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Jericho Foundation’s social enterprises — adapting for a full Covid-safe re-opening

June 01, 2020
by Alun Severn
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After nearly two months of lockdown, BSSEC member Jericho Foundation is starting to re-open its social enterprises, strictly adhering to the latest government guidance. Each business will be operating somewhat differently to ensure that it is Covid-safe. We thought you might find
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Social economy needs to help plan for economic, social and community recovery — read our briefing paper

April 30, 2020
by Alun Severn
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In a spirit of contributing to a wider debate about how we can begin to move beyond the immediate health crisis and plan for economic, social and community recovery BSSEC and the Birmingham Social Enterprise City steering group have produced a briefing paper that we hop
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Coronavirus crisis — Claire Dove, VCSE Crown Representative, seeks VCSE views on sector support needs and responses

March 12, 2020
by Alun Severn
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You may not know that Sarah Crawley now sits on the group convened by Claire Dove, the government’s VCSE Crown Representative. Claire’s role is to act as an intermediary between government and the voluntary, community & social enterprise sector, with a specific remit t
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It feels as if City Drive 2020 has already started

March 09, 2020
by Alun Severn
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UPDATE 16/03/20: All City Drive 2020 events cancelled due to the threat posed by Covid-19 — read announcement At least, that was the case on Thursday afternoon, the 5th of March. Sarah Crawley, our dear friend Ian Cuthbert of Cuthbert Design and myself were busy at iSE — a
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WMCA pledges to double the size of the social economy over the next decade

January 13, 2020
by Alun Severn
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Further to this post, the launch of the West Midlands Combined Authority’s new strategy outlining its commitment to doubling the size of the social economy sector in the West Midlands was excellent. It was held on Thursday 9th January at the beautiful Moseley Community
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Social Enterprise City — new sector trends demand new development priorities

January 07, 2020
by Alun Severn
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Since reporting in this post on the new trends in the sector that our baseline survey revealed, one of the things that iSE and members of the Social Enterprise City steering group have been thinking through is identifying a new sector development framework that reflects the ways
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iSE announces workshops promoting supplier opportunities in the built environment marketplace

September 23, 2019
by Alun Severn
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iSE announces the following… Tim Landreth (ISE) has been beavering away at finding opportunities for you to work on some of the major projects and with some of the major clients in the region. To support you accessing these opportunities, ISE is holding a series of workshops to
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Breakfast briefing — social enterprise applications to the Queen’s Enterprise Award for Sustainable Development

July 24, 2019
by Alun Severn
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8.30am – 10.00am on Thursday 15th August iSE, Avoca Court, 23 Moseley Road, Digbeth Birmingham B12 0HJ iSE has just announced that it will host a breakfast briefing to support social enterprises seeking to apply to the Queen’s Enterprise Award for Sustainable Development. C
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Birmingham Social Enterprise City — survey prize draw winners

July 18, 2019
by Alun Severn
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When we began the first city-wide baseline survey of social enterprise in Birmingham, as part of building a more robust evidence-base for Social Enterprise City plans, we promised a free prize draw, with an Apple iPad as the first prize, and a second prize of a backpack from social en
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Social Enterprise City — survey reveals important new trends in the sector

July 08, 2019
by Alun Severn
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The latest baseline survey of social enterprise activity in the city conducted on behalf of the Birmingham Social Enterprise City steering group during February-May 2019 and published July 2019 gives us a much more detailed profile of the sector in Birmingham than we have ever pr
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‘Place-based investing for impact’ — report published

June 10, 2019
by Alun Severn
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This year City Drive 2019 included an event called Impact Investing for Place which considered new trends in place-based social investment and social economy development. The event was kindly sponsored by Big Society Capital, chaired by its Social Sector Engagement Director, Melanie M
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City Drive — New Start Stories event: great ideas, determination and an extraordinary personal story

April 09, 2019
by Alun Severn
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When we trailed last night’s New Start Stories event at Evolve @ The Adam & Eve we said “expect open, frank conversation and stimulating insights”. We were not disappointed. Indeed, one of the stories we heard caused an audible collective gasp from the audie
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City Drive 2019 starts today

April 08, 2019
by Alun Severn
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City Drive 2019 starts today, an annual week showcasing social enterprise across Birmingham city, organised by iSE CIC on behalf of supporters, sponsors and the wider sector. This year City Drive takes place over six days for the first time with 19 events and over 750 ticket plac
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Complete the Birmingham Social Enterprise City survey and be entered in our FREE prize draw — 1st prize, an iPad

February 05, 2019
by Alun Severn
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    UPDATE (03/06/19): Please note that the survey has now ended. The prize draw will take place in the next few days. Further to this post, the Birmingham Social Enterprise City steering group is conducting a baseline survey to establish key facts about the sector’s so
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Birmingham Social Enterprise City — major survey planned to help build the social enterprise evidence-base for Birmingham

January 24, 2019
by Alun Severn
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As part of the sector’s Birmingham Social Enterprise City initiative we will shortly launch a baseline survey to establish key facts about the sector’s social and economic contribution, its social value and impact, its size and scale, and its employment levels. This will b
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Birmingham social enterprise city — a thank you & news…

December 05, 2018
by Alun Severn
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Following the marvellous official launch event for Birmingham Social Enterprise City (which is covered HERE on this blog and HERE over on the iSE website) Sarah Crawley writes with a special thank you… Hi Everyone, It’s almost Christmas and as we draw breath and plan for 2
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Special feature: Birmingham social enterprise city — official launch was a night to remember

November 16, 2018
by Alun Severn
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In a social media age superlatives have become a devalued currency and so I won’t employ them here. But I think it can safely be said that last night’s official launch event to mark Birmingham’s recognition as a social enterprise city was a genuine milestone for the
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Birmingham social enterprise city — official launch event announced

October 22, 2018
by Alun Severn
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The official launch event for Birmingham Social Enterprise City has been planned to coincide with national social enterprise day, Thursday 15th November 2018, and you are invited to join us for an evening of celebration. The launch event is taking place with the kind support of U
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Co-operative enterprise in Birmingham

October 04, 2018
by Alun Severn
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Co-operatives — which are owned and controlled by their members — represent a particular sub-set within the broader social economy. Co-operatives operate in all  sectors of the economy but the co-op model is especially suited to any kind of mutual, membership-bas
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Birmingham Social Enterprise City — what can you and your enterprise do?

August 13, 2018
by Alun Severn
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Outside of London, Birmingham has the greatest single concentration of social enterprises. Now, building on our success in establishing the Digbeth Social Enterprise Quarter, social enterprises in Birmingham have set their sights even higher and have now secured SEUK’s official recogn
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