14 August 2006

Wakefield Social Enterprise Link e-Newsletter

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

Would you like to know what other social enterprises in your industry are doing, would you like the opportunity to share best practice, celebrate your successes and keep up to date with developments within your sector? If so sign up to the Social Enterprise Networks. There are ten networks covering a variety of industry sectors from childcare to construction. As a member you will be able to attend networking events, receive newsletters and be able to share information with other social enterprises across West Yorkshire. For further information or to sign up to the networks go to http://www.sesc.info/ or contact Rachel Oddie at Rachel.oddie@sesc.info or call 01924 241330. Sign up in the next few weeks and you could win a free subscription to the Social Enterprise Magazine.

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

NEWS

Social Enterprise Yorkshire & Humber Awards 2006
The winners of this years awards have now been chosen and will be announced at the Social Enterprise Yorkshire & Humber Awards Dinner later this year. So, if you haven't been contacted by a member of the Social Enterprise Link team by now, unfortunately you have not been successful this time but we hope you will enter again next year.

2007 GlaxoSMithKline Community Health IMAPCT Awards

The 2007 GlaxoSmithKline Community Health IMPACT Awards have been launched. The awards are run in association with the King's Fund.

Full details on the 2007 IMPACT Awards available at http://www.sesc.info/www.kingsfund.org.uk/gskimpactawards

These annual awards provide core funding for charities in the UK that are doing excellent work to improve people's health. Charities applying must be at least three years old and have income under £1 million. An overall winner will receive £30,000, nine other winners will receive £20,000, and up to ten highly commended organisations receive £5,000.

Closing date for applications - 5pm Thursday 19th October 2006

Email enquiries to: gskenquiries@kingsfund.org.uk

Funding

Faith Communities Capacity Building Fund

A second round of the Faith Communities Capacity Building Fund has been

announced. Closing date for applications is 1st November 2006.

Organisations can apply for small grants (up to £5,000) or large grants (between £5,000 and £30,000) which are available between April 2007 and

March 2008.

The fund will support faith and inter faith organisations to strengthen their capacity (capacity building) in order to play a fuller part in civil society/community cohesion. It will also support inter faith activities which bring together people from different faith groups to talk, network and learn from one another.

Who can apply?

· Faith based organisations

· Inter faith organisations

· Voluntary and Community organisations carrying out inter faith activities or working with faith communities

· Partnerships between several faith or inter faith organisations in an area.

Further details and the paperwork can be downloaded at www.cdf.org.uk

Alternatively, telephone CDF on: 01223 400341 or email:

fundingadmin@cdf.org.uk

Hanson Environment Fund

The Hanson Environment Funds main grants and small grants scheme are to close to new applicants on Monday 16th October 2006.

Organisations are strongly encouraged to make their submissions as soon as possible to ensure the required funding is available.

The fund offers two levels of support:

Small grants scheme - grants between £250 and £5,000 for community amenities, and wildlife and habitat conservation. Applicants do not need to be enrolled with ENTRUST.

Main grants scheme - grants between £5,001 and £25,000 for the creation and improvement of parks and public amenities and the creation, restoration and management of areas specifically to safeguard and/or enhance biodiversity.

Applicants must be enrolled with ENTRUST.

Website: www.hansonenvfund.org

Jobnet Wage Subsidy Project

The Labour Market Initiatives Team has recently secured funding to provide a wage subsidy for employers who are willing to provide employment opportunities for the long-term unemployed or people with disabilities.

A subsidy of 50% of the wage and employers NI costs will be paid together with any associated training costs. The subsidy will be available for 26 weeks, at the end of which it is expected that the person will continue in employment.

The project is aimed at providing an opportunity for people on incapacity benefit or lone parents wishing to return to employment. The subsidy is flexible to allow a range of work hours, between 10 hours (minimum) and full time. Employees must reside in the Wakefield MDC area although preference will be given to people living in the following areas.

Kinsley

Fitzwilliam

Ferry Fryston

Lupset

Agbrigg

South Elmsall

If you would like further details please contact Linda Harrison or Carol Shillito on 01924 306644.

What’s on

Supplying the Local Authority

Voluntary & Community Sector Procurement Workshop

Tuesday 12th September, 10am – 3pm

Wakefield Metropolitan District Council (WMDC) has teamed up with Social Enterprise Link (SEL) and Voluntary Action Wakefield and District (VAWD) to explain in plain English how to contract with the local authority.

Representatives will be attending from across council departments

-Choice of Workshops throughout the day include:

Compact funding and procurement code
Tender Readiness Toolkit
Local Area Agreements
Contract Management
Back to Basics: how to tender

-Get advice

-Network, meet other like minded organisation and potential new business partners

-Transport provided

-Lunch provided

Plus exhibits from local support agencies, funders and public sector organisations

Booking is through the Social Enterprise Support Centre 01924 241330, or online at www.sesc.info/events

Please note the event is free of charge, but places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Please book early to avoid disappointment

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:

22 August 2006 6pm – 8pm Huddersfield

14 September 2006 2pm – 4pm Halifax

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

Business Link Workshops

Business Link are offering a series of events, seminars and workshops that may be essential to you and your business, why not try??

What you need to know about promoting your business

Fighting Cyber Crime

Negotiating and Influencing Skills

Dealing with violence and aggression in the workplace

Market research

Train the In house trainer

An introduction to motivating yourself and your team

Using service Excellence to Release your business potential

Enterprise and Business Growth Scheme

To book your place or for further information, please contact the Business Link Gateway on 0845 833 6000. All events are free to attend unless other wise stated.

Mini Conference & AGM

27^th September, Salvation Army, Castleford.

Workshops 9.30am – 12pm

AGM – 12.30pm

Lunch 1pm – 2pm

Workshops on the day include:

Create & Connect (with VAWD ICT project & DIVA)

Develop your group (with VAWD Group Development & BME Project)

The Compact (with VAWD)

Procurement (with Wakefield Council Procurement Unit & Family Services)

Full Cost Recovery (with West Yorkshire Community Accounting Service)
Age Discrimination Act (with Pay & Employment Rights Service)

For booking and further information email agm@vaed.org.uk or visit http://www.vawd.org.uk/

FOOTSEY 100

The largest and most successful social economy trade fair in the UK!

Thursday 19^th October 9.30am-4.30pm York Race Course

Who will be there?

Social entrepreneurs and community activists looking for good ideas

Third sector organisations who want to hear about trading from people who are already doing it

Local government and health service procurers demonstrating their work with social enterprises

Regional agencies and business advisers who support the local community

In fact, the event is relevant to anyone working in or with the social enterprise sector.

Whether you're a new social enterprise, existing social business or a potential customer of the
social economy FOOTSEY is the place to speak to the people you need to meet!

The fifth annual FOOTSEY trade fair races north to its new stable in York and is the
key fixture for the social economy in Yorkshire and the Humber.

FOOTSEY is an unrivalled showcase for social enterprises to promote themselves
and for buyers to procure their services and products.

Visit http://www.newstartmag.co.uk/footsey100/ for more information on the regional event with national significance.

Community Arts and Social Enterprise

4^th October 2006 to be held in Bradford

For further information please contact Rachel Oddie at SESC on 01924 241330 or email Rachel.oddie@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 1^st 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

Social Enterprise - Where do we start?

Thursday September 14^th 2006, Morning Seminar (with lunch) at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield

The seminar is principally aimed at housing association managers across Yorkshire and the Humber with the ability to make things happen.

Key Speakers include:

John Montague, Chief Executive of TREES

Wendy Thompson of Helping Hands

Chris Hill of the Camberwell Project

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

Tender Readiness Tool Kit

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

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

Training

Full Cost Recovering (Budgeting)

The course is to help participants prepare budgets for different projects within an organisation and allocate a share of core cost to each project that needs to be covered by funding or other income. It is at introductory level and is for those who have responsibility for preparing budget and costing bids. The session will look at:

How to identify direct and core costs

How to prepare a budget

How to allocate core costs to projects to ensure all costs are recovered

How to use the budgets to identify shortfalls and see what would happen if funding only covers the directs costs and how to modify the budget to allow you to monitor spending during a year

27^th September, 9.30am – 4pm in Huddersfield

For information and booking contact Baljinder Kaur at VAK on 01484518457 or email baljinder.kaur@voluntaryactionkirklees.co.uk

Introduction to work life balance

With the ‘right to request flexible working’ under review, now is he good time to reflect on this and the other governments ‘family friendly’ legislation is affectiong your organisation. The aim of the course is to explain what is meant by the term ‘work life balance’ and the common work practices that support it, look at the benefits to small voluntary sector organisations, answer some of your concerns and provide a step by step process to develop ‘work life balance’. By the end of the workshop you will be able to:

Explain what is meant by ‘work life balance’ and why it matters.
Outline to relevant legislation
Describe potential benefits ofr your organisation
Find solutions to any barriers or concerns you may have
Develop an action plan for your organisation

14^th November, 9.30am – 4pm Huddersfield

For information and booking contact Baljinder Kaur at VAK on 01484518457 or email baljinder.kaur@voluntaryactionkirklees.co.uk

Create your own community website for Free

Create your own website. Build, develop and maintain a site for your community group promoting events, jobs, local news and activities, all FREE!

Find out what’s happening where you live – village galas, local sports events, community meetings, clubs and workshops.

If you need help to get your community website up and running, free training is available locally, call 01924 303727 or ask at your local library.

Marketing

Promoting your Business

Creating the right image for your business, getting the promotional literature you need and using press releases to promote your business.

Wakefield 15^th August 6-8pm

Kirklees 13^th September 12-2pm

To book your FREE place this seminars please contact the Business Link Gateway on 0845 833 6000.

Mosaic Mentor Programme for Disabled People

Mosaic Mentoring is a new project, managed by the Fair Play Partnership and funded by Yorkshire Forward. Working across the Yorkshire and Humber region, the project aims to support disabled people who are looking for, or want to return to work - paid or voluntary. Mosaic will provide trained mentors, who understand and are aware of the barriers and obstacles faced by disabled people or those who have had health problems, to support mentees in returning to or moving into work.

Fair Play is looking for people to train as mentors.

If you are an employed/self employed disabled person or currently volunteering and have around 2 - 4 hours spare a month, and would like to help make a difference to someone else's life then you could train to become a mentor as part of this programme. As a mentor you will be provided with FREE training, resources and support to enable you to be a successful and confident mentor. Mentoring is an opportunity to use your

own personal experiences to help someone else realise and achieve their goals.

Fair Play is providing FREE training which covers areas like communication and listening skills; the training is held over 2 morning sessions, totaling 6 hours and is being held on the following dates:

* Scarborough - 31st August & 8th September 2006

* Bradford - 7th & 14th September

People who would benefit from having a Mentor

If you, your service users or anyone else you know would benefit from having a mentor then please get in contact. We currently have trained mentors who are ready to support mentees and help them realise their potential.

To register for the programme or to find out more please contact Sarah

Earnshaw on 0113 262 2789 or via e-mail to: sarah@fairplaypartnership.orguk

Links

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

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

4 Social Enterprise (funding): http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/

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

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

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

Local Info

16^th August - Natures Treasure Walk, Newmillerdam (A61 Barnsley Road) In conjunction with Countryside Services. Meeting at the bigger car park. Packed lunch required. Booking Essential. Call 01924 302388 or email healthytransport@wakefield.gov.uk

20^th August - Family funday with activities such as pond dipping, mini beasting, bouncy castle, BBQ, tombola, arts and crafts for kids and face painting. Free event, drop in at any time. For more information contact James Dean o 01977 603796 or email james.dean@rspb.org.uk

28^th August – Crofton Starlightning Majorettes will be taking part in the Starbeck gala parade and performing at the gala, 12pm onwards.

3^rd September - 10k Race: A scenic, one lap course within Pugney’s and visiting 12th Century Sandal Castle. Approximately 95% is off road. Fun Run: 2.5km. Run open to all ages. Medals to all finishers. Call 01924 213900 for more information.

9/10^th September – Normanton Gala

Adviser Details

Arfan Bashir can be contacted on:
07736 826512 or email Arfan.bashir@blwy.co.uk