5 hours ago by Nick Temple

Who said Xmas was a time of winding down? Hundred things to finish by the 23rd....and being bombarded with tweets about Rage Against the Machine and snow. Grrrr. So, a brief post to point to a couple of great debates...

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8 hours ago by mel

Healthcare Republic | Neil Durham | 17 December 2009 Plans by a Surrey PCT to hive off NHS services into a social enterprise could cost almost £600,000, according to Unite/CPHVA. It believes the sum, £4 a head for Kingston’s population, could be better spent on services, such as speech and language ...

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12 hours ago by BC Upham

An Australian company is giving away 30 million compact fluorescent light bulbs to Mexican households in hopes of reaping big rewards in the international carbon credit markets. Cool nrg, an environmental consulting firm with an anti-poverty focus, is using a framework set up by the 1997 Kyoto Proto ...

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12 hours ago by Gina-Marie Cheeseman

Reading through Bruce Piasecki’s The Surprising Solution–an updated version of his book World Inc–gives you a glimpse into the future. The future Piasecki paints is one where a new form of capitalism has replaced that which grew out of the Industrial Revolution. He calls the new form of capitalism, ...

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23 hours ago by Mission Australia

Charcoal Lane, Mission Australia's social enterprise restaurant in Melbourne's Fitzroy, has featured in The Age's award-winning (Melbourne) Magazine. Charcoal Lane is a unique new restaurant that embodies the theme of indigenous cooking in a modern setting. The menu blends international cooking with ...

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1 day ago by artsmonkey

Yesterday was a long day for me, but by the end of it I was so grateful to be considered an adult and not a ‘young person’. I’m on an advisory panel for ‘The Unit’ where a group of young people have taken over a small empty shop unit opposite a Bus Station and along [...]

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1 day ago by vcibulletin

Community Action Derby has arranged 2 FREE short sessions on ‘Funding, Finance and Support for Social Enterprises’ in Derby and Derbyshire on behalf of The Social Investment Business – see Session Outline for details. There are 30 places to fill for each session. We would like to invite infrastructu ...

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1 day ago by marketplacehandworkofindia

GROWTH AND CHANGE The cooperatives of the artisans who sew and embroider all of MarketPlace: Handwork of India’s products are separate entities and it is our ultimate wish to see them established as totally independent businesses, able to make their own contracts and plans. In a way, MarketPlace is ...

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1 day ago by Gil Yehuda

I came across a couple of items this week that are somewhat related — and related to the idea of being on a list. First: I found Fredrik Savin’s blogs where he listed five book reviews of Andrew McAfee’s new book on Enterprise 2.0. My review is listed, and I recommend you read the other reviews [... ...

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1 day ago by thenewcurrency

For those of you interested in social enterprise in Canada the following resources are great sources of information: Enterprising Non-Profits http://www.enterprisingnonprofits.ca/ Canadian Social Enterprise Forum Moderated by Andy Horsnell and Ethel Cote. This is the official listserv for the Social ...

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