NPI), supported by The Barrow Cadbury Trust, has just published its second major analysis of economic justice in Birmingham a
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ChangeKitchen CIC — order your click+collect Valentine’s Day supper and donate a community meal for four

February 02, 2021
by Alun Severn
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ChangeKitchen CIC has announced a new Click+Collect supper club, starting 14th February with a Valentine’s soul food menu that ‘shares some love’ by also reducing food poverty in Birmingham communities. Now you can treat someone you love to a delicious Valentine’s meal while also dona
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