Video offer for Social Enterprises from Two Cubed Creative

20th February 2020News

Two Cubed Creative are working with Social Enterprise East of England to help Social Enterprises boost their online marketing. Two Cubed Creative wants to help raise the profile of Social Enterprises in the East of England and what better way to do that than with video! Two Cubed Creative can help you market your Social … Read More

Leading Lives launch 2020 Community Benefit Fund

18th February 2020Funding, News

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

Job vacancy: Operational Manager (Norwich)

18th February 2020Job vacancy, News

Your Own Place CIC is recruiting an Operational Manager. This incredible opportunity is a chance for you as well as the team, to grow.  It is designed to allow a leader to lead a high-performing team and manage the operational running of our service. Two-year contract, £31,200 per annum. Deadline for CVs is 1st March, … Read More

Cambridge Social Innovation Prize 2020

14th February 2020Funding, News

The Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation and Trinity Hall, one of the oldest colleges in Cambridge, have partnered to celebrate and support extraordinary social innovators. This prize, awarded for the first time in 2019, rewards achievement and ambition in social innovation. It celebrates social impact through business across the UK, from Land’s End to John … Read More

Nick Hurd to become chair of Access

14th February 2020News

The former civil society minister will take on the role in April. (Article shared from https://access-socialinvestment.org.uk/nick-hurd-to-become-chair-of-access/ ) (Image from parliament.uk) Nick Hurd, the former MP and minister, has been appointed chair of Access – The Foundation for Social Investment. Hurd was MP for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner until the election in December 2019, and entered parliament … Read More

Social Value UK announce training dates

14th February 2020News

Social Value UK’s flagship training course, Accredited Social Value & SROI (Social Return on Investment) Practitioner Training, has been running for nearly a decade, and has been delivered to over 1800 people across the public, private and civil society sectors globally. As the home of Social Return of Investment, Social Value UK license this training to … Read More

The role Employee Ownership plays in Social Enterprise

6th February 2020Blog, News

Community Dental Services (CDS) are an employee owned social enterprise providing dental care and oral health improvement programmes for vulnerable people across much of east and central England. Here, Head of Communications, Brigit Parker describes the role employee ownership plays in social enterprise. Employee ownership a common thread running through many social enterprises.  At CDS … Read More

Public sector contracts with no tendering procedure: WiredGov announces registration is open

15th January 2020News

Wired-Gov would like to take this opportunity to inform you that registration to The Supplier Locator Service is now open for the new registration period of January 2020 – February 2021. Invitation is open to SMEs and Suppliers that have an interest in dealing with enquiries relating to fast tracked, lower value Government & Public Sector contracts. These contracts are … Read More

Lofty Heights – supporting Suffolk

14th January 2020News, Stories

Lofty Heights CIC completed a pilot project with Ipswich and East Suffolk CCG last summer that saw their Homeward Bound Project commissioned for a further year. The service carries out practical tasks within the home that may prevent patients from leaving hospital in a timely manner. These tasks can be anything from moving furniture to … Read More