Development of Social Enterprise Hubs encouraged for Cambs with new Grant Programme launched. THIS FUND IS NOW CLOSED TO APPLICATIONS. SUCCESSFUL BIDS WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN SEPTEMBER Social Enterprise East of England (SEEE) is pleased to announce we will be responsible for managing the delivery of the Social Enterprise Hubs Fund which is a part … Read More
A huge thank you to Melanie Mills, Senior Director, Social Sector Engagement at Big Society Capital who hosted our recent webinar along with our Chair Andy Brady. As promised, here is the webinar recording of the webinar on Big Society Capital’s YouTube channel: We’re also pleased to share the slides from the webinar that contains … Read More
www.GivingLottery.org.uk wants to help as many social enterprises, charities, schools and community groups replace lost income by developing recurring income while having a bit of fun. The GivingLottery was launched under a year ago and it has grown to be generating over £30,000 a year for good causes and just keeps growing. Just sign up, … Read More
Pioneers Post comment on the support announced: a £25m recovery fund, £29m in emergency loans and £50m more as Big Society Capital pledges to “reprioritise and repurpose” existing and future investments – while charities get a long-awaited promise of funding from government. *Article below is a summary of an article published by Pioneers Post* The … Read More
Here’s our round up of business advice, funding and key information for the social enterprise sector. Updated: 15th April: Resilience and Recovery Fund A £25m recovery fund, £29m in emergency loans and £50m more as Big Society Capital pledges to “reprioritise and repurpose” existing and future investments – while charities get a long-awaited promise of … Read More
The Bright Ideas FundSupports new community business ideas through the start-up and planning stages with tailored business support, to the implementation stage with grants of up to £15,000. Funded by Power to Change, the independent trust supporting community businesses in England, and delivered by Locality, the national network for community organisations, in partnership with Co-operatives UK, the Plunkett Foundation and Groundwork UK. There … Read More
This new programme aims to help community businesses to start trading and increase awareness of the way in which the sector can address social and economic challenges within Suffolk. MENTA, the not for profit organisation, long established within the Suffolk and Norfolk business community, are the lead organisation in this partnership. Working closely with Community … Read More
The Associate Programme from On Purpose is a year-long programme that can transform your career. It’s a way to learn on the job, doing real work in purpose-led organisations, while at the same time going through an intensive learning programme with a community of like-minded professionals. You can read more about all the benefits of … Read More
Natwest are offering seven £20,000 grants to allow organisations to develop projects that create direct social impact on a community with need, and that have potential to become a sustainable product or service. They are looking to fund projects helping people considered vulnerable or marginalised and tackling one of the following three areas: employment, training and … Read More
Leading Lives is a social enterprise providing a range of high-quality supports to people with social care needs across Suffolk. It supports people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, complex needs, people with autism, older people, younger people in transition and family carers. Leading Lives’ purpose is to support people with social care needs to lead … Read More
