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PSIAMS Scoops Prestigious Healthcare Innovation Award

July 24, 2017
by Mark Ellerby
psiams, social enterprise, social impact
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PSIAMS Systems has won a prestigious award celebrating the very best of innovation in healthcare around the West Midlands. PSIAMS was given the gong in the Social Enterprise category of the West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (WMAHSN)’s second annual Celebration of Innovatio
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Transformation and Social Value: Social Prescribing Keynote

March 25, 2017
by Mark Ellerby
Dudley, NHS, psiams, social enterprise, Social Prescribing
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PSIAMS Systems will be hosting a data focussed conference during City Drive Week in Birmingham. The event will feature a range of presentations and workshops on how data is transforming the way the Voluntary and Social Enterprise Sector are responding to change and the needs of commis
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September Social Enterprise Mentor networking event — Dudley

August 04, 2015
by Alun Severn
cloudberry, social enterprise, Social Enterprise Mentor
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Cloudberry and Social Enterprise West Midlands, will be running the next Social Enterprise Mentor networking event in Dudley on 10th September. Social Enterprise Mentor is the Midlands leading networking event for social enterprise providing social entrepreneurs and social enterprises
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Social Investment – the Ongoing Debate

January 26, 2015
by Steve Walker
ART, Aston Reinvestment Trust, Big Society Capital, Community Development Finance Institution, social enterprise, social investment
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The BSSEC blog dated 14th January Gerrymandering Social Enterprise, linked to an interesting article summarised well by Alun Severn, is clearly only part of the increasing debate about social investment/social finance and the social enterprise sector. As ART probably led the way in th
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Pyjama party brings Comic Relief to Erdington

March 21, 2011
by Alun Severn
Erdington, nursery, social enterprise, toddlers
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Lakeside Nursery in Erdington embraced the spirit of Comic Relief by hosting a pyjama party for youngsters and staff – raising more than £100 for charity in the process. But there was little danger of the tots nodding off in their nightwear, with home-baked cakes, hot chocolate,
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