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Brought to you over two days (Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th November 2010), Good Deals, the UK Social Investment Conference, is both a National Investment Week event and part of Global Entrepreneurship Week.

Unique in bringing together all elements of the social investment marketplace, the event is delivered by Social Enterprise magazine in partnership with NESTA, the Royal Bank of Scotland, CCLA, Triodos Bank, UKSIF and Investing for Good- with communications support from Society Media and video footage from our partners at Be Inspired Films.

This is Green Liverpool's launch event called 'Down at the Bottom of the Garden' is the first event of its kind launching on Saturday 21st August at The Bluecoat and Church Alley from 11am until 5pm.

Organised by a team of passionate volunteers, it's set to bring the streets alive with delights for all the family with music, art, drama, dance, crafts, food, drink and weird and wonderful acts from across Merseyside, whilst raising awareness of what's green and going on in the city of Liverpool.

Further to NEET Futures CIC gaining ISO 9001, MATRIX and OHSAS 18001 this past year, they have received confirmation of a Grade A Audit from their ECDL/ITQ Awarding Body: BCS.

NEET Futures have been operating for just over a year now, offering unemployed people ITQ Level 1 & 2 qualifications from their Hamilton Street Offices in Birkenhead, Wirral. 

North West Social Enterprise leaders can apply for a 'one-off' 100% bursary worth up to £10,000 to join the prestigious leadership LEAD programme delivered in Manchester.

Prof. Lynn Martin at Manchester Metropolitan University announced the bursary awards today to support up to three social enterprises that employ between 5-50 staff.

Register for a bursary application here: http://www.formstack.com/forms/?984352-juj24Jfqf0

UnLtd's Millennium Awards provide practical and financial support to social entrepreneurs in the UK; people with vision, passion, drive and commitment, who want to change the world for the better.

UnLtd Engage is supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and is looking for 30 entrepreneurial individuals with a passion and an idea which will bring about a positive change in attitudes and approaches to getting older.

UnLtd Engage is for individuals with an idea for a project which will:

Social Enterprise magazine has launched a poll inviting readers to vote to find out 'which social enterprise support organisation you think is value for money'. The results of the poll are to be passed to Nick Hurd MP, Minister for Civil Society, to help inform future cuts.

Via Chrisanthi Giotis, socialenterpriselive.com

Social Enterprise magazine is today launching an online poll to find out which social enterprise support organisation you think is value for money for the Office for Civil Society (OCS).

If you're aged 16-30 and have been running your own business for more than 3 months but less than 18 months, this annual competition could see you walk away with a £10,000 cash injection plus support from top PR agency Blue Rubicon at our Shell LiveWIRE LIVE! award final taking place in London on 13th October 2010.

So, if you think you've got what it takes to be our Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2010, simply follow this link.

Having spoken to, and met with a great many social enterprises and civil society organisations, a common thread emerged that a large number of organisations were daunted by the complexity of delivering a complete Capital Project.

ADP Projects CIC and our associates now have the specialist skills and experience to deliver either specific areas of a project or together to deliver a 'One Stop Shop' complete service.

If you would like to talk to ADP, please call Alex Macpherson on 0116 25 33 446.

Comtechsa is a third sector organisation, which has been working across Merseyside providing a wide range of architectural services for voluntary and community organisations for over 30 years.

They have now released a tender for the provision of a comprehensive financial service for accounts and payroll.

Click here to view the tender specification.

The deadline for all expressions of interest is Monday 23rd August 2010 5.00pm.