26th April 2022
West Midlands Combined Authority & New Statesman are hosting the annual Regional Development Conference on 12th May 2022 in Birmingham. Be part of the discussions around the future of the West Midlands levelling up... 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 more
14th April 2022
The Social Investment Business (SIB), Access – The Foundation for Social investment, The Ubele Initiative and Create Equity have today announced £2m worth of grant and support funding to be... Read more
7th April 2022
“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... Read more1st April 2022
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... Read more
22nd March 2022
Roots HR CIC is helping take the risk out of managing your social sector workforce For over 13 years, Roots HR CIC has provided a high quality, affordable people management... Read more
17th March 2022
Capturing Social Enterprise 2022: Entry Now Open! What does social enterprise resilience mean to you? Social enterprises work everywhere creating social impact. This is an opportunity to tell your story and... Read more9th March 2022
[caption id="attachment_19306" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Photo: National Lottery Community Fund/SESF[/caption] The National Lottery Community Fund in conjunction with the Social Enterprise Support Fund has just announced a fresh round of grant... Read more2nd March 2022
Birmingham-based counselling service and social enterprise Citizen Coaching is using a grant of £50,000 from the Social Enterprise Support Fund (via the Key Fund) to help launch a new service,... Read more22nd February 2022
There is an interesting post (Social value? All you have to do is ask -- and now you can) over on the State of Life blog, somewhat over-excitedly welcoming what the... 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 more16th February 2022
Birmingham Disability Resource Centre (DRC) is seeking to recruit an Employment & Training Project Officer. Hours: Full Time 36.5 hours per week Salary: NJC SCPs 9-15 Currently £20,903 to £23,541... Read more8th February 2022
iSE has just announced that it is delighted to be able to say that face-to-face networking is back for Digbeth Social Enterprise Quarter supporters, bringing together social enterprises, mission-led businesses... Read more2nd February 2022
iSE has just announced that Social Enterprise Drive is back for 2022. This year the week-long festival of social enterprise will take place slightly later -- in early-June rather than... 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 more26th January 2022
Find It in Birmingham has just announced that on Thursday 3rd February 2022, from 09:00am-10:00am, the West Midlands Growth Hubs will be hosting a FREE online Meet the Buyer event... Read more18th January 2022
Building a Board and Good Governance Wednesday 26th January 2022 10:00 – 12:00 GMT iSE and the GBSLEP Growth Hub are holding an exciting workshop for existing social enterprises and... Read more17th January 2022
iSE is partnering with the Social Enterprise Academy to deliver an exciting new fully-funded programme for leaders of social impact organisations. Join them for an impactful and responsive online learning programme.... Read more13th January 2022
Has your local pub closed or been put up for sale or lease? Does your area need a welcoming social space for all residents? UK charity Plunkett Foundation has free... Read more10th January 2022
[caption id="attachment_19049" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Click to enlarge[/caption] This, just in from the University of Birmingham College of Arts & Law... It’s that time of year when the University of Birmingham... Read moreCopyright 2024. All rights reserved by BSSEC CIC.