No.9 Contact Details: Susan Smith. Email

February 2013 No.9 Contact details: Susan Smith. Email: [email protected] Web: www.dundeesen.org Mobile: 07928 688207

It has been encouraging to meet so many new and aspiring social entrepreneurs in the last few months and to hear about the developments within the existing network. It is good to be able to share these stories with others through the newsletter and the DSEN website so please let me know if there is some good news that your group has to share. Susan Smith Network Meetings

DSEN Network open meetings Wednesday 6th March 2013 at 10.30 a.m at Claverhouse Training, Staffa Place, Dundee DD2 3SX. The speaker will be Carrie Marr, Director of Organisational Effectiveness, responsible for Tayside’s community engagement programme – which is all about working with local communities to deliver better outcomes for patients in those communities. And Helen Smith of University of Abertay Dundee will talk about the opportunities for social enterprises and the university to form links. The meeting is open to all existing, new and aspiring social enterprises Please email [email protected] if you are attending to assist with catering for a sandwich lunch.

Members New members. Enquiries from projects and businesses that would like to become members of the network are always welcome and they should contact Susan to find out more. If you know of a business/project that might be interested in joining the network or would like to be added to the directory, please pass on my details to them. We are also able to support projects and organisations that are considering becoming a social enterprise.

Co-wheels Dundee

Co-wheels is the UK’s largest Social Enterprise Car Club operator, currently managing 40 car club locations with over 200 cars on the ground. Our goal is to reduce the number of cars on our roads and reduce climate change through promoting an alternative to car ownership. Each car has been shown to help remove 30 other cars from the road (Carplus 2012).

Here in Dundee we have a small car club which we are working to expand. The 3 cars are located in Bell Street Car Park (2 ford Fiestas) and at the Science Centre (a Ford Fusion). A fourth one (Vauxhall Zafira) is available at Dundee University mid-week only between 10am & 4 pm. (Outside these times it’s used as a rideshare vehicle between Dundee and Anstruther).

Car club membership is open to anyone 18+ who has held a full licence for more than 12 months and has no more than 6 points on their licence. Cars are available from £4.50 per hour +21p per mile. This includes everything including fuel, insurance, tax, maintenance, and cleaning and breakdown recovery. For organisations, using Car Club vehicles for staff travel, it eliminates corporate liability associated with paying staff to use their own cars as well as administration relating to mileage claims. Each member is issued with a smart card which they use to gain access to the car once a booking has been made. Bookings can be done on line or by phone 24 hours a day. DSEN members can access Free Membership (normally £25) and get a free £20 start-up credit on their account. Further information: Tony Archer, Development Coordinator, Tel: 07788319605, Email: [email protected], Website: www.co-wheels.org.uk

Members’ News

Web site members’ area and log in. For members, there is now a dedicated section where information can be shared within the network. Please log in for up to date information and early notice of future dates.

The Voluntary Code of Practice for Social Enterprise in Scotland Senscot, in partnership with others, launched the SE Code of Practice. The aim of the Code is to set a bench mark for the values and behaviours with which the Social Enterprise community in Scotland recognises one another. Dundee SEN has signed up as a supporter and four members are now signed up. To sign up as a `subscriber` to the Code go to http://www.se-code.net/subscribers/. It is voluntary and open to all Social Enterprises.

Dates for your Diary

Social Enterprise Extravaganza back for a second year.

The Social Enterprise Exchange will be held at the SECC in Glasgow. The date has been set for Thursday 21 March 2013. The Social Enterprise Exchange combines a business to business trade fair, learning event, policy conference and vital networking opportunities for social enterprises. See www.socialenterpriseexchange.com for the programme. SEN members/contacts can get the discounted rate of £50 plus VAT, if booked through DSEN. There is also a bursary scheme to allow smaller social enterprises to attend to find out more go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WRXCVVK . Please note, only one bursary place per organisation will be considered. Need to know more then contact Ryan Horan, Events Officer, on 0141 425 2926 directly.

Dundee College E-Commerce workshops Attend the FREE workshops to increase your expertise in IT, e-commerce, web development, marketing and design and we’ll offer you a FREE follow-up one-to-one surgery session too. http://www.dundeecollege.ac.uk/enterpriseworkshops

Social Media for Charities Course at DVA on 12th March 2013. Cost £50. For further details contact Heather Carnegie. [email protected] Articles to Ponder and Funding

Reshaping Care for Older People Capacity Building Fund The aim of the fund is to build the capacity of communities to deliver services which maintain people in their own home in response to identified community need. This may include the development and promotion of co-production models and volunteering, through voluntary organisations/social enterprises addressing older people’s needs in either local communities and/or communities of interests. For full criteria and eligibility see the guidance notes. Closing date Monday 11th March 2013. www.d-v-a.org.uk/dva-reshapingcareteam.htm

Legacy 2014 Active Places Funding and 2014 Communities Grants - Sports & Physical Activity Supported by the Scottish Government the Legacy 2014 Active Places programme will make grants of between £10000 and £100000 for a wide range of community-led capital projects that create or improve places in the local community where people can go to get active. This could include bike or skate parks, outdoor adventure facilities, walking routes or new projects within school grounds. Future deadlines for applications are: 1st July 2013, 1st February 2014, 1st July 2014, 1st February 2015. Details - w ww.sportscotland.org.uk/About_us/What_we_do/Places/Invest/legacy_2014_active_places_fund/l egacy_2014_active_places_fund

Resilient Fund This is a fund that is a mix of grant 1/3 and loan 2/3 and is managed through the Jessica Scotland Trust. Start and Grow is focussing its funding on 13 local authorities, Dundee is one of them. Funds can be used to finance revenue or capital costs, including fixed asset purchase, wages, refurbishment, set up and running costs. There is recognition that the ownership and development of assets by communities is increasingly seen as a key means of improving the future for Scotland’s people. www.resilientscotland.org.uk

Outcome-focused evaluation methods and approaches briefing The Health & Social Care Alliance Scotland have recently published a briefing on outcome- focused evaluation methods and approaches. This will be of interest to any projects that need to evaluate the impact of their work. It includes tools such as LEAP, logic modelling and the social return on investment and a handy chart for comparison. To download click here: http://tinyurl.com/buz2clv

Ready for Business website Ready for Business (RfB) website has been rebuilt and the RfB Partners are delighted to launch the new site – see, http://readyforbusiness.org/ . The website holds information on the ‘Developing Markets’ contract which the RfB led consortium is currently delivering. Social enterprises can sign up to the ‘register’ which is a national list of social enterprises. It has been designed to provide a searchable single point of enquiry for public sector commissioners, private sector businesses and third sector organisations seeking social enterprise partners. The register provides contact details for each social enterprise, a summary of their services and the areas in which they operate.

Do you have an event or course that is of interest to social enterprises? Then please contact Susan so that we can work together to promote it.

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