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iSE and the Social Enterprise Academy announce new leadership development programme

March 26, 2019

iSE has just announced that it is working in partnership with The Social Enterprise Academy to deliver a new regional leadership development programme that has been designed by and for the social enterprise sector. The programme is designed to provide practical opportunities to explor

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iSE and USE IT! programme seek social enterprise work placements

March 19, 2019

iSE’s business development manager, Simon Veasey is keen to hear from social enterprises that can offer local unemployed people the opportunity to undertake work placements with employers that have a strong social mission. Read what he has to say below. Simon Veasey writes: One

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City Drive 2019 — social enterprise conference: 8th April

March 11, 2019

→ UPDATE: The full City Drive programme is now available. City Drive 2019 kicks off in grand style this year with a Social Enterprise Conference. The conference theme is exploring new business ideas that maximise social impact. Details WHEN: 8th April 2019, 9.00am registration,

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Hold the dates — for these very special City Drive events

March 04, 2019

Hold the dates for these very special City Drive 2019 events… WHAT: Jewellery Quarter Music Walk WHEN: Wed, 10 April 2019, 11am to 1pm; COST: £5.92 (inc booking fee) WHERE: Jewellery Quarter, 16 Frederick St, Birmingham B1 3HE Join Jez Collins, founder of the Birmingham Music Ar

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City Drive 2019 — You are invited to ‘New-Start Stories’

March 01, 2019

Further to this post, you are warmly invited to ‘New Start Stories’, sponsored by BSSEC and held as part of City Drive. Come and hear from four very different new starts and find out what starting a social enterprise is really like… Light refreshments will be served.

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iSE’s start-up programme FUSE is back for 2019

December 20, 2018

iSE is seeking its next cohort of social change-makers, do-ers, entrepreneurs and innovators to join FUSE, its acclaimed start-up programme. Could it be you? FUSE offers six months of free business support and includes workshops, coaching and mentoring. For more information send mail

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Fuse — social enterprise start-up support

August 02, 2018

iSE runs a number of different FUSE social enterprise start-up programmes throughout the year. The programmes are for people who want to develop a business that is financially sustainable but also (and importantly) delivers a strong and measurable social impact. The Fuse is for social

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iSE announces FUSE social enterprise Summer Camp

June 14, 2018

iSE runs a number of different FUSE social enterprise start-up programmes throughout the year. The programmes are for people who want to develop a business that is financially sustainable but also (and importantly) delivers a strong and measurable social impact. Its Summer Camp is for

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100s of guests and over 50 exhibitors celebrate recognition of Birmingham as a social enterprise city

April 27, 2018

UPDATED 14th June 2018: More coverage of this event and Birmingham’s Social Enterprise ~City achievement HERE. Today, the final day of City Drive 2018, also marked Birmingham’s successful bid to be recognised as a Social Enterprise City and it saw the city’s social e

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What does a social enterprise consultant do all day?

April 04, 2018

If you have ever wondered what a social enterprise consultant does all day, there is a terrific post over on the iSE website by Elizabeth Forrester which will satisfy your curiosity. From fine-tuning business models to developing marketing strategies; from financial planning to confid

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Mentors play a special role in the USE IT programme — and iSE wants to recruit more

February 12, 2018

For the past 12 months iSE has been working on an innovative new project, USE IT! (Unlocking Social and Economic Innovation Together). We’ve written about the programme extensively elsewhere on this blog, most recently in this post. One of the lessons of the USE IT programm

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iSE takes on interns to map social enterprise tourism opportunities in USE IT area

January 31, 2018

For the past 12 months iSE has been working on an innovative new project, USE IT! (Unlocking Social and Economic Innovation Together). We’ve written about the programme extensively elsewhere on this blog, most recently in this post. iSE has just announced that it has n

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Social entrepreneurs and USE IT — catalysing social change in Birmingham

January 24, 2018

For the past 12 months iSE has been working on an innovative new project, USE IT! (Unlocking Social and Economic Innovation Together). ISE’s role in this three-year project, funded by ERDF as part of the UIA programme, is to work in Ladywood, Handsworth and Smethwick to grow the socia

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USE IT social enterprise support case study — Complete Kidz

January 22, 2018

In 2017, iSE launched an exciting opportunity for social enterprises based in Ladywood, Handsworth and Smethwick to apply to the USE IT Social Enterprise Challenge. This initiative, made available through EU funding, offers a grant of up to £3000 to support and enable social en

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Next DSEQ network meeting considers HS2 disruption with guest construction speakers

January 18, 2018

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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USE IT! programme opens social enterprise challenge with £3K awards; also, forthcoming awareness workshops

September 28, 2017

This news just in from iSE… USE IT! Programme — social enterprise challenge iSE is delighted to announce that applications for the USE IT Challenge are now OPEN. The USE IT Challenge offers existing social enterprises the opportunity to WIN an award of £3,000 to help

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More news from New Zealand — Social Enterprise World Forum 2017

September 27, 2017

by Sarah Crawley

Further to my earlier post, greetings from a rather chilly Christchurch, New Zealand, and the Social Enterprise World Forum 2017. A great start today, but the weather is cold and I shall definitely wear warmer clothes tomorrow. When attending conferences, I always wonder how

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News from New Zealand — the Social Enterprise World Forum 2017

September 26, 2017

by Sarah Crawley

Well, here I am in Christchurch, New Zealand, at the Social Enterprise World Forum 2017. Early last summer I was approached by the team planning the SEWF 2017 who asked if I would like to deliver a workshop drawing on my experience of running networks. My immediate answer was “I

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iSE announces mental health ‘hackathon’

June 07, 2017

As part of its work leading the West Midlands Third Sector Innovation Network iSE is holding a taster half day ‘hackathon’ for anyone interested in innovative solutions for mental health prevention. We invite third sector organisations, service users, entrepreneurs, develo

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Are you “business angel ready”?

May 23, 2017

What is a social business angel? Who invests in social enterprises and what do they want? iSE is offering two workshops that will answer these questions — and many others too. If you are wondering whether your enterprise might be attractive to an angel investor, then book

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