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Social Enterprise Drive 2022 is a week of diverse events celebrating social enterprises in Birmingham and beyond, annually facilitated by social enterprise development organisation, iSE (Initiative for Social Entrepreneurs). Taking place from the 6th to 10t

SIB announces £2m in Blended Grant Funding

April 14, 2022

Access – the Foundation for Social Investment, BAME, Create Equity, Grant funding, Nick Temple, Recovery Fund, SIB, socent, social enterprise, Social Investment Business, Ubele Initiative

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 made available to be used alongside the Recovery Loan Fund to support Black and minoritised eth

iSE CIC talks Social Enterprise Growth and Collaboration

April 07, 2022

Birmingham, brumSEcity, Digbeth, DSEQ, iSE CIC, Pioneers Post, socent, social economy, social enterprise, SupplyChange, West Midlands, WMCA

“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 enterprises more effectively. At the recent Soci

Growing the Social Economy in the WMCA Area

April 01, 2022

Birmingham, BSSEC, eco-systems, enterprise, growth options, place-based development, socent, social economy, social enterprise, West Midlands, WMCA

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 WMCA understand how best the social economy across the region could be grown and its posit

Roots HR CIC introduces new COMPLY Service for the Social Sector

March 22, 2022

BSSEC, CIC, COMPLY, employment, HR, HR consultancy, Midlands, organisational development, outsourced HR, recruitment, Roots HR CIC, socent, social enterprise

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 and employment law advice service, COMPLY, allowing micro, small and medium-sized social sector employers to com

iSE CIC announces Social Enterprise Drive Photography Exhibition ‘Resilience”

March 17, 2022

Birmingham, brumSEcity, CapturingSocEnt2022, Digbeth, DSEQ, iSE CIC, photography, socent, social enterprise

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 be part of a photography exhibition during Social Enterprise Drive 2