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22 August, 2008
Dear members and friends,
Last week I’d never heard of Usain Bolt, the Olympic Sprint Champion – Wow! Awesome! My pal, a sports physio, says that folk who originate from West Africa have a genetic advantage in sprinting, which has to do with muscle tissue. Europeans have around 2% `fast twitch` muscle fibre – West Africans have around 25% - it’s no contest. Similarly with distance running – Kenyans and Ethiopians win everything – as though they’re made for it – I’ll never forget the barefoot Abebe Bikela in Rome. If we leave politics aside, it’s obvious from the stats that black athletes dominate world sports. But this is a big taboo subject – we’re afraid to talk about why – it’s PC to pretend that there are no inherited racial differences – which is nonsense.Genetically, I’m full-blooded Italian – all 4 grandparents from the same mountain tribe. Unusually, the Italians had two shots at `greatness` - the Roman empire and then the Renaissance – though I don’t think my forebears had much to do with either. Our remote valley was settled by Saracens, Normans, Spanish and, finally, Bourbons. I like to imagine I contain all these varieties – a mongrel. I can remember Dec. 1992 – the march for Democracy – 30,000 of us in Edinburgh’s Meadows – William McIlvanney’s proud words: “Scottishness is not some pedigree lineage – this is a mongrel tradition.” For some reason, this proclamation released great joy – the crowd cheered on and on.
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Latest Networks1st Update: 22nd August 2008
News this week about the first topic of the 3 Social Enterprise Fringe events on 4th of September. Momentum appears to be growing behind the Social Enterprise Kite Mark being developed by RISE with plans afoot to combine Social Firms UK's ’star mark' with the Kite Mark brand. This is obviously going to be an important issue with social enterprises becoming an ever more popular way of doing business. If you'd like to hear more about the Kite Mark from Lucy Findlay of RISE or attend the Common Ground event later in the afternoon make sure you book a place...more
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First Port Website The First Port website is in the final stages of completion. It will contain a wide range of tools for social enterprises. |
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HISEZ wins business support contract
(28th Aug 2008)
A three-year contract to develop and promote social enterprises in north Scotland has been won by the Highlands and Islands Social Enterprise Zone Community Interest Company (HISEZ CIC).
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Big Lottery Funding in Scotland
(28th Aug 2008)
Last week's bulletin commented upon Big Lottery Funding in Scotland, and specifically, funding to support Voluntary Sector infrastructure development. This was factually incorrect and may have been misleading
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Change the direction of travel – invest in community led regeneration
(22nd Aug 2008)
The consultation being led by Scottish Government on how Scotland's share of the dormant bank accounts should be spent and the associated the debate that is has stimulated across the Third Sector is to be welcomed.
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New canal boat
(22nd Aug 2008)
Re-Union has launched their new canal boat
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SCVO Briefing on Single Outcome Agreements
(22nd Aug 2008)
This briefing collates a review of 29 out of Scotland’s 32 local authority Single Outcome Agreements. The questions below look at the quality and extent of engagement and consultation of the sector in producing the SOAs, and a sense of the extent to which the sector is involved in delivering outcomes.
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How effective is social enterprise?
(28th Aug 2008)
Capitalism and a social conscience are not generally considered natural bedfellows, so what is social enterprise and can a business have an ethical dimension? [more...]
An enterprising business gives unsold books a second look
(28th Aug 2008)
So you give your old books away to charity? Good. Do you know what happens to the books that charity shops cannot sell? They go to landfill sites. Not so good. But this sad state of affairs is changing now in Scotland, thanks to a brilliant but simple scheme. [more...]
Underground Economy
(28th Aug 2008)
The entrepreneurial energy and social capital of the urban poor. [more...]
Comment on National Standards for Community Engagement
(22nd Aug 2008)
Comment on National Standards for Community Engagement [more...]
Georgia Orphan Children Appeal
(22nd Aug 2008)
There’s a big dark cloud on the horizon in Georgia. Worth a wee mention I would say, in terms of its implications for the big world order. I am working in a small village on a project there “Mamatsi Guli” to find families for orphanage children...more on appeal [more...]
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