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New Year 2011 Courses
Why not plan ahead and reserve your place on our OCN accredited courses taking place in the New Year? Delivered as part of the EEDA and ESF funded Seamless Support initiative, these courses are free to participants in the social enterprise, voluntary and community sectors based in Norfolk. All of the following courses filled up very quickly in 2010 so don't delay - book today! Click on the links for course outlines and booking forms or call Ann at The Guild on 01603 615200.
Joining the Dots 2010 - Full report published
Commissioned by EEDA, the Social Impact Measurement (SIM) project undertook work to enable third sector organisations - in particular social enterprises - to trade more effectively with the public sector.
Voice 10
Nicky Stevenson and Sally Kelly attended the Voice 10 social enterprise conference in Cardiff at the beginning of February and took the opportunity to catch up with lots of old friends and colleagues.
Report on EEDA Social Impact Measurement contract published
This contract, commissioned by EEDA (East of England Development Agency) was completed in March 2010 and the report on the work undertaken and key findings)is now available.
Putting the Customer First
The Guild has been awarded the National Standard for Customer Service.
Seamless Support goes regional
Social Enterprise East of England (SEEE) has awarded some of the Office of the Third Sector money for the Eastern Region to roll out the successful Seamless Support programme across all counties in the Eastern Region. The roll out programme will be managed by Co-operative Gateway East of England, of which The Guild is a member.
Logo Visual Thinking Training
Sally Kelly recently attended a two day Logo Visual Thinking (LVT) training course called ‘Better Thinking for Better Results’, run by LogoVisual (www.logovisual.com).
SFEDI Accreditation
Keith Bendell, our Business Adviser, has been awarded the specialist social enterprise SFEDI accreditation.
Development in Seamless Support
The Seamless Support partnership, which provides business advice to social enterprise pre-start, start up and growth in Norfolk, has taken another step towards integrating the service with the mainstream Business Link supply.
New contract awarded
In collaboration with our partners The Ethical Back Office (TEBO) The Guild has been successful in accessing European money for an exciting new two year project in Bedfordshire.
Grassroots Grants now open
The Government’s groundbreaking £130million Grassroots Grants scheme has declared itself open for business today and is calling on small local voluntary and community groups to come forward and get their hands on essential funding.
Spend your Business Link Vouchers at The Guild
The Guild is now signed up to Business Link East’s (BLE) supplier matching database as a provider of specialist business advice for social enterprises.