For starters, just think how many Social Enterprises, Voluntary and Community Organisations might be rescued or saved with the money spent on this irrelevant London Bubble Bankers’ Beano! In times of harsh austerity, Huckfield and many others reckon that the day long free binge for Social Investment Financial Intermediaries on Thursday 06 June was insulting…. Read more »
Hard Pressed Charities don’t need Social Enterprise Hooray Henries
Eric Pickles’ Mechanism for Passing the Buck As Secretary of State for Local Government and Communities, Eric Pickles has been long enough in politics to know that his agreement last week with the Chancellor on further cuts to his Departmental Budget for 2015-2016 is the easiest part. Deciding how further cuts will fall on and… Read more »
No Standing Ovation for Big Society Capital’s First Annual Report
Huckfield offers these comments on Big Society Capital’s First Annual Report , which finally appeared on Friday 10 May 2013. In a previous posting on this site, Big Society Capital’s £600mn – An Alternative Strategy for Supporting Social Enterprises , has already been suggested. Thirteen Years to Spend £5mn These are highlights from a chronology… Read more »
We will say this only once: “You will become a Mutual”
Background and Outline Huckfield writes this as a strong supporter of Social Enterprise, Cooperatives and Third Sector Organisations, wherever these emerge through genuine democracy and where governing bodies and employees were all part of a democratic decision taking process. In its desperate haste to reduce the extent and size of the public sector before the… Read more »
Why Craig Dearden Phillips is wrong on Trade Unions and Social Enterprise
Defending Public Services Craig’s site claims that he’s “one of the UK’s best known social entrepreneurs”. But his posting True Enemies – or Necessary Allies? Unions and Social Enterprise on Saturday 20 April 2013 shows that he doesn’t know much about trade unions. Much of his piece seems based on Care Plus in North East… Read more »
Social Investment – Scotland does it without the Hype
Social Investment in Govanhill, Glasgow without the Hype During April 2013, there have been two significant and high powered Social Enterprise events: Skoll Foundation’s Oxford Jam and 10th Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship April 10-12 2013 “What is the Future of the Third Sector?” The National Conference of the Third Sector Research Centre in… Read more »
Big Society Capital’s £600mn – An Alternative Strategy for Supporting Social Enterprises
Posted in: Social Enterprise, Third Sector on 01/04/2013
“Beware the Ides of March” (March 15 2013 AD, not 44 BC) The Soothsayer’s warning to Julius Caesar on March 15 proved fatal. While not wishing a similar fate for Big Society Capital, Social Enterprise UK and London Third Sector Organisations in the Big Society Capital Glee Club, Social Enterprises across the country have noted… Read more »
Thoughts from the Social Enterprise Exchange
Posted in: Social Enterprise, Third Sector on 24/03/2013
Well done, Social Enterprise Scotland and CEIS Heartiest congratulations are due to Social Enterprise Scotland and CEIS for their organisation of a highly successful Exchange at the SECC, Glasgow on Thursday 21 March 2013. Not only was the Exchange well-attended but it was less densely populated than last year by London investment bankers and brokers… Read more »
Local Healthwatch – Ode to a Mouse!
Posted in: Social Enterprise, Third Sector on 24/02/2013
Ode to a Mouse Robert Burns had it right when in November 1785 he wrote “To a Mouse: On Turning Up Her Nest with the Plough”. “Wee, sleekit, cow’rin, tim’rous beastie, O, what a panic’s in thy breastie! Thou need na start awa sae hasty, Wi’ bickering brattle! I wad be laith to rin an’… Read more »
Who will Speak Out against the Financialisation of Social Enterprise?
Posted in: Social Enterprise, Third Sector on 08/02/2013
As a Board Member of the Social Entrepreneurs’ Network Scotland, HUCKFIELD once more declares an interest. Senscot promotes its own definition of Social Enterprise. These are the details of the Voluntary Code of Practice for Social Enterprise in Scotland – the Senscot Code Does Social Finance understand Social Need? by Robbie Davison The wider Social… Read more »
Private Philanthropy is not the Answer to Public Spending Cuts
HUCKFIELD offers sincere apologies that a previous posting with the same title was withdrawn earlier this week on account of technical problems. Though some of these are still being resolved, this narrative and contents represent the updated and final version. As a Board Member of the Social Entrepreneurs’ Network Scotland, HUCKFIELD once more declares an… Read more »
A Requiem for Social Enterprise?
The Importance of a Definition for Social Enterprise (As usual, from the outset, Huckfield declares an interest in all this as a Member of the Board of the Social Entrepreneurs’ Network Scotland and a firm supporter of Social Enterprise. However, views expressed in this posting are Huckfield’s own.) In seeking to clarify a definition for… Read more »
2013-A Defining Year for Social Enterprise
A Local Healthwatch for each Local Authority – a Major Opportunity for Social Enterprise? Background 2013 will be a year for defining ‘Social Enterprise’, especially in the National Health Service in England. This Background section explains why. (From the outset, Huckfield declares an interest in all this as a Member of the Board of the… Read more »
Who knew Charities’ Letter to HM Treasury was being sent?
Posted in: Social Enterprise, Third Sector on 11/12/2012
Charity Chief Executives write to the Treasury On Friday 19 October 2012, the Chief Executives and Secretaries of several large UK Charities sent a Letter to Sajid Javid MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, which led many of its readers to believe that they had not only signed up to the Coalition Government’s Spending Cuts,… Read more »
Daily Mail reveals Inconvenient Truth in Perth Prison
A Night to Remember Prisoners’ Week Scotland, organised by Prison Chaplains, has organised a commendable series of events throughout this week. But on Wednesday 21 November, few of the 60 of us attending might have anticipated that an evening in Perth Prison would cause the Scottish Daily Mail to reveal its own Inconvenient Truth. As… Read more »
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