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Making the most of your premises and property: a practical seminar for not-for-profit organisations

Thursday 23rd May 2013, 4:30pm - 6:30pm

 Buzzacott and Artillery Architecture & Interior Design would like to invite you to their free seminar on property issues.

This joint seminar will address some of the financial, strategic and practical issues facing charities and not-for-profit organisations in relation to their premises and property.

We will be focusing on collaborative projects: sharing space with other organisations, sub-letting and hiring space to generate income, and creative use of space to accommodate different activities.

The session will cover:

  • VAT implications and planning;
  • Relevant direct taxes, including business rates;
  • Design considerations, including flexible use of space;
  • Feasibility advice - achieving appropriate use of premises;
  • A case study on one of the premises managed by The Ethical Property Company.

Speakers at this event will include

Tags:Others | London

Building possibility: a new deal between community and state Symposium

Tuesday 18th June 2013, 2:00pm - 5:00pm

Early Bird offer - book by 30 April

How should we respond to austerity policies? Shout from the sidelines, stand by as services are dismantled or look for more positive and more fundamental alternatives?

At this event, Locality will discuss how we can ‘build possibility’ by changing the relationship between the state, community and individual citizens - by shifting power and mobilizing the many.

We'll share learning from recent practice around: • community organising • neighbourhood community budgets • community enterprise • community asset ownership • digital innovation Thought-provoking, informative, practical – don’t miss this event for anyone who cares about the future of our public services.

Speakers Speakers include Don Foster MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for DCLG; Neal Lawson, Chair of Compass; Geraldine Blake, CEO of Community Links.

Tags:Members | National coverage

Social Entrepreneurship Today: Grasping the Challenges and the Opportunities

Wednesday 18th September 2013 - Saturday 21st September 2013

Social Firms Europe - CEFEC Annual Conference

Europe’s foremost international conference on Social Firms will be held on the island of Corfu (Kerkira) from 18-21st September 2013.

Social Firms are globally recognised as a vital pathway to work and empowerment, offering opportunity and support to people who can otherwise find themselves excluded from the labour market due to disability, ill mental health or a history of homelessness or offending. But like other businesses, they are impacted by current economics and policies, nowhere more so than Greece itself.

Join us in Corfu as academics, social economy researchers, market and industry analysts, government officials and policy makers meet with Social Firms practitioners and entrepreneurs to discuss, debate and develop current thinking and best practice in social entrepreneurship.

Tags:International | International

Save the Date: 2-day interactive conference on Social Entrepreneurship and Social Economy

Thursday 16th January 2014 - Friday 17th January 2014

The EU Commission, together with the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and the city of Strasbourg, will be holding a 2-day interactive conference on Social Entrepreneurship and Social Economy, in Strasbourg, on Thursday 16 and Friday 17 January 2014.

The conference will take stock of the work done in Europe in the previous 3 years (since the preparation and the launch of the Communication on Social Business Initiative), and pave the way for further developments to foster social entrepreneurship and the social economy in the EU over the coming years.

Tags:International | International