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14th February 2024
February 14th - a day that some embrace with whole hearted joy, and others feel its approach with trepidation. Regardless of any individual scenario, one thing that we love is... Read more14th February 2024
February 14th - a day that some embrace with whole hearted joy, and others feel its approach with trepidation. Regardless of any individual scenario, one thing that we love is... Read more3rd February 2024
This week has seen the start of recruitment for participants on the largest programme of specialist business training and support for social enterprises, community businesses, cooperatives, trading charities and others... Read more18th November 2023
Firstly, yes it does! But why, or how, has Social Economy Drive 2023 made a difference? An incredible week, and a first for the West Midlands, the social economy has... Read more8th March 2023
It’s International Women’s Day, and what a great day to be exploring ‘equity’ as this year’s theme. I’m challenged when given this topic as I want to be really positive... Read more21st October 2022
The ENVIRONMENT round of the Enterprise Development Programme (EDP) from Social Investment Business (SIB) is open for applications from social enterprises and charities. This environment round is delivered in partnership... Read more14th October 2022
Power to Change has launched a new fund to support community businesses who are making and using technologies that generate benefit for and give power to communities. Power to Change... Read more15th August 2022
More than 16,000 Birmingham Games 2022 sports items are being made available to social enterprises, sports clubs, community groups and Not-For-Profit organisations in the West Midlands. The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth... Read more10th August 2022
Are you a decision maker in your social enterprise, community business, cooperative or working in the public sector? Help map the process and share your ideas, concerns or experience of... Read more26th July 2022
WELCOME TO OUR GUEST BLOG FROM IAN CUTHBERT Ian is the founder of Fovea Creative, a creative agency previously known as Cuthbert Design Since 1996, Ian has been supporting the... Read more9th June 2022
Dormant assets could unlock £1b to boost social enterprise and level up communities Social Enterprise UK and Big Society Capital are among a coalition of organisations promoting the Community Enterprise Growth Plan, described... Read more1st June 2022
A new training programme, Shift Birmingham, is open for applications. It's for Birmingham people wish to explore how power and resources in the city can be rebalanced to improve local... Read more12th May 2022
In our earlier posts, we have been examining the West Midlands Combined Authority’s Growing the Social Economy in the WMCA area: A Framework for Action, the document that underpins WMCA’s... Read more26th April 2022
A new report by Locality, Navigating the Storm, has just been released and shows how community organisations kept going through the pandemic. The report explains how the determination and expertise... Read moreCopyright 2024. All rights reserved by BSSEC CIC.