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 […] 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 […] 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 […] Cwmni Bro Ffestiniog: a network of community enterprises Author: E3M Date: 06.01.20 We are delighted that Ceri Cunninton and Sel Williams from Cwmni Bro Ffestiniog will be joining us at the Growing the New Economy convention in Oldham on 12th February, to contribute to the breakout session, Building from the bottom up, which will look at how local partnerships are making a real difference. Thanks are due to Ceri for this […] Northern Roots Author: E3M Date: 19.12.19 In July 2018, working with Oldham Council, E3M held an Alchemy event in Oldham to help move forward a vision for transforming the town’s green space, Northern Roots. Project Director, Anna da Silva, writes about the project for us here: There is growing evidence of the importance of urban greenery – to people, places and […] Why should you come to the Growing the New Economy Convention 12-02-2020? Author: Jonathan Bland Date: 26.11.19 So many parts of the UK have been let down by a failing economic model, where growth doesn’t result in rising living standards for large sections of society and the effects of austerity have meant that local services are struggling to meet local needs. There is a growing realisation that a new approach is needed. […] SEPT SEMINAR SPEAKER’S BLOG: Partnership – the tipping point Author: E3M Date: 06.09.19 We’re almost there. Over the past twenty or more years, we have been talking and writing, persuading and cajoling, listening and developing, all with one aim – to create an environment where social enterprises and commissioners can form abiding partnerships and innovate together, making a real difference in our communities. It’s been a long road, […] SEPT SEMINAR SPEAKER’S BLOG: Oldham’s Social Prescribing Innovation Partnership Author: E3M Date: 05.08.19 In March 2019 Oldham Council marked the world’s first Social Prescribing Day by commissioning a pioneering, three-year Innovation Partnership on behalf of Oldham Cares (our integrated care organisation) to a local consortium of voluntary and community organisations to build upon the Social Prescribing network. This Innovation Partnership – a contracting approach available to commissioners since 2015, enabling the development and subsequent purchase of a new, innovative product, service or works without the […] SEPT SEMINAR SPEAKER’S BLOG: Leicestershire Children’s Innovation Partnership Author: E3M Date: 23.07.19 The new partnership between Leicestershire County Council and Barnardo’s was developed to address placement sufficiency through collaborative working, seeing this issue as part of a wider system operating across children’s social care. Driven by increasing numbers of looked after children and the need to make financial efficiencies, in 2018 the Council tendered not for a […] Sept seminar speaker’s blog: How to partner with commissioners to support their goals Author: E3M Date: 22.07.19 How to partner with commissioners to support their goals, by combining the power of Community Asset Transfers and public works loans. When E3M member, Rachel Law, took Rochdale’s Adult Social Care provider arm into a fully independent social enterprise, standing still was not an option. PossAbilities CIC was born and since 2014 has grown from […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Cwmni Bro Ffestiniog: a network of community enterprises Author: E3M Date: 06.01.20 We are delighted that Ceri Cunninton and Sel Williams from Cwmni Bro Ffestiniog will be joining us at the Growing the New Economy convention in Oldham on 12th February, to contribute to the breakout session, Building from the bottom up, which will look at how local partnerships are making a real difference. Thanks are due to Ceri for this […]
Northern Roots Author: E3M Date: 19.12.19 In July 2018, working with Oldham Council, E3M held an Alchemy event in Oldham to help move forward a vision for transforming the town’s green space, Northern Roots. Project Director, Anna da Silva, writes about the project for us here: There is growing evidence of the importance of urban greenery – to people, places and […]
Why should you come to the Growing the New Economy Convention 12-02-2020? Author: Jonathan Bland Date: 26.11.19 So many parts of the UK have been let down by a failing economic model, where growth doesn’t result in rising living standards for large sections of society and the effects of austerity have meant that local services are struggling to meet local needs. There is a growing realisation that a new approach is needed. […]
SEPT SEMINAR SPEAKER’S BLOG: Partnership – the tipping point Author: E3M Date: 06.09.19 We’re almost there. Over the past twenty or more years, we have been talking and writing, persuading and cajoling, listening and developing, all with one aim – to create an environment where social enterprises and commissioners can form abiding partnerships and innovate together, making a real difference in our communities. It’s been a long road, […]
SEPT SEMINAR SPEAKER’S BLOG: Oldham’s Social Prescribing Innovation Partnership Author: E3M Date: 05.08.19 In March 2019 Oldham Council marked the world’s first Social Prescribing Day by commissioning a pioneering, three-year Innovation Partnership on behalf of Oldham Cares (our integrated care organisation) to a local consortium of voluntary and community organisations to build upon the Social Prescribing network. This Innovation Partnership – a contracting approach available to commissioners since 2015, enabling the development and subsequent purchase of a new, innovative product, service or works without the […]
SEPT SEMINAR SPEAKER’S BLOG: Leicestershire Children’s Innovation Partnership Author: E3M Date: 23.07.19 The new partnership between Leicestershire County Council and Barnardo’s was developed to address placement sufficiency through collaborative working, seeing this issue as part of a wider system operating across children’s social care. Driven by increasing numbers of looked after children and the need to make financial efficiencies, in 2018 the Council tendered not for a […]
Sept seminar speaker’s blog: How to partner with commissioners to support their goals Author: E3M Date: 22.07.19 How to partner with commissioners to support their goals, by combining the power of Community Asset Transfers and public works loans. When E3M member, Rachel Law, took Rochdale’s Adult Social Care provider arm into a fully independent social enterprise, standing still was not an option. PossAbilities CIC was born and since 2014 has grown from […]