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U-Mix opening - a day of social enterprise in practise and theory

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Having been involved with U-Mix project supporting with funding bids, business planning and the practical development it was great and quite emotional to see it open today. The event was well supported reflecting the mix of people that have helped to make it successful and a credit to FURD who organised it. Before that I was at the Working Capital Conference which had some interesting comments from the head of Bid Society Capital.

Posted by Sarah Brown on 12 Apr '13 | Tags: charity social enterprise business planning strategic development inspiration collaboration local authority public sector

Something you might need to do immediately about the budget - and it's not about beer

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If you tender for public sector business or plan to, or get a grant as a charity then you need to think about your allowance for inflation in salaries plus updating your forecasts from April 2014 to reflect the new Employment Allowance

Posted by Sarah Brown on 20 Mar '13 | Tags: public sector business planning social enterprise local authority tendering sme social investment charity

3 things young people want

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Researching with young people last week their top 3 requests were somewhere safe and interesting to be to keep them off the streets, activities for them not shared with adults, and active and interesting stuff to do not just hanging around.

Posted by Sarah Brown on 25 Feb '13 | Tags: charity tools goal setting creative think tank aspiration

An unexpected tale

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Inspiration can happen at the most unexpected moments, listening to a tale about a rich Chinese man on holiday has had a lasting impact.

Posted by Sarah Brown on 23 Jan '13 | Tags: aspiration inspiration goal setting travel

Two high profile examples of charity and business collaborating

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Charities and businesses can both profit from working together and getting in the Christmas spirit

Posted by Sarah Brown on 22 Nov '12 | Tags: charity entrepreneur marketing csr

The five top risks for a charity becoming a social enterprise

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Any charity moving to income generation needs to be aware of the dangers - here are our five top risks from our experience of 2 decades working with social enterprises

Posted by Sarah Brown on 14 Nov '12 | Tags: social enterprise charity marketing feasibility study business planning strategic development goal setting

How coaching keeps you motivated on the roller coaster of life

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Some weeks give me a chance to benefit from my coaching and keep on going. “Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” Edison

Posted by Sarah Brown on 04 Nov '12 | Tags: coaching entrepreneur inspiration

Creating successful charity partnerships for new funding

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With the new Advice Services Transition fund being launched, even more charities will be considering how they can work in partnership. In my experience if you don't have strong strategic input in the beginning you can waste months in fruitless talks

Posted by Sarah Brown on 02 Nov '12 | Tags: charity strategic development collaboration local authority

An opportunity to learn how to build more legs for your marketing platform

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More businesses will be getting together to inspire each other on the 12th November. They'll also be listening to me speak about how to develop a strong marketing platform without spending a fortune

Posted by Sarah Brown on 26 Oct '12 | Tags: marketing entrepreneur inspiration aspiration strategic development mihm

Make it Happen Monday, Happened

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Make It Happen Monday launched in South Yorkshire and everyone went away inspired and energised, with clear actions to take their businesses forward.

Posted by Sarah Brown on 08 Oct '12 | Tags: inspiration goal setting aspiration marketing mihm

Make it Happen Monday

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A great new monthly session to get a new infusion of energy and ideas. Every 2nd Monday of the Month we will be holding a Make It Happen session for 3 hours in Sheffield to let people share ideas, learn from others and get inspired.

Posted by Sarah Brown on 12 Sep '12 | Tags: entrepreneur social enterprise goal setting inspiration coaching mihm

First seminar for investment and contract readiness has a sweet ending

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People found our first seminar to let organisations know the detail about investment and contract readiness so informative that we expect to schedule more. With a mix of specialist advisers and charities the seminar focused on how the fund could help improve the success of social ventures by building their capacity and providing tailored support.

Posted by Sarah Brown on 23 Aug '12 | Tags: charity social enterprise investment contract readiness

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