Newsletter
Oct 20, 2009Issue 70
Welcome to a short but sweet RISE newsletter, including...
Book onto the RISE annual conference and AGM: Making a difference, with very special keynote speaker Penny Newman. Find out more here Last chance to apply for the Finance Director vacancy at RISE
The Lively Leadership Pioneer Programme
See www.rise-sw.co.uk/cornwallevents for a comprehensive update of events in Cornwall for emerging and existing social enterprises, delivered in partnership with Business Link and Co-active
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Defra visit shows support for food-growing co-operatives in the capital
Co-operativesUK along with the four other organisations that comprise The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Social Enterprise Strategic Partnership - including RISE, took Defra staff to two innovative social enterprises in London the Hornbeam Centre and the Shoreditch Development Trust to see first hand the excellent work the organisations are doing in the capital.Read More...
The Lively Leadership Pioneer Programme
This Pioneer programme is being managed by COSMIC and offered by the Social Enterprise Leadership Partnership (SELP) which is a collaboration between key agencies in the South West to deliver specific leadership training to managers in social enterprises. In researching need and developing learning tools and methods, the partners will develop innovative best practice which they will disseminate and seek to mainstream to other social enterprise networks and to other relevant agencies.Read More...
Global Entrepreneurship Week - Women of the West event
The Women of the West will be hosting an event during Global Entrepreneurship Week on the 18th November 2009 at the Mercure Holland House Hotel (Bristol), to celebrate womens enterprise. Don't miss your chance to attend this exciting event and nominate a role model.Read More...
Job opportunity at RISE
Finance DirectorBased at the RISE Offices Exeter
£34,801-40,802 (Grade E Scp 20-25) + 8% pension pro rata
21 hours/week, pro-rata
Application deadline: noon, 22nd October 2009
Interview: 2nd November 2009
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Event Date: Oct 22, 2009
SW - FREE - Investment Readiness
Location - Paignton
Is it time for you to start looking at the long-term financial sustainability of your organisation?
Do you regularly assess your financial needs against future risks?
Would you like to attract an investor?
Do you need to borrow money
Event Date: Oct 22, 2009
Cornwall - Moving Away from Grants
Location - Redruth
Does your organisation need to become less reliant on grants?
Are you planning to develop trading activities as a means to sustainability?
Would you like to diversify and explore the benefits of doing so?
Event Date: Oct 23, 2009
SW - Get Involved: an introduction to the work of Parliament
Location - Exeter CVS, Wat Tyler House, Exeter
An invitation to voluntary sector organisations - find out how your organisation can get involved with the work of Parliament by attending a free workshop.
Find out more.Event Date: Oct 23, 2009
SW - Sustainable Somerset Conference
Location - Winford Manor, near Bristol
This event will work in a multidisciplinary way across the Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability fields to address some of the issues we all face.
Find out more.Event Date: Oct 27, 2009
SW - Lively Leadership - Stress Management
Location - Exeter
Offered under the Lively Leadership programme.
Understanding the symptoms of stress, managing stress and preventing stress. This practical workshop is founded on proven ways to prevent distress and optimise healthy pressure to deliver high levels of performance. We'll be using clear models, tips and strategies to help you handle the stresses of modern life and work effectively.
Event Date: Oct 27, 2009
SW - FREE - Starting in Social Enterprise
Location - Taunton
The workshop is designed to help your organisation develop good management processes as you identify trading opportunities either for the first time or as an additional activity to current delivery. Find out more.Event Date: AM Oct 29, 2009
SW - Monitoring & Evaluation
Location - Fairspace, CEU Ltd
The questions arise: Are we doing any good? Can we do better? What can we learn from others? Should we look for some quality mark? How much time and cost should we put into monitoring and evaluation? This session helps you think about these issues. Find out more.Event Date: PM Oct 29, 2009
SW - Business Planning
Location - Fairspace, CEU Ltd
This session looks at the business plan and how to write it. Good planning is the key to successful community enterprises and the plan has many important uses beyond those of raising money. Find out more.Event Date: Oct 29, 2009
Other - Good Deals 2009, the national social investment conference
Location - London
Brought to you by Social Enterprise magazine, in partnership with the Department of Communities and Local Government, the Office of the Third Sector and NESTA, Good Deals is back with one bold aim: to bring together the most inspirational social entrepreneurs with the most innovative investors to get good deals done.
Find out more.Event Date: Oct 30, 2009
SW - Get Involved: an introduction to the work of Parliament
Location - The Southville Centre, Beauley Road, Southville, Bristol
An invitation to voluntary sector organisations - find out how your organisation can get involved with the work of Parliament by attending a free workshop.
Find out more.Event Date: Nov 02, 2009
SW - Conflict Resolution
Location - Plymouth CAB
Conflict Resolution - A One Day Training WorkshopThis course will help you look at what conflict is and examine your own reactions to it, as well as what other people might be thinking and feeling. From this you will look at the skills and processes that can be used when faced with conflict to make sure that its results are positive, whether at home or at work. Find out more.
Event Date: Nov 03, 2009
SW - Lively Leadership - Leadership in Tough TImes
Location - Taunton
Part of the Lively Leadership programme.
A full day with Julie Harris exploring the essential behaviours and characteristics Leaders need to adopt and accentuate when times are tough. It will be a day when you can learn from others in the group and share your own experiences as well as taking away many useful ideas and strategies you'll be able to adopt instantly.
Event Date: Nov 03, 2009
SW - FREE - Starting in Social Enterprise
Location - Exeter
The workshop is designed to help your organisation develop good management processes as you identify trading opportunities either for the first time or as an additional activity to current delivery.
Find out more.Event Date: Nov 03, 2009
SW - Community Shares - Learning and Sharing
Location - Langport
A chance to get together and exchange learning and experiences with others who are involved in the community investment process.
Find out more.Event Date: Nov 03, 2009
SW - South West Forum Annual Conference and AGM
Location - Cheltenham
3rd & 4th November 2009.
Value, voice and vision.
Confirmed Speakers are:
Sukhvinder Kaur-Stubbs, Chair, Volunteering England
Sir Harry Studholme, Chair, South West RDA
Simon Blake, Chair, Compact Voice
Peter Bungard, Chief Executive, Gloucestershire County Council
Event Date: Nov 03, 2009
Cornwall - Governance and Legal Structures
Location - Par
Are you involved with a charity or community group that needs to develop a trading arm?
Does your steering group or committee need to move from unincorporated status to that of a Company?
Do you want to learn how to choose the right legal structure?
Event Date: Nov 05, 2009
Cornwall - Moving Away from Grants
Location - Bodmin
Does your organisation need to become less reliant on grants?
Are you planning to develop trading activities as a means to sustainability?
Would you like to diversify and explore the benefits of doing so?
Would you like to join? RISE is a membership organisation and is open to anyone based in the region who is interested in the social enterprise agenda in South West England. For organisations that provide information, advice and support to social enterprises, RISE provides an enhanced level of membership, called RISE Additions. RISE Additions provides discounts and benefits, including to RISE training and Business Advice Network.
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