Welcome to Social Enterprise East MidlandsSEEM is the voice of social enterprise in the East Midlands. We bring together key stakeholders in the sector with a collective mission: to create an environment in the East Midlands where social enterprise is encouraged to develop and enabled to grow.
This website is a source of information, intelligence and resources for social enterprises and those interested in social enterprise in the East Midlands.
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Future Jobs FundThis fund was announced in the recent budget and will see a minimum of £100 million made available for social enterprises to create 15,000 new jobs. We have created a new section on this website to tell you more about the fund and keep you up-to-date. It includes an update about the programme with detailed FAQs that may help with your bids. It also directs you to information that may help you calculate the numbers of eligible individuals in your area. The update contains details of the Government Office staff that can help you either identify local authority partners in your area or provide more general advice and the original briefing paper. For more information click here. ------------------------------------------------------ 
Capacitybuilders, improving support to East Midlands social enterprisesEast Midlands based social enterprises have been given a boost with the awarding of £520,000 from the Capacitybuilders Social Enterprise Programme. The funding will improve the quality of support available to social enterprise through the delivery of five projects that will provide specialist support and training over the next two years. Enterprise readiness, support for black and minority ethnic led social enterprise, peer to peer learning, mature social enterprise and replication initiatives will go ahead, directly benefiting hundreds of social enterprises across the region. The award comes after months of activity led by SEEM to co-ordinate the development of high quality proposals for inclusion in a regional portfolio of projects. Details of the projects can be found here ------------------------------------------------------
Latest News
Germany Leads G8 Climate Ranking
2 July 2009
Ahead of the G8 summit next week in L'Aquila, Germany is ranked top in the 2009 edition of the WWF/Allianz G8 Climate Scorecards.
Hill Holt Wood Scoops 3 Green Apple Awards
1 July 2009
Hampton Court Palace was the majestic setting for the Green Apple Awards hosted by The Green Organisation where Hill Holt Wood scooped three prestigious awards, including the top award; “Champion of Champions.”
Upcoming Events
Funding and Support Speed Dating event
29 July 2009
Social Enterprise Course for social entrepreneurs
24 September 2009
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