Monday December 7, 2009

Have you booked your place yet?

There are still a few places remaining on our Tools For Enterprise Day and SESC AGM on the 9th December

The famous quote we don’t know what we don’t know is particularly relevant to business development. Come along to our half day event to test a range of business tools - the Tender Readiness Toolkit, the Acid Test, the Selling Added Value tools and if there’s anything missing from the toolbox tell us and we’ll find it for you.

Table themes and hosts;

1) Finance- Matt Smith Key Fund, Test Tool: Acid Test
2) SROI - Dave Smith SESC, Test Tool: Selling Added Value
3) Get Tender Ready–David Morrissey SESC, Test Tool: Tender Readiness Tool Kit
4) Business Planning – Linda Widdop SESC, Test Tool: Business planning
5) Health Opportunities – Tracey Cannell Department of Health, Bridget Gill Strategic Health Authority Test Tool: Balanced Scorecard
6) Governance – Andy Peers Love Enterprise and Chris Low
Huddersfield University Test Tool: TBC
7) Marketing and Sales- Rachel Oddie SESC, Test Tool: Lift Test

To book your place or for more information please contact Debbie Yates at debbie.yates@sesc.info or 0845 257 8027 http://www.sesc.info/events/booking/sesc-agm/
 

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Arts Market Event at Lapage School, Bradford

Monday 4th January 2010, 1pm – 2.45pm Lapage Primary & Nursery School, Barkerend Road, Bradford BD3 8QX

Are you a freelance arts practitioner, an arts organisation, a creatively minded business, or a museum or other organisation working with young people in an educational setting wanting to develop links with this forward thinking school?

As part of the Schools involvement with the Creative Partnerships Change Schools programme, Lapage Primary School are holding a staff training day for upwards of 70 members of staff from all areas of the curriculum to continue the process of developing their ability to implement the curriculum in creative ways.

Lapage’s school’s project question is:
“What impact does a creative approach have on the abilities of children to listen and speak?”
We are looking to invite as many artists/organisations who would like to develop creative links with the school to come along, display their work and discuss with the teachers what they can offer the school at an ‘Arts Market’ event in the afternoon session on 4th January 2010. The number of organisations invited will be dictated by the size of the hall but we are looking to invite the widest possible variety of disciplines and types of artist/organisation including places like museums, freelance individual artists (all art forms inc. dance, drama, storytelling, performance poetry, makers, puppeteers etc), digital artists, musicians, facilities, businesses, arts organisations, theatre companies and so forth.
If you are not available on 4th January but are interested in having flyers/ handouts for your organisation displayed please register your interest with Paula J Horton (contact details below) and send your flyers/handouts to ‘Linda Ruddock, Assistant Head’ at the school address above.

If you would like to be involved please contact either of the event Project Managers as outlined below:

Paula J Horton Tel: 07810541907 Email: paog1@tiscali.co.uk
Mandeep Samra Tel: 07793 047220 Email: mandysamra@hotmail.com
Please provide contact details for the person/s who would like to attend the event, a web address (if available) for the company/individual and give us a brief outline of what you do.

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Step Up Market Challenge 2010

The Step Up Market Challenge is now open for enteries the deadline is the 26th February 2010, with a local Dragons Den Style event in March 2010.

If you have a youth club, or school, or a setting which young people aged from 5-19 years access, then please get involved this is an exciting piece of work, which will engage with the district as a whole and we would to see you all part of it.

Step Up Enterprise can help with support leading up to the locality Dragon Dens Style event in March 2010 and provide additional support to groups who get through this. Support could be:

• to run workshops
• set up mini competitions in the school or youth setting
• anything bespoke required

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Zahra Niazi Enterprise Enabler (Bradford West)  at zahra.niazi@bradford.gov.uk  or  telephone 07824 893661

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Provision of Professional Services to Third Sector Organisations

Newlands Local Enterprise Limited is inviting expressions of interest for a framework agreement in respect of provision of professional services to third sector organisations.

The Enterprising Bradford Programme will deliver a series of activities concentrated on the Bradford super output areas in the 10% most deprived areas nationally. The targets will be organisations that are:

aiming to become social enterprise or community businesses
moving towards being self-sustaining.

NLEL is seeking expressions of interest for a framework agreement to deliver professional services to relevant organisations in the following areas:

• business planning
• marketing
• financial services
• monitoring and evaluation
• information technology
• legal services

Expressions of interest should include information about experience of delivering the services to organisations in the target areas, resource availability and details of:

• financial accounts for the last three years
• insurance cover
• health and safety policy
• equal opportunities policy
• environmental policy
• compliance with a quality standard
• agreement to provide 'beneficiary data' to assist the lead organisation to comply with ERDF outputs monitoring for funded projects
• three referees who may be contacted (preferably from target areas).

For further information or to download an application form, visit http://professionalservices.newlandsenterprise.com/services/  

Please send applications to Julie Dawson, business administration co-ordinator, Newlands Local Enterprise Limited, The Holybrook Centre, Redcar Road, Bradford BD10 0DP, email julie.dawson@newlandsenterprise.org

The closing date for applications is Thursday 31st December. Applications from potential service providers from within the third sector will be positively encouraged.

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Bradford Chamber Christmas Networking Lunch

17 December 2009 at 12:00 Great Victoria Hotel, Bridge Street, BD1 1JX

Don't miss out on the chamber Christmas networking lunch. It's an ideal opportunity to make new contacts or reward your staff. Put on your paper hat and join over 100 business people and VIPs from across the district.

Guest of honour this year is Yorkshire International Business Convention (YIBC) leader Mike Firth. After founding the YIBC over 13 years ago he has brought world renowned speakers such as Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev and Desmond Tutu to the region and significantly raised the profile of the area.

Member Price: £28.00

Non Member Price: £35.00

To book please call Bradford Chamber on 01274 230052

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Register Now for Going Global

Can you afford to miss Going Global? For one day only, in one place, you’ll be able to meet over 100 international buyers actively looking to do business with companies in Yorkshire & Humber. This unique event also includes practical workshops and a ‘global village’—all designed to make a real difference to your business success.

Why should you attend?

• Exporting is a fantastic way to expand your markets and grow your business
• This is biggest ‘meet the buyer’ event of its type in the UK
• You’ll get the chance to network with over 900 businesses
• You’ll mix with over 100 buyers from some of the largest trading markets in the world
• There’s a packed programme of master classes designed to help your business succeed overseas: see the programme  

This event is brought to you by Yorkshire Forward in association with UK Trade & Investment and will attract over 900 delegates from a wide range of industry sectors and over 100 international buyers. Plus, experts will be presenting master classes and facilitating introductions. Meetings will be facilitated between businesses in our region and international buyers from major markets. You’ll hear directly from them about their procurement policies and buying cycles, and find out about any opportunities which may be available to your business. If you simply want to find out more about export opportunities, the global village and master classes will introduce you to a wide range of experts, including regional and international support organisations and representatives from some of the biggest international markets.

If you’re just attending the global village and master classes, the event is free. Companies approved to participate in the Meet the Buyer meetings will pay a nominal fee of £50 + VAT, allowing up to two delegates. It takes place on Wednesday 17 March 2010 at the Events Centre, Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate, HG2 8PW. For more information or to register, visit the Trade Yorkshire website http://www.tradeyorkshire.com/goingglobal10/index.htm

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Community Voices

The Media Trust is giving away a £500 award every week until the end of March 2010.

It is looking to celebrate varied and inspiring ways of using digital media to help to empower disadvantaged communities.

The 20 projects selected will be showcased on its website, and each project will receive a bursary for a place at one of its training events as well as additional communications support.

From the website: 'If you would like to share your success story, you can email us, outlining either in writing, video or audio, or however you feel most comfortable, the three following points:

1. How have you used digital media to give a voice to a disadvantaged community?
2. What impact has this had on the community?
3. Could this be inspirational to other community groups?'

Groups should also include an attachment or link to their digital media products if possible.

For more information, visit http://www.mediatrust.org/communityvoices/get-involved

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Biffaward Small Grants

The Biffaward small grants scheme, which gives grants to improve local amenities and conserve wildlife, is now open to applications again.

From the website: 'Often groups need only a small amount of money to make a difference to a local facility, be it a community building, nature reserve, cultural facility or outdoor space. The Small Grants Scheme offers quicker access to lower levels of funding to make these projects happen.'

Groups can apply for between £250 and £5,000. The project must not cost more than £10,000 in total.

Projects must be within ten miles of a Biffa operation (there is a proximity checker on the website) and within ten miles of a landfill site owned by any company. There must be at least 104 days of full public access to the project per year. Any Biffaward grant will be used for site-based improvement work, not equipment or running costs.

There is a rolling application process so bids can be accepted at any time.

For more information and to download an application pack with notes, visit http://www.biffaward.org/about/soverview  

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