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Training Event

How to be a great Networker

Friday 17^th April 2009

9.30 am until 4pm including lunch

This is a free training event which is strictly one person per organisation and on a first come, first served basis. It will take place at Willington Hall Hotel – Willington Hall, Near Chester, CW6 0NB

For more information please contact Kate Stewart - 01244 354 112 or email kate.stewart@cheshireaction.org.uk

Trade Fair

On the 16th June 2009 Social Enterprise North West (SENW) will be hosting the first Regional Social Enterprise Trade Fair:

In Business for Good (Aintree Racecourse)

The trade fair will provide a showcase and celebration of social enterprises within the northwest and will feature high profile speakers including:

·         Kevin Brennan MP (Minister for the Third Sector)

·         Steven Broomhead (CEO of the Northwest Regional Development Agency)

The event aims to be the ultimate networking and trading event. We aim to send a clear message about the strength of the sector, and the opportunity that social enterprise represents to revitalize and create a more sustainable economy.

Attached is a PDF document containing further information about the event and contained within this is a booking form that can be printed off, completed and posted. I have also attached a booking form in a format that can be completed electronically and returned by email to

info@senw.org.uk. An online booking facility will also be available soon at www.senw.org.uk

We are also currently taking bookings from Social Enterprises and other organisations interested in exhibiting. Further information about this opportunity can be obtained by contacting the In Business for Good Office on 0151 708 3931 or by emailing info@senw.org.uk

DTA Training

DTA is now accepting applicants to our Community Sector Trading course in May.

This free course aims to support voluntary and community organisations to develop their trading activities. The headline outcome of the course would be an enhanced capacity for community and voluntary sector organisations to develop successful “pitches” for investment to develop specific trading activities. Basically a hands-on approach to helping you develop a business idea, thinking about future planning, and looking at how others have succeeded in starting to make money and using their experience to learn from.

Who should participate?

National, regional and local VCS infrastructure organisations

CVSs and local Change Up partnerships

Business Link franchise holders

Regional social enterprise agencies

SKiLD (Skills & Knowledge in Local Development)

Trustees of small community groups

Lead managers of small community groups

Non-finance specialist managers and generic workers

We are particularly seeking participation from BME and rural community groups

We anticipate that there will be more people applying than we have places for. In this light, we ask the applicants to complete an expression of interest form to help us sift through those who apply. Although we do have an initial residential in London at the beginning of the course and a face-to-face session at the end, the rest of the learning is held on-line. The cost of the training is free, but we do ask for a refundable deposit of £100 from each participant. This deposit will not be refunded if more than one of the sessions is missed.

If you have people who are interested in participating, please get them to visit the DTA webpage - www.dta.org.uk/cst so that they can fill in the expression of interest form.

Spring Course Dates

The deadline for submitting Expression of Interest forms for our Spring course is 1 April 2009.

Two day residential session (London) - 5/6 May 2009

2nd online session - 2 June 2009

3rd online session - 16 June 2009

4th online session - 30 June 2009

Final face-2-face meeting - 7 July 2009

For more information please contact Chris ODonnell - c.odonnell@dta.org.uk




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Training Event

How to be a great Networker

Friday 17^th April 2009

9.30 am until 4pm including lunch

This is a free training event which is strictly one person per organisation and on a first come, first served basis. It will take place at Willington Hall Hotel – Willington Hall, Near Chester, CW6 0NB

For more information please contact Kate Stewart - 01244 354 112 or email kate.stewart@cheshireaction.org.uk

Trade Fair

On the 16th June 2009 Social Enterprise North West (SENW) will be hosting the first Regional Social Enterprise Trade Fair:

In Business for Good (Aintree Racecourse)

The trade fair will provide a showcase and celebration of social enterprises within the northwest and will feature high profile speakers including:

· Kevin Brennan MP (Minister for the Third Sector)

· Steven Broomhead (CEO of the Northwest Regional Development Agency)

The event aims to be the ultimate networking and trading event. We aim to send a clear message about the strength of the sector, and the opportunity that social enterprise represents to revitalize and create a more sustainable economy.

Attached is a PDF document containing further information about the event and contained within this is a booking form that can be printed off, completed and posted. I have also attached a booking form in a format that can be completed electronically and returned by email to

info@senw.org.uk. An online booking facility will also be available soon at www.senw.org.uk

We are also currently taking bookings from Social Enterprises and other organisations interested in exhibiting. Further information about this opportunity can be obtained by contacting the In Business for Good Office on 0151 708 3931 or by emailing info@senw.org.uk

Training Event

How to be a great Networker

Friday 17th April 2009

9.30 am until 4pm including lunch

This is a free training event which is strictly one person per organisation and on a first come, first served basis. It will take place at Willington Hall Hotel – Willington Hall, Near Chester, CW6 0NB

For more information please contact Kate Stewart - 01244 354 112 or email kate.stewart@cheshireaction.org.uk

Trade Fair

On the 16th June 2009 Social Enterprise North West (SENW) will be hosting the first Regional Social Enterprise Trade Fair:

In Business for Good (Aintree Racecourse)

The trade fair will provide a showcase and celebration of social enterprises within the northwest and will feature high profile speakers including:

· Kevin Brennan MP (Minister for the Third Sector)

· Steven Broomhead (CEO of the Northwest Regional Development Agency)

The event aims to be the ultimate networking and trading event. We aim to send a clear message about the strength of the sector, and the opportunity that social enterprise represents to revitalize and create a more sustainable economy.

Attached is a PDF document containing further information about the event and contained within this is a booking form that can be printed off, completed and posted. I have also attached a booking form in a format that can be completed electronically and returned by email to

info@senw.org.uk. An online booking facility will also be available soon at www.senw.org.uk

We are also currently taking bookings from Social Enterprises and other organisations interested in exhibiting. Further information about this opportunity can be obtained by contacting the In Business for Good Office on 0151 708 3931 or by emailing info@senw.org.uk

Friday 17^th April 2009