26th July 2021
Thursday 29th July, 2:00pm-3:00pm: BVSC is hosting an online briefing with Birmingham's Director of Public Health Dr Justin Varney who will be providing an update on the current Covid-19 situation.... Read more20th July 2021
Five years ago SEUK established an ambitious Buy Social Corporate Challenge. It was launched to considerable fanfare in Downing Street, with seven founding corporate partners committing to open up their... Read more14th July 2021
iSE and Witton Lodge Community Association are now delivering a new ESF-funded employment and enterprise programme called the WOWED project -- which stands for World of Work, Wellbeing and Enterprise Development.... Read more12th July 2021
BVSC has just announced that in conjunction with Acivico, the design, facilities management and built environment consultancy, it will be offering two free online workshops in July, aimed specifically at... Read more8th July 2021
Northfield Community Partnership, Age UK and Gateway Family Services are just starting a new project focused on improving digital literacy and inclusion amongst the over-50s in Northfield and Edgbaston. The... Read more6th July 2021
[caption id="attachment_18441" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Cllr Brindle opens Welcome Change CIC's new community hub in Lea Village[/caption] Councillor Marje Bridle has officially opened a new Community Hub in Lea Village in... Read more1st July 2021
If you've been planning to build up up your in-house resources on HR and recruitment, now is a very good time to do so. Social sector HR specialist Roots HR... Read more23rd June 2021
This just in from iSE... Exciting new job opportunities in the social enterprise sector iSE CIC has two exciting vacancies based at our Women’s Enterprise & Community Hub in Sparkbrook,... Read more16th June 2021
Citizen Coaching is a social enterprise that enables adults and young people to lead better lives through access to timely, affordable and jargon free counselling, anger management and personal development coaching... Read more10th June 2021
Creative Active Lives CIC creates exciting, engaging, inclusive workshops and events for all ages and abilities. Its next event is a very special online Variety Show for the over 65s... Read more2nd June 2021
If you already are or are planning to set up a co-operative, mutual or other type of community-led enterprise, you may want to know more about specialist support provider, Co-operative... Read more13th 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 moreCopyright 2024. All rights reserved by BSSEC CIC.