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WMCA: Shared Prosperity Fund – June update

June 21, 2022
by Sallie Ryan
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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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BSSEC Talking Collaboration and Clusters

May 12, 2022
by Sallie Ryan
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BSSEC CIC
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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iSE CIC talks Social Enterprise Growth and Collaboration

April 07, 2022
by Sallie Ryan
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iSE CIC
“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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Growing the Social Economy in the WMCA Area

April 01, 2022
by Sallie Ryan
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During 2019/20, a Social Economy Task Force made up of social sector practitioners and experts from across the region was convened by West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), tasked with helping WMCA understand how best the social economy across the region could be grown and its posit
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WMCA unveils plans to grow the region’s social economy sector

November 24, 2021
by Alun Severn
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West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) today made major announcements regarding plans to help the region’s social economy sector grow and thrive.   At an online roundtable event today, the Mayor of the West Midlands, Andy Street, and a wide range of public sector and socia
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