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Derby Hub - Inspiring Derby Event
9th May 2012
15 May 5:30 to 7:00 pm Jury's Inn Derby, King St, Derby Derby Hub are delighted to announce not one, but two guest speakers to this Inspiring Derby event! John Forkin, Managing Director of ... read more »
Youth Wage Incentive
18th April 2012
The Youth Wage incentive is a new Government scheme aimed at helping young people to gain permanent employment. Employers who recruit an 18-24 year old currently taking part in the Work Programme ... read more »
Social Enterprise Network - 7 March
22nd February 2012
Calling all Social Enterprises, established or aspiring! Do you need to explore finance options? Book a place now at the Social Enterprise Network meeting on 7 March 2012 at Community Action, 4 ... read more »
Inspiring Derby Event
11th January 2012
Inspiring Derby Event, Thurs 19 January from 5:30 to 7:00 pm plus open networking after the event. Featuring headline speaker Oliver Emberton - Why we gave up web design after 10 successful years! ... read more »
Empowering the Voluntary Sector Workshop
7th December 2011
18 January 2012 - 9:30 am to 4:30 pm Venue: Community Action, 4 Charnwood Street, Derby Empowering the Voluntary Sector Workshop The Empowering the voluntary sector project has been delivering ... read more »
Money Advice Service Health Check
6th December 2011
The Money Advice Service is an independent service set up by government. It is funded by a levy on the financial services industry. For a FREE financial healthcheck click here. read more »
FREE Event to Support Businesses
6th December 2011
Please find below information about a FREE event to support small businesses and social enterprises being held in Nottingham D2N2 LEP We are working with BIS and Yell to provide a series of free ... read more »
Kavita Oberoi Supports Community Enterprise
15th November 2011
Kavita Oberoi, founder of Oberoi Consulting who appeared on Channel 4's 'Secret Millionaire', has shown her support for Community Enterprise and the work we do with unemployed people. Kavita says: ... read more »
Minister for Civil Society Launches Big Society Investment Fund in Derby
10th November 2011
Minister for Civil Society Launches Big Society Capital Investment Fund in Derby Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society was in Derby today, at JET on Normanton Road, to launch the Big Society ... read more »
Grayling: Community Work for the long-term unemployed
10th November 2011
The following article appeared on the DWP website 09/11/11 People who have been unemployed for more than two years and haven't secured sustainable employment could be referred onto compulsory ... read more »
Inspiring Derby Event
25th October 2011
Derby Hub are holding an Inspiring Derby Event on Thursday 10 November from 5:30 to 7:00 pm at Chartwell Group, Chartwell house, Pride Park, Derby. The event will feature Kavita Oberoi, Derby's ... read more »
Call for council to award more contracts to Derby companies
18th October 2011
The Voluntary and Community Sector Leadership Group met with with Peter Richardson, chair of Derby Renaissance Board yesterday - 17 October - to discuss what could be done to help local companies ... read more »
SEEM Newsletter
17th October 2011
Click here for the latest Social Enterprise East Midlands newsletter. read more »
Social Enterprise Investment Fund
18th August 2011
The Social Enterprise Investment Fund (SEIF) Capital Growth Fund has opened. The fund provides capital grants of 50k - 150k for non-profit organisations providing health, care and well-being ... read more »
Measuring the Difference
9th August 2011
Measuring the Difference The government's promised opening-up of public service delivery to outside organisations has led to renewed focus on measuring outcomes. With more players entering into ... read more »
Tender Opportunity
2nd August 2011
Invitation to Tender for the Neighbourhood Learning in Deprived Communities Fund (NLDC) 2011/12 We are inviting tenders for NLDC funding for 2011/12. Tender Pack documents Include (please click ... read more »
Finance for Social Enterprises
12th July 2011
Finance for Social Enterprise A full-day course - £9520 July - 10:00 am to 4:00 pm If your organisation is coming to the end of its grant funding or local authority support, this ... read more »
Extension to ERDF Funding Deadline
7th July 2011
The deadline for completed Expressions of Interest forms has been extended to 12 noon on Monday 1 August 2011. In light of recent announcements about potential job losses in Derby, the deadline ... read more »
Employment Programme Success!
5th July 2011
Employment Programme Success for Derby's Young People Hot on the heels of Iain Duncan Smith's pleas for UK firms to take on more young people instead of employees from abroad, comes an ... read more »
TUPE and VCS Groups
21st June 2011
Some voluntary and community groups seem to think that TUPE regulations, which come into effect if a service is transferred from one organisation to another, does not apply to voluntary sector ... read more »
DWP Innovation Fund
21st June 2011
On 12 May, Ministers announced a series of measures to help address youth unemployment. These included a new 'Innovation Fund' which will help DWP to test new delivery models to support their most ... read more »
Funding Opportunity
14th June 2011
Derby City is launching its fourth call for funding applications for the European Regional Development Fund Priority Axis 2 or ERDF PA2 funding in Derby. Derby has been given an additional ... read more »
Introduction to Social Enterprise
14th June 2011
An Introduction to Social Enterprise A half-day course - £45 21 June - 10:00 am to 1:00 pm - YMCA Derbyshire, Derby 7 July - 10:00 am to 1:00 pm - TBC, Nottingham This workshop explores ... read more »
Shakespeare for Leaders
8th June 2011
5 July Quad, Market Place, Derby Shakespeare for Leaders Quad and 1623 have collaborated to offer an exclusive workshop "We must follow the leaders" (Much A do About Nothing ) Shakespeare's ... read more »
Public Speaking Course
8th June 2011
21 June Quad, Market Place, Derby This one day course will be delivered at QUAD. To be eligible for a free place your organisation must be registered in Derby city - the offer is limited to one ... read more »
SEEM Social Enterprise Workshops
19th April 2011
SEEM have developed a programme of training to assist you to bring your social enterprise idea to market. The three introductory workshops focus on the know-how and skills that you will need to ... read more »
More DWP results
19th April 2011
The Department for Work and Pensions have announced the Mandatory Work Activity tender round: MWA was mentioned in the welfare reform white paper "The introduction of a Mandatory Work Activity ... read more »
DWP Work Programmes Announcement
12th April 2011
The Department for Work and Pensions have announced that Ingeus Deloitte and A4E will deliver work programmes for the East Midlands. Click to see the full list. read more »
Social Enterprise Course
7th April 2011
3 day training programme for Social Enterprise Business Advisers This Professional Development course is designed to build on your existing experience and equip you with the essential knowledge ... read more »
FJF Funding Ends - press article
16th March 2011
Click the to read an article that appeared in the Derby Evening Telegraph on Monday 14 March 2011. read more »
FJF Press Release 14 June 2010 - Funding
2nd February 2011
Click to read an article about the end of funding for FJF and an appeal for employers to create more jobs, while the funding is still available, that appeared in the Derby Evening Telegraph on 14 ... read more »
FJF Headway
2nd February 2011
Ellie Makes Great Headway! Ellie Clayden, 22, from Derby, was unemployed for 18 months before finding a job through the Future Jobs Fund programme which is run in Derby by Community Enterprise ... read more »
Future Jobs Fund Announcement
2nd February 2011
Rachel Hayward, Managing Director of Community Enterprise, confirmed today that even though the new Government has confirmed that there will be no more new bids for Future Jobs Fund and the scheme ... read more »
Letter from PM
21st December 2010
We recently sent a copy of our dvd 'Your Chance to Shine' to the Prime Minister, David Cameron, to highlight the work that we do and have received this reply. read more »
DWP Work Programme Prospectus - Update
3rd December 2010
The Department for Work and Pensions has published an updated Work Programme prospectus setting out details of the Government's flagship Welfare to Work scheme. The prospectus contains a broad ... read more »
Social Enterprise Survey
11th November 2010
GVA Grimley has been commissioned by Derby City Council to undertake enterprise support research and subsequently develop an enterprise support strategy for Derby. This will identify existing ... read more »
Your Chance to Shine
19th October 2010
The Future Jobs Fund has changed the lives of young people in Derby, helping them to gain experience, confidence and new skills. Our film, Your Chance to Shine, shows the positive impact the ... read more »
Community Action Annual Report 08/09
3rd November 2009
Now available to view or download - please click here read more »
