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Events

Seminar: How to Measure Your Social Impact - 24 May 2013

North West Event

Join Peter McCafferty, Founder and CEO of Cunamh ICT and the internationally acclaimed Social Impact Tracker, who will give a masterclass on how you can:

  • Understand what Social Impact is and why you should be measuring it
  • Develop a meaningful Social Impact Measurement Strategy tailored for your organisation
  • Identify ways to collect the information you need

Venue: Kilconaghan Centre, Rectory Road, Tobermore BT45 5QP
Time: 9.30am - 1.30pm

Free event & lunch will be provided

Register online: www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/6178294445

For further information, please email denise@socialenterpriseni.org

Social Farming - What's the Potential? Master Class - 6 June 2013

Venue: The Ballinderry Inn
Time: Seminar 10am-1.30pm / Study Visit 1.30pm-3.30pm

Free Event - Lunch / Refreshments Provided

Social Farming promotes mental, social and physical well-being through engagement in farming activities. It can help to connect farmers with their local community, whilst helping to improve the quality of life of people in need.

Get involved!

Find our more about what Social Farming / Care Farming is, and the potential for developing Social Farming as a Social Enterprise.

  • Understand the Social / Care Farming Concept
  • Learn about European, Irish and Northern Irish experiences
  • Learn about services that can be provided
  • Learn about sources of support

To book your place email events@socialenterpriseni.org

Southern Regional Meeting (Newry and Mourne, Banbridge, Portadown and Armagh) - 10 June 2013

Venue to be confirmed.

Northern Regional Meeting (Derry, Strabane, Coleraine, Limavady) - 10 June 2013

Time: 10am
Venue to be confirmed
 

Good deals 2013, A Meet the Buyer Event - 25 June 2013


Intelligent Commissioning Master Class

25 June - 10am-1pm
Malone House, Belfast

Speakers Include John McMullan, The Ulster Bank and Roy Bell head of CPD. Join us for a topical and engaging morning exploring the issues faced by Social Enterprises looking to tender for new work.

Good Deals 2013 - A Meet the Buyer event

25 June - 1.30pm-4pm
Malone House, Belfast

For further information, please email events@socialenterpriseni.org

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Showcase of NI Social Enterprises

The Project Director, Juliet Cornford and Amanda Johnston, Central and Southern Co-Ordinator of the Social Enterprise NI visit Daisies Café Newtownards as part of a Showcase Day for social enterprise members.

Eye Feel Good is a Social Enterprise that was formed two years ago as a trading arm of their charity Eye Feel Good.

Footprints Women’s Centre became involved in trading 16 years ago to generate income and provide a degree of sustainability for the charity, together with job creation.

East Belfast Mission is based on the lower Newtownards Road and became a registered charity in 1985. 

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Membership is open to both organisations and individuals to reflect the valued input Social Entrepreneurs bring to the economy, but who may not yet be running an organisation. We welcome membership from organisations in the Private, Public or Third Sectors who wish to associate with the work of Social Enterprise NI.

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Please watch this space as we will soon be offering an online directory of Social Enterprises in NI, encouraging networking and sales to each other, the public and private sectors, and general public.

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