Social Enterprise Coalition activity  Coalition launches 'No More Business as Usual: A Social Enterprise Manifesto' The Social Enterprise Coalition has this week urged the next government to support social enterprise to increase its contribution to the economy threefold by 2020. The ambitious target forms the central plank of ‘No More Business as Usual - a Social Enterprise Manifesto' which was released on Tuesday. The manifesto aims to raise the profile of social enterprise in the run up to a general election and show how social enterprise can meet public demands for a more ethical approach to business. The Manifesto's timely release came just one day after the Conservative Party announced their intention to support the creation of cooperatives to deliver public services, positioning social enterprise as a key issue in the coming election. Peter Holbrook, CEO of the Social Enterprise Coalition said: "This is a crucial time for the social enterprise movement - as the UK emerges from recession the public demands, and deserves, a fairer and more sustainable economy. Social enterprise can help to achieve this, but we need the right support. In this general election year the Social Enterprise Coalition Manifesto lays out a number of ways in which the next government can help social enterprise achieve its aim to significantly increase both its contribution to GDP and its impact on the lives of individuals and communities across the UK." You can read the Manifesto in full at the website.
 Coalition launches its 2010 Election Campaign Timed to coincide with the release of the Social Enterprise Coalition Manifesto, this week also saw the launch of our 2010 Election Campaign. The campaign will run alongside the 2010 General Election and aims to raise awareness of social enterprise amongst current and prospective MPs, and lobby politicians to create an environment in which social enterprises can thrive. In addition to the manifesto, the campaign includes a Social Enterprise Charter and a campaign pack. The charter asks MPs to sign up to demonstrate their support for social enterprise. MPs representing all three main parties, including Liam Byrne, Francis Maude and Norman Lamb, have already pledged their support. To help us to get more MPs on board, we are calling on our members to download the campaign pack that we’ve produced. This includes tips on working with your MP, advice on attracting the attention of your local media, and template letters to send to your local parliamentary candidates and newspapers. For more information on the campaign, and to download all of these documents, visit the campaign section of the Coalition’s website. If you have any questions about the campaign, please email Election2010@socialenterprise.org.uk
 Social Enterprise Health and Social Care Conference 2010 16th March London We are in a period of great change, and with public spending under pressure all public services are increasingly required to demonstrate their value for money. Because of this, there has never been a greater need for health and social care providers that focus on the needs of individuals, offer joined up solutions, drive up standards and place greater decision making control with frontline staff - this is where social enterprises thrive. The Coalition's one day conference will explore the opportunities and challenges the current climate presents. It will provide overviews of the Government's and other political parties' visions for health and social care, while providing a range of very practical workshops for those interested in either establishing or expanding a social enterprise, or commissioning services from them. The conference is a chance to: - Hear from top Government speakers on their vision for social enterprise.
- Hear from leading politicians from the major political parties on their vision for the future of health and social care markets.
- Hear from the most successful social enterprises operating in the health and social care sectors.
- Learn more about setting up a social enterprise including business models, finance and legal structures for those within and outside the statutory sectors.
- Learn about the benefits of commissioning from social enterprises.
- Attend lunch time surgeries with business support experts, legal advisors and finance experts.
Speakers already confirmed for the event include Social Enterprise Ambassador and CEO of Turning Point, Lord Victor Adebowale; Emma Wilson, Local Care Direct and Chair of the Social Enterprise Health Forum and Bob Ricketts, Director of System Management & New Enterprise at the Department of Health. Cost - Coalition member: £99.00 + VAT
- Social Enterprise: £119.00 + VAT
- Reduced Fee (Charity, Voluntary, Academic) £149.00 + VAT
- Full Fee: £199.00 + VAT
To find out more visit the Coalition website.
 Do you know of, or run, social enterprise post office or postal services? Consumer Focus have commissioned us to construct a national inventory of social enterprises that offer post office and postal services. We are working with the Plunkett Foundation to develop this inventory, which will include data for urban and rural social enterprises. Included within this will be: - Social enterprises that have taken over post office services, especially following closures
- Social enterprises that have introduced post office services
- Social enterprises set up to run post office services
- Social enterprises offering mail services outside of a post office contract where people can buy stamps and post parcels or send things by Recorded / Special Delivery)
If your social enterprise fits into any of these categories, or you know those that do, please contact Jon Woolfson jon.woolfson@socialenterprise.org.uk with the details.
  Social Enterprise Business Support Programme In January, the Social Enterprise Coalition was pleased to introduce information on the Social Enterprise Business Support Programme. As part of the ongoing communications of both the individual and collaborative achievements of the component programmes, we have now launched the first quarterly programme newsletter. Compiled by the Coalition, it features a general overview of the business support projects being undertaken through funding from the Big Lottery and Capacitybuilders. Subsequent issues of the newsletter will feature up to date project information, case studies, learning and evaluation, as well as other related sector news and resources. Subscribe to the newsletter on the Coalition website and view previous issues in the newsletter archive.
 New members The Coalition is delighted to welcome the following new members who joined the organisation in January: No Excuses Education Limited No Excuses Education aim to get troubled youths of the streets and in to work or projects that they want to do. www.noexcuses2009.co.uk Contemporary Transport Contemporary Transport is a specialist consultancy providing bespoke sustainable transport planning advice and solutions. www.contemporarytransport.co.uk
The National Task Force (NTF) NTF is a social enterprise which creates, supports and funds a wide variety of youth projects across the UK. With the ultimate aim of building safer communities, it has identified who is the most likely to commit crime and who is the most likely to become a victim of crime. www.ntf.me
Bricks and Bread Sustainable Living Centres CIC A collaborative social enterprise that connects people with experts and sustainable businesses in their local area. Respected source of independent advice, products and skills training for eco building, self sufficiency and low carbon business. www.bricksandbread.com
West Itchen Community Trust West Itchen Community Trust Ltd is a social enterprise established for the community development and regeneration of inner-city Southampton. www.wict.co.uk
Force Engineers Ltd Force Engineers Limited is a 'Targeted Career Transition' company dedicated to providing high quality support and advice to both Service Leavers and Veterans. www.force-engineers.com
Kent Creative Arts Community Interest Company Kent Creative Arts Community Interest Company is a not-for-profit art organisation which aims to build a community of local artists to deliver activities, products and services in Kent, helping put the arts and culture into people's lives. www.kentcreativearts.co.uk
Central Africa's Rights & AIDS (CARA) Society CARA is an independent international charity working to improve the lives of lonely, needy old people, the disabled, and underprivileged children and other persons in the UK and Africa. www.cara-online.org
London Ravens Basketball Club Ltd Website to come
Family Nurse Partnership Website to come
Seamus Treanor Limited Seamus Treanor Limited are an IT & Business consultancy. Currently no website.
Ethical Solar Ethcial Solar are installers of PV systems. Website to come.  News  Conservative Party plan to support public service co-ops The Conservative Party this week pledged its support for the creation of co-operatives to deliver public services. Shadow Chancellor George Osborne said the party plan to give public sector workers the right to form employee owned co-operatives to take over the services they deliver. "Today we are setting out our plans to give power to public sector workers who are fed up with Gordon Brown's top-down control of their working lives", he said. "This is the biggest shift of power from government to people since the right to buy your council house in the 1980s". The announcement was featured across the mainstream media including the BBC, the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail and the Independent. Ceri Jones, Head of Policy at the Coalition, also spoke to the Financial Times about the Tory commitment and is quoted in this article.
 Government plans to support community enterprise to transform communities The Government last week launched a new community enterprise strategic framework to support local groups to set up successful local social enterprises. The framework, announced by Barbara Follett at the Funding the Future conference, sets out how Government will help put community enterprises onto a stronger footing with more support, skills training and urges community enterprises to set up franchises to increase their competitive clout when bidding for public sector contracts. Speaking to Regeneration and Renewal magazine, Ceri Jones, Head of Policy at the Coalition, said that franchising a community group would be of benefit to the third sector in much the same way that franchising works in the private sector. "Having an established brand behind an organisation helps with funders, commissioners and service users in terms of recognition, reputation and perception of risk." Jones said consortiums enabled a number of community groups to "pool resources so that smaller organisations could bid for contracts they would have little chance of winning on their own". The new framework was also welcomed by the leading national community enterprise network, the Development Trusts Association (DTA). Steve Wyler, Director of the DTA said: "This is a very positive signal of intent. It now needs to be followed through with all possible dispatch if we are to help communities get on the front foot to meet the challenges they face."
Enterprising Young Brits 2010 is now open to entries Are you following your entrepreneurial dream? Have you successfully mixed creativity with commercial flair, or demonstrated real determination in turning your ideas into reality? If so the Daily Mail Enterprising Young Brit Awards could be right up your street. Run by Enterprise UK, in partnership with the Daily Mail, the Institute of Directors and the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, the competition is open to anyone aged 30 and under who has made their idea happen in a new, innovative or inspiring way. On offer is £1,000 for your business along with valuable coverage in national media and an invitation to join the Enterprise UK Ambassador programme. As an Enterprise UK Ambassador you will get a chance to network with some of the UK's top entrepreneurs and help inspire the next generation of Richard Bransons and Anita Roddicks. The competition has five categories including one for ventures combining the principles of a successful business with an emphasis on the social, ethical or environmental benefits it can provide. Find out more at the website. Events  S2S Social Enterprise Fair 2010 21 April Edinburgh The Fifth annual Social Enterprise Fair 2010 will take place on Wednesday 21 April and returns to the Edinburgh Corn Exchange. The fair offers the biggest platform for social enterprises in Scotland to trade, participate in workshops, network and make new business connections. For further information and to book delegate places or exhibition stands visit the website www.s2sfair.com, or contact Fiona Bell on 0131 557 5767. Book before February 19 February to receive early bird rates.
 Ministry of Justice Social Enterprise Conference 4 March London The Ministry of Justice is hosting a conference in London on 4 March to promote understanding of social enterprises and raise awareness of opportunities to staff across the criminal justice service. The conference is free and open to anyone with an interest in this area of work. If you wish to attend, please send an email to thirdsector@justice.gsi.gov.uk. Resources  Structures for Social Enterprise - 2nd Edition TPP Law has just published a second edition of its Structures for Social Enterprise guide book. For the second edition, the Structures Guide has been substantially revised and updated to cover: - Entry into force of the Charities Act 2006
- Community Interest Companies
- Companies Limited by Shares or Guarantees
- Industrial and Provident Societies
- Charitable Incorporated Organisations
The publication is priced at £25 plus postage and packaging. For information on how to order or to buy online visit the TPP Law website. Member Profile The Coafrwology Network The Coafrwology Network is a Community Interest Company based in Barking in Essex which works to enhance education and promote community improvement and inclusion. They are professional providers of Higher Education learning programmes, support and assistance schemes in educational settings to individuals and local government organisations. As well as short, evening and daytime university courses the Coafrwology Network offer training, cultural and lifestyle wellbeing activities and events all of which are designed to promote social mobility and widen participation. www.coafrwologynetwork.info
Website of the fortnight  Social Investment Business There are just three days left to apply to receive a capital grant as part of the Deparment of Health's Social Enterprise Invesmtnet Fund. The money is being distributed through the Social Investment Business which is offering grants of between £100,000 and £450,000 to social enterprises working in health and social care that require funding into capital assets. Find out more at their website - http://www.socialinvestmentbusiness.org/grants1/ Jobs  Chief Executive Officer - SCA Group £75,000 + Benefits South East Founded in 1991, this group of social enterpriseprovides community care, community transport, training, dentistry and well being centres. It has a turnover of 10m and has 600 employees working in central southern England. This lively charitable body seeks an imaginative and dedicated individual to lead the group from August 2010. The successful candidate will have experience ofdelivering quality services, coupled with a deep social policy knowledge and the ability to lead strategically and execute successfully. The Board expects that inclusive and supportive leadership will be given to its highly skilled executive team. This is a unique opportunity for a talented individual to lead a mature social enterprise and further develop its work in the health and social care field. Please send CV and letter of application to: Mrs Heidi Oldrey, Deputy CEO, SCA Group,Amplevine House, Dukes Road, Southampton, Hampshire SO14 0ST or email: heidi.oldrey@scaccs.org.uk For more information: heidi.oldrey@scaccs.org.uk or www.scagroup.co.uk Closing Date: Friday 19th February 2010.
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