Digbeth Connect Coffee Morning Yesterday morning we held our first Digbeth Connect Coffee Morning. This was an experimental session, breaking from the Digbeth Social Enterprise Quarter’s traditional networking event but what an event! We were visited by the new proprietors of the Warehouse Cafe in the Friends of the Earth and were able to arrange a program of business support, …
Social Enterprise World Forum – Digbeth Social Enteprise Safari
The Social Enterprise World Forum is celebrating its 10th birthday this year by returning to Edinburgh 10 years on from the first ever SEWF event that was held in the city. The past 10 years have cemented SEWF as the global organisation that aims to help build and develop the social enterprise sector and Edinburgh seemed the perfect place for …
Put Social Enterprises at the Top of your Christmas Shopping List!
Social Enterprise UK has released its 2016 Gift Guide to make it easy for you to do a whole lot of good when you do your Christmas shopping this year. Luxury soaps that create jobs for the blind, coffee that empowers the homeless to become professional baristas and yoga gear that funds business courses for women in rural India are …
Digbeth Cheapside and Highgate Social Enterprise Network Meeting
Our next meeting takes place on Tuesday 14th June, 8.30 to 10.00 am at iSE, B12 0HJ. If you have an interest in social enterprise, why not join us? It’s free to attend and will give you a chance to mingle with likeminded people, make useful contacts and get involved in helping to boost the sector in Birmingham. We will be sharing members …
Let’s Get More Brummies Buying from Social Enterprises
A wide-ranging discussion at the Digbeth, Highgate and Cheapside Social Enterprise Network meeting this morning concluded that two key activities for the year ahead should be collaborating to increase impact and sustainability and encouraging local individuals and organisations – in the public, private and civil society sectors – to buy from local social enterprises. Sarah Crawley from iSE reported that …
Next Digbeth, Cheapside & Highgate Social Enterprise Networking Event
Join us on Tuesday 21st October for our latest Digbeth Social Enterprise Quarter Networking Breakfast. 8:30 – 10:00 am at iSE.