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Social Firm & social enterprise scam

We have been alerted to a scam that is being directed to Social Firms and Small Social Enterprises – John Charles of Catering2order was targeted this morning. As ever, please be vigilant when ...

News Item - site admin - 29/07/10 - 0 comments

Social Firms of the Year

The European Social Firms of the Year Awards, which took place during the Social Firms UK and Social Firms Europe CEFEC annual conferenc ...

News Item - site admin - 12/07/10 - 0 comments

CEO calls for 'job creation, not job placement'

 The government is calling on Social Firms to help it get hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people into work. Our CEO, Sally Reynolds, is featured in Social Enterprise Magazine (online edition) discuss ...

News Item - site admin - 08/07/10 - 0 comments

Social Firms UK working on job creation initiatives with Government

CEO of Social Firms UK  Sally Reynolds has been made a member of the Department for Work and Pensions social inclusion advisory group- the only representative of the social enterprise sector.  ...

News Item - site admin - 07/07/10 - 0 comments

New Equality Laws come in from October

The Equality Bill , which passed through parliament last Tuesday, will impact on all of us in some way – as individuals, employers, consumers of public services, and bidders for public sector contr ...

News Item - site admin - 28/06/10 - 0 comments

Labour's missed opportunity and Conservative's Big But

Yesterday's Nacro conference, The Future Role of the Voluntary Sector in the Criminal Justice System, was a missed opportunity for Labour to set out their agenda for the role of the Third Sector in the ...

News Item - site admin - 30/03/10 - 0 comments

Focus on Disability Hate Crime

New guidelines have been issued to the police to help increase the number of prosecutions for hate crimes against people with disabilities. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has pledged more support t ...

News Item - site admin - 23/03/10 - 0 comments

The Ministry of Sound

The Ministry of Justice Third Sector Conference made all the right noises in London last Thursday (4th March). Our Chief Exec, Sally Reynolds , delivered a keynote speech at the Ministry of Justice S ...

News Item - site admin - 23/03/10 - 0 comments

Are you really giving to charity?

The 'Give with Care’ campaign is launched this month and aims to help those who want to give to charity identify the genuine chari ...

News Item - site admin - 23/02/10 - 0 comments

Access to Work policy update

Just before Christmas the Government made some policy announcements that could impact on many Social Firms. The Department for Work and Pensions will be: increasing the Access to Work budget from April ...

News Item - Anonymous - 25/01/10 - 0 comments