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	<title>VoluntaryNews &#187; Social Economy</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Children&#8217;s Arts Manifesto</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/08/childrens-arts-manifesto/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/08/childrens-arts-manifesto/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The umbrella body for arts organisations working for and with children has launched a 'Manifesto for Children's Arts'.]]></description>
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		<title>Studying social entrepreneurship</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/07/studying-social-entrepreneurship/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/07/studying-social-entrepreneurship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Social Groups]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Social Economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Study finds that social entrepreneurial start-ups are higher amongst the black and minority ethnic communities than the white community.]]></description>
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		<title>Fragmented support for social enterprise in Scotland</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/07/fragmented-support-for-social-enterprise-in-scotland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/07/fragmented-support-for-social-enterprise-in-scotland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Social Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Scotland]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sector Policy and Research]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A report for the Scottish Government says that initiatives that promote social enterprise start-up are "fragmented, complex, uneven and inconsistent".]]></description>
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		<title>Code of governance for co-ops</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/07/code-of-governance-for-co-ops/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/07/code-of-governance-for-co-ops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Social Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Management and Admin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Worker Co-operative Code of Governance sets out how to run and govern a workers' co-operative successfully.]]></description>
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		<title>Investing in an enterprising Scottish third sector</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/07/investing-in-an-enterprising-scottish-third-sector/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/07/investing-in-an-enterprising-scottish-third-sector/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Social Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Scotland]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Funding]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sector Policy and Research]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A thirty million pound Scottish Investment Fund is being set up to help trading charities and social enterprises become financially sustainable. Scottish Government has also published an Enterprising Third Sector Action Plan.]]></description>
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		<title>Capacity building programme for social enterprise</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/capacity-building-programme-for-social-enterprise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/capacity-building-programme-for-social-enterprise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Social Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Funding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Capacitybuilders Social Enterprise Programme was announced by third sector minister Phil Hope at the Capacitybuilders conference this week.]]></description>
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		<title>Developing sector capacity in resource management</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/developing-sector-capacity-in-resource-management/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/developing-sector-capacity-in-resource-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Social Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wales]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New Third Sector Capacity Building Programme for England plus strategic support announced for Welsh community re-use and recycling enterprises in Wales but a recycling social enterprise goes private.]]></description>
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		<title>Justice Ministry&#8217;s sector strategy published</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/justice-ministrys-sector-strategy-published/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/justice-ministrys-sector-strategy-published/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rights, support groups]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Social Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Care, Health, Welfare]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sector Policy and Research]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ministry of Justice sets out how it will engage with the third sector to deliver better public services.]]></description>
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		<title>Networking about Social Return on Investment</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/networking-about-social-return-on-investment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/networking-about-social-return-on-investment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sector networks]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Social Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Networking opportunity for anyone interested in the development of the concept of Social Return on Investment.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/networking-about-social-return-on-investment/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Housing associations and social enterprise</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/housing-associations-and-social-enterprise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/housing-associations-and-social-enterprise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Social Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Housing, regeneration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Scotland]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Leaflet highlights how housing associations are playing their part in developing the social economy.]]></description>
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		<title>Community leadership approaches to tackling street crime</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/community-leadership-approaches-to-tackling-street-crime/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/community-leadership-approaches-to-tackling-street-crime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Community, Rural]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Social Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North West]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Frontline Society]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/community-leadership-approaches-to-tackling-street-crime/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Approaches to tackling street crime by a social enterprise in Manchester might be relevant elsewhere.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/community-leadership-approaches-to-tackling-street-crime/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Measuring social impact of investments</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/measuring-social-impact-of-investments/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/measuring-social-impact-of-investments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 09:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Social Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sector Policy and Research]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/measuring-social-impact-of-investments/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Office of the Third Sector to develop work on standardising and improving how social return on investment (SROI) is measured.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/measuring-social-impact-of-investments/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Recognising social enterprise</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/recognising-social-enterprise-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/recognising-social-enterprise-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 15:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Social Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The tenth year of Enterprising Solutions Awards is open for entries from the UK's best and most innovative social enterprises.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/recognising-social-enterprise-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Developing social enterprise in health and social care</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/developing-social-enterprise-in-health-and-social-care/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/developing-social-enterprise-in-health-and-social-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 15:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Social Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Care, Health, Welfare]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Funding]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/developing-social-enterprise-in-health-and-social-care/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A second round of the Department of Health's Social Enterprise Investment Fund has been announced.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/developing-social-enterprise-in-health-and-social-care/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Community Enterprise Toolkit</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/community-enterprise-toolkit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/community-enterprise-toolkit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 13:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Social Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North West]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Toolkit brings together advice and information on setting up community enterprises in a user-friendly way.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/community-enterprise-toolkit/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Case Studies in Social Enterprise and Health</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/case-studies-in-social-enterprise-and-health/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/case-studies-in-social-enterprise-and-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 13:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Social Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Care, Health, Welfare]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Scotland]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Senscot showcases the activity of social enterprises to promote this model in delivering good quality health and social care services.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/case-studies-in-social-enterprise-and-health/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Investing in social businesses</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/04/investing-in-social-businesses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/04/investing-in-social-businesses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Social Economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Website aims to "provide current and prospective investors with information on the fast-growing UK social business sector".]]></description>
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		<title>Funds from trading and social enterprise</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/04/funds-from-trading-and-social-enterprise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/04/funds-from-trading-and-social-enterprise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Social Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Funding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Online information on trading and social enterprise from NCVO's Sustainable Funding Project.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/04/funds-from-trading-and-social-enterprise/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Template for community interest company structure</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/04/template-for-community-interest-company-structure/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/04/template-for-community-interest-company-structure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Social Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Legal and Regulatory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Social Firms UK has published a template memorandum and articles for setting up a Share Community Interest Company.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/04/template-for-community-interest-company-structure/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Examining networks for social enterprise</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/04/examining-networks-for-social-enterprise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/04/examining-networks-for-social-enterprise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Social Economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Office of the Third Sector has published a report which looks into social enterprise networks in England.]]></description>
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