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Capacitybuilders' Newsletter: Free fortnightly news bulletin, providing an update on Capacitybuilders / ChangeUp activity and work programme. Also provides a summary of other third party events and activity including that of the National Hubs. To sign up, please visit http://capacitybuilders.org.uk/content/ContactUs.aspx

Charity News Alert: FREE regular news bulletin bringing you up-to-date on all the latest developments in the voluntary and community sector.
To sign up to their newsletter visit Charity Finance

Charity Technology Trust's E-News: Regular quarterly newsletter for the CTT. CTT providesa wide range of products and services used to increase charities' efficiency in many of their core areas of activity.
To sign up to their newsletter visit http://www.ctt.org/

LawWorks - These occasional newsletter feature stories of interest to lawyers advising charitable clients, updating lawyers on key legal developments affecting the charitable sector, plus stories of broader interest to the ‘Third Sector'. Visit lawworks.org.uk

LVSC Policy bulletin - The LVSC Policy e-bulletin goes out monthly. Its aim is to provide a summary of the main policy issues affecting the voluntary and community sector in London with links to further information. It is free to subscribe and there are no membership criteria attached.  Contact policy@lvsc.org.uk

LVSC Third Sector Alliance (3SA) - 3SA is a membership network that aims to promote and support the effective engagement, contribution, and influence of the voluntary and community sector as partners in regional policy. Membership of 3SA is free. Membership is open to voluntary and community groups, and networks, that work in three or more London boroughs, provide support to other organisations, and want to influence regional agendas. The 3SA e-bulletin goes out bi-monthly to all members. Contact 3SA@lvsc.org.uk

Social Edge: A programme of the Skoll Foundation Newsletter: By social entrepreneurs for social entrepreneurs. Distributed every Tuesday, free of charge. No spam, no solicitations. Just news about social entrepreneurship. Subscribe here

Social Enterprise Coalition Newsletter: The Coalition is the UK's national body for social enterprise. Our fortnightly newsletter is considered the flagship online publication for the movement and is received by over 4,000 people. It contains all the top social enterprise news, information on our work with the government, consultation requests, upcoming events, new resources, case studies and jobs. Easy to read, it is packed with photos and links and is full of practical information for anyone interested in social enterprise. Register free for the newsletter here.

Social Enterprise London: Distributed fortnightly to all members of the London Social Enterprise Network. It covers the latest news releases, events, forthcoming forums and conferences and lists new publications, funding opportunities, training, jobs and tender opportunities. To join SEL and receive this newsletter visit www.sel.org.uk/lsen.html

Striding Out newsletter: Monthly newsletter on Striding Out's latest news, new members, upcoming events and Sustainable Business Challenge. Aimed at entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs, business support providers and Enterprise sector. Available to all our members, partners and wider audience, everyone is welcome to subscribe. To subscribe, please fill our short registration/newsletter form: http://www.stridingout.co.uk/register-interest-subscribe.php

Research Reports

 

Measuring real value: A DIY guide to Social Return on Investment
nef’s guide, Measuring real value: A DIY guide to social return on investment, provides easy, step by step instructions for organisations who want to prove and quantify the social returns that they deliver, and draws on previously unpublished SROI analysis by nef of two social firms, MillRace IT in Essex, and Pack-IT in Cardiff to show how to do it.

For more information visit http://www.neweconomics.org.uk/gen/z_sys_PublicationDetail.aspx?pid=241 

 

Leaders in the Social Economy
By Charlotte Chambers and Fiona Edwards-Stuart for Woodbridge Partners LLP. Foreward by Barbara Phillips.
The School for Social Entrepreneurs has published a research report ‘Leadership in the Social Economy' looking at the characteristics of successful social enterprise leaders, stumbling blocks and practical help needed.
To order a copy contact SSE on 020 8981 0300 (£10 including p&p)
July 2007

 

Mapping London's Minority Ethnic Social Enterprises
Commissioned by Olmec, a London based community investment foundation. Highlights the contribution BME social enterprises make to the social economy and community development.
April 2007

 

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