While you are reading this, I’m actually sat at an email marketing conference, so who knows what I’ll learn and what this could look like next week. It will probably be in 3D or something. Or have sound effects. Or it won’t even arrive in your inbox, but will be instead be transmitted directly into your mind. The future is a scary place…
Here’s this week’s news… Continue reading
Hmmm. For once I haven’t got much to say. It’s been that sort of week. Because I’ve not got anything else to write here, I’m going to use (abuse?) this space to ask if anyone knows a good roofer in Peckham? (We’ve got water dripping down a cavity wall).
Anyway, here’s this week’s news:
by David McGlashan
The first in a new series, as we profile social entrepreneurs and voices from around the sector.
This week, we meet Kresse Wesling, co-founder of Elvis and Kresse, a social enterprise which uses reclaimed materials to produce accessories such as handbags and belts. The first material that Elvis and Kresse used was decommisioned fire hoses, and 50% of their profits from this line go to the Fire Fighters Charity.
Elvis and Kresse
This week’s Have I Got Social Enterprise News For You has been overshadowed by news of a dangerous virus which has finally taken hold in parts of the UK, and now threatens to wreak havoc.
But enough about UKIP (can we put him in quarantine?), here’s your round-up of social enterprise news.
Uh-oh. A lot of this week’s news is events taking place in London, I’m afraid. If you aren’t from London and want to quickly pass over the articles that aren’t of interest, I’ve handily marked them out for you using Cockney rhyming slang. This took longer to do than I thought it would.
In all seriousness – if you have an event / funding opportunity / article that you’d like promoted and you are outside of the capital, please send it over and I’ll try to pop it in next week.
