2008
SIED Final Evaluation Report1 April, 2008Kingston University Small Business Research Centre carried out the final evaluation of SIED and the Community Based Business Support Model last year and presented their findings at the final major SIED event at the Emirates Stadium on 4 December 2...
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 Kingston Evaluation Report for SIED Final
Developing Economic Capacity in Communities seminar report5 March, 2008On 27 September 2007 ITN hosted an event 'Developing Economic Capacity in Communities' at The Assembly Rooms in Newcastle upon Tyne. The event was attended by several of the Community Based Business Advisers who contributed to the seminar an...
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Newcastle Event Report
SIED Major Events 2007 evaluation report5 March, 2008As part of their SIED events management work Prevista has produced an evaluation report, covering the two major events held in 2007: Enterprise, Inclusion & Diversity Conference (12.09.07) and think:different Policy Makers Event (04.12.0...
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Events 2007 evaluation report
Overview report: Delivery of the Community Based Business Support Model in Lewisham5 March, 2008London Borough of Lewisham has produced a report (with project delivery diagrams and maps) outlining their experience of delivering the Community Based Business Support Model in their borough. The report and appendices are available to downl...
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Overview Report
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
Micro-Finance Directory for England4 March, 2008IEA produced an interactive CD-Rom Micro-Finance Directory for England, with listings of sources of finance available to community based businesses, minority and marginalised groups. The Directory is available online in PDF format and also i...
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 Micro-Finance Directory for England PDF Version
Interact: Benefits, tax credits and moving into work report4 March, 2008As part of the SIED programme Community Links worked with the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) and Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) to produce the Interact: Benefits, tax credits and moving into work report. The report includes a set of...
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Interact: benefits, tax credits and moving into work report
Sustaining Community Capacity Event report4 March, 2008ITN have produced a report summarising the discussion and recommendations which came out of their Sustaining Community Capacity event at The Resource Centre, London, 15.11.07. The event was held to promote the two publications ITN produced a...
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Sustaining Community Capacity Event Report
SIED Community Based Business Support Model marketing leaflet4 March, 2008A marketing leaflet was produced to promote the benefits of using the Community Based Business Support Model. It outlines what the model is, what the model offers, how it benefits Local Authorities and which Local Authorities have already im...
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SIED Community Based Business Support Model marketing leaflet
Empowering Communities through Enterprise event - the film!4 March, 2008On 07.11.07 London Borough of Lewisham in collaboration with Simple Business Solutions (SBS) hosted an event at the Town Hall to promote their enterprise development work in the borough. The event was a great success with about 240 attendees...
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Enterprising Communities website link
Enterprising Communities film
Self-employed and Micro-entrepreneurs: Informal Trading and Journey towards Formalisation report4 March, 2008
As part of their SIED work programme Community Links, in cooperation with the Association of Community Based Business Advice (ACBBA), produced a report on the informal economy, exami...
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Advice for Advisors - an online resource for Business Advisors4 March, 2008Quaker Social Action in collaboration with ACBBA have produced an online training resource for Business Advisors. The resource includes information on good practice and describes the common themes encountered by clients in setting up bus...
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Advice for Advisors resource link
Development Report on a proposed CPD Framework for Community Based Business Advisors4 March, 2008As part of their work in the SIED project the Institute of Business Consulting has produced a development report on a proposed CPD Framework for Community Based Business Advisors. IBC has worked with the Community Organisations and their Bus...
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CPD Framework Development Report
Training Programme for Community Based Business Advisers1 February, 2008IEA produced an interactive CD-Rom of the Training Programme for Community Based Business Advisers. The Training Programme is available online in PDF format and also in its interactive format as Shockwave (requires a plug-in). The...
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IEA Training Programme for CBBAs
IEA overview report on their training and related programmes for CBBAs1 February, 2008IEA have produced an overview report on their training and related professional development programme for CBBAs, which was developed as part of the SIED programme. It is available to download here. IEA Training PD Programme Report
The SIED CBBS Model - A Case Study for Local Authorities16 January, 2008In December 2007 Prevista produced a case study for Local Authorities. The overall aim was to demonstrate the contribution the SIED CBBS Model makes towards several policy themes that are of central importance to Local Authorities as part of...
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A Case Study for Local Authorities
2007
think:different - SIED Policy Makers Event4 December, 2007think:different, Tuesday 4 December 2007, Arsenal Emirates Stadium, 10am-3pm
A free workshop exploring
- Supporting Enterprise
- Encouraging Social Inclusion<...
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Online Booking
Sustaining Community Capacity event - 15th November 200715 November, 2007ITN/SIED invites yo...
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Booking Form
Event Information
SIED event in Lewisham, 7 November 2007 - Empowering Communties through Enterprise7 November, 2007This SIED event has been organised by the London Borough of Lewisham (LBL) through its deli...
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Event Schedule
Enterprising Communities Website
ISBE Conference, Glasgow - discussion paper to be presented by Kingston University SBRC7 November, 2007The ISBE Conference takes place in Glasgow on 7th - 9th November 2007. Professor Robert Blackburn of Kingston University Small Business Research Centre will be presenting a discussion paper entitled 'Do Community-Based Business Support Model...
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Kingston Abstract Paper for ISBE Conference
Link to ISBE Conference Website
State of Women's Enterprise in the UK report launched5 November, 2007As part of their SIED work programme Prowess have produced a report entitled State of Women's Enterprise in the UK. The key messages are that to fuel economic growth in the UK, more must be done to encourage female entrepreneurship and, impo...
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State of Women's Enterprise in the UK report
SIED Local Authority Procurement Report18 October, 2007The SIED Report 'A study of links between Local Authority procurement and enterprise in areas of deprivation: potential models for consideration by ACBBA and its members' is now available to download from this website. The report, writ...
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SIED Local Authority Procurement Report
Prowess Flagship Awards: Business Support Provider Standard Comparison Report18 October, 2007Prowess have written a report for the SIED partnership to provide information about the positioning of the Prowess Flagship Standard for Business Support Providers, alongside a number of other standards that are available to ensure quality service...
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Prowess Business Support Comparison Report
SIED publication: Creating a culture of quality - Challenges facing Community Based Organisations18 October, 2007This report, written as a component of the activities undertaken by Islington Training Network on behalf of the SIED partnership, deals with issues related to quality assurance systems including what...
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Creating a culture of quality
SIED Final Report Executive Summary - Kingston University18 October, 2007Kingston University Small Business Research Centre - a partner on the SIED project - have written a Final Report mapping the development of SIED and assessing the extent to which the community-based business support model has succeeded in achievin...
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Executive Summary of Kingston Final Report
SIED Video - 'Voices from the Partnership' now available!18 October, 2007The Lead Partner on the SIED Partnership, London Borough of Islington, have produced a video of interviews with SIED partners discussing the idea behind the SIED partnership, the results of the partnership's work and the creation and sustainabilit...
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SIED Video - Part One The Idea
SIED Video - Part Two The Results
SIED Video - Part Three ACBBA
SIED Directory of Business Networks formed by BAME Communities, Women and People with Disabilities18 October, 2007As part of their SIED work programme Prevista produced an updated directory of business networks formed by people from BAME communities, women and people with disabilities. Many thanks go to Professor Robert Blackburn of the Kingston Univers...
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Business Networks Directory 2nd Edition
SIED Transnational Publication - available to download now18 October, 2007SIED is part of the transnational partnership Building Entrepreneurship. As part of the transnational work programme SIED has produced a report - Understanding European Policy and Identifying Good Practice at the Intersection of Social Inclu...
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UK Transnational Publication
Building Entrepreneurship Website
SIED publication: Building community capacity for sustainability: Challenges of developing integrated approaches18 October, 2007This booklet, developed by Islington Training Network as part of their SIED work programme, documents different approaches to capacity building including benchmarking as a development tool by sharing good practice and promoting different ways of p...
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Building Community Capacity for Sustainability
SIED event to promote the Community Based Business Support Model in Hackney17 October, 2007As part of their SIED dissemination work ACBBA are collaborating with H10 to hold an event at the Queensbridge Sports and Community Centre in Hackney on 17th October 2007. The event flyer is available to download here. Event Flyer
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