Featured in this
month's newsletter:
- Support for Social Enterprises
- Training Introduction to Social Enterprise
at the British Library, Effective
Marketing for Social Enterprises
- Other news London Angel
Network Celebrates 10 years
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Support
Are
you looking for support to grow your social enterprise?
If so, Business
in the Community’s initiative arc
could be for you. arc is
an innovative support service for social enterprises, connecting you with
expert support and business opportunities to help you grow. arc’s target is to support social
enterprises to create 1,000 jobs for East London residents by 2015 and
1,000 jobs for West London residents by 2016.
The programme is
supported by a wide range of business partners including founding
partners BP, Deloitte, Visa Europe, and support from CBS Outdoor,
Freshfields, Rabbit and Workspace Group.
arc is currently working
with over 50 social enterprises across East and West London. The package
of support includes:
• Needs-focussed
advice from senior business people from our business partners
• Professional
project delivery from business specialists
• Subsidised
training and social return on investment consultancy from leading
providers Disclosure: Red Ochre
is an arc
delivery partner for the social enterprise training aspect of
the support programme.
• Flexible space
to work and present your business
• Access to a
range of social investment organisations
The criteria for
social enterprises joining arc are that they:
• are
financially sustainable (not reliant on grants or other non-trading
income)
• have a social
or environmental purpose at their heart
• can create
jobs for Olympic Borough or/and West London borough residents
The deadline for
applications is Friday 3rd May.
Please get in touch with Mike Freeman, arc West London Social
Enterprise Manager via email or telephone 07803-027-950 if you are
interested in applying or hearing more.
Training
Free
Training: Introduction to Social Enterprise 7th May, British Library IP
Centre
If you have an
idea for a project with a clear social mission it is essential that you
select you understand all the different structures to realise your
project.
Read more here, or to book a place click here.
17th
May: Effective marketing for social enterprises
SE UK and Red Ochre are combining to bring you a
full day interactive workshop on effective marketing and communications
for social enterprises.
The practical
and exercise led workshop will take place on Friday, 17th May 2013 from
10:00 to 16:00 (BST) at CAN Mezzanine, London, United Kingdom.
The cost is £99+VAT for non-SE UK members or £75+VAT for SE UK members .
See eventbrite for more information or to
book a place.
Other News
The London Angel
Club celebrates its 10th Anniversary. The event on Wednesday 22nd May is
being hosted by Taylor Wessing on. Recent successes include £750k closed
in 3 deals & 3Cs 10 years.
To register for this meeting please
add a comment to this discussion stating that you will be attending. You
are welcome to bring guests - add their names to your comment.
We will be
having presentations from some of the 186 Business Pitches that have been
presented at our past 86 meetings.
We have interest
from a number of people that have not attended recently who are looking
forward to joining us again. If you wish to attend this meeting, please
register so that we are able to effectively cater for the larger numbers
expected, print you a name badge and provide a list of attendees for
security.
Venue:
Taylor
Wessing, 5 New Street Square, London EC4A 3TW. Click here for a map.
Admission: £5
