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Are you planning or already running a project that has an environmental, community or cultural impact? Can a young person aged 18-24 help you to run your project? Could you provide a junior leadership role?

If the answer is YES to these questions and you are based in Liverpool, then we can offer your organisation a grant of £4,550 to cover the wage of a young person working for you over a period of 6 months.

Egerton House will be hosting an open day for all members of Businesswirral, WIN, FSB, and Wirral Chamber to preview their new contemporary Bistro and Business Hub.

You are invited to view the exciting new facilities, enjoy complimentary delicious food and drink from the Bistro and learn more about what Egerton House can offer your business. The open day is set to take place on Monday 6th September from 12 noon onwards or Wednesday 8th September from 5.30pm onwards.

Plaza Community Cinema is pleased to announce the dates of the upcoming Autism/Disability Friendly Screenings beginning in September 2010.

• Monday 13th September
• Monday 11th October
• Monday 8th November
• Monday 13th December

Plaza will be screening Marmaduke (U 87 mins) at the usual time of 5.30pm on Monday 13th September.

For more information please e-mail: barry@plazacinema.org.uk

Government plans to transfer NHS services into the hands of social enterprises have been met by a legal challenge from trade union Unison. The action was made following a lack of consultation on the latest NHS White Paper; Liberating the NHS.

via Gemma Hampson, socialenterpriselive.com

Unison is taking the Department of Health to court over its refusal to consult on the recent white paper, which stated the department wanted to create the 'largest social enterprise sector in the world.'

Open Eye Gallery are hosting another photographers' network meeting on Tuesday 31st August at 6.30pm at their gallery at 28-32 Wood Street, Liverpool.

Stephen Clarke's long-term project looks at the representation of family holidays since the 1950s. He works with a variety of media, making digital montages, combining his own photographs with found images, and tracing wall drawings from family snapshots.

Homeless entrepreneurs with a business idea that can take them into employment and independent living are being sought to take part in Sparklers 2010.

Sparklers provide opportunities for homeless entrepreneurs to develop both new business ideas and the skills to run their own businesses.

Sparklers 2010 was launched by founders John Montague, CEO of the TREES group, and Nigel Kershaw, Chair of Big Issue Invest.

As of the 1st September 2010 NEET Futures CIC will be offering the 1 Day Emergency First Aid at Work (Appointed Person) qualification.

The course is suitable for all workplace environments as a minimum standard and many organisations may wish to 'add value' to their service offering by including this qualification to their customers.

As always, NEET Futures are able to deliver at their own premises or yours and all tutors are employed directly by NEET Futures CIC to preserve the quality of their training programmes.

Fast-growing Birkenhead-based training provider, NEET Futures, was founded only two years ago but has gained an enviable reputation for the quality of the educational courses which it provides to unemployed people in the Wirral area.

So much so that it has recently been awarded the prestigious ISO:9001 accreditation.

Following a poll released by Social Enterprise magazine, and included in last week's SEN Newsletter (16th August), to find out which social enterprise support organisation provides the best value, the results have been unveiled amidst controversy...

via: socialenterpriselive.com

The School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) has topped the controversial Social Enterprise magazine poll to find out which organisation our readers think provides the best value for money to government.

A fund that awards grants to social entrepreneurs will increase the pot it makes available by £1 million to £6 million over the next two years.

The Arthur Guinness Fund, which was set up in 2009 in memory of the founder of the Guinness brewery business, has awarded funding to community projects and social enterprises in the UK, Ireland and other countries over the past year.