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SOCIAL ENTERPRISE DRIVE 2022: Social Enterprise Showcase Starts Today!

June 06, 2022
by Sallie Ryan
Birmingham, Digbeth, iSE CIC, SED22, socent, social enterprise, Social Enterprise Drive, Solihull
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iSE SED22
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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iSE CIC: SED22 Special

May 25, 2022
by Sallie Ryan
Birmingham, BSSEC, events, iSE CIC, networking, SED22, socent, social economy, social enterprise, Social Enterprise Drive, West Midlands, WMCA
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SED22 Special
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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Social Enterprise Drive 2022: celebrating Social Enterprise Resilience

May 05, 2022
by Sallie Ryan
Birmingham, BSSEC, CIC, DSEQ, Initiative for Social Entrepreneurs, iSE CIC, SED22, socent, social enterprise, Social Enterprise Drive, Solihull, West Midlands
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iSE CIC
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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Digbeth Social Enterprise Quarter returns with face-to-face networking

February 08, 2022
by Alun Severn
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iSE has just announced that it is delighted to be able to say that face-to-face networking is back for Digbeth Social Enterprise Quarter supporters, bringing together social enterprises, mission-led businesses and not for profits in Digbeth, Cheapside and Highgate. If you haven’
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Social enterprise networking in Digbeth

November 18, 2021
by Alun Severn
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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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Social enterprise networking in Digbeth

October 07, 2021
by Alun Severn
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iSE has just announced that face-to-face social enterprise networking in Digbeth is back for the Autumn. This, just in: iSE is delighted to be back with face-to-face networking for October! Join us from 10:00am-12:00pm on Wednesday 20th October 2021 at Centrala, Digbeth for brunc
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Digbeth Social Enterprise Quarter — coronavirus update

March 18, 2020
by Alun Severn
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Paul Barnes at iSE, on behalf of the Digbeth Social Enterprise Quarter, has just issued the following statement. It includes excellent information about government financial support for small businesses, including business rates relief, sick pay relief, hospitality sector special meas
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Digbeth — ‘Shop for Change’ marketplace

February 25, 2020
by Alun Severn
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The Digbeth Social Enterprise Quarter has just announced a Digbeth Shop for Change Marketplace… Full details below: The Digbeth Social Enterprise Quarter is running a Digbeth Shop for Change Marketplace. This will be for any and all Digbeth — social enterprises, charities,
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Puzzled by how to use LinkedIn to support your enterprise? Then the next DSEQ network meeting is for you

September 23, 2019
by Alun Severn
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If using the professionals’ networking platform LinkedIn to help your social enterprise grow is all a bit of a mystery, then make sure you don’t miss the next Digbeth Social Enterprise Quarter networking session on Tuesday 8th October, 8.30am – 10.30am. Whether you a
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Explaining Birmingham’s social economy

June 17, 2019
by Alun Severn
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Last week, Simon Veasey from ISE and myself did our bit for international relations. We were asked by Bridging to the Future’s MD Duncan Chamberlain to help give an overview of social enterprise and the wider social economy in Birmingham to a group of 26 educators, students
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New-start stories: the unvarnished truth — 23rd April, 5-7pm, Evolve @ The Adam & Eve

April 09, 2018
by Alun Severn
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It’s extremely hard for new social enterprises to find a time and place to discuss shared problems, reflect on their experiences, have a good natter — and if needs be let off steam. We thought it would be a good idea to sponsor a City Drive event which we hope will offer j
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New-start stories: the unvarnished truth — 23rd April, 5-7pm, Evolve @ The Adam & Eve

March 28, 2018
by Alun Severn
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Since July of last year, as part of an Awards for All funded project BSSEC been searching out and publishing the stories of newer, younger social enterprises. We have called these stories the changing face of social enterprise. The reason for doing this was two-fold. First, the sector
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City Drive is back for 2018 — with a packed week of events and some very special news

March 21, 2018
by Alun Severn
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With 2018 marking the fifth anniversary of the Digbeth Social Enterprise Quarter, iSE’s week-long CITY DRIVE 2018 series of events will kick off again on Monday 23rd April and this year it will be very special.  BSSEC is pleased to be sponsoring an event to showcase the cha
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Next DSEQ network meeting considers HS2 disruption with guest construction speakers

January 18, 2018
by Alun Severn
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This, just in from iSE and the Digbeth Social Enterprise Quarter… The Digbeth Social Enterprise Quarter networking meeting is upcoming on Tuesday 13th February 2018, 8.30am to 10.00am. We recently completed a successful consultation with members of the Digbeth Social Enterprise
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Digbeth Digital Christmas Market

December 13, 2017
by Alun Severn
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To celebrate the best of Birmingham and the best of Digbeth, iSE have collaborated with social enterprises in Digbeth and Birmingham to bring you some great Christmas offers from organisations with a social purpose. And here’s the special offers: Change Kitchen CIC is an award w
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New social enterprise networks and free networking events

July 25, 2017
by Alun Severn
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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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Health Exchange celebrates 10th anniversary

November 03, 2016
by Alun Severn
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In 2004, the Director of Public Health, the Chief Librarian and the Vice Chair of the Heart of Birmingham Primary Care Trust met to discuss an idea which they had provisionally named Health Exchange. They were looking for a different way of delivering public health, particularly healt
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Prosperity Parade — new book traces history of Digbeth Social Enterprise Qtr

June 14, 2016
by Alun Severn
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I’ve just been reading David Boyle’s new book, Prosperity Parade: Eight stories from the frontline of local economic recovery. The project was supported by The Barrow Cadbury Trust and can be read in full here on the Trust’s website or here on the New Weather Institu
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New £1m ‘Recovery Central’ will make Birmingham the recovery capital of the UK

April 26, 2016
by Alun Severn
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  Changes UK, a charity and community interest company founded less than ten years ago, is well on the way to realising its ambitious vision of making Birmingham the capital for recovery from addiction. Changes UK has successfully developed and secured Public Health England fundi
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Digbeth Social Enterprise Quarter celebrates 2nd anniversary with special Xmas event

November 26, 2015
by Alun Severn
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Digbeth Social Enterprise Quarter was established in 2013 as an initiative to unite all Digbeth-based social enterprises, encourage peer to peer support, and get more people “buying social”. DSEQ is celebrating its 2nd Anniversary this Christmas and invites you to get into
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