INVERNESS: Saturday 17/09/2011, 11:00-14:00 @SHIMCA, 1 Ardconnel Terrace, Inverness IV2 3AE

Social Enterprises are a profit making business with a difference. If you're thinking about starting a business, or if you have an idea for a business, we can offer you advice and support.
These workshops are designed to enhance the skills of Young (16-25) Ethnic Minority people, providing a firm introduction to Social Enterprise and FREE support to anyone coming to Social Enterprise for the first time.
These workshops are interactive and will give you an opportunity to ask the questions you need to start a new project or advance an existing project. Lunch will be provided. 
To book your place please phone Faheem Bhatti, Social Enterprise Officer
on 0141 248 4830 or email faheem.bhatti@cemvoscotland.org.uk

The Investment Surgeries are an opportunity for you to meet Creative Scotland staff who will be able to give you face-to-face tailored assistance with your inquiries about the Investment Programmes. They will be held around the country and will be scheduled regularly.

Before you attend the Investment surgery they ask ask that you read the guidelines associated with the Investment Programme in which you are interested.

To book an appointment at an investment surgery (up to 20 minute slots), please email pmo@creativescotland.com stating which surgery you wish to attend.

15 September 4 - 6pm Eden Court Theatre, Inverness
16 September 12 - 2pmMacphail Centre, Ullapool

If you wish to drop in, rather than booking space, please email pmo@creativescotland.com to query if there will be a drop-in allocation for your surgery.

Following a recent Business Breakfast, Inverness BID in conjunction with the Highland Council’s Business Gateway has organised a programme of “Free Training Workshops” for all Inverness BID members.

Places are limited and on a “first come, first served” basis.  A selection of the workshops include:
Skills Shops Information Session
A Beginners Guide to E Commerce for Small Businesses
Mary Portas Master Class - Selling and Service Skills
Managing Employee Relations

To take up this amazing opportunity you will need to be an Inverness BID member. For more information head to www.invernessbid.co.uk

Organisation: Voluntary Action Lochaber
Salary: £34,000
Closing date: 31 August 2011

VAL is at an exciting and significant stage of its development.  We are looking for a dynamic and motivated Chief Development Manager to lead our efforts to help organisations in Lochaber meet the challenges and opportunities presented by the public spending climate. This includes the potential for social enterprise development both for VAL and the wider community.  In addition, the success of Lifestyles, our housing support service, provides a platform for us to extend our work with people in need...read more

Argyll and Bute Social Enterprise Network
salary: £15,500
Argyll and Bute Social Enterprise Network (ABSEN) are looking for a recent graduate to join their team in Argyll to gather and communicate information about opportunities and case studies to members and partners. This 12 month placement will assist the development of Social Enterprise in Argyll and the UK.

Closing date for applications 26th September 2011.

For more information please visit the TalentScotland website.  This post is offered throught the TalentScotland Graduate Placement Programme and part funded by Highlands and Islands Enterprise and the European Regional Development Fund.   

Business Gateway is taking to the road again with a series of seven local events across Highland and Moray.  These are a great opportunity to meet other entrepreneurs, quiz business experts on the issues that matter, get your products or services seen by taking part inour business to business trade fair and discover what support is available to help business.

And if you’ve reached a stage where you’re thinking about markets outside the UK, Enterprise Europe will be there to help you make contacts in Europe and find commercial, R &D or technology sharing opportunities.
Each event runs from 4pm - 7pm at the following locations:
21 September - Pentland Hotel, Thurso
5 October - Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Skye
19 October - Caley Thistle Stadium, Inverness
3 November - Alexandra Hotel, Fort William
16 November - Macphail Centre, Ullapool
29 November - Laichmoray Hotel, Elgin
7 December - Dalfaber Golf & Country Club, Aviemore
To book a place please contact Michelle Wemyss:
Email: enterprise.europe@highland-opportunity.com
Tel: 01463 715400

Or to book directly visit the Enterprise Europe Scotland website:
Web: http://www.enterprise-europe-scotland.com and look for events > events calendar

 

 

Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) and CBS Network are delighted to report that a special collection on social enterprise has now been handed over to the GCU library. The collection includes archive papers and documents on Community Development, Community Enterprise, Social Enterprise and Social Accounting and Audit which have been assembled by John Pearce throughout his working life. To these have been added the Community Business Scotland archive of papers and reports from 1981 onwards.

For the past thirty five years John has played an inspiring and pivotal role at the heart of the community and social enterprise movements in Scotland. His retirement has provided a unique opportunity to create this Social Enterprise Collection (Scotland) at GCU. The field of this collection is wide. It ranges from the early Scottish roots of community business in the urban west of Scotland to the establishment of development units throughout the former regions; from the founding of the Scottish Social Enterprise Coalition to the spread of self-help structures for evaluation and reporting on social, economic and environmental
performance; and from the Community Co-operatives in the Highlands and Islands to community economic development projects in India.

The collection ties in with the new Masters in Social Enterprise course being run at GCU in partnership with the Social Enterprise Academy. It also has clear and useful cross-sectoral links to related fields of interest. Once catalogued, it is planned to make it more widely accessible, beyond university users.

The next step is for CBS Network and GCU to work together to attract funding for an archivist to sort and catalogue the collection. An initial sum of £30,000 will be sufficient to jump start this work.

The two organisations are now keen to attract further papers and documents that will contribute to this becoming the leading reference point for the history and future development of policy and practice in social enterprise in Scotland and beyond.

For more information contact Alan Tuffs 01506 87 33 55 or alan.tuffs@btinternet.com

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