Ludus Dance is seeking an experienced and creative dance professional with a strong artistic vision for developing dance. Hours: 30 hours per week Salary: £24,000 pro rata depending on experience The successful candidate will be part of a … [Read more...]
Job: Fork To Fork Project Worker (based in Lancaster)
May 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Fork To Fork Project Worker (based in Lancaster) Hours: 21 per week Salary: £11 per hour This post involves working alongside local people with learning difficulties in developing around two acres of land in Lancaster into a place to grow … [Read more...]
Centre for Social Action Innovation Fund
May 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Centre for Social Action Innovation Fund The idea The Centre for Social Action Innovation Fund is a £14 million Fund to support the growth of innovations that mobilise people's energy and talents to help each other, working alongside … [Read more...]
Social Incubator North
May 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Social Incubator North is a new way for entrepreneurs; where business has soul and success is more than the bottom line. It’s a unique opportunity to submit your business idea, whether you’re an established organisation with a new concept or a … [Read more...]
Lattice Works SE Support still available
May 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Lattice Works programme to support social enterprise in Lancaster district was due to wind down in March 2013. We are pleased to be able to say that we can continue to offer one to one support to locally based social enterprises until at least … [Read more...]
Start up advice for Social Enterprises in Lancashire
May 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Are you a social enterprise, community group or new organisation looking for support to get started or further develop? “We’ve lost our grant/contract-where can we get funding?” “We are a voluntary group and need help to develop … [Read more...]
New law expected to help SE grow
February 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Social Value Act, which comes into force today, means public bodies are now obliged to consider ‘social value’ in commissioning practices, but the Act must be built on, says SEUK. The national body for social enterprise have outlined … [Read more...]
The WISE Trading Journey toolkit
February 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
This online toolkit is designed to help you earn money from trading for community benefit. WISE have broken down the complex task of setting up a business into 7 bite size chunks so that you can take things one-step at a time. For each step of the … [Read more...]
The five top risks for a charity becoming a social enterprise
December 11, 2012 by Leave a Comment
From a blog on the Inspire2aspire website: "For a proposal recently the charity wanted to understand the risks for them as a small charity in moving to a social enterprise model. It made me think and here is what I wrote. In our experience of … [Read more...]
Free Guide Can Help Charities Adopt Social Enterprise Approach
November 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Pilotlight and Social Enteprise UK are offering a free guide called “Why Social Enterprise? A Guide for Charities”. The new free guide has been published in response to a call from the charitable sector for information and advice on how to … [Read more...]