I’m chasing my tail a bit today so this week’s news is a little brief. There’s some good stuff in their though – jobs, courses, funding news. If you’ve had a frustrating week check out the last link too for evidence that it’s not just you!

Have a good weekend

@davemcglashan

• Some course news first – if you’re at a loose end in London tomorrow, why not come along to our Kickstart Your Social Media workshop? Email me at [email protected] and I’ll send you details for a tasty discount.  After that our next workshop will be Writing Successful Bids on August 7th – this course has sold out the last couple of times we’ve run it so book soon to be certain of a place.

• You’ve been on a course at SSE, you’ve loved a course at SSE (hopefully!) but how about delivering the courses at SSE? We’ve got a couple of vacancies for Learning Facilitators at the moment; a full time post at SSE London and a freelance post at SSE Cornwall. Details on our website.

• If you are working within the community energy sector then take a look at the energytastic M&S Energy Community Energy Fund which is offering grants of up to £40k ‘not for private profit organisation that wants to use renewable energy to provide community benefits’. Applications need to be in by 29th July.

• Tired? Burned out from putting too much energy into your social enterprise? Freelance journalist Claudia Cahalane wants to hear from you for an article she is putting together. Email her at [email protected]. It could be a long article…

• SSE Fellows have been gathering a good amount of press coverage this week. First up, Simon Glenister’s organisation Noise Solution picked up the ‘Raising the Bar’ award at the East Anglian Daily Times Business Awards. Also picking up a prize was Tracey Murdoch whose organisation Kidz Eco was awarded ‘Committed to Excellence’ status in the 2015 Quality Scotland Awards. Congratulations to both!

• We’ve also been in the news, as the Guardian included our partnership with RSA Insurance Group in their article ‘What corporate sponsors look for in a charity partnership‘. (Come and discover our secrets on our Working with Corporates workshop in September).

• School holidays will be here soon and if you are a parent looking for a way to occupy your children then current student Robert Fallon has rolex replica just the thing. His organisation Wild Nature is running ‘Rites of Passage’ wilderness courses this summer for 13-17 year olds. You can find details of the girls course here and the boys course here.

• Finally, if you’ve had a week of banging your head against a brick wall, don’t worry. It happened to Airbnb too.

What’s on at SSE

• Kickstart Your Social Media Strategy, SSE London, 18th July
• Cool 10 Environmental Entrepreneurs, SSE East, starts 30th July
• Writing Successful Bids, SSE London, 7th August
• Working with Corporates, SSE London, 11th September