Social Enterprise Coalition activity  Social Enterprise Day 2009 Social Enterprise Day, a national day to promote and celebrate social enterprise, takes place next Thursday 19th November. It is part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, so to see what events are happening, or register your own, please go to http://www.gew.org.uk. To mark the occasion the Coalition is unveiling the results of the largest survey ever undertaken on social enterprise. The research will give brand new insight into the sector, and provide data on its performance, scope and outlook. Also taking place on Social Enterprise Day is a reception at No 10 for social enterprise at which the winners of the England heat of the Social Enterprise Awards will be announced and celebrated. The shortlists for all four nations were released last Monday and can be found on the Social Enterprise Awards website. Once the winners from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales have been announced, the public will be invited to get voting online to decide the UK's overall winners. Details for that will be shared next week. Finally the Coalition is a partner for the Guardian's social enterprise conference taking place in Birmingham. Our chair, Claire Dove, and head of policy, Ceri Jones, will be two of the speakers at the event which will focus on the role social enterprise can play in delivering public services. More information on this event is provided below. Various Coalition staff will be tweeting on the day to report about the events they are attending and the work they are doing so if you're not already following us sign up to do so now! http://twitter.com/SE_Coalition
 Manifesto workshops In the run-up to the next election, the Social Enterprise Coalition will be producing a social enterprise manifesto. We would like to hear your thoughts and ideas on what we should ask from the political parties. As such we have been hosting a series of workshops across the country to gauge views and tell you more about our plans for the social enterprise manifesto. We also aim to influence the political parties' own manifestos over the coming months. The next, and final, workshop is taking place at CAN in London on 17th November The workshop is open to all Coalition members. To register visit the Social Enterprise Coalition website.
Call for good commissioning practice The Coalition is part of the National Programme for Third Sector Commissioning Partnership. Our role within this is researching good practice and developing detailed guidance on commissioning from social enterprises. We are therefore looking for excellent examples of how commissioners have used innovative ways to get greater value from their commissioning. This could include the creation of new social enterprises, the use of community benefit clauses, building capacity and user involvement. If you have had a positive commissioning experience you would like to share; or are a commissioner with a creative track record, please contact ceri.jones@socialenterprise.org.uk.
 Funding future jobs in your social enterprise The Social Enterprise Coalition is interested to know more about the plans of social enterprises to create jobs over the coming months. What you have to say will help to inform our policy position. The Coalition is especially keen to learn more about your experiences in relation to the Government’s Future Jobs Fund, whether or not you have applied. The survey should take no more than five minutes of your time, and we'd be grateful to hear from you. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=dN_2fy6ZKkTQRJxEnFJC8xjA_3d_3d
 East Midlands Social Enterprises: Winning with 2012
The Social Enterprise Coalition presents this free event for social enterprises in the Midlands to discuss the opportunities presented by the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and how social enterprises in the region can take part in the delivery and legacy of the Games. In this consultation meeting, you will: - Learn about opportunities presented by the 2012 Games;
- Share best practice and explore business partnerships for successful engagement.
For further information, and to register to attend, please visit the Coalition website.
 Social enterprise 09: The future of public services? Birmingham November 19th Organised by The Guardian, and in association with the Social Enterprise Coalition, this interactive one-day conference is designed for anyone involved in commissioning, delivering or improving public sector services. Held on Social Enterprise Day, there will be keynote speakers, panel debates and a series of workshops designed to provoke discussion and learning on social enterprises in public services. http://www.guardian.co.uk/socialenterprise
 New members The Coalition is pleased to welcome the following new members who joined the organisation in October. REalliance
REalliance CIC is a partnership of four networks - Community Recycling Network UK, Furniture Reuse Network, Community Composting Network and London Community Resource Network -which provide development support, guidance and information for Third Sector Waste Management Organisations and represent community sustainable resource management groups.
www.realliance.org.uk Acumen Community Enterprise Development Trust
Acumen Development Trust is all about making a difference in the local communities of the North East. With over 70 employees, it is recognised at regional and national level as an excellent provider of services with a reputation for innovative work which is making real progress in helping people into learning, work and enterprise.
www.acumentrust.org.uk Arise Enterprises
Arise provides one to one business support and guidance. Help and support includes: market research, business planning, marketing, fundraising and incorporation. Arise provide the tools to be empowered to reach decisions based on facts, research and analysis.
www.ariseenterprise.org.uk Social Spider CIC
Social Spider is a not-for-profit design, communication and social action agency. It is a force for social change, providing services principally to the public, charity and arts sectors. It is committed to helping people communicate with each other as elegantly and effectively as possible.
www.socialspider.com Green Desk
The Green Desk provides facility managers and small businesses with a complete range of ecologically responsible office supplies, services and education needed to efficiently establish and run their organisation. Its products are manufactured as close to the point of consumption as possible from materials with the lowest environmental footprint.
www.thegreendesk.co.uk Habitat Aid
Habitat Aid sells high quality products and services which will help create beautiful and diverse habitats for your enjoyment and for the wildlife in your garden, smallholding, farm or estate. Half of the profits made go to specialist charities working to protect and promote biodiversity in Britain.
www.habitataid.co.uk Embrace the Move CIC
Embrace the Move uses only female packers experienced in the removals industry. Embrace the Move offer an all embracing, honest service, built on the philosophy that we are operating with the local community in mind.
www.embracethemove.co.uk Pathway First Limited (Pathway College)
Pathway College brings together a wealth of experience that offers an effective balance of skills and knowledge in the delivery of workplace learning at all levels. Pathway College is a national Training Provider of healthcare training programmes and is registered with the Department for Education & Skills.
www.pathwaycollege.org.uk Duncan Stewart Partnership
The Duncan Stewart Partnership is a cooperative property service organisation. The company have taken control of the business from the shareholders and passed it to its employees through the formation of an Employee Benefit Trust. Enshrined in the Trust agreement is a process where every employee has a say in how the company is run.
www.duncanstewartpartnership.com Fairer Planet
Fairerplanet ia an on-line eco friendly superstore for fair trade goods, organic and handmade gifts. www.fairerplanet.co.uk Architectural Drawing Designs
Architectural design studio specialising in the utilisation of new technologies.
Website to come. Atrium Health Limited
Coventry’s community based cardiac rehabilitation programme designed for people with heart disease specialising in pulmonary rehab and exercise.
www.coventryheartlung.org Collage Marketing
Collage is a full service marketing agency which in 2007 we became a social enterprise. It has already given free marketing support and publicity material worth £8000 to 14 community groups and provided a running start to three trainees as well as launching an apprenticeship scheme.
www.collagemarketing.co.uk CAMS Training centres
Training provider
www.camstraining.org (under construction) Supporters
Simon Meldrum
Linda Joy
Dr Miranda Gaylor  Consultations  Coalition response on delivering secure low carbon electricity The Coalition has now published its response to the Department for Energy and Climate Change consultation on delivering secure low carbon electricity. Following input from Coalition members the report stresses that: - There are opportunities for social enterprises to help in demand, as well as the supply, side of secure low carbon electricity.
- Social enterprises contribute to the reduction of both energy demand and overall carbon emissions in several ways beyond renewable generation: they better engage communities through community level interventions, through various degrees of involvement from being locally based and trusted to community ownership, and so are well placed to deliver behavioral change programs.
To read the full response visit the Coalition website. News  Social enterprise on the political agenda Social enterprise has been at the centre of a number of political debates this week. This has garnered the sector some interesting and high profile media coverage. Here is a selection of just some of what has appeared in the news this week. On Tuesday, the Minister for Work and Pensions Yvette Cooper MP and her Shadow Theresa May MP discussed social enterprise on both Radio 4’s Today Programme (from 08:10am) and BBC 2’s Newsnight. Social enterprise also featured prominently in David Cameron’s speech on 'Big Society', delivered as the Hugo Young lecture at the Guardian on Tuesday. The address focused on funding social entrepreneurs to franchise successful social programmes. A piece in yesterday's Guardian in response to this speech gathered some opinions on the key points. Amongst the contributors was Social Enterprise Ambassador Peter Holbrook, and you can read what he had to say here. And finally, also in yesterday's Guardian, an article on a John Lewis style partnership model for public services which would allow staff and users to control schools and hospitals - an approach which Labour is planning to make a central plank of their general election manifesto. Read the story here. Events  LEYF Annual Margaret Horn Lecture 2009 19 November London The Margaret Horn Lecture is an annual event held by the London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) to debate the latest issues, developments and opportunities considered crucial to building a better future for London's children, families and communities. This year the title is “How can a childcare social enterprise help mend a broken society?” and the keynote speaker will be Clare Tickell, CEO of Action for Children. Promising to be both informative and inspiring, Clare will present the recent “Backing the Future” report from nef and Action for Children, followed by an open question and answer session with a panel of similarly distinguished and diverse special guests. This is an open event but places are extremely limited and filling fast so if you would like to attend register soon. The event is being run in partnership with the APPG on Social Enterprise. Resources  The Youth of Today Leadership fund The Young Foundation have opened a new fund to help third sector organisations scale up innovative youth leadership projects, and reach out across communities. The Youth of Today Leadership Fund is being distributed through two grant programmes: - Scaling Up. This fund helps small organisations take their existing projects to the next level. The next application deadline is 11 December 2009.
- Reaching Out. This fund enables established third sector organisations to develop new and exciting projects. Deadline for expressions of interest - 19 November 2009.
£1 million of funding is available to organisations across England to be spent by March 2011. To find out more visit The Youth of Today website http://www.theyouthoftoday.org/fund-great-projects
 New Defra report reviews Third Sector Strategy Defra’s, “Third Sector Strategy One Year On report” was published on Friday 6th November 2009 detailing the progress the department has made since the project’s launch in 2008. Defra’s Third Sector Strategy is part of the Government’s wider commitment to working with voluntary and charitable organisations and demonstrates the department’s commitment to helping these organisations promote environmental sustainability. Within the report there is a comment on the work of Defra to improve understanding and the evidence base about the environmental contribution which can be made by social enterprises. Here is a link to the full report. The Social Enterprise Coalition is a key member of the Social Enterprise Strategic Partnership with Defra (SESP) whose objective is to raise awareness of the role that social enterprises can play in the delivery of Defra’s policy objectives.
Think Public competition To mark Social Enterprise Day on 19th November, Think Public is running a competition to find and reward Londoners with great ideas for creating positive social change in their neighbourhoods. If you’ve got an idea about something which could improve life for your local community, text it to 07941 143 771. Winners will be chosen on Social Enterprise Day and win a day with a team of experts to help them begin the process of putting their idea into action. The experts cover a range of areas including social enterprise, funding, user involvement and design. Member Profile Active 8 Success Active 8 Success deliver high quality support to enable young adults with mental health issues to fulfill their inherent potential. Based in Birkenhead, Merseyside it provides young adults with a personalised, responsive, and ‘client-led’ service. http://www.active8success.org.uk/ Website of the fortnight  Green Thing Green Thing is a public service that inspires people to lead a greener life. With the help of brilliant videos and inspiring stories from creative people and community members around the world, Green Thing focuses on seven things you can do - and enjoy doing. Join people from 202 countries doing their green things and making a difference. http://www.dothegreenthing.com/ Jobs  Communications Intern Salary: £5.80 per hour 35 hours per week Location: London Social enterprises are businesses trading for social and environmental purposes. The Social Enterprise Coalition is the UK's national body for social enterprise and works on behalf of its members to influence national policy, showcase the benefits of social enterprise and promote best practice. This is an exciting opportunity for the right person to play a supportive role in a small communications team working to raise awareness of the Coalition and the social enterprise movement through strategic communications, proactive and reactive media, and the Ambassadors Campaign. You will need to be enthusiastic about social enterprise, have experience of press and media work and be able to demonstrate your ability with team administration. 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