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Social Enterprise London’s vision is a prosperous London with social enterprise at its heart. We offer a world leading programme of events, training, research and consultancy, and run the largest network of social enterprises anywhere in the UK.

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Allison Ogden Newton Blog

Allison Ogden Newton is the Chief Executive of Social Enterprise London. Allison also writes occasionally for the Guardian.

This is fun! Isn't it?27 August 2010

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Social Enterprise London Directory

The Social Enterprise Directory is the window to London's ever-growing social enterprise movement. Click here to get a flavour of the range of social enterprises operating in london, and to buy their products and services.

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Social Enterprise aims to be the most engaging, informative and useful resource for business people who are passionate about changing lives, building communities and nurturing the environment.

£11m lottery funding for Social Impact Bond02 Sep 2010

The Big Lottery Fund is allocating £11.25m to develop Social Impact Bonds.

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Social Enterprise shorts - 2/9/1002 Sep 2010

Your weekly news in brief from Social Enterprise. This week: s**t hits the fan in Hastings, local food programme exceeds target, UnLtd autumn award opens, ClearlySo expands to India and one month left to enter Social Vision comp.

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Union starts legal action against DH’s social enterprise plans25 Aug 2010

Unison is taking the Department of Health to court over its refusal to consult on the recent white paper, which stated the department wanted to create the ‘largest social enterprise sector in the world’.

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Social Enterprise Blogs

Volunteering: where going?Bubb's Blog

So what are the facts around volunteering?

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I should co-pro (What shall we do with the public sector? – part three)Beanbags and Bullsh!t

As you’ll know if you read either broadsheet newspapers or any relevant professional magazine or journal, everyone from political pundits to clever academics agrees that the public sector needs ‘reform’.

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Partnerships 2: should social enterprises date, co-habit or marry?School for Social Entrepreneurs

Typically, two days after I write a long post about partnership (and thanks for those who've commented, tweeted etc positively), a great podcast comes up on my commute in to work on....partnership.

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The Future of FinanceEd Mayo's Blog

The Daily Telegraph reported last month on the views of David Pitt-Watson, that excess charges can eat up 50% of pensions in the UK.

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Big Society – a question of time?The Social Business

The Minister for Civil Society, Nick Hurd, has tweeted something that got me thinking.

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Winning With Social Enterprise
How the UK’s social enterprises can deliver world-class London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic contracts.

Transitions: social enterprise in the public sector
Next week SEL will publish a new guide for public sector workers who want to establish a social enterprise.

If you're working for a social enterprise, take a photo that shows us what you do and the story behind the image.

Social Vision photography competition 2010
If you're working for a social enterprise, take a photo that shows us what you do and the story behind the image.

London's Future 500
An innovative jobs programme run by SEL, enabling 500 unemployed young Londoners to get jobs in social enterprise.

New SEL report: Extended services: ensuring sustainability using the social enterprise model

Extended services: ensuring sustainability using the social enterprise model
This report examines the extent to which social enterprise is used in schools to deliver extended services.

The Social Enterprise Mark
The Social Enterprise Mark is a brand in support of the good work done by Social Enterprises. Click here to see whether your organisation is eligible for the Mark.

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Leadership and Management Training (13th and 20th October 2010)

13/10/2010

Develop your strategic leadership and management with the help of expert tuition…

Understanding Social Enterprise

14/09/2010

Understanding Social Enterprise is an acclaimed 60-hour training programme for business advisers, consultants, development workers, project officers, managers and other professionals who work with or for social enterprises…