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03 Feb 2012
Spanish Notebook: 28.12.11 - I never buy a lottery ticket in Spain because I don't know how it works - you could win and never know; when/where is the draw - how to check numbers/claim prize etc. Tickets are sold by registered vendors - who go about the streets and cafes with a clipboard. I've become a 'kent face' in Pepe's bar at the corner - exchanging smiles and 'holas' with the locals - including Miguel the village 'lotero'. Today Pepe tells me that the next draw is in two days - that he'll keep my ticket in the till - check it for me; so to be sociable I invest 10 euros - Miguel says I could win a million euros.
Spanish Notebook: 29.12.11 - Writing this, 3pm, on Ana's terrace in bright sunshine; ended lunch with her great rice pudding (arroz con leche). Yesterday's lottery ticket has preoccupied me all day - pondering what difference a million euros would make to my life; I've decided it would make no difference. I no longer believe in the fairytale notion of happiness - of sudden life-changing events. Content now with the mundane, day to day fragments of life - this - here - now - like the details of a mosaic: sunlight - this novel - Ana's laughter - homemade chips - this notebook - those flowers - arroz con leche… But if I've settled for life's simple things - why have I spent all morning pretending to be a millionaire - imagining my new lifestyle - including a posh villa.
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The following item in this bulletin lists the 60 organisations which received investment in the latest round of Enterprise Growth Fund awards. These periodic windfalls are very welcome - but the supply of 'social investment' to Scotland's SE community remains a confused and disorganised patchwork. In...Read more
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Networks 1st is the name Senscot gives to our work with Social Enterprise Networks (SENs) - both thematic and geographical. SENs provide members with opportunities for peer support, collective action and market development. The vision is of a growing community of 500 frontline social enterprises across Scotland - connected and energised through a network of Networks.
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Networks1st Weekly Update: 2- Feb 2012
A key element within Scottish Govt’s public service reform policy is the engagement with the third sector. Last week, we circulated the Health Roundtable’s ‘SE and Health Policy Context Paper’ (See http://www.se-networks.net/downloads/SEHRTPolicyPaperv10.pdf) We also reported on the launch of the ‘Developing New Markets’ contract (See, www.readyforbusiness.org). Scottish Govt and the Third Sector Research Forum have also produced a related paper, entitled “Why involve the third sector in health and social care delivery?” Recommendations include the assertion that "the evidence demonstrates areas in which third sector activities complement and directly support work towards meeting the healthcare Quality Outcomes ambitions for Scotland - and building on these will be essential in moving forward with the ambitions for better services for Scotland." See,
http://www.senscot.net/view_art.php?viewid=11915
John Swinney, this week, announced the organisations which were successful in their applications for investment from the Enterprise Growth Fund. 60 organisations shared a pot of £6m worth of investment to either build on existing work or to develop new...Read more |
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