Aimed at social entrepreneurs (and aspiring social entrepreneurs— just bring your idea!) who want to build successful social enterprise. Social enterprise as a force for positive change! Get together to network. share ideas, strategies, and experiences. Learn best practice Colloborate for impact. All are welcome!

Merton Green Drinks is for anyone interested in environmental issues or studying them. The idea is to meet for fun, contacts, alcohol, info, gossip, inspiration, business and pleasure. If you are new, just go up to someone and say “are you green?” and you’ll be made welcome. Please forward this email to anyone you think might be interested. We meet on the the second Wednesday of every month.

Striding Out has been working with some exciting social and ethical entrepreneurs over the last two years, so we are hosting this exciting interactive exhibition to enable you to meet, learn and engage with them. Visit this unique event to: -Meet inspiring ethical entrepreneurs -Explore exciting new ethical products and services -Gain insight, experience and advice -Hear VIPs speak on the future of social business Plus: Phillip Hope, Minister for the Third Sector will announce the first winner of Make Your Mark in 60 seconds. Make Your Mark in 60 Seconds is a major new initiative being launched on Social Enterprise Day by Enterprise Insight, UnLtd, ?What If!, and the Social Enterprise Coalition with support from the Office of the Third Sector. It is part of the Make Your Mark: Change Lives campaign to inspire young people (14-30) to use enterprising ideas for social or environmental change. For more information and to find out which exciting companies are exhibiting and other events check out: http://www.stridingout.co.uk/networking-events-london.php. To register, please go to: http://socialenterpriseday2007.eventbrite.com/ Organised by Striding Out, in association with Ethicalcareers.org Kindly supported by NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland

Join colleagues from the Social Enterprise world for a day of discussion and decision interspersed with input from some key people. leading up to the Time 3pm when we in the third sector agree on how we want Social Enterprise Durham to look and work. Ideas are being prepared for consideration and will be distributed to attendees prior to the event. If you have ideas to share now, please get in touch.

Motivation | Planning | Branding group business coaching sessions. This session enables you to understand your motivation style and how to create a high motivational space in your team or with your associates. - How to reach the end of the to-do list? - How to best use your drive and energy levels? - How to be kinder to yourself and still get things done! - Understand how to work with different motivation styles To book, http://oguntecoaching.eventbrite.com/

Can you tell others what makes you so special? - refine your unique selling point - put it across on the market place - use a clear language and visual supports to help you create impact. During this highly interactive workshop, you will test practical tools and work out how to implement them to your benefit. What’s in it for you? - Practical business toolkit to use on a daily basis in your organisation and/or for yourself! - Great networking opportunities Investment: £49.99 only per person - refreshments included. 10% discount when you have attended an Ogunte event in 2007 or this year. 10% discount for Hub members and UnLtd Award Winners. To book: http://oguntecoaching3.eventbrite.com

One of the most enduring clichés about India is that it is a country of contradictions. Like all clichés, this one too has a grain of truth in it. At the heart of the contradiction stands the state of Illiteracy in India! On one hand, India is the 2nd largest English speaking country in the world, and on the other hand, India ranks highly among the illiterate countries in the world! It’s a nation where the difference between the progressive and the retrogressive India is so vast that it’s impossible to see them as realities of the same country. However the reality is that the verdict of the poor and illiterate people is roughly the same as that of the literate and informed population in society. Human beings are endowed with the same amount of dignity and they have the same democratic right and freedom of choice irrespective of their origins, level of literacy, wealth, talent and accomplishments. We urge you to come and attend this interesting & interactive session on Tuesday the 18th of March about this pragmatic situation in a country which is not only one of the fastest growing economies in the world but also has the …

How to be a Social Entrepreneur, make money and change the world… Do you want to: • Start a social business? • Grow your business and make a contribution? • Position you and your company as a leader in social enterprise? Then book your place and attend this unique seminar by Michael Norton. Topics to be discussed: • Social entrepreneurship: what it is and qualities you need to succeed • Starting small as an “Everyday Activist” • Having a “big idea” and how to take it forward • How to fund your “big idea” • “World domination”, your ultimate goal – how your good idea can spread all around the world • Tools for “World domination” marketing • What’s your big issue… and what to do next • Stories of successful social entrepreneurs and how they made it to the top This is your chance to learn how you can set up an ethical business, change the world you live in, and make great profit all at once with a social enterprise. Michael Norton has created several highly successful socially progressive programmes. He is also a Trustee of The Global Ideas Bank. Michael has written The Complete Fundraising Handbook and …

CIDA and Business Link in London present: Social Enterprise Finance Seminar Tuesday 28 October 2008, 6pm – 9pm Coin Street neighbourhood centre, 108 Stanford Street, London SE1 9NH (Waterloo station) Free Everything you need to know about finance for social enterprises Business Link in London and CIDA are working together to bring you this dynamic seminar and networking event to provide essential information on the right sources of finance for your new or existing creative social enterprise. The event will be hosted by Uday Thakkar (Managing Director, Red Ochre) winner of Social Enterprise of the Year with presentations from Paul Nicoll (Regional Manager, Triodos Bank), Nigel Wilkinson (Enterprise Training Manager, London Rebuilding Society) and case studies from Auro Foxcroft (Director, Village Underground) and Laura Williams (Creator, Aluna Project). The event will also offer a unique opportunity to meet and network with leading social enterprise lenders, investors and support agencies. Exhibitors include: CDFA (Community Development Finance Association), The Social Enterprise Loan Fund, Adventure Capital Fund, Social Enterprise London, Knowledge Connect, Business Link in London and Social Enterprise Coalition. CIDA and Business Link in London present: Who can attend > Are you in need of raising finance for your social enterprise? > …