Event Relational Commissioning Webinar: harnessing the power of purpose alignment Author: E3M Date: 24.02.22 Tags:Commissioning, Webinar Event date: 31.03.2022 | 14.00-15.30 This free webinar is aimed at commissioners from local public authorities, as well as leaders of social enterprises and other public benefit organisations, who want to explore new and more impactful ways of organising public services. With case studies from Plymouth and Croydon, the event will explore how local public authorities can work in partnership […]
“Don’t think you can’t do these things, because you can” – a legal perspective on Human Learning Systems Author: E3M Date: 06.01.22 Tags:Commissioning, community wealth-building, innovation partnerships, public services, social enterprise This blog was written by Julian Blake of E3M partner Stone King for the Human Learning Systems (HLS) website and we are pleased to share it on ours as we believe our approach in E3M is complementary to the work of HLS. Julian, who is a public benefit lawyer and co-author of The Art of […]
Social Value: public service system tweak or transformation Author: E3M Date: 07.10.21 Tags:social value Ahead of our Social Value Webinar on 19th October, we are pleased to share some of the thoughts of Julian Blake, Partner at Stone King LLP. Social Value is established public service terminology, which is important and progressive. Largely in response to the success of the 2012 Social Value Act, in raising awareness of the […]
Event Using social value principles to commission services & for community wealth building Author: E3M Date: 07.09.21 Tags:social value Event date: 19.10.2021 | 12.00-13.30 This webinar is for people in local authorities (senior officers and members), as well as those leading social enterprises, charities and other organisations seeking to maximise public benefit. Through a mix of case study presentations and an expert panel discussion, the webinar will explore how social value imperatives can be placed at the heart of […]
Learning from Catalonia – Suara Co-operative’s model of participation and inter-co-operation Author: E3M Date: 06.09.21 Tags:European co-operation, social value In July, E3M hosted its third online meeting between E3M social enterprise leaders and colleagues from Suara Co-operative and its partners*. In the session we explored Suara’s model of employee participation and empowerment, and how it co-operates with other social economy organisations in Catalonia through the CLADE group.An employee led co-operative based in Barcelona, Suara […]
PUBLIC BENEFIT PARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN’S SERVICES WEBINAR report Author: E3M Date: 19.07.21 Tags:Commissioning, partnership, procurement, public services, social value It is possible to deliver better children’s services at better value for the public purse. Our webinar on 8th July examined partnerships to improve children’s services. The second of a series of webinars in support of our Procurement to Partnership Toolkit, it featured comprehensive descriptions of two partnerships which have already generated extensive benefits. By […]
Event Webinar: Public Benefit Partnerships for Children’s Services Author: E3M Date: 21.05.21 Event date: 08.07.2021 | 10.30am-12.00pm For those in public authorities exploring new ways of improving Children’s Services, based on creating long term partnerships with social enterprises and charities, this webinar will be of interest to: Directors of Children’s Services Lead council members responsible for Children’s Services Commissioners Procurement and Legal teams Social enterprises & charities working with children & families […]
Launching our Procurement to Partnership Online Toolkit Author: E3M Date: 13.05.21 Tags:Commissioning, partnership, procurement, public services, social value On Tuesday 11th May, we were delighted to launch our online resource, From Procurement to Partnership: a Practical Toolkit For Commissioners. Developed in association with E3M’s partners, Buzzacott, Stone King, The Change Coefficient and Zurich Municipal, together with colleagues from some of our member organisations, Catch22 and Kibble from the Social Enterprise Leaders Club, and […]
Answers to homelessness: from the UK & Catalonia in times of pandemic Author: E3M Date: 19.04.21 Tags:collaboration, international, social enterprise UK social enterprise initiative E3M and Suara Cooperative from Catalonia recently organised an international exchange about services responding to residential exclusion during Covid-19. E3M member P3, a social enterprise in the UK, and Hàbitat3 Foundation and Suara Cooperative from Catalonia shared their experiences of how they had supported homeless people in the pandemic. All 3 […]
Event From Procurement to Partnership: improving services through effective collaboration – E3M Toolkit Launch Webinar Author: E3M Date: 14.04.21 Tags:Commissioning, social enterprise, Webinar Event date: 11.05.2021 | 15.00-16.30 Webinar on 11th May to launch E3M’s Procurement to Partnership Toolkit. Info and registration link.
E3M engagement on the Government proposals to reform public procurement law Author: E3M Date: 08.01.21 Tags:green paper, procurement, public services, social business We shouldn’t waste the opportunity the reform of public procurement law presents to improve public services.
SHARING EXPERIENCES Author: E3M Date: 08.12.20 Tags:care services, Covid-19, England, European co-operation, nurseries, social enterprise, Spain SUARA & ENGLISH SOCIAL ENTERPRISES SHARE EXPERIENCES OF COVID-19The social enterprises Sirona in the south-west of England, LEYF in London and the nursing homes and nursery schools of Suara from Barcelona exchanged innovative proposals to respond to pandemic times. A meeting earlier this year between providers of care services for people in England and Suara […]
Publication How to Grow the New Economy: Convention Report Author: E3M Date: 19.05.20 This report describes the key actions which government, local authorities and other public sector bodies, funders, social enterprises and co-operatives and we as individuals can all take to grow the new economy.
Event Stunning visual minutes from Growing the New Economy Author: E3M Date: 20.03.20 OPAG (Oldham Play Action Group) created these powerful and intricate visual minutes to capture ideas and discussions at the Growing the New Economy event. Click on the right arrow, below, to see a slideshow of all of them. Or click within the photograph to see each of them within Flickr (you can download them too). […] Growing the New Economy: speakers’ visions for social enterprise & co-operative innovation Author: E3M Date: 18.03.20 Participants came to Growing the New Economy from all over the UK. The convention explored how co-operatives and social enterprises can support inclusive economic growth as part of a wider move to “reset the dial on local economic development”. It included a mixture of plenary sessions (with participation and Q&A), interactive breakout sessions and table […] Growing the New Economy – interviews and action plans Author: E3M Date: 03.03.20 Some of the participants and speakers at our Growing the New Economy event reflect on why they were so excited to attend, what they have learned and crucially, how they will put this into practice to help revitalise the communities in which they work. Around 250 participants came from all over the UK and worked […] Growing the New Economy – after the event Author: E3M Date: 28.02.20 The Growing the New Economy convention in Oldham on 12th February brought together an exciting mix of ca. 250 key decision makers from local authorities, health and other local public institutions, leaders of co-operatives and social enterprises with funders and investors to explore how the social economy can play a much more central role in […] Publication Local Alchemy Evaluation Report: Unlocking Social Value and Investment through Collaboration Author: E3M Date: 11.02.20 How an innovative process catalysed understanding and relationships between local authorities and social enterprises. E3M’s Local Alchemy events in Oldham, Rotherham and Gainsborough demonstrated the power of collaboration between social enterprises, commissioners and investors. This series of events developed by a team of social enterprise and investment experts gave participants permission to “think differently,” catalysing: […] Oldham’s Local Wealth Building Approach Author: E3M Date: 28.01.20 As we get ever closer to the Growing the New Economy convention on 12th February in Oldham, we are pleased to share another blog kindly supplied by the Council. A group of Oldham’s main institutions, including the Council, have pledged to work together to build local wealth in the borough. The Council, Hospital, College, Housing providers, Police and the […] Oldham’s Green New Deal Author: E3M Date: 16.01.20 While the Growing the New Economy convention is a national event, it is great to be working with Oldham Council to hold it in one of the first places we really started to focus on the theme of co-operative and social enterprise place-based innovation. Leader of Oldham Council, Councillor Sean Fielding, has produced a short series […]
Growing the New Economy: speakers’ visions for social enterprise & co-operative innovation Author: E3M Date: 18.03.20 Participants came to Growing the New Economy from all over the UK. The convention explored how co-operatives and social enterprises can support inclusive economic growth as part of a wider move to “reset the dial on local economic development”. It included a mixture of plenary sessions (with participation and Q&A), interactive breakout sessions and table […]
Growing the New Economy – interviews and action plans Author: E3M Date: 03.03.20 Some of the participants and speakers at our Growing the New Economy event reflect on why they were so excited to attend, what they have learned and crucially, how they will put this into practice to help revitalise the communities in which they work. Around 250 participants came from all over the UK and worked […]
Growing the New Economy – after the event Author: E3M Date: 28.02.20 The Growing the New Economy convention in Oldham on 12th February brought together an exciting mix of ca. 250 key decision makers from local authorities, health and other local public institutions, leaders of co-operatives and social enterprises with funders and investors to explore how the social economy can play a much more central role in […]
Publication Local Alchemy Evaluation Report: Unlocking Social Value and Investment through Collaboration Author: E3M Date: 11.02.20 How an innovative process catalysed understanding and relationships between local authorities and social enterprises. E3M’s Local Alchemy events in Oldham, Rotherham and Gainsborough demonstrated the power of collaboration between social enterprises, commissioners and investors. This series of events developed by a team of social enterprise and investment experts gave participants permission to “think differently,” catalysing: […]
Oldham’s Local Wealth Building Approach Author: E3M Date: 28.01.20 As we get ever closer to the Growing the New Economy convention on 12th February in Oldham, we are pleased to share another blog kindly supplied by the Council. A group of Oldham’s main institutions, including the Council, have pledged to work together to build local wealth in the borough. The Council, Hospital, College, Housing providers, Police and the […]
Oldham’s Green New Deal Author: E3M Date: 16.01.20 While the Growing the New Economy convention is a national event, it is great to be working with Oldham Council to hold it in one of the first places we really started to focus on the theme of co-operative and social enterprise place-based innovation. Leader of Oldham Council, Councillor Sean Fielding, has produced a short series […]