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Building the social enterprise movement: the power of evidence and storytelling

July 01, 2022

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Social Enterprise UK

WELCOME TO OUR GUEST BLOG FROM EMILY DARKO Emily is Director of Research at Social Enterprise UK Through our work at BSSEC CIC, we are aware of the importance of evidence regarding our social impact especially for our key stakeholders. We approached Emily as Director of Research at SE

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WMCA: Shared Prosperity Fund – June update

June 21, 2022

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West Midlands Combined Authority

Shared on behalf of the West Midlands Combined Authority: UK SPF for at Risk Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations As set out in the UKSPF prospectus, the initial focus of the UKSPF programme in 2022-23 and 2023-24 will be on communities and place and local business interventio

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SOCIAL ENTERPRISE DRIVE 2022: Social Enterprise Showcase Starts Today!

June 06, 2022

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TODAY’S THE DAY!! Initiative for Social Entrepreneurs opens Birmingham’s biggest festival showcasing social enterprise… events kick off at 10am with the launch of SE TV and includes 18 events over 5 days…. a social enterprise something for everyon

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SHIFT Programme: Economies that Everyone Can Shape

June 01, 2022

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Economy SHIFT Programme

A new training programme, Shift Birmingham, is open for applications. It’s for Birmingham people wish to explore how power and resources in the city can be rebalanced to improve local economies across the city. Birmingham faces many crises including housing, work, living s

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iSE CIC: SED22 Special

May 25, 2022

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Birmingham’s biggest festival showcasing social enterprise is coming 6th-10th of June and you can be part of it! Join Social Enterprise Drive to START a social enterprise, SCALE your business and CONNECT with social entrepreneurs and innovators. With social enterprise experience

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BSSEC Talking Collaboration and Clusters

May 12, 2022

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In our earlier posts, we have been examining the West Midlands Combined Authority’s Growing the Social Economy in the WMCA area: A Framework for Action, the document that underpins WMCA’s ten-year plan for doubling the size of the West Midlands social economy, from around £3.5bn to £7

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Social Enterprise Drive 2022: celebrating Social Enterprise Resilience

May 05, 2022

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Social Enterprise Drive 2022 is a week of diverse events celebrating social enterprises in Birmingham and beyond, annually facilitated by social enterprise development organisation, iSE (Initiative for Social Entrepreneurs). Taking place from the 6th to 10t

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Big Giveaway from BVSC

May 03, 2022

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BVSC is on the move and has announced a massive #giveaway of office and conference furniture and equipment… all of it free to #charities in #Birmingham!Items currently available include: ⭐️ Conference Tables (33 straight, 33 trapezium, 14 half round, 2 l

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Project Aspie: Open Space Online opening up conversations

April 28, 2022

Aspergers, Autism, Autistic, Birmingham, Covid, equality, mental health, neurodivergent, Open Space Online, pandemic, Project Aspie

As part of their response to the Covid-19 pandemic during the autumn of 2020, Project Aspie launched a new initiative called Open Space Online. Project Aspie is an award-winning organisation based in Birmingham that raises awareness and the profile of people with Autism within the com

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WMCA: Regional Development Conference – 12th May 2022

April 26, 2022

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West Midlands Combined Authority

West Midlands Combined Authority & New Statesman are hosting the annual Regional Development Conference on 12th May 2022 in Birmingham. Be part of the discussions around the future of the West Midlands levelling up strategy and local growth. Growth across our r

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iSE CIC talks Social Enterprise Growth and Collaboration

April 07, 2022

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“It’s collaborative, not competitive.” Cathy Brown, CEO of Initiative for Social Entrepreneurs CIC (iSE CIC), discusses why intermediaries need to look past their competitiveness and collaborate to help emerging social enterprises more effectively. At the recent Soci

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Be part of Social Enterprise Drive 2022

February 02, 2022

iSE has just announced that Social Enterprise Drive is back for 2022. This year the week-long festival of social enterprise will take place slightly later — in early-June rather than April as has been the case previously. What began life as a local Digbeth-based initiative nine

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Social enterprise networking in Digbeth

November 18, 2021

iSE says: Calling Birmingham-based social enterprises, mission-led businesses and not for profits! Come along to Centrala Space in Digbeth for brunch time networking, conversation and connection in the heart of our Social Enterprise City. Let’s catch-up, network and reconnect with eac

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Birmingham City Council launches new Match My Project portal

August 16, 2021

For some while now Birmingham City Council has been considering methods for making it easier for businesses to support local community projects — whether they wish to do this as part of their CSR commitments or in pursuit of specific Social Value pledges a company may have made

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Accord Group emergency volunteering roles to support vulnerable residents — update

June 03, 2020

The Accord Group is one of the largest housing and social care organisations in the Midlands, providing 13,000 affordable homes and health and social care to 80,000 people and employing nearly 4,000. In the first few days of April Accord was appealing for emergency volunteers to suppo

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iSE offers WiSE Wednesday webinar — Mentoring for Change

May 07, 2020

iSE CIC is excited to announce the second WiSE Wednesday webinar, Mentoring for Change with Kendra Walsh, Director of Expert Impact, home of the Human Lending Library. There’s a lot of talk about ‘pivoting you business’ but what does it mean, how do

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Social economy needs to help plan for economic, social and community recovery — read our briefing paper

April 30, 2020

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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Birmingham City Council announces £0.8m community grants fund for groups helping children and families during pandemic

April 18, 2020

Birmingham City Council statement reads: Community, voluntary and faith groups who are helping children, young people and families through the challenges of Covid-19 are invited to apply for grants of up to £10,000 to continue supporting families through this difficult period.

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Keeping swimming open at Moseley Road Baths — this historic Edwardian pool is now run by a community-managed charity

February 11, 2019

There are only three Grade II* listed swimming baths in the country still in use for public swimming and of these Birmingham’s Moseley Road Baths, an Edwardian time capsule which first opened its doors to the public in 1907, is the oldest. It has been saved as a result of a determined

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New wellbeing portal launched to support Birmingham citizens

October 29, 2018

Birmingham residents who are looking for local activities, support and services that encourage wellbeing and an active and healthy lifestyle can now search a new online directory called Route2Wellbeing that describes over 1,500 local, community-based services and activities. This new

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