CaSe-da is working with Enterprise Radio to help them build their social enterprise.

Tune in to www.enterpriseradio.co.uk to give it a try.

” This station’s future success is solely dependent on the complete satisfaction of our listener audience. Enterprise Radio is committed to becoming the industry leader for top-quality programming and matching our content with a highly targeted internet audience to provide the best possible experience for our listeners. Furthermore, we consider it our responsibility to contribute to the future of radio and broadcasting.” Ivor Humphrey, founder member.

To claim your free advert, just display an Enterprise Radio poster in your premises for one month, then call Tel: 07981 642 479 and ask for Ivor.

Posters available from CaSE-da: Tel 0116 222 5010 or l.todd@case-da.co.uk

CaSE-da website 

Who is eligible?

The grant is available to pre-start social enterprises seeking to purchase specialist advice on governance and legal structures; and start up and established social enterprises seeking to purchase specialist business advice to grow their business and/or develop into new markets.

Business Link - Social Enterprise

A strategy is being written for supporting the development of the social economy in Leicester in line with the Governments lead on social enterprises.

If you would like to contribute to this strategy, please contact Mark Mizzen, Social Economy Development Officer,

Tel: (0116) 252 8656 or email mark.mizzen@leicester.gov.uk

Leicester City Council - Social Economy

CAN’s vision is of a social economy buoyed by a thriving social enterprise market. Our mission is to help social entrepreneurs achieve it.

To build sustainable businesses, social entrepreneurs need business support, experience from their peers, capital funds and even space to grow.

Click here: CAN

Click here: Newsletters

Leicester CAN is set up in its own right to deliver the CAN brand and product in Leicester and across the East Midlands, its mission is to add value to regeneration and community development through supporting social entrepreneurship.

Leicester CAN 9 Newarke street, Leicester LE1 5SN

Tel: 0116 2222233

Ibstock Community Enterprises owns and manages the former TSB Bank in Ibstock as a One Stop Shop. The Community Shop provides access to a range of services, information and advice, primarily about Ibstock and the surrounding area. The Shop is also used as a meeting space for local groups.

The Shop is at 12 Chapel Street, Ibstock. Leics LE67 6HE. Opening hours are Monday to Friday 0900 to 1600 and Saturday 1000 to 1200. To find out more, please contact Rachel Elliott on Tel: 01530 262882

Click to visit website: Ibstock Community Enterprises

They said the shop has been very busy with people taking the time to see how much the Fair Trade retail experience has changed. I like visiting this place because everyone is always smiling and its a feel good experience. Why not wonder down one lunchtime and see what I mean.

I picked up the latest newsletter and can also report that the much awaited new website is now live. Please take the time to have a look and let Citizens Eye know what you think.

View the website: Just Fair Trade

By doing this we help to improve the quality of life of people living in some of the most disadvantaged wards of the region by providing educational, economic, sport, social and cultural activities to enable them to develop their natural talents and resources better and to contribute to the improvement of the region.

East Midlands Economic Network
PO BOX 7845
Leicester LE3 1WY
Tel: 07915 641 292
E-mail: info@emen.org.uk

Trading for Change 

What a pleasent surpise!

I’m not quite sure how a Fair Trade shop should look but the environment created by Sarah Shepherd and the workers of the Just Fair Trade co-operative can only be described as a ’boutique’ feel. In fact it would fit naturally into the new shopping centre and not look out of place.

Just Fair Trade Limited is Leicester’s first exclusively fair trade shop and it sells fairly traded products from across the developing world.

The product range covers food, jewellery, clothes, accessories, stationery, gifts, soft furnishings and more…..with many items exclusive to Just. The best thing about it is there is no longer any excuse…..these items were excellent quality and you know it guarantees a better deal for Third World producers.

Why don’t you take the opportunity to see how the Fair Trade movement has developed and visit the shop located at 10 Bishop Street on Town Hall Square. Its open Monday to Friday 9am-5pm and Saturday 9.30am-5pm

So remember - go and see what its like, and while your there do us all a favour…..try to encourage them to move to a location amongst the fancy brands…….give the big names a run for their money and put Fair Trade squarely where it needs to be…..up front!

Speaking via video link to delegates of Voice08, the annual social enterprise conference, which was held in Liverpool, Brown revealed £10m was to be put into a new risk capital fund for social enterprises.

Also announced was the addition of £27m for the Social Enterprise Investment Fund in health and social care, bringing the total for that fund up to £100m so far.

The fund supports the development of ventures such as women’s refuges, migraine clinics and exercise programmes for the elderly.

Brown said social entrepreneurs had ‘that rare mix of idealism and dogged determination that makes change happen’.

He added: “The best social entreprises are not just dynamic and successful businesses, they are an ethical example to those who follow in their wake.

“They show that better conditions for staff are possible, and these things can sit side by side with commercial success.”

According to figures from the government’s annual small business survey there are over 55,000 social enterprises in the UK with a combined turnover of £27bn.

Social enterprises account for 5% of all businesses with employees and contribute £8.4bn per year to the UK economy, equating to 1% of annual GDP.

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