Women in Social Enterprise
Helping to Transform Communities

Thursday 20th November 2008
9:30 am to 4 pm, at Blackburne House,

Blackburne Place, off Hope Street, Liverpool, L8 7PE
 

CONFERENCE
Women are only half as likely as men to be mainstream entrepreneurs, but equally or more likely than men to be social entrepreneurs and be innovative in tackling the needs they see in front of them on a daily basis.

This inspirational conference provides you with the opportunity to hear from some of the country’s leading female social entrepreneurs . It aims to highlight the role of women in the social enterprise movement, the benefits of trading for social benefit, tips for surviving the credit crunch and an opportunity for to network with likeminded entrepreneurs.

GUEST SPEAKERS

Claire Dove MBE DL, CEO Blackburne House, Chair of SEC

Karen Lowthrop, Hill Holt Wood

Priti Butler, Non Executive Director, Big Life Group
Peter Furmedge, Chief Executive, Social Enterprise Network

CONFERENCE CHAIR

Liz Cross, Director, the Connectives

FAIR TRADE FASHION SHOW

SOCIAL ENTERPRISE PITCH

Are you looking for a cash injection for your social enterprise.? Why not deliver a 5 minute business pitch to the conference panel, if your pitch is successful you will receive a welcome gift. Register your interest on the booking form.

BOOKINGS

To reserve your free place complete and return the booking form to nataliechilds-fielding@blackburnehouse.co.uk
For more information call Natalie on 0151 708 3933

ENROL TODAY... for Courses starting  January 2009

Courses available in, IT, CMI Management courses, Teaching qualifications, Construction for Women, Home Maintenance, Home Improvements, Chartered Insitute of Housing, Young Women's courses, ESO

L and Fresh Focus .

Call the course information line on 0800 587 7672

A Drop in Solution for all Your Health Concerns

Feeling a bit run down?
Maybe you want help to give up smoking?
Drop in for a chat with a Personal
Health Trainer.
Each Fortnight from 12 - 2pm a Personal Health Trainer will be available, 
based in the Health Place, for Staff, Students and others to drop in.

Visit a personal health trainer on:
Thursday 6th November
Thursday 20th November
Thursday 4th December
Thursday 18th December

For more information Call:0151 7094356
or email: sylviabarrington@womenstech.co.uk

Train to Gain with Blackburne House

Improve the productivity & competitiveness of your businesses by ensuring that you have the best possible workforce with the right skills to do the job. Train to Gain is designed to help your business get the training it needs to succeed. Funding is available for SMEs to source work based training qualification for employees:

• Without a first full level 2 qualification
• Who are working towards Skills for Life first numeracy & literacy qualifications

We can offer FREE Level 2 and 3 NVQs in Housing, Team Leading, Business Administration, IT and Management.  For more information please contact Martine Keegan on 0151 708 3916 or email martinekeegan@blackburnehouse

 School for Social Entrepreneurs in Liverpool (SSE)

Do you have a good business idea that will benefit your local comunity? If so call the SSE in Liverpool. SSE Liverpool will provide training & on-going opportunities to enable you to use your creative & entrepreneurial skills to develop social businesses and benefits.

Call Sylvia Pearson, Direct Line 0151-709 4356 ext 2252 or Email: sseliverpool@blackburnehouse.co.uk

 Liverpool Academy for Sustainable Enterprise

Supporting the effective management of community enterprises and promoting social entrepreneurship by building the capacity of local people to create, manage and grow social and community enterprises.

The Academy Enterprise Programme will include the following activities:
FREE short courses and workshops, organised and delivered by Blackburne House, covering Marketing,  Governance , Finance , Networking , Project planning , Legal 
& Human Resources. For more information visit our website www.sustainable-enterprise.org.uk and register today or contact Angela Stanley on 0151 709 4356  extension 2252.

 Reading Group

Every Monday 11am to 12:30 pm at the June Henfrey Library in Blackburne House. To Book a Place call Pat Otty on 0151 709 4356 ext. 2214