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The changing face of social enterprise — creating social value through inter-trading

May 10, 2018

We wrote recently about Graduate Planet CIC in one of our ‘changing face of social enterprise‘ stories. It’s a new-start social enterprise recruitment consultancy which uses its surpluses to support environmental action. Its founder Kate Evans was one of the spe

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Who starts new social enterprises and why? Three recent new-starts told us their extraordinary stories

April 24, 2018

For nine months or so now, as part of an Awards for All funded project, we have been documenting the changing face of social enterprise by covering the stories of newer, younger social enterprises that are new on the scene. What’s it like to start a new social enterprise in the

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There’s still time to feature in our coverage of newer, younger social enterprises

April 09, 2018

As part of our Big Lottery ‘Awards for All’ project we’re still on the hunt for interesting news stories from newer, younger social enterprises that will help illustrate new, changing and emerging trends in the sector. We’ve been posting these stories on

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The changing face of social enterprise — Evolve @ The Adam & Eve

March 19, 2018

Today, in our continuing series the changing face of social enterprise, we look at Evolve @ The Adam & Eve. Read on to find out how an old Victorian boozer is being given a new lease of life — and a new social purpose. There has been a pub called the Adam & Eve on the co

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The changing face of social enterprise — Chelmund’s Fish & Chips

February 27, 2018

It isn’t often we get the chance to cover the story of a new community-owned social enterprise literally on the eve of its opening. It is even less often that that new enterprise is a fish and chip shop! A community owned chip shop? Yes, it seems unlikely. But then when you thin

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We’re still on the look-out for newer, younger social enterprises with an interesting story to tell

January 31, 2018

As part of our Big Lottery ‘Awards for All’ project we’re still on the hunt for interesting news stories from newer, younger social enterprises that will help illustrate new, changing and emerging trends in the sector. We’ve been posting these stories on

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The changing face of social enterprise — Age UK Warwickshire’s Re-Use outlets

December 01, 2017

Many of the ‘Changing face of social enterprise’ stories we have so far covered as part of our Big Lottery ‘Awards for All’ project have been very new and very small social enterprises that are just starting out. What they have to tell us about the challen

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The changing face of social enterprise — Liberty Cookhouse

November 22, 2017

As part of our Big Lottery ‘Awards for All’ project we’ve been on the hunt for interesting news stories from newer, younger social enterprises that help illustrate new, changing and emerging trends in the sector. We’ve been posting these stories on the bl

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The changing face of social enterprise — reflecting on the stories we’ve been gathering

November 15, 2017

As part of our Big Lottery ‘Awards for All’ project we’ve been on the hunt for interesting news stories from newer, younger social enterprises that help illustrate new, changing and emerging trends in the sector. We’ve been posting these stories on the bl

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Calling newer, younger social enterprises with an interesting story to tell

November 15, 2017

As part of our Big Lottery ‘Awards for All’ project we’re still on the hunt for interesting news stories from newer, younger social enterprises that will help illustrate new, changing and emerging trends in the sector. We’ve been posting these stories on

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The changing face of social enterprise — Graduate Planet C.I.C

September 19, 2017

Despite tuition fees being at an all-time high, more graduates than ever are failing to secure employment that matches their skills and academic qualifications. In 2016, for example, there was a further 2.2% drop in the number of graduates entering skilled, graduate-level employm

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The changing face of social enterprise — Pow C.I.C

September 06, 2017

Five or six years ago, by her own admission, life-long Chelmsley Wood resident Teresa Farrell was in despair. Her marriage had ended and she was unemployed and on the verge of homelessness. Just two years earlier, she and her young son had narrowly survived a motorway crash. “My

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The changing face of social enterprise — Ashley Community Housing

August 31, 2017

Although originating in Bristol, Ashley Community Housing, a social enterprise and housing association specialising in the resettlement and training of refugees, now has dedicated offices in Birmingham (opened in 2012) and Wolverhampton (opened in 2015). Established as a Company Limit

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We’re still on the hunt for newer, younger social enterprises with interesting stories to tell — you could be one of them

August 14, 2017

As part of our Big Lottery ‘Awards for All’ project we’re still on the hunt for interesting news stories from newer, younger social enterprises that will help illustrate new, changing and emerging trends in the sector. If you’re doing something new and in

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The changing face of social enterprise — ashebo CIC: linking up play, equality, training & ancient woodlands

August 10, 2017

ashebo CIC, incorporated in 2013, offers another example of how the Community Interest Company form is enabling those with an interest in trading for social purpose adopt a recognised social enterprise legal structure. Just a decade or so back these entrepreneurs and many like t

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The changing face of social enterprise — Second Pedals CIC

July 26, 2017

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

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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The changing face of social enterprise — Ballot Street Spice

July 18, 2017

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

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

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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