 "When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." George Washington CarverWhat is Social Entrepreneurship?Statement of Faith
You can find other "Market with Meaning" but you definitely want to see "Profit with Purpose".
I personally "Believe in Kingdom Transformation" because I know there is only ONE "Life for Significant". --- 2010年3月2日 星期二，Social Enterprise Support Centre <info@sesc.info> 寫道﹕
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You are receiving this newsletter because you signed up from our web site. Click here to unsubscribe. | | |  | Features: | | Welcome to SESC's first Spring newsletter of 2010, which is full of the latest Social Enterprise news, events and tenders. Contents of this Issue: | | | News | | | The Big Ideas Grant The Department of Health (DH) has launched the Bright Ideas Grant (B.I.G), a £50K fund aimed at helping unlock the potential of those hundreds of small ideas that people have for improving health and social care services. The DH is looking for ideas that help ensure people's experience of health and care services is a good one and that they feel they are able to retain their personal dignity and self respect. Ideas can be big or small. Anyone is eligible to apply for B.I.G whether as an individual or an organisation, just need to have seen something related to dignity in care that wants changing or made better and have an idea for how to do that. Grants will be of up to £10,000. B.I.G is not about mainstreaming, rolling out or continuing existing projects, no matter how innovative they are. B.I.G cannot be used to buy new equipment or activities that have already being used in care service, tried and tested as promoting dignity in some way e.g. a mobility scooter, a computer, a Wii Fit, dance classes etc. The deadline for submitting ideas is the 18th March 2010. For further details visit: http://www.big.dh.gov.uk
| | | | Awards for All Awards for All England is a simple small grants scheme making awards of between £300 and £10,000. The Awards for All programme aims to help improve local communities and the lives of people most in need.
To do this we want to fund projects that meet one or more of the following outcomes: • People have better chances in life - with better access to training and development to improve their life skills.
• Stronger communities - with more active citizens working together to tackle their problems.
• Improved rural and urban environments - which communities are better able to access and enjoy.
• Healthier and more active people and communities. You may be eligible to apply for an Awards for All grant if you can meet one of the criteria mentioned above, and • you are a not-for-profit group (including social enterprises), or you are a parish or town council, school or health body.
• you have a bank account that requires at least two unrelated people to sign each cheque or withdrawal.
• you have a governing body with at least three unrelated members
• you can spend the grant within one year. For further information and apply please visit http://www.awardsforall.org.uk or Call 0845 4 10 20 30 or email general.enquiries@awardsforall.org.uk
| | | | Improvements To Reaching Communities Programme Process (England) The Big Lottery Fund has announced that they are going to make at least £100 million available across England through their revamped flagship “Reaching Communities” programme for the next five years. This will include making access to the programme easier. Applicants seeking smaller grants will enjoy a simpler application and assessment process, and for those applying for larger grants will learn sooner whether their project as a chance of receiving funding. Those invited to the second stage, will have a much higher chance of being successful for funding. The main aim of Reaching Communities is to help bring real improvements to communities and to the lives of people most in need. The new funding will be available for Charity, Community Groups, and voluntary organisations from this spring. BIG are also looking at a dedicated capital stream offering funding within Reaching Communities for community buildings. For further details please click here
| | | | Social Enterprise and Business Democracy CPD Sheffield Business School, Sheffield Hallam University Course Summary
The aim of this short course in to provide an executive overview of the social and economic contribution of social enterprises. The course provides participants with an opportunity to develop their knowledge about the rationale, purposes and practices of social enterprises so that they can contribute to informed discussions with policy makers, financial institutions, business support advisers, charity trustees, company directors and work colleagues. The course covers the origins and forms of social enterprise in the public, private and third sectors, and then provides opportunities to apply a social enterprise perspective to practical problems and situations.
After engaging successfully with this course you will be able to: 1. Compare and contrast third sector and social economy concepts, terms and organisations.
2. Compare and contrast private and social enterprise perspectives on organisational development.
3. Critically assess models of governance and their application in different social enterprise contexts.
4. Critically assess the contribution of social enterprise to social and economic democracy.
5. Compare and contrast multi-stakeholder models of social enterprise. Courses can be extended to include visits to established social enterprises in the Yorkshire and Humber region, or to meet guest speakers from the regional economy (subject to arrangement). Social Enterprise and Business Democracy - CPD Course Outline. Duration of Course: 2 days
Below is sample content used for the open course. Content for corporate programmes can be negotiated**. Sample Content (Day 1)
Morning Civil Society, the Third Sector and the Social Economy
Lecture/Discussion: Civil Society and a Third System; organisations of the Third Sector; the size and scope of the social economy; the development of trusts and charities; the development of cooperatives and mutual societies; secular associations and a voluntary sector; the modern third sector and social economy; implications for social enterprise theory and practice.
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Activities: Critically assessing the nature of civil society
Analysing the market and membership orientation of third sector organisations
Afternoon From New Public Management and Private Enterprise to Social Enterprise Development
Lecture/Discussion: The politics of defining social enterprise; the origins of the language of social enterprise; US and EU approaches to social enterprise; Social enterprise as a spectrum of options; theories of cross-sector social entrepreneurship; typologies of social enterprise; the implications of definitional debates.
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Activities: Shifting the Paradigm: A Social Enterprise Critique of Private Enterprise
Analysing Corporations and Cooperative Alternatives
Sample Content (Day 2)
Morning The Governance Challenge in Social Enterprises
Activity: Analysing Philosophies of Governance (using a Governance Diagnostic Tool)
Lecture/Discussion: Models of governance in companies and charities; remodelling governance from a social enterprise perspective; deconstructing governance (the theory behind the governance diagnostic tool); summarising alternative approaches to strategic management.
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Activity: Linking Governance Theory to Strategic Management:
An Inquiry and Action Planning Model
Afternoon The Application of Democratic Theory to Social Enterprise
Lecture/Discussion: Friendly and mutual societies; democracy as the foundation of the social economy; democracy in charities / non-profit organisations; democracy in cooperatives; The Democratic Firm - the work of David Ellerman.
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Activities: Critically assessing multi-stakeholder models of social enterprise
Comparing and contrasting model rules for social enterprises For more information please contact
Roland Spencer Tel: (0114) 225 5281
Email: r.l.spencer@shu.ac.uk
Course Fees: Corporate programmes @ £1250/day, per tutor** (maximum 15 people) (Assumes delivery at Sheffield Hallam University)
Open courses @ £250/person (maximum 20 people)
Dates: 22nd/23rd June 2010 20th/21st July 2010
Courses can be delivered by special arrangement. They are created by selecting and adapting materials developed for Sheffield Business School's MSc in Social Enterprise and Business Democracy. Classes are normally held at City Campus, Sheffield Business School. They can be delivered at other premises by special arrangement.
| | | | 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 Social Enterprise 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 Enquiries To find out more visit the Social Enterprise Coalition's website www.socialenterprise.org.uk or Phone: 020 7793 2525/2319 or Email: events@socialenterprise.org.uk
| | | | NCVO Leadership 20:20 Commission NCVO have recently launched Leadership 20:20 Commission on the future leadership of civil society. The aim is to explore some of the major issues affecting progression in the sector and shape new ways of supporting and guiding emerging leaders.
They are passionate about giving emerging leaders in civil society a chance to voice their views and develop recommendations about how the sector and its leadership needs to change and develop.
As part of the Commission on future leadership they are holding ‘curry clubs’. The curry clubs are a chance to network with others, join in the debate, contribute to our report and enjoy a free curry on us. Places are limited, so sign up via the NCVO Leadership 20:20.
Monday 8th March Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber To book please email Sarah at leadership2020@ncvo-vol.org.uk
| | | | Sustainability and Financing for BME and Faith Groups This free workshop aims to help BME organisations adopt a more business-like approach, become more outward-looking and develop and expand on good business ideas that will help them to make a difference and bring about social change. It will help them to consider some of the key issues that they need to think about when planning for the financial future of their organisation:
• funding options
• understanding income streams
• planning for long-term sustainability
• income generation
The workshop runs from 10am-2.30pm on Thursday 11 March at Charity Bank office, Pannell House, 6 Queen Street, Leeds. To book a place contact Ian Gardner on (0113) 3942300 or email ian.gardner@regionalforum.org.uk
| | | | Networking Lunch 25 March 2010 - 12pm - 2pm Suite 1, Trinity Buildings, Calder vale Rd Wakefield WF1 5PE
Hosted by Begin, HIV support services, Yorkshire MESMAC, LGBT Sexual Health Project and The Fruit Bowl LGBT Youth Project. The aim of the event is to provide a quick and easy opportunity to share information on services available to people in the Wakefield district and get to know each other a bit better. A light lunch and refreshments will be provided, to book please contact Jeff Platts at j.platts@mesmac.co.uk or Tel: 01924 211116
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