Women asylum seekers and refugees are facing multiple challenges including mental health conditions and homelessness linked to the coronavirus pandemic according to a Sheffield-based support group. In a new report, the social enterprise Development and Women’s Advancement (DEWA) found 82 per cent of women interviewed reported their mental health...
Accelerate online workshop for start-ups
Social Enterprise Exchange invites you to join a series of four online workshop sessions to support your start-up or early-stage social enterprise or community business. This workshop series will enable you to develop your concept, build your business case, plan finances, understand different business models and present your ideas....
Webinar – Funding Recovery and Growth
As the country gets ‘back to business’ social enterprises will be looking to recover and renew. This webinar provides guidance on new funds and other support focused on the recovery phase. It also carries advice about the Social Enterprise Exchange grant for those interested in applying. The webinar is...
Job opportunities with Social Enterprise Exchange
Sheffield Live is seeking to recruit two posts to support its work as a partner in the Social Enterprise Exchange. We are looking for two entrepreneurial individuals with relevant qualifications or equivalent experience in business support or marketing and communications. The Enterprise Coach will provide general business support to...
UnShut arts festival launches virtual events programme
Sheffield’s UnShut Festival of Performance is set to launch a three day virtual events programme of radical and experimental new performance art, online, by post and in the streets. UnShut began as a theatre festival in Sheffield in 2017 and is now home to an array of new talent...
Migration Matters Festival launches online celebration
Sheffield’s Migration Matters Festival, the largest Refugee Week festival in the UK, has launched this year as an online celebration of global sanctuary and the positive impact of migration. The festival will feature music, arts, theatre and debate from Sheffield and around the world but all events are to...
Going back to work webinar
Many social enterprises will be contemplating a return to office-based working. For those that have decided it’s the right time or have already started to go back into the office this webinar will help you think through that process including adjustments to office spaces, buildings and health and safety...
Transform Workshop: Funding Post-Pandemic
Transform Workshop: Funding Post-Pandemic What is the funding landscape for existing businesses post pandemic? 17 June 2021, 10:00am – 11:30am CIQA are running a free online funding workshop for clients of the Social Enterprise Exchange scheme to explore funding opportunities for post-pandemic recovery. Our workshop leader is funding specialist...
Arts workshop for children goes online
A popular Spring Bank Holiday arts workshop series for 7-12 year olds run by Ignite Imaginations in collaboration with Sheffield Libraries is to be run this year as a virtual event. A series of daily, free, artist-led activities will be available online from Monday with a video and online...
Homeless at greater risk following Archer Project fire
Shaffaq Mohammed, Liberal Democrat leader on Sheffield Council is calling for a citywide fundraising campaign to support the homeless. The Archer Project, a leading homelessness charity, has closed due to a recent fire caused during a break in. Councillor Shaffaq Mohammed also called on other providers to step in...