Social Firms UK

Social Firms UK's annual conference.

Visit https://ceis.sym-online.com/registrationforms/sfuk2012/  to book.

** Early Bird tickets until 23rd May 2012**

Background and event objectives

This conference is relevant for organisations and individuals in all three sectors: public, private and civil society. Unemployment is at a record high and spans all sectors; it calls for collective creative solutions. This conference will be of interest to:

25-th Anniversary Annual European Conference of Social Firms Europe, CEFEC 2012

on “Social Economy, Trend or Reality” to be held in Suceava, Romania, from September 20th to September 22nd 2012, in “Stefan cel Mare” Conference Room within the Administrative Palace of Suceava, Romania

 Following the launch of NOMS CFO programme, ‘More than the Sum’, a consortia-building fund aimed at helping small and medium sized enterprises in England be in a position to participate in the delivery of future contracts, another round of support events have now been announced.

These follow up events are highly recommended – even if you were unable to attend the original launch.

More information on the events will be released by NOMS shortly, in the meantime please save the date for your region:

 Acas has launched its first guide to tackle the last taboo in business - mental illness at work. Are you unsure how to handle this situation in your workplace?

You won’t be alone as it’s a fast-growing problem, particularly with workers becoming increasingly concerned about their futures in the economic downturn. Costs to employers in London are an estimated £707million every year in lost production and replacing staff who leave because of mental ill-health. Costs to Britain are around £30 billion.

Mental health experts say that at any one time one worker in six will be experiencing depression, anxiety or stress problems. That works out at around 683,333 of the estimated 4.1 million employees in London.

But they calculate that employers in the area should be able to cut the cost by about a third by improving their management of mental health at work.

 Acas has launched its first guide to tackle the last taboo in business - mental illness at work. Are you unsure how to handle this situation in your workplace?

You won’t be alone as it’s a fast-growing problem, particularly with workers becoming increasingly concerned about their futures in the economic downturn. Costs to employers in London are an estimated £707million every year in lost production and replacing staff who leave because of mental ill-health. Costs to Britain are around £30 billion.

Mental health experts say that at any one time one worker in six will be experiencing depression, anxiety or stress problems. That works out at around 683,333 of the estimated 4.1 million employees in London.

But they calculate that employers in the area should be able to cut the cost by about a third by improving their management of mental health at work.

  Acas has launched its first guide to tackle the last taboo in business - mental illness at work. Are you unsure how to handle this situation in your workplace?

You won’t be alone as it’s a fast-growing problem, particularly with workers becoming increasingly concerned about their futures in the economic downturn. Costs to employers in London are an estimated £707million every year in lost production and replacing staff who leave because of mental ill-health. Costs to Britain are around £30 billion.

Mental health experts say that at any one time one worker in six will be experiencing depression, anxiety or stress problems. That works out at around 683,333 of the estimated 4.1 million employees in London.

But they calculate that employers in the area should be able to cut the cost by about a third by improving their management of mental health at work.

 Social Enterprises - are you ready for the challenge?

The NHS is changing rapidly and the challenge for us all operating in this new environment is how to adapt, how to survive, and most important of all, how to thrive.

But it’s not that easy. For social enterprises and third sector organisations in particular, it can seem like an uphill struggle trying to find the right support, advice and services to compete with profit-driven private sector competitors.

This one-day event has been specifically designed to offer practical, commercially-focused support and services to social enterprises so that they can build better businesses today.

BACKGROUND: The topic of how Welfare Benefits is to be changed is never far from the news. This Full day course looks at the most recent information in relation to this and considers the effect of the changes to the local area

TARGET GROUP: Anybody who works with tenants / clients or manages housing schemes

COURSE AIMS: To consider and discuss the proposed and legislated Welfare Benefit Changes and their effect

COURSE CONTENT:

This crucial event brings together Central Government departments and pioneering frontline practitioners at the cutting edge of designing, delivering and piloting the new system of outcome-based commissioning set to transform the way the public sector deliver services.

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from local areas already trialling new financial incentive models including Social Impact Bonds, Payment by Results contracts, the Innovation Fund and Community Budgets.

Attend to learn how driving forward Payment by Results initiatives is vital to deliver innovative solutions to social and environmental issues and significantly reduce costs to the public purse.