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FutureLearn have teamed up with Middlesex University Business School to offer a flexible and FREE online training course about setting up a sustainable social enterprise. The Social Enterprise program comprises three online courses which introduce you to the world of social enterprise. You will find out how to design your social enterprise model and bring it … Read more

The Ideas that Change Lives programme offers business guidance and financial investment to help organisations and individuals develop socially enterprising ideas which support people in Leeds, West Yorkshire with care and support needs. Grant funds are available from £500 to £15,000. Grant fund focus is on ideas that have a real impact on: Older people … Read more

The structure of health and social care is changing, integration is the new buzz word and ‘Integrated Care Systems’ (ICS) are to become the norm – but what are they and how will they affect communities, particularly those in rural areas? Find out more in this excellent article by Jessica Sellick, a senior research fellow at … Read more

Keen to do your own accounts and bookkeeping but not sure where to start? WYCAS are offering a free 3 hour ‘DIY Accounts in Excel’ training workshop. The session will include practical exercises and will use a free template which you will give you the confidence to set up a bookkeeping system on a spreadsheet. … Read more

The Open University are offering hundreds of FREE online training programmes from introductory to advanced levels. Broad topics covered include: Health, Sports and Psychology Education and Development History and The Arts Languages Money and Business Nature and Environment Science, Maths and Technology Society, Politics and Law Examples of the specific courses include: Entrepreneurship – from … Read more

If you manage a charity or social enterprise you might be required to measure your impact or ‘social impact’ to satisfy your funders or stakeholders but doing so can also help the people that your organisation supports. Good Finance have launched an easy-to-follow video to help you think about how you can measure social impact … Read more

The Wakeham Trust support small scale change through offering grants between £150-2500 to community projects. Projects the Trust is keen to support include: Projects that are too new to get support through established fundraising channels Well panned projects that are likely to be self-supporting in future Projects that involve groups who are usually considered recipients … Read more

MediaTrust have put together a short guide to help you get noticed (in the right way!) by the media and talks about how you can tell your story. The guide provides top tips and best practice advice on interacting with the media from three different perspectives: the communications trainer, the equality charity and the media. … Read more

When: Wednesday 15th January 2020, 18:00-20:00 Where: Old School, High Street, Queen Camel, BA22 7NH Cost: FREE Join ESEN for the launch of Enhance Social Enterprise Network, Somerset. The network aims to raise awareness of its members and their positive impacts, add value to organisations by providing access to support and funding, and host opportunities … Read more

Unsure where to get funding and what you’ll be eligible for? Spark Somerset are offering a FREE funding search for your organisation. The search is bespoke to your organisation and covers a number of funding databases. Email Spark Somerset to find out more: support@sparksomerset.org.uk Read more