9 June 2003
Evaluation of the Social Firms UK 2003 Summer School Programme From 2pm Registration and checking into bedrooms
3pm Henry Collins Room Welcome and introduction to the programme (Gerry Higgins & Sally Reynolds)
3.30pm Henry Collins Room (plus Library, Board Room and Study) The Social Firm Development Exercise (looking at the principles of developing and managing a social firm) (Kevin Robbie & Karen MacLean )
6pm Henry Collins Room Preparing to create a Social Firm in Australia (Caroline Crosse and David Young, Mental Illness Fellowship Victoria)
6.30pm Finish
7pm Dinner followed by networking Tuesday 10th June
9.30am Henry Collins Room Introduction to Business Planning and Finance (Geof Cox and Guy Turnbull)
10.30am Coffee
11am Small group work groups of 10 (1 finance & funding, 2 business clinics) Group 1 Finance and Funding (Andy Cox & Gerry Higgins) Group 2 Business Planning for social firm start up (Guy Turnbull) Group 3 Business Planning for social firms (Geof Cox)
12.30pm Lunch
1.30pm Business Planning and Finance (those who attended finance and funding in the morning attend business planning in the afternoon and vice versa) Details of the presentation are here
3pm Coffee
3.30pm Henry Collins Room (plus Boardroom, Library and Study) How to avoid social firm failure – a case study of social firm closure and exercises looking at how this might have been avoided. - (Kevin Robbie and Karen MacLean )
6pm Finish
7pm Dinner followed by Jazz and networking Wednesday 11th June
Everyone needs to check out of rooms by 9am
9.00am Henry Collins Room Presentation; The realities of recruiting and supporting staff in social firms. (Mark Powell of Imby and Reclaim and John Bennett of Pack-It Promotions )
9.30am Personnel and Employment Workshops; · Involving workers in the management of social firms (Mark Powell) · Creating the perfect staff team (Sally Reynolds) · Strategies and systems for dealing with personnel problems (John Bennett)
11am Coffee
11.30am Henry Collins Room Franchising opportunities for social firms, Introduction to franchising, Gerry Higgins Recycled Bottle Glass Company, John Barrett Shetland Soap Company, Guy Turnbull Details of the presentation are available here. Busters Coffee and the IMBY Pub, Mark Powell
1pm Lunch
2pm Topical Issues; CICs (Community Interest Companies) – Geof Cox Details of the presentation are available here. Social Accounting for Social Firms, Gerry Higgins Access to Finance – Bank of England Report, Sally Reynolds Social Firm Development Programme 2004/5, Gerry Higgins
3pm Finish and departure
Social Firms UK 2003 Summer School
Back to Past Conferences & Papers
>Social Firms UK Annual Summer School, Loughborough
>West Midlands Social Firms Network Launch
>Social Firm Summer School, Loughborough
>Public Authorities in the development of Social Enterprises Conference Ealing, West London.
>From Public Service to Social Enterprise
>Future Options For Public Authority Training And Employment Enterprises
>OFF THE PEG - Business ideas for social enterprises
>Business Opportunities in Social Firms Franchising and Replication
>Business Opportunities in Social Firms Franchising and Replication
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