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Contract opportunity — iSE and partners seek consultancy support for USE-IT project legacy

May 22, 2019
by Alun Severn
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iSE and partners are seeking a consultant to support the project steering group to develop and implement a strategy for the USE-IT Project legacy, which is the focus of Work Package 7. This consultancy work is to commence from 24th June 2019 and complete by 20th December 2019. It is e
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iSE and USE IT! programme seek social enterprise work placements

March 19, 2019
by Alun Severn
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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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Mentors play a special role in the USE IT programme — and iSE wants to recruit more

February 12, 2018
by Alun Severn
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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
by Alun Severn
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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
by Alun Severn
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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
by Alun Severn
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  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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USE IT! programme opens social enterprise challenge with £3K awards; also, forthcoming awareness workshops

September 28, 2017
by Alun Severn
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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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