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Welcome to the September Kirklees Social Enterprise Link e-newsletter. This provides you with up to date, local and national news for people interested in the ever growing and changing world of social enterprise.

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If you have any information or news that you think should feature in the next newsletter please email info@sesc.info

News

Microsoft Community Learning Awards – Nominations now open

This year they are making grants of £2,500 plus essential IT software to 30 winning entrants.  The deadline for applications is 27th September and winners will be notified in mid-November.

Community groups and registered charities throughout the UK that are seeking funding for IT skills projects for disadvantaged young people and adults in their area are eligible to apply.

Application forms available from the Community Awards website at:

www.ukcommunityawards.com

Would you like to join the 40 organisations in the Voluntary, Community & faith Sector in West Yorkshire who became recognised Investors in People in June this year?

The Learning & Skills Council West Yorkshire funded CMS Consultancy to provide a programme of guidance and support for organisations in the voluntary, community and faith sector who wished to become recognised Investors in People

Organisations join the programme by registering their commitment to become a recognised Investor in People. On joining the programme each organisation is entitled to:

If you would like to find out more about Investors in People and the support programme please contact  Auriel Le Pla, CMS Consultancy, 01422 836606 or auriel@cmsconsult.co.uk 

Funding

Funding Handbooks

The Urban Team based at Voluntary Action Calderdale, produce a set of funding handbooks that are free to the Community and Voluntary Sector

For more information call 01422 348777 or email info@cvac.org.uk

Further possible Funding Options for Children and Young Peoples groups:

            Lloyds TSB: 08704111232

            Tesco Charity: 01924 646768

            Big Boost: 08454102030

            Awards for All: 08456002040

            Healthy Heart Grant/Sport & Healthy Eating Grant: 01132347474

Barclays Stockbrokers Trust

Provides grants to registered and exempt charities only. One of their priorities is Children and Young People. Grants in the region of £10,000 - £50,000 are available for capital and project costs, but not for core revenue funding.

Contact 01606313173

What's On

Launch of the Community Arts Enterprise Network

4th October 2006 9.30am till 1pm

The Carlisle Business Centre, Carlisle Road, Bradford, BD8 8BD.

The launch event will look at some potential opportunities for the Community Arts Sector as well as providing a platform for you to discuss issues affecting the industry and network with other social enterprises from West Yorkshire.  . Hear from supporting agencies and experienced practitioners from a variety of community arts organisations.

During the event we will be covering:

The event is free of charge.  Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. For a booking form or more information contact Lucy Piatkowski on 01924 241330 or email lucy.p@sesc.info

Driving into Sustainability

Do you provide a community transport service or do you have a minibus and would like to maximise its usage?

The Community Transport Network event to be held on 2nd November will cover major aspects of the industry including procurement, funding, marketing and legislation.  For further information or to book onto the event please contact Rachel Oddie at SESC on 01924 241330 or email Rachel.oddie@sesc.info

Tender Readiness Tool Kit

These sessions will be held monthly; the next session will be 22nd September, 10am-12.30 pm at the Social Enterprise Support Centre.

Workshops thereafter will be held on: October 27th, November 30th & December 15th

If you need an organisational health check before seeking contracts this is probably the most useful DVD you can get your hands on. View a demonstration of the toolkit and seek professional advice about your organisation’s capacity to deliver new contracts.

An organisational checklist shows how you identify full cost recovery, staff skills, equipment needs and policy requirements. Organise your project information to see at a glance what your capacity might be in the short, mid and long term.

A service development tool indicates the elements of a product or service you need to have developed to sell it successfully on a contract basis.

A staff skills checklist enables you to measure your staff’s capability to call on the skills needed to operate in a growing organisation with new contracts coming in and all that entails.

Where to look for contracts, who to speak to and what to do are also covered.

For further information or to book on the event please contact Lucy Piatkowski on 01924 241330 or email lucy.p@sesc.info

Listen  to Chose, Talk to Lose

3rd October, 6pm – 8pm at Business Link Suite, Commerce House, Wakefield Road, Aspley, Huddersfield, HD5 9AA

Develop your selling skills through listening to your customers: the pitfalls of telling our customers about our business without first listening to them…. A failsafe process for making informed decisions.

To book your FREE place please contact the Business Link Team on 0845 833 6000

Regional Fair Trade Project – Yorkshire and the Humber

Monday 6th November, 12pm – 2pm, Grange Interlink Community Centre, Summerville Road, Bradford, BD7 1XP. Free, registration only event

Speakers include:

To register contact Dina Greenwood at Bradford Metropolitan District Council on 01274 438849  or email Diana.greenwood@bradford.gov.uk

Would you like to know how to build a strong brand for your business?

If so join us for our next WIN meeting on the 17th October,11.30am-2.30pm at The Rock Inn Hotel, Holywell Green, Halifax, HX4 9BS

Guest Speaker: Joy Naylor from Affinity Marketing will talk about: ‘Building a strong brand for a small business’.

Cost: £10

Lunch will be provided and there will be structured networking to help you make those all-important contacts to help you in your business. There will be a prize draw and an expert on hand to give business advice and information.

To book to attend the next meeting please send a cheque for £10 per place booked (made payable to WYEA) FAO: Lynn Pearson, Business Link West Yorkshire, Croft Myl, West Parade, Halifax, HX1 2EQ


Please ensure that your booking and cheque reach us by Tuesday 10th October

Social Enterprise – Is it the right route for you?

A social enterprise is a business with social aims. All profits are reinvested back into the business or the community.  If you would like to explore the concept of social enterprise, find out how to set up a social enterprise and what support is available you need to book your place on our introductory workshop.

The workshop is aimed at community organisations and voluntary groups, as well as individuals looking to improve their community through business activities.

The workshop will be held on the following dates and at the following locations:

12 October 2006                     2pm – 4pm       Huddersfield

11 January 2007                       2pm – 4pm       Huddersfield

For further information or to book on a workshop please call 0845 833 6000.

A Basic Guide to Quickbooks

Wednesday 25th October 2006, 10am—4pm at LEARN, Dewsbury

WYCAS are offering a Quickbooks course for the voluntary sector to give participants an overview of the accounting package.

The course is designed for those new to using QuickBooks and those thinking of computerising their finance systems

Participants will be able to: - 

For further information or to book a place please contact Alison Wolfenden on 01484 716590 or email alison.wolfenden@wycas.org.uk

ACCESSIBLE - AFFORDABLE - SUSTAINABLE

Wednesday 11th October, 9:30am - 4:30pm at The National Children's Centre, Brian Jackson House, New North Parade, Huddersfield

A route map for ICT Services in the Voluntary Sector in West Yorkshire

Are you lost in the maze of ICT? Are you unsure of which way to turn?

Worried about:

Meeting legal requirements?  Uncontrollable costs? Technical disasters?  Having the time?

Conference and workshops covering:

For more details and bookings:Contact Electroville (Not National Children's Centre)Tel: 0845 337 2732, Email: enquiries@electroville.org.uk, www.electroville.org.uk

CSV Make a Difference Day: 28th October 2006

CSV Make a Difference Day campaign weeks: 21st October 2006- 4th November 2006

Not every campaign can help you tackle local issues, help you work with neighbouring organisations, and help you recruit long-term volunteers. In fact, only this one does.

CSV Make a Difference Day is the biggest day of community action for the UK Volunteering and voluntary organisations get a share of some £2mn worth of media limelight, and a chance to recruit more than 100,000 volunteers. That’s the bigger picture – we can also help with the practical aspects.

Not sure what type of activity you would like to do?

We have four free, celebrity-endorsed How-To Guides to take you through four themed activities. We also have a website packed with activity ideas.

Don’t really know how to organise an activity?

For every group that registers, we send out a FREE Action Pack, which contains an activity organiser’s guide and media toolkit, health and safety information, plus balloons, certificates, pens, and chocolate.

Want to promote your activity and get local publicity

Over 35 local BBC radio stations support CSV Make a Difference Day. Your registered CSV Make a Difference Day activity could receive some valuable air-time!

What are you waiting for? Log on now to www.csv.org.uk/difference to get registered, and get your hands on some early registration freebies!

This course will introduce you to PQASSO and advise you on how to get started on the road to implementing a quality assurance system.

Training

Postgraduate Certificate/Postgraduate Diploma/MSc

Msc Social Entrepreneurship

The social enterprise sector is one of the fastest-growing, most creative and dynamic parts of the economy. It offers employment opportunities that give you the chance to make a real difference in society.

This programme is specifically designed to help those wishing to be involved in creating and sustaining social enterprises. It is also ideal for existing social entrepreneurs and there enablers working for support agencies. The courses are offered in collaboration with the Social Enterprise Support Centre.

Key benefits to students include:

The acquisition of a range of management skills that are essential in social enterprise and are highly transferable to other contexts

The opportunity to explore and develop social enterprise ideas in a supportive environment

Access to social enterprise networks

Bursaries available for certificate and diploma options the MSc has bursaries available to cover 75% of the tuition fees

£50,000.00 in student bursaries available. You could receive money towards the cost of your course!

Modules taken include:

Entry Requirements

If you have a prior degree or other academic qualifications or have relevant work experience you could be eligible to join the programme.

Email business-studies@hud.ac.uk or call 01484 472024

Charities Information Bureau Training

Planning a fundable project: Wednesday 4th October, 10am – 3pm

Raising money from Charitable Trusts and Companies: Wednesday 18th October, 9.30am – 12.30pm

 Contact Baljinder Kaur on 01484 518457 for bookings and more information

Skills Training for Voluntary Sector Managers and Trustees

 

The Directory of Social Change will be in Huddersfield to provide two days of top quality training on Wed 27 Sept and Mon 2 Oct. The days will provide organisations with the tools to address

(1) business planning and strategic issues on the 27th and

(2) funding and financial management on the 2nd.

 

The courses run from 9.30-4.30 at Dalton Grange in Huddersfield.

Each day of training is being subsidised by the Regional Community Waste Network (CWN) and is available for £35 inc. VAT (usual cost >£130).

 

If you would like to find out more about this one-off opportunity, contact Paul at the CWN - 07980 223341; paulf@crn.org.uk.

Vacancies

Community Arts Manager £ 23,175 per annum

3 year contract subject to funding and following probationary period

Kirkgate Studios and Workshops is a lively community art workshop delivering a range of art and craft activities at its site in Shipley and in the community.

Our present project manager is retiring.

We require a manager to oversee all aspects of our activities including development of new projects, fundraising, partnership working, and support for our sessional tutors and managing our building.

Current CRB check will be required

CVs alone will not be accepted.

For further information and an application form please contact :

Kirkgate_studios_and_workshops@hotmail.com

Or 01274 598928, Or Kirkgate Studios and Workshops, Kirkgate, Shipley  BD18 3EH

CLOSING DATE OCTOBER 6th

Fit4Funding (The Charities Information Bureau) is looking to add to their team of trainers and associate trainers to support training delivery on fundraising and related issues.

Scale SO1 - SO2 (£23,175 - 26,928 f/t) plus non-contributory pension and health scheme

Associates will be required to have strong training skills, a knowledge of funding issues, and be able to deliver both short courses and accredited training programmes on an "as required" basis. Hours by agreement.

Trainer (full time) Experience in funding or related management training for community and voluntary groups required.

For both posts knowledge of voluntary organisations, preferably in a training environment, and experience in funding or related management training for community and voluntary groups is essential. The work will take place within West Yorkshire and occasionally further a field.

Closing date 20th September.

fit4funding, 93 Lawefield Lane, Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF2 8SU. For a

form download from  www.fit4funding.org.uk Flexible hours and holidays. CV's

will not be considered.

Tel: 01924 239063 E-mail: info@fit4funding.org.uk

Figment Theatre Community Interest Company require a Sales and Marketing Officer

£20,800 pro rata

2 days a week for 12 months

Figment Theatre produces quality creative theatre projects to inspire social change. We are looking for an experienced person to support the artistic growth of our business by increasing sales of our products and nurturing new clients and contacts. You must have at least 2 years experience of sales and the ability to devise and implement sales and marketing strategies and campaigns. Excellent communication skills, the ability to work in a small team and a passion for the arts are essential.

Application deadline 29th September 2006.

Interviews 11th October 2006.
For further information and job pack contact  info@figmenttheatre.co.uk quoting the job title
or download the job description and application form online at http://www.figmenttheatre.co.uk/

Can you pioneer a new construction consortium?

A ‘hands on’ role leading and ensuring delivery of all activities of Construction United (Kirklees) Community Interest Company.

This is a new Kirklees based construction consortium dedicated to supporting local small and medium sized construction businesses, and the local economy, as a social enterprise.The challenge will be to promote, tender for work, co-ordinate and administer activities on behalf of the consortium businesses. The directors will provide strategic support.

Your construction experience will have embraced all aspects of business with emphasis on estimating, contract management and purchasing with customer contact. A strong commitment to the concept and success of a ‘not for profit’ consortium is essential.

Initial salary c. £26,000 p.a. reflecting company development in the future.

Please send your CV with a supporting letter to:

Construction United (Kirklees) Community Interest Company c/o Unit 5, Gatehouse Enterprise Centre, Albert Street, Lockwood, HUDDERSFIELD HD1 3QD

Closing Date: 30th September

Links

West Yorkshire Social Enterprise Link:    http://www.wyselink.co.uk/

Social Enterprise Support Centre:           http://www.sesc.info/

Social Enterprise Yorkshire & Humber     http://www.seyh.org.uk/

Bfunded                                                 http://www.bfunded.org.uk/

Supplier route to government                http://www.supply2.gov.uk/

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