Investment and Contract Readiness Fund opens for grant applications
Grants will be available from today from a £10m fund designed to help charities and social enterprises win public sector contracts and attract social investment, reports Third Sector. The Investment and Contract Readiness Fund, run by the Social Investment Business on behalf of the Office for Civil Society, will give grants of between £50,000 and £150,000 to social ventures aiming to raise at least £500,000 in investment, or to bid for contracts worth at least £1m.
Social enterprise helping women get jobs
Just Means reports on the work of Fitted for Work, a unique social enterprise which aims for a more personalized approach to helping disadvantaged women return to the workforce.
Government-backed social ventures need more help to grow, report warns
Experts say that the £24 billion social enterprise sector needs more support from business and government to reach its full potential, reports This Is Money.
Evangel to offer new major this fall
News Leaders reports that Evangel University's department of business will launch a new non-profit business and social enterprise major in the fall. The major will include six new courses focused on how the administration of nonprofits differs from for-profit organizations.
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