Social technology awards: SSE Fellows meet Gordon Brown
The winners of the UK Catalyst Awards were announced this morning on 24/7 (see what they did there?), for the best uses of technology for social benefit. Check out the full list here. Congratulations in particular to two SSE Fellows:... more>>>
July 23 2008
A CIC in the teeth?
Interesting to note that Jonathan Bland has come out to say that there hasn't been enough marketing of the Community Interest Company model. Interesting because, currently, the CIC model is all over the sector press and the blogs because of... more>>>
July 16 2008
News barrage: ECT, added value, the future of enterprise
One of the (few) benefits of the lengthy commute in to work for me is to do some reading / listening of relevant information on the way in. Inevitably, on Wednesdays this means Society Guardian. Sometimes, there's little of direct... more>>>
July 15 2008
Empowerment and confidence
A couple of things stood out in the social entrepreneurship field in the past week or so. the first was the launching of the Empowerment White Paper from Department of Communities and Local Government, expertly chronicled and tracked by their... more>>>
July 3 2008
Thursday round-up: 2gether, 2 winners, 2-pennorth
Quick round-up; am in Belfast tomorrow at SSEI so won't be an end-of-the-week trawl. - Enjoyed my one day at 2gether08; mixed feedback, but then that's what you get with a mixed crowd, I guess...and a mixed line-up; networking was... more>>>
