Welcome to RISE's April newsletter. Read on for all the latest social enterprise news and events from the South West and beyond, including...
• Apply for the Social Enterprise Mark by the 14th May and you could win £1000 worth of free advertising for your social enterprise
• 'Good Prospects for the South West Economy': New Report featuring social enterprise
• Is social franchising an opportunity for the social enterprise sector? Come and find out at the next RISE Business Advice Network being held in Bristol on June 2nd, £55 or free to attend for RISE Additions members. Find more details
for a comprehensive update of events in Cornwall for emerging and existing social enterprises, delivered in partnership with Business Link and Co-active
. We hope you find this update interesting and varied but not too long. We welcome any feedback, so if you have any news or comments, please let us know.
YOU COULD WIN £1000 WORTH OF FREE ADVERTISING FOR YOUR SOCIAL ENTERPRISE 
Want to make your customers proud of buying from you? Do you want to differentiate your offer from the competition when you bid for contracts? Use the
Social Enterprise Mark to promote your social enterprise credentials to your customers simply and clearly. And there could be no better time to apply!
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Tailored learning journeys are available to rural communities and social enterprises in the South West through Survive and Thrive.
• Are you thinking of starting a project similar to one that is already operating successfully elsewhere?
• Would you like to meet the team behind the project?
• What happens behind the scenes?
• How did they get started?
• What are the best sources of help and support?
Read More... RISE
previously reported its representation to the House of Commons Select Committee and further to this, the Select Committee Report has now been
published. The report does mention social enterprise in the context of business support and higher education - many thanks for all the help we received from the social enterprises mentioned in the report, including Local Food Links, Paperchain, SOFA Project, Dorset Centre for Rural Skills, CoaST, Real Ideas Organisation, Watershed and COSMIC.
Read More... Upcoming Events:
Event Date: Apr 27, 2010
SW - Tea with Naomi
Location - Ilton Village Hall near Ilminster
Your opportunity to hear more about the work of the Parliamentary Outreach Service over tea and cakes with Naomi Kent, Parliamentary Outreach Officer for the South West Region.
Find out more. Event Date: Apr 28, 2010
Cornwall - FREE - One-to-one advice clinics for social enterprises
Location - Bodmin
If you are a social enterprise or established community organisation and need good advice to develop your ideas further, here is an opportunity for a one-to-one chat with one of our qualified business advisors.
Find out more. Event Date: May 05, 2010
Cornwall - FREE - One-to-one advice clinics for social enterprises
Location - St Austell
If you are a social enterprise or established community organisation and need good advice to develop your ideas further, here is an opportunity for a one-to-one chat with one of our qualified business advisors.
Find out more. Event Date: May 07, 2010
Other - How Best Can We Ensure Maximum Success And Inclusivity Of The Rural Economy, Society And Environment?
Location - London
Promoting and Sustaining Business and Jobs; Effective Regeneration; Protecting the Environment; Improving Housing, Health, Transport and Services.
Find out more. Event Date: May 11, 2010
SW - Trade Secrets - Viability not Liability: Legal Guide to Asset Development
Location - Tiverton, Devon
Everything you ever wanted to know about owning property but thought it was too expensive to ask!
In association with The Ethical Property Foundation.
This one-day learning event is an essential guide to negotiating, acquiring and developing an asset. Suitable for all rural social and community enterprise practitioners interested in using a building or other asset for long-term community benefit, the day covers everything you need to know but thought it was too expensive to ask!
Find out more. Event Date: May 13 - May 15, 2010
Other - SHINE 2010
Location - London
Social Entrepreneurs, SHINE is your event.
Think of it as your business spring-clean where you get the time, space and support to take your social enterprise to the next stage.
As a co-created event you'll get out what you put in. Get ready for:
* 1-to-1 advice sessions with the experts in marketing, finance and more.
* Practical workshops to develop your skills.
* Real stories from other social entrepreneurs who've been there and done it.
* Inspiration from the best in the business.
* Showcase and pitch your enterprise.
SHINE is intensive, energising, practical and priced for small businesses.
Find out more. Event Date: May 13, 2010
Cornwall - Access to Finance and Managing Risk
Location - Redruth
• Is your organisation financially secure and sustainable?
• How would you be affected if grant funding dried up?
• Do you need to borrow money or attract an investor?
Find out more. Event Date: May 14, 2010
Cornwall - FREE - One-to-one advice clinics for social enterprises
Location - Bodmin
If you are a social enterprise or established community organisation and need good advice to develop your ideas further, here is an opportunity for a one-to-one chat with one of our qualified business advisors.
Find out more. Event Date: May 18, 2010
Cornwall - Starting in Social Enterprise
Location - Truro
• Do you have an enterprising idea to benefit your
community or the environment?
• Don’t know where to start?
This workshop will help you turn your plans into reality.
Find out more. Event Date: May 19, 2010
Cornwall - FREE - One-to-one advice clinics for social enterprises
Location - Launceston
If you are a social enterprise or established community organisation and need good advice to develop your ideas further, here is an opportunity for a one-to-one chat with one of our qualified business advisors.
Find out more. Event Date: May 20, 2010
SW - Seeing is Believing - Inclusion: The Theory and The Practice
Location - Plymouth
Through Pembroke Street Estate Management and the Zebra Collective, a remarkable opportunity to see
and learn from people who have made a difference to their community.
Find out more. Event Date: May 20, 2010
Cornwall - Governance and Legal Structures
Location - Par, St Austell
• Are you trying to choose the right legal structure for a new social enterprise?
• Does your steering group or committee need to become incorporated as some kind of company?
• Does your charity or community group want to develop
a trading arm?
Find out more. Event Date: May 24, 2010
Cornwall - FREE - One-to-one advice clinics for social enterprises
Location - Penzance
If you are a social enterprise or established community organisation and need good advice to develop your ideas further, here is an opportunity for a one-to-one chat with one of our qualified business advisors.
Find out more. Would you like to join? RISE is a membership organisation and is open to anyone based in the region who is interested in the social enterprise agenda in South West England. For organisations that provide information, advice and support to social enterprises, RISE provides an enhanced level of membership, called
RISE Additions. RISE Additions provides discounts and benefits, including to RISE training and Business Advice Network.
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