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SHIFT Programme: Economies that Everyone Can Shape

June 01, 2022
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Economy SHIFT Programme
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 economies across the city.  Birmingham faces many crises including housing, work, living s
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iSE CIC: SED22 Special

May 25, 2022
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SED22 Special
Birmingham’s biggest festival showcasing social enterprise is coming 6th-10th of June and you can be part of it! Join Social Enterprise Drive to START a social enterprise, SCALE your business and CONNECT with social entrepreneurs and innovators. With social enterprise experience
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BSSEC Talking Collaboration and Clusters

May 12, 2022
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BSSEC CIC
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 ten-year plan for doubling the size of the West Midlands social economy, from around £3.5bn to £7
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WMCA: Regional Development Conference – 12th May 2022

April 26, 2022
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West Midlands Combined Authority
West Midlands Combined Authority & New Statesman are hosting the annual Regional Development Conference on 12th May 2022 in Birmingham. Be part of the discussions around the future of the West Midlands levelling up strategy and local growth. Growth across our r
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iSE CIC talks Social Enterprise Growth and Collaboration

April 07, 2022
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iSE CIC
“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
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Growing the Social Economy in the WMCA Area

April 01, 2022
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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
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