13th May 2021
[caption id="attachment_18301" align="alignright" width="150"] Cathy Brown, iSE's new CEO (photo: ISE)[/caption] Further to this post, the Chair of iSE's board of directors, Dr Steve Harding, has issued a statement welcoming... Read more26th April 2021
This, just in from Martineau Gardens (which we have written about before here), which is seeking to recruit a new Chief Executive Officer. Martineau Gardens is a beautiful therapeutic community garden,... Read more22nd April 2021
This, just in from Birmingham LGBT: Birmingham LGBT is looking for a consultant to support the delivery of its LGBT Ageing Better Hub legacy plan from July 2021 to December... Read more13th April 2021
[caption id="attachment_18214" align="aligncenter" width="800"] The Argent Centre with scaffolding, Summer 2020 (Photo: Townscape Heritage)[/caption] This is a little different to the kind of news we normally carry but it is... Read more12th April 2021
Business in the Community (BITC) is working in partnership with Midland Metro Alliance (MMA) to host a Community Conversation event as MMA extends its light rail services in the region. BITC... Read more6th April 2021
Further to this post, Social Enterprise Drive 2021 (previously City Drive), Birmingham’s very own festival of social enterprise, is fast approaching. All events are open for booking now. This year,... Read more30th March 2021
iSE, which manages the Human Lending Library initiative for Birmingham has just announced the following: Free mentoring offer for SE leaders and founders in the WM from the Human Lending... Read more29th March 2021
We've written about Erdington's HUB109 a couple of times on this blog (here and here). HUB109 is Erdington's managed workspace and business incubator. Founder Sean Alimajstorovic has just announced that... Read more18th March 2021
With 21 online events over five days from 19th-23rd April, Social Enterprise Drive 2021 (the rebranded City Drive) is back for its eighth year, celebrating social enterprise in Birmingham and... Read more4th March 2021
I wrote some while back about the publication of the Government's Green Paper, Transforming Public Procurement. I was reminded today (thank you, Sarah Crawley) that the consultation on these proposed... Read more2nd March 2021
Further to this post, ChangeKitchen CIC has announced that it is building on the success of its Valentine's Day click+collect suppers -- each order included a donated 'community meal' --... Read more24th February 2021
[caption id="attachment_15024" align="alignright" width="150"] iSE's CEO, Sarah Crawley -- the search for her successor is again underway[/caption] I'm not going to embarrass either myself or Sarah Crawley by repeating everything... Read more11th February 2021
West Midlands Combined Authority has launched a brand new competition for bright ideas that will help people in communities across the West Midlands get through the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond. The... Read more8th February 2021
Not to be confused with the internships programme covered in this earlier post, the University of Birmingham also operates a scheme called Impact Internships. These are designed specifically to enable start-ups,... Read more8th February 2021
The West Midlands Combined Authority has just launched a pilot project to test new approaches to developing cultural & creative social enterprises. The programme is supported by the Greater Birmingham... Read more3rd February 2021
The funding that The Barrow Cadbury Trust invests in its Economic Justice programme continues to help break new and important ground. The New Policy Institute (NPI), supported by The Barrow... Read more2nd February 2021
ChangeKitchen CIC has announced a new Click+Collect supper club, starting 14th February with a Valentine’s soul food menu that ‘shares some love’ by also reducing food poverty in Birmingham communities.... Read more27th January 2021
[caption id="attachment_17845" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Image: courtesy BVSC[/caption] I wrote in a recent post about a free online workshop on smart phone video production skills being offered by Ruth Duggal of Make... Read more20th January 2021
Last year we helped promote placements for University of Birmingham College of Arts & Law students and this was extremely successful -- the take-up amongst Birmingham social enterprises was excellent.... Read moreCopyright 2023. All rights reserved by BSSEC CIC.