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17/08/2012

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11/07/2012

Social Enterprise London announces plan to work more closely with Social Enterprise UK

Social Enterprise London (SEL) and Social Enterprise UK (SEUK) announced a joint decision to work towards bringing their membership, information and contracting resources together.

11/07/2012

"£1 billion University Challenge" laid down by University of Northampton's Vice-Chancellor

UK universities should spend at least £1 billion of the £7 billion per annum they currently spend on procuring goods and services from external suppliers, with social enterprises.

06/07/2012

Communications and Strategy Intern

The TI is looking to appoint an intern for the period of 3 months full time, with an option to extend the contract based on performance.

21/06/2012

Stakeholder and Communications Manager

2020 Public Services Hub, Programme department

16/05/2012

Vacancy at Olmec: Social Enterprise Programme Manager

Fixed Term Contract until March 2014

16/05/2012

Social Enterprise Hub and Business Development Manager

Closing date is Monday 4th June 2012

15/05/2012

Job Advert: Director, the Transition Institute

The Transition Institute is the UK's leading agency that promotes and supports independent public service deliverers who maximise social value in the work that they do.

15/05/2012

Business BootCamp for your Green Enterprise

28th and 29th June 2012

09/05/2012

Lloyds Banking Group Social Entrepreneurs Programme

Applications are open now, and the closing date is Monday 28th May at 10am.

03/05/2012

Jobs: Hackney Corporate Fundraising Officer

We are looking for a dynamic, self-starting professional, able to develop social impact programmes which are led by the VCS and attract corporate investment and philanthropy.

03/04/2012

Free training for minority led Social Enterprises

Improving Equality & Diversity in your Social Enterprise

15/03/2012

Job opening for UK Director at Tyze

Tyze Personal Networks Senior Management Team

28/02/2012

Expressions of Interest, Connecting Young Hackney Framework

The London Borough of Hackney is seeking to establish a wide range of positive activities, located across the borough, for young people aged 8 to 19 years

04/01/2012

Free 121 sessions for organisations in Wandsworth and Barking & Dagenham

Operating or resident of either Barking and Dagenham or Wandsworth Council?

29/11/2011

The London Borough of Lambeth - An exciting business opportunity

Slow Food Festival - Value up to £14,250

18/11/2011

Young People across the UK and Nintendo

Livity announced some broad youth consultation amongst Young People

17/11/2011

Spin Out and Deliver

Lessons from the front line of public service reform

15/11/2011

SOCIAL ENTERPRISE DAY November 17th 2011

INNOVATIVE FILM PRODUCTION SOCIAL ENTERPRISE IS LOOKING OUT FOR THE LITTLE GUYS

24/10/2011

SOCIAL VISION PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION – WIN £1000 – 1 WEEK LEFT!

The search is on for photographs that best capture the spirit of thriving social enterprise sector

12/10/2011

Social Investment Explained

Social Investment Explained is a half day event designed to provide greater insight and understanding of social investment for social enterprises - A great opportunity to meet our panel of social investment experts.

12/10/2011

An Enterprising Future

Social Enterprise UK and Community Matters are hosting a social enterprise business support event for children and young people's organisations which will take place on Thursday 10 November in London.

12/10/2011

Red Ochre's Social Enterprise Bootcamp

The Business Revolution - Changing the way we do business

20/09/2011

The Guardian Social Enterprise Summit 2011

Reality bites - the truth about delivering public services through social enterprise 8 November, London

25/08/2011

An Exciting Social Business Opportunity

Metropolitan Housing Partnership is inviting expressions of interest from suitably experienced Social Enterprise or Community led organisations in operating a catering/café service at a number of extra care housing schemes in the Lambeth borough.

22/08/2011

New Capital Growth Fund opens for health and social care social enterprises

The Social Investment Business would like to invest in social enterprises working in health or social care.

11/08/2011

Kent Connects competition

Kent Connects, a partnership of public services, will be launching a competition for you to come up with ideas on how to make your area a better place to live, work & play using technology!

04/08/2011

The Right to Run Event

'The Right to Run' is a one day event, run by Social Enterprise UK, designed to provide practical support to public sector employees looking to create social enterprises and mutuals through spinning out existing services.

27/07/2011

BT Community Connections Award Scheme

BT are currently running an award scheme called BT Community Connections that offers a years' free Total Business Broadband to community groups across the UK.

26/07/2011

Making Change Conference

Social entrepreneurship within the creative and cultural industries - 1-5pm, Thursday 10 November 2011 New Academic Building, Goldsmiths, New Cross

22/07/2011

Are you a fast growing Social Enterprise - NEW funding is available

Are you a Social Enterprise or do you know Social Enterprises who want to grow their business to increase annual turnover or number of employees

22/07/2011

Help LEYF with a short sector survey for your chance to win a FREE CPD COURSE

If you currently run any kind of daycare setting, you could make a real difference to thousands of children and their parents across the UK. All we need is 5 minutes of your time to fill in a short survey online.

15/07/2011

Free Support for Minority-led Social Enterprises

The Step Ahead programme being delivered by Olmec is offering FREE one-to-one business development support to existing, trading Social Enterprises in London that are Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic or Refugee led.

07/07/2011

Launching Diversity

Within the UK currently only 6% of the creative media industry is made up of ethnic minorities. For multicultural Britain, this is a problem and Catch 22's LaunchPad can be part of the solution.

06/07/2011

Child confidence specialist unveiled as British Library success story for July

A company which prevents anti-social behaviour, youth crime and bullying by boosting young children's well-being and confidence has been announced as a success story by the Business and IP Centre at the British Library

05/07/2011

The London Leadership and Management Advisory Service

Want to get up to a £1,000 grant to improve your leadership skills in the areas of strategic management, building up the business, and employee engagement?

23/06/2011

Green-Works in the Financial Times

Leading social entrepreneur and SEL member Colin Crooks is quoted in yesterday's Financial Times discussing Green-Works' Social Return on Investment

04/05/2011

Social Enterprise London and NESTA launch the Transition Institute

The Transition Institute is a new, independent centre for research formed to inspire and facilitate new models of public service delivery.

12/04/2011

Future Jobs Fund: 500 jobs created in the private sector

Responding to Iain Duncan Smith's comment on the Today Programme this morning, Allison Ogden-Newton, Chief Executive of Social Enterprise London says “the results of the axed Future Jobs Fund programme speak for themselves:

01/04/2011

Allison on Public Sector Spin Outs

Why public sector Spin Outs need heroes with Live Q&A on The Guardian social enterprise network

31/03/2011

The Social Enterprise Daily

A daily digest of social enterprise news

30/03/2011

social enterprise: the future of britain's libraries?

SEL and 2020 Public Services Hub - Social enterprise as a model for the future of Britain's libraries

30/03/2011

Transitions

Half of London's boroughs have already used this game changing programme to tailor their services to social enterprise

29/03/2011

Government promises to look again at axed £1 billion jobs fund

News that youth unemployment in the UK has hit a record high has coincided with a promise by government to carry out a full evaluation of a fund used by hundreds of social enterprises to create thousands of jobs for young people.

02/03/2011

Big society is here to stay and it's time to get used to it

Whatever your views about Big Society and any contradictions from government, it's time to face up to the fact that it's here to stay, says Allison Ogden-Newton

01/03/2011

Social enterprise and the 2012 Olympic legacy for London

The 2012 games can be a catalyst for social enterprise, says SEL's chief executive

21/01/2011

Social enterprise at the heart of public service reform

Social enterprise is at the heart of public service reform. The drive to create efficiencies in local government and to promote innovation and staff ownership over service design and delivery have led to the development of new thinking across the public sector on how social enterprise can be used to deliver.

08/06/2010

Gavin's success demonstrates effectiveness of Future Jobs Fund

The success of the Future Jobs Fund was demonstrated today when Gavin Ramsey, a previously unemployed young person from Haringey, was offered a job following his employment under the scheme.

 

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