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Gro-Organic CIC offers new employability project in Hobs Moat for 16-24s

April 29, 2019
by Alun Severn
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Chelmsley Wood-based CIC, Gro-Organic, is offering a new project called Moat-ivation, which takes place at Hobs Moat allotments. Moat-ivation offers young people aged 16-24 the opportunity to improve their employability while gaining new skills in horticulture and landscaping. → 
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Graduate Planet CIC funds pioneering environmental workshop for 60 schoolchildren

March 19, 2019
by Alun Severn
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We’ve written before here about Graduate Planet CIC, the specialist social enterprise recruitment consultancy which uses its surpluses to support environmental action. Its founder Kate Evans recently worked with energy data specialists SPS International in Warwick to help the co
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Talent Match programme concludes with ICC breakfast event — keynote speakers include West Midlands Mayor, Andy Street

March 15, 2019
by Alun Severn
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Many local businesses report recruitment challenges — but our region continues to have high unemployment amongst young people. How can that be? To mark the end of the successful Talent Match employability programme for 18-24 year olds BVSC is holding a special ‘Open Minds&
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John Taylor Hospice launches ‘special moments’ art competition for children

February 19, 2019
by Alun Severn
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Children aged 11 and under across Birmingham and the West Midlands are being offered the chance to win art materials in a competition to picture their ‘special moments’. The art produced by winners and runners-up will be featured in a special month-long exhibition at
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Young people in the West Midlands — get your voice heard on employment and education

September 24, 2018
by Alun Severn
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A dozen organisations working together as the Inclusive Growth Partnership** are running 3 youth innovation workshops in Birmingham next week and currently in fully recruiting mode for young people. The workshops are about… What Works For Young People? Who should attend: 16- 24
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Calling social enterprise and third sector employers — could you use an extra pair of hands?

August 14, 2018
by Alun Severn
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University College Birmingham business school is looking for charities, businesses and social enterprises in Birmingham that may be able to offer voluntary work experience for students in the next academic year. UCB’s business school students study Marketing, Events, Finance, HR
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The changing face of social enterprise — YMCA Birmingham

January 04, 2018
by Alun Severn
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If you were to ask people to name an important new player in the social enterprise sector, I’m not sure that YMCA Birmingham would necessarily be the first name that would come to mind. But this just shows how outdated our views about ‘charities’ sometimes are. As pa
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University of Birmingham seeks social enterprises for new year workshops, speaker panels, internships

December 01, 2017
by Alun Severn
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Over the course of the next year, the University of Birmingham is planning several events that offer opportunities for local social enterprises as speakers, exhibitors and hosts of student interns. Here are the details as we have them at the moment. Hassana Ahmed, Enterprise Lead for
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Support the Brum Xmas Dinner

November 24, 2017
by Alun Severn
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This year, BVSC is supporting the Brum Xmas Dinner. What’s it all about?  The Brum Xmas Dinner campaign says: Help make Christmas a little less lonely for young care leavers aged 18-25 Christmas is a time for celebration, family and friends; but for some people it can
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PSIAMS Transforming Services for Children and Young People

October 30, 2017
by Mark Ellerby
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PSIAMS Systems Limited is a software and IT social enterprise that focusses on whole system solutions to help improve services delivery in the VCSE Sector. Recently, the PSIAMS team have been developing a range of solutions for organisations that support Children and Young People (CYP
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The changing face of social enterprise — ashebo CIC: linking up play, equality, training & ancient woodlands

August 10, 2017
by Alun Severn
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ashebo CIC, incorporated in 2013, offers another example of how the Community Interest Company form is enabling those with an interest in trading for social purpose adopt a recognised social enterprise legal structure.  Just a decade or so back these entrepreneurs and many like t
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The changing face of social enterprise — Ballot Street Spice

July 18, 2017
by Alun Severn
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It is rare to see social enterprise featuring in the school curriculum and rarer still within primary schools. But this is exactly what is being done at Victoria Park Primary Academy in West Smethwick. Victoria Park Primary Academy is part of the groundbreaking Victoria Academies Trus
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New sport project for young people in Birmingham with mental health illness

February 09, 2017
by Alun Severn
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With funding from Sport England’s small grants scheme and Birmingham Council’s Community Safety Fund, Start Again Project CIC is launching a new six-month ‘Healthy Lifestyles’ project that uses sport and activity to improve the well-being of young people with Mental Hea
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The Pump, premier youth hub in East Birmingham celebrates tenth birthday

February 02, 2017
by Alun Severn
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With a music studio, performance space, a dance studio, cyber-cafe, a daycare nursery, room hire, and facilities over four floors with full disabled access, The Pump is the hub for youth work and activity in Kitts Green, in the heart of East Birmingham. And it is celebrating its
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