4th September 2024
The Social Economy Awards 2024, organised by iSE CIC and in partnership with West Midlands Combined Authority, is an opportunity to recognise organisations delivering social value and inspiring excellence within... Read more
27th January 2024
Our work with West Midlands Combined Authority explores the social economy landscape, creates connections across the VCFSE sector, and shares our knowledge-mapping that in turn supports the regional social economy growth. Here, BSSEC... Read more
18th November 2023
Firstly, yes it does! But why, or how, has Social Economy Drive 2023 made a difference? An incredible week, and a first for the West Midlands, the social economy has... Read more
19th October 2023
The Department for Transport (DfT) Group and other key stakeholders hosted an in-person Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Meet the Buyer Event in Birmingham on Tuesday 16th November 2023, 10am... Read more
2nd December 2022
BSSEC CIC is sharing three varied, key national initiatives that support social economy growth across the UK. West Midlands organisations are encouraged to consider how to engage with these opportunities... Read more
21st October 2022
The ENVIRONMENT round of the Enterprise Development Programme (EDP) from Social Investment Business (SIB) is open for applications from social enterprises and charities. This environment round is delivered in partnership... Read more
31st August 2022
BSSEC CIC is delighted to share a few highlights from Birmingham Voluntary Service Council (BVSC) latest news share. + + + Embedding the Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise sector... Read more
15th August 2022
More than 16,000 Birmingham Games 2022 sports items are being made available to social enterprises, sports clubs, community groups and Not-For-Profit organisations in the West Midlands. The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth... Read more
21st June 2022
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... Read more
7th June 2022
As you all know at BSSEC we aim to keep you in touch with National Policy and changes pertinent to the social economy and we have been informed that last... Read more
3rd May 2022
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... Read more25th April 2022
Engage for Good, Birmingham's voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) network facilitated by BVSC, has established a Ukrainian solidarity network, to bring together all organisations that want to be... Read more17th February 2022
For some time now Sarah Beaumont has sat as a member of the VCSE Advisory Group convened by the government's Crown Representative for the VCSE, Claire Dove CBE. This group... Read more31st January 2022
BVSC has just announced that it is launching a new funding search portal called Open 4 Community. The newly designed funding search tool will enable charities, voluntary organisations, community groups... Read more27th January 2022
iSE is offering another free online networking event for social enterprises and trading third sector organisations -- this time, for those active in the health and wellbeing sector. Date and... Read more26th January 2022
On the 1st July 2021, specialist social sector HR provider, Roots HR CIC, launched the first of a series of free HR toolkits, as part of its social value offer... Read more20th December 2021
[caption id="attachment_18989" align="alignright" width="150"] BVSC CEO, Brian Carr -- open letter to the sector: we'll need to mobilise quickly[/caption] BVSC's chief executive Brian Carr has just published an open letter... Read more22nd November 2021
[caption id="attachment_18912" align="aligncenter" width="692"] Click to go to Eventbrite[/caption] On 30th September the government launched a £500m Household Support Fund to provide winter support to families and vulnerable households with... Read more27th September 2021
There is still time to complete BVSC's State of the Sector survey 2021...but the survey will end soon. Please see below. BVSC has just announced that its State of the... Read more14th September 2021
Birmingham City Council has just announced the launch of the There's a Better Way campaign (Birmingham City Council blog and news), a new initiative to encourage people to donate to... Read more16th August 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... Read more12th August 2021
[caption id="attachment_18596" align="aligncenter" width="480"] Graphic: courtesy BVSC[/caption] BVSC's State of the Sector 2020 survey underwent an almost complete redesign last year in order to focus on gathering as much data... Read moreCopyright 2025. All rights reserved by BSSEC CIC.