Regional Social Enterprise Day Events 2010 #socentday

Regional Social Enterprise Day events

North East

The North East Social Enterprise Partnership is holding a series of sub-regional events across the North East on Social Enterprise Day.  The events, taking place in Tees Valley, Durham and Northumberland, will explore a range of issues and will be bound by the common theme of addressing what sort of business support is needed by social enterprises to prosper and take up new opportunities presented by the Big Society.

For further detail please visit the NESEP website:

Social Enterprise Day 2010 – Northumberland/Tyne and Wear

Social Enterprise Day 2010 - Durham

Social Enterprise Day 2010 – Tees Valley


North West

Following the sell-out success of last year's Social Enterprise North West Trade Fair, this year the 'In Business for Good' Trade Fair will be taking place on Social Enterprise Day at the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral.

Last year’s event attracted over 90 exhibitors and 600 delegates and this year offers opportunities for trading and networking as well as the chance to participate in workshops on contracting with social landlords, franchising, the Personalisation Agenda and much much more.

The annual Trade Fair, supported by the Northwest Regional Development Agency, is also an excellent way for the public sector to see how the government’s Big Society Social Enterprise North West logo

is already being delivered in practice, across the North West.

Speaking on the day are Philip Blond, Director of ResPublica, Clare Dove, CEO of Blackburne House and Liam Byrne MP (invited).

To register visit www.senw.org.uk/events.

For more information contact senw@eesolutions.co.uk.


East Midlands

Social Enterprise East Midlands (SEEM) will be offering a full-day conference bringing together the latest sector news and information, a variety of practical workshops and most importantly, the opportunity to network with practitioners and supporters of social enterprise from across the East Midlands giving you the tools for ‘connecting the dots’.

Workshops will cover topics such as consortia building, community share issues, choosing the right impact measurement tool, investment readiness and the latest in social media.  Social Enterprise East Midlands logoWe will also be addressing the new and innovative ways that social enterprises are responding to the delivery of public services both from within and outside of the public sector.

As always, we will take the opportunity of Social Enterprise Day to celebrate the successes and achievements of the many social enterprises that enrich the region’s economy.

Please visit the SEEM website to find out more www.seem.uk.net.


West Midlands
Social Enterprise West Midlands logo

Social Enterprise West Midlands (SEWM) members are planning to hold events across the region to celebrate Social Enterprise Day.

SEWM has been busy gathering details of all the events going on around the region which celebrate and promote the sector and a list is now available on their website.

 

South West

RISE are running a series of sessions in schools in Bristol, Cornwall, Plymouth & Torbay. The idea behind running the sessions is to introduce and enhance young people’s ideas about social enterprise, ensure they understand the importance of social enterprise as a business model and inspire them to consider social enterprise as a career option.RISE logo

These sessions have been funded by the South West Regional Development Agency.

RISE are also exhibiting at the Social Enterprise Day event at Plymouth University on the 18th November. Chief Exec of RISE – Julie Harris – is also sitting on a panel for a Q&A session at the event on ‘How can social enterprise in Plymouth be supported to flourish?’.


Register your event

If you are planning Social Enterprise Day event make sure you let people know about it! Register your event as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week on the Enterprise UK website.

 

Hat tip to the @WeAreThink guys for the link.

Third Sector Lab - a wee update

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Just thought I'd share some of the website design & development work we’ve completed recently:

Think! Research & Consulting

Adrian Ashton

Tramway Theatre

ENABLE Scotland

I'll also be able to share some of the work we're carrying out for the Women's Fund for Scotland soon - that's a website we're pretty excited about and we feel privileged to be working on.

I’ve been busy organising Be Good Be Social and, most importantly, I’ve been taking on a lot of new client work so the Third Sector Lab website hasn't been a priority. We're having a complete rethink about the site design/purpose - you'll see a fresh new look early 2011.

If you're interested in finding out what digital media services we offer and what makes us different get in touch via twitter, LinkedIn or email me ross[@]thirdsectorlab.co.uk

A new hub for third sector research and social action launched today

Think! Research & Consulting

Heralded as one of the first in a new generation of ‘think-and-do’ tanks, Glasgow-based Think! Research and Consulting is attempting to blur the divide between research and practical action, and to work in new ways that go beyond the typical client-consultant relationship.

Clients will include frontline third sector organisations themselves as well as those agencies that sit behind and support the frontline – national government, local public authorities, and third sector intermediaries, funders, and investors.

Jonathan Coburn, founding Director and Principal Consultant at Think!:

“I tend to approach the future in very positive terms. Even during the tough times ahead I can see tremendous opportunities to empower communities, stimulate social action, and carve out an even greater role for the third sector in public service reform. I see our role at Think! as providing the objective evidence and support required to make sense of change and to help make things happen.”

Think! has been set up as a unique form of private-social partnership.  This partnership brings together the expertise of CEiS (now the UK’s oldest and largest social enterprise development agency) with the former social research team of one of the UK’s better known private sector consultancy practices - EKOS. To this mix it has added a highly experienced pool of third sector researchers and consultants that are located across the UK and internationally - I'm pleased to say I'm one of them.

With commissions already secured with clients in locations ranging from Alloa to Vancouver, Think! is set to make a big splash on the national and international third sector scene.