16th November 2021
The University of Birmingham has just announced that its Impact Internships programme, which offers fully funded undergraduate interns to social enterprises and SMEs, has just opened for a further round... Read more3rd November 2021
Anyone who has read either the BSSEC website or blog over the past decade or so will be familiar with the website design work of social enterprise Citizen Click. This... Read more1st November 2021
Birmingham City Council has just announced availability of a grant scheme designed to help SMEs recover, safeguard jobs and implement recovery plan projects over the next three months. The scheme... Read more25th October 2021
[caption id="attachment_18826" align="aligncenter" width="510"] Steve Dixon, Changes UK, wins Barclays' National Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2021 (photo: Changes UK)[/caption] Ground-breaking, Birmingham-based recovery charity Changes UK has just announced... Read more14th October 2021
In 2009 Social Enterprise UK carried out its first state of the sector survey and with each passing survey these exercises have become more sophisticated and arguably more valuable. The... Read more7th October 2021
Business in the Community’s (BITC) Place Taskforce, chaired by Lord Steve Bassam, is launching a call for evidence into the role of business in place-based regeneration. The Place Taskforce builds... Read more7th October 2021
iSE has just announced that face-to-face social enterprise networking in Digbeth is back for the Autumn. This, just in: iSE is delighted to be back with face-to-face networking for October!... Read more27th September 2021
This, just in from Coventry & Warwickshire CDA: Coventry and Warwickshire CDA is a not for profit organisation which aims to support local people to lead economically active and fulfilling... Read more27th September 2021
There is still time to complete BVSC's State of the Sector survey 2021...but the survey will end soon. Please see below. BVSC has just announced that its State of the... Read more14th September 2021
Birmingham City Council has just announced the launch of the There's a Better Way campaign (Birmingham City Council blog and news), a new initiative to encourage people to donate to... Read more25th August 2021
Aston Business School has just announced that it is now recruiting the second cohort of businesses for the government's new Help to Grow management programme. The 12-week programme offers senior... Read more16th August 2021
For some while now Birmingham City Council has been considering methods for making it easier for businesses to support local community projects -- whether they wish to do this as... Read more12th August 2021
[caption id="attachment_18596" align="aligncenter" width="480"] Graphic: courtesy BVSC[/caption] BVSC's State of the Sector 2020 survey underwent an almost complete redesign last year in order to focus on gathering as much data... Read more9th August 2021
This just in from Coventry & Warwickshire CDA: Coventry and Warwickshire CDA is a not for profit organisation which aims to support local people to lead economically active and fulfilling... Read more9th August 2021
In the wake of the the metropolitan Mayors of the West Midlands, Greater Manchester, and Liverpool City Region jointly calling on the government to continue funding the Housing First pilot... Read more27th July 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic was still unfolding when we published our previous Annual Report. Since then the full scale of the crisis has become evident – the social, economic and human... Read more26th 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 moreCopyright 2026. All rights reserved by BSSEC CIC.