Social Firms UK

Business Opportunities in Social Firms Franchising and Replication Tuesday May 25th St James Park Newcastle

Programme

9.30 Arrival, registration and coffee

10.00 Chairman’s Introduction: Andy Cox, Social Firms North East.

10.05-10.35 Introduction to franchising and replication: Michael Way of Franchise Your Business Limited

* Presentation outlining franchising principles and mechanisms and why it makes sense for social firms to consider this route. View the presentation.

10.35 –11.00 Opportunities for franchising and replication for social firms: Gerry Higgins, Social Firms UK.

* Presentation outlining the rationale for franchising and replication for social firms and the progress made by the current programme in identifying opportunities for new firm development. View the presentation.

11.00-12.30 Presentation of Business Opportunities.

A 5-minute presentation on 3 topics:

Cabot Hall London, 11th November 1999

Conference Programme

9:15 am Registration and coffee

9:45 am Introduction by the Conference Chair, Bob Grove, Director of the Employment Support Unit at the Centre for Mental Health Service Development, Kings College London and Chair of Social Firms UK

Opening address : Social Firms and the Government's disability and employment agenda Margaret Hodge, MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment and Equal Opportunities

10:15 am What is a social firm? A brief look at the characteristics of social firms and their development, Gerry Higgins, Chief Executive of Social Firms UK

University of Glasgow, 28th November 2000

Conference Programme

9.00am Tea / Coffee / Registration

9.30am Opening address, Bob Grove, Chair of Social Firms UK and Director of the Employment Support Unit at Kings College London, and Sheila Durie, Development Manager of Forth Sector and Chairperson of Social Firms Scotland.

9.40am Social Firms and Community Care - Malcolm Chisholm MSP, Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care.

University of Leicester, 13th-14th November

SEIZE THE MOMENT!

Evaluation

An evaluation of the Social Firms UK 2003 Annual Conference – SEIZE THE MOMENT! is available in pdf format.

Programme

Thursday 13th November

From 5pm: Arrival and registration

5pm – 6.30pm: Members and supporters forum for trading and business promotion

6.30pm: Welcome - Simon Probert, Social Firms East Midlands Regional Co-ordinator

6.45pm: Social Firms UK Annual General Meeting

7.30pm: Dinner and continued networking

Friday 14th November

9 – 9.30am: Arrival, registration for day delegates & coffee

9.30am: Welcome from Dr Bob Grove, Chair of Social Firms UK

13 - 15 September 2004

Enterprise Opportunities for Social Firms– working for job creation

An evaluation of the Social Firms Annual Conference 2004 'Working for Job creation' is available here.

Comments on the evaluation can also be found here. Programme Monday 13th September

5pm Arrival and registration

6pm Welcome from Andy Cox, Economic Partnerships Ltd and Phil Hughes, Board member for One NorthEast.

6.45pm Social Firms UK AGM.

7.30pm Conference Dinner and networking. Programme Tuesday 14th September

9.00-9.30 Arrival, Registration and coffee for day delegates.

9.30-9.35 Welcome from Dr Bob Grove Chair of Social Firms UK.

Presentation from 2007 Social Firms UK annual conference.

The University Of Edinburgh, 3-4 July 2007

Tuesday 3 July 2007

Plenary Presentations

Opportunities and challenges in the Social Firm sector - Sally Reynolds CEO Social Firms UK

Workshop A - Introduction to Social Enterprise and Social Firms

Facilitators: Kevin Smith, CEIS and Janice Barnett, Social Firms Scotland Workshop B - Is An Intermediate Labour Market (ILM) Model Possible Within Social Firms?

Facilitators: Andy Cox, EPL and Jo Munns, Remploy

Workshops C & G - A Social Firm Needs The Right Board. - Board Governance Facilitators: Kathy Baker - Social Firms UK, Colin Harrison - Electroville, Mike Aiken - Open University, Nigel Cudlipp - Social Firms UK.

Workshop D: Focus On Scotland –

Workshop notes from 2008 Social Firms UK annual conference.