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Notices
Submit a notice to appear here, visit http://senscot.net/networks1st/submitnotice.phpMeet the Buyer
The Highlands and Islands Social Enterprise Zone would like to invite you to come along and Meet the Buyer. This event will provide you with the rare opportunity of face-to-face meetings with procurement personnel from leading public sector organisations including...more
Pilotlight Scotland
Pilotlight Scotland brings together skilled professionals from the business community and harnesses their talents to create growth and sustainability in small to medium charities and social enterprises across the Central Belt, Fife, Tayside and Aberdeen....more
Ready for Business
Here's information on some of the contracts highlighted on Ready for Business, a public social partnership (psp) pilot involving Senscot, Social Firms Scotland and CEiS to support social enterprises increase their trading through delivery of tenders for goods and services....more
S2S - Youth Workshops
21st Apr 2010
The 5th annual S2S Social Enterprise Fair will return to the Edinburgh Corn Exchange on Wednesday 21 April 2010. S2S is the premier event in the Scottish social enterprise business calendar. This year there will be 2 workshops specifically for young people interested in social enterprise....more
Diploma in Organisational Consultancy and Facilitation
The diploma is an ideal opportunity for social entrepreneurs who are developing organisations or leading consultancy on an inter-trading basis. This will be the 5th Diploma that the Craighead Institute has put on offering a serious opportunity for both experienced and in-experienced consultants to have a deep continuous professional development programme. ...more
Becoming a Public Partner
If you have the experience of NHSScotland as a patient, or through caring for a friend or relative, or have a general interest in the health service, you could help with our reviews of healthcare services. In return for your commitment, we will...more
Event: DTAS & The Glasshouse Building Design Study Visits & Support
20th Mar 2010
The Glass-House and DTA Scotland are delivering FREE study tours for community groups who are planning to take on a new build or refurbish an existing building in their area....more
Event: Business Acquisition: Getting Ready to Buy
24th Mar 2010
Social Firms Scotland, in partnership with the Development Trusts Association Scotland, are running this day-long seminar for existing and emerging social businesses and community enterprises. It will introduce the acquisition of an existing business as a method of growth and achieving community benefit/social impact. This event is free to attend for all members or DTAS or Social Firms Scotland and all other social enterprises....more
Basics of Being an Employer Event
29th Apr 2010
DTA Scotland is offering basic employment related training for Board and staff members from development trusts and other social economy organisations. This day long training session will be delivered by staff from EVH (Supporting Social Employers) who have significant experience in providing employment support for social economy organisations....more
Financial Management Training for senior staff and board members of Third Sector organisations
As part of their commitment to significantly improve the capacity of Third Sector organisations, CEiS, and partners, are running free of charge financial management training workshops across Scotland that will allow delegates to control finances and engage in high quality financial planning....more
Asset Transfer - demonstration projects
DTAS has received some funding from Scottish Government to promote the transfer of public assets (specifically local authority assets) into community ownership and I am helping to manage some aspects of this work. The programme has three main elements to it....more
Tender Writing Training
Delivery of services to the public sector is an important market for enterprising Third Sector organisations. How do you find out about these opportunities and how do you write a successful tender document? CEIS, the Supplier Development Programme, and partners, are running a series of free of charge tender writing workshops......more
Ready for Business - Contract Opportunities
Ready for Business (http://www.readyforbusiness.org) is a public social partnership (psp) pilot project to support social enterprises increase their trading through delivery of tenders for goods and services. ...more
ANNUAL FOOD CONFERENCE
5th May 2010
We are pleased to announce that our Annual Food Conference will be held on Wednesday 5th May 2010, 9.15 am – 12.30 pm, at Hibernian Football Club, Edinburgh....more
Supply Scottish SME Procurement Conference
21st Apr 2010
The Supply Scottish SME Procurement Conference will provide you with the information you require to harness new opportunities and maximise your organisation’s potential....more
Job Vacancy: Operations Assistant
17th Mar 2010
Cultural Enterprise Office is Scotland's specialist business support and development service for creative and cultural industry businesses and individuals. We are currently looking for enthusiastic and efficient individuals with an interest in or working experience of the creative sector to join our central office team based in the Merchant City in Glasgow....more
EDAS Introduction to Economic Development Course
16th Mar 2010
Policy & Practice for Local Economic Development - The next EDAS course is on 15 & 16 March in Glasgow. Policy and Practice for Local Economic Development, is run by Glasgow University's Training and Employment Research Unit, led by Professor Alan McGregor....more
Enterprise Europe Scotland: Free Events in 2010!
European Information Clinics - Scottish companies get the opportunity meet with a member of the team on a one-to-one basis to discuss and gain support on a variety of different topics including European Market Info, Legislation & Standards, accessing public sector contracts, building commercial partnerships, European funding, Knowledge and Technology Transfer and much more....more
Future
The Future Jobs Fund was announced as part of the Budget. It is a major new initiative designed to create 15,000 jobs across Scotland between October 2009 and April 2011. The 18 month initiative is focused on young people aged 18 – 24 who have been on JSA for nearly a year but it will also support some long-term unemployed people who have barriers to employment or live in areas with high concentrations of unemployment. ...more
Draft Model Rules for the Networks
Over the last couple of years, we’ve discussed, with Network Reps, the idea of commissioning a bespoke legal structure to act as a formal ‘wrapper’ for Networks which feel the need. ...more
COALFIELDS
26th Mar 2010
The Coalfield Social Enterprise Network is pleased to announce its first annual conference to be held at Blantyre Miners Community Resource Centre on Friday 26th March 2010 from 10.15am to 2.30pm....more
New development opportunities for Community Learning and Development staff
As part of the CLD Upskilling Programme (which Lifelong Learning UK is managing on behalf of the Scottish Government), new learning opportunities for staff working in CLD will be available during February and March 2010. These are free and are part of an ongoing programme of investment in the skills of the CLD workforce. http://www.lluk.org/cld-upskilling-programme.htm ...more
Community of Business Exhibition
Dumfries & Galloway Chamber of Commerce have organised a Community of Business Exhibition on Thursday 11 February in partnership with Dumfries & Galloway Social Enterprise Network, Senscot and the Scottish Social Enterprise Coalition....more
Swashbuckling social entrepreneurs
Yesterday marked Peter Holbrook's first public speaking engagement as chief executive of the Social Enterprise Coalition. It was a clearing of the throat rather than a full-blown call to arms. He was nervy, smily, self-deprecating. ...more
New Biz 2010
Perth College UHI and Perth and Kinross Social Economy Partnership are hosting Newbiz 10, Scotland’s Conference for Private and Social Enterprise, please see information on this up-coming event...more
Single Outcome Agreement
A Single Outcome Agreement is the means by which Community Planning Partnerships (CPPs) agree their strategic priorities for their local area and express those priorities as outcomes to be delivered by the partners, either individually or jointly, while showing how those outcomes should contribute to the Scottish Government's relevant National Outcomes....more
Fitness to Tender - Winning Public Sector Contracts
Fitness to Tender is a series of workshops aimed at increasing third sector organisation’s knowledge of the tendering process and to support them in bidding for and winning contracts....more
SINK OR SWIM
12th Mar 2010
An increasing number of social enterprises (trusts/community business etc) are running swimming pools and leisure centres; but with cutbacks in local authority spending, a squeeze on other funders and high energy costs, what does the future hold for these community based organisations?...more
Aspire to Enterprise
Aspire to Enterprise is a Scottish Government programme providing a range of Business Support Services to ambitious, developing social enterprises in Lowland Scotland. In the last 2 years, the programme supported 130 social enterprises from the Borders to Aberdeen...more
Free Mentoring Support
Do you have some enterprising ideas to develop your organisation and its financial sustainability? Perhaps you're looking to tender for new contracts or diversify your income base. Help is at hand with the new Realise Mentoring programme. You can access free, confidential mentoring support from experienced mentors with expertise in the areas of greatest interest to you....more
Your Motivation - Your Innovation - Our Help
Your Motivation - Your Innovation - Our Help. BRAG Enterprises Ltd, one of Fife’s largest social enterprises and based in the central coalfield areas of Fife is delighted to offer a brand new 3 year ERDF funded programme – “Motivate to Innovate”....more
Social Enterprise Academy - Training
The Social Enterprise Academy is offering a number of free learning programmes across the Highlands & Islands this winter. These are open to anyone involved with a third sector organisation – staff, director or volunteer....more
Build a sustainable future for your organisation
Are you ambitious? Do you want to build a sustainable future for your organisation? Pilotlight Scotland brings together skilled professionals from the business community and harnesses their talents to create growth and sustainability in small to medium charities and social enterprises across the Central Belt, Fife, Tayside and Aberdeen....more
Job: Website/Portal for a Consortium of 7 Organisations
Innovation IT is looking for people with website development experience using Drupal. If you are interested or know someone who may be interested in getting involved in this project, then please let me know and I will provide more details...more
Unltd Sports Relief Funding
The UnLtd Sport Relief Awards are funded by Comic Relief and provide opportunities for young people to bring communities together, to help promote understanding and solve problems through sport, arts and recreational activities....more
Vital Statistics Survey Results
Senscot is carrying out a vital statistics survey across the networks to demonstrate the value of Social Enterprise and measure the contribution the Network members make on the both their local economy and Scottish economy as a whole...more
Senscot
A list of publication produced by Senscot/Networks1st in 2009...more
Revised Land Reform Act
The Scottish Government have recently revised the guidance on the Land Reform Act and Communities Right to Buy. A revised document, mapping tool and application form is available online. ...more
Press Release: Assisted Places Programme
Edinburgh’s incubator for social innovation, The Melting Pot, has announced an ‘Assisted Places’ programme offering free membership to 10 start-up social entrepreneurs....more
Voluntary Action Fund
Community Chest Grant...more
Social Enterprise Network Scotland
ANGUS Social Enterprise Network (ASEN) was launched in an inaugural meeting held at Augment (Scotland) Ltd on Monday....more
Social Enterprise Ceilidh Evaluation Report
This year, the ceilidh attracted 121 delegates and members from all 16 LSENs attended, with a total of 96 social entrepreneurs (79% of total), the remainder of the delegates being from intermediary organisations (Senscot, SSEC, Social Enterprise Academy, Social Firms Scotland, Social Investment Scotland), Scottish Government, RBS (main sponsor) and local councils. ...more
Get Ready to Compete
Get Ready to Compete: How your Business can benefit from the London 2012 and Glasgow 2014 Games ...more
Brief for Website Design and Launch
Community Enterprise is seeking appropriately experienced team to develop an accessible, easily identified and easy to use website. ...more
Social Enterprise of the Year UK Vote
The winning social enterprises from Scotland will go on to compete with winners from Wales, England and Northern Ireland in the grand UK final in December 2009....more
Centre of health and wellbeing advert for Perth and Kinross
Aim -To identify the market to deliver health and wellbeing services and healthy working lives agenda in Perth and Kinross....more
Knowledge & Skills Exchange Fund
Senscot is a partner in the Knowledge and Skills Exchange Fund, provided by Local People Leading (LPL - www.localpeopleleading.co.uk). The Fund supports activities which promote the exchange and dissemination of good practice through study visits......more
Applications Open for 'Do It' Awards
The UnLtd Sport Relief Awards are funded by Comic Relief and provide opportunities for young people to bring communities together, to help promote understanding and solve problems through sport, arts and recreational activities....more
Public Social Partnership project launched
Employment services for disabled people and a project aiming to reduce re-offending are among those which have been selected as pilots for a project to promote the design and delivery of public services through the third sector....more
20:Twenty Leadership Residential
Social Enterprise Academy are hoping to bring 20 leaders (or those working towards a leadership role) from around the Highlands & Islands social economy together at the Knipoch Hotel near Oban. ...more
Social Enterprise Awards
The first Social Enterprise Awards took place at the Parliament last night. A number of LSEN members were on the shortlist. ...more
Aspire to Enterprise
Aspire to enterprise is a new programme providing a range of Business Support Services to ambitious, developing social enterprises in Lowland Scotland.......more
Prove, Improve & Account
Social Accounting and Audit (SAA) can revolutionise the way you manage your organisation. It is a process that creates a flexible framework to help your organisation to fully account for its social, environmental, and economic impacts, and to report on its performance to stakeholders...more
Breadmaker announces best year to date
Aberdeen social enterprise, the Breadmaker, has announced its busiest year so far and is on line to becoming fully sustainable after just 3 years of trading as a social enterprise....more
Healthy Working Lives Initiative
The Scottish Government has launched a £1.5 million scheme aimed at reducing ill-health in Scotland's working age population....more
Selling to the NHS in Scotland
The NHS in Scotland spends over £1.5bn a year on the provision of a wide range of goods and services. This event will help suppliers to improve their understanding of the market and the opportunities that are on offer....more
£800,000 to inspire reuse revolution
PRESS RELEASE -For immediate release. Plans to increase the reuse of second hand furniture and household goods in Scotland were given a boost today with the launch of a £800,000 investment programme....more
Health staff prescribe comedy for patients with depression
They say laughter is the best medicine – now a group of health professionals are putting that theory to the test by "prescribing" comedy DVDs to patients with depression....more
Shortlist Announced for Scotland’s First Social Enterprise Awards
The search for Scotland’s best social enterprises has reached the final stages, as the shortlist for the first Social Enterprise Scotland Awards is revealed....more
A Christmas tree for life
IT WAS November, the weather was getting colder and Christmas shoppers were beginning to appear on the streets. John Rodgers stood at the top of Waverley Steps looking at the cheerful crowds and the brightly lit shop windows....more
Developing The Food Train Board Project (Expression of Interest)
The Board of Directors identified that changes and improvements are necessary to enable the smooth transition from a regional to national board and that external support would be necessary to help them manage this transition....more
Social Enterprise World Forum 2009
Social Ventures Australia (SVA) and Social Traders co-hosted the 2009 Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF) in Melbourne from 6-8 October. The purpose of SEWF was to support the emerging Australian social enterprise movement, showcase successful enterprises and raise the profile of social enterprise in the region and around the world...more
Business Acquisition programme
Social Firms Scotland’s purpose is to grow the Social Firm sector in Scotland in order to increase employment opportunities for severely disadvantaged people. The Business Acquisition programme is one of our activities. ...more
Set up a social enterprise
Community benefit societies (BenComs) are incorporated industrial and provident societies (IPS) that conduct business for the benefit of their community. Profits are not distributed among members, or external shareholders, but returned to the community. For example, a nursery school might use this form to let staff take part in decision-making....more
Search for Social Enterprise Snapper
The Scottish Social Enterprise Coalition has launched the search for an inspiring photographer to visually capture social enterprises in Scotland, telling their stories through imaginative pictures....more
Enterprising Third Sector Organisations Zone
Is your organisation an enterprising third sector body?...more
Healthier Lives, Wealthier Communities? Economic Evidence of Community-Led Health Improvement Impact
What is it? How might it be used? Does it matter? The conference will provide a timely opportunity for funders and commissioners of community health improvement and community and voluntary sector health initiatives to come together to learn more about, and take forward the agenda on economic evidence of community-led health improvement impact....more
PRESS RELEASE and PHOTO OPPORTUNITY – see MEDIA INVITATION below
Five pioneering organisations in Scotland have successfully met strict criteria to be the very first social enterprises in Scotland, to receive the Social Enterprise Mark....more
Think Tanks 'Shaping the Future' Conference Report
The Think Tanks Project is one of the cross-cutting strands of the SVA Programme portfolio of work...more
By the Community for the Community: community-led service provision in rural areas
From a leisure centre in Oban, to a shop in Uig; from a football pitch in Kilwinning, to a village hall in Lancashire, rural community groups across the UK and Ireland have found innovative ways to deliver the services they want and need. ...more
Social Enterprise Mark (SEM)
Senscot`s involvement with RISE and the Social Enterprise Mark (SEM) originated last February at Voice 08 in Liverpool where we had arranged to meet up with other Social Enterprise Networks from around the UK. For the past year, Senscot has introduced the `mark` through our weekly bulletin and has been taking soundings from various people within the sector...more
Further support for the Third Sector
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Community Energy Scotland wins major UK energy award
A small Highland-based social enterprise has won a major UK renewable energy industry award for its support to communities developing green energy projects. ...more
SE100 Index
The RBS SE100 Index is an essential new tool that charts the growth and impact of any organisations that deliver social, economic or environmental change including charities, housing associations, co-ops, social firms, community enterprises or ethical businesses....more
Mobilising society’s networks
Local government faces an almost impossibly tough decade...more
Responsible Purchasing
It is SPCB policy that all purchasing is undertaken in a responsible manner that builds on the Parliament’s strategic priorities and contributes to Sustainable Development. ...more
Third Sector and the Community Planning Partnerships
A major programme of change started in March 2008 when the Scottish Government announced that it would no longer fund the networks of councils of voluntary service, the volunteer centres, the local social economy partnerships and the social enterprise networks in their current form from April 2011....more
Social Enterprise Mark- qualification criteria
This document sets out the qualification criteria for organisations applying to access the Social Enterprise Mark....more
New health and wellbeing service for the Conference circuit!
Do you want to increase the numbers attending your conference or trade show? Do you want to improve the content of your conference? Do you want some new and exciting. health and wellbeing products to add that extra zing to your conference?...more
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Out of the Blue
Out of the blue was established in 1994 as a small gallery off Edinburgh's Royal Mile, with the aim of making the arts more accessible. In 1996, out of the blue instigated the conversion of the old bus depot offices on New Street into it's current home, a 13,000 ft² multi-disciplinary arts centre, which has become firm...more |
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