By SSE Chair of Trustees, Charlotte Young.
We have all heard horror stories of terrible Boards that occupy huge amounts of time – interfering with the day-to-day running of ventures, squabbling amongst themselves or bullying staff, demanding more and more information and taking the venture down pathways that were never part of the plan. We don’t want any of that! So here is some guidance to try and avoid any of these pitfalls.
A lovely video explaining the work of Maths on Toast, founded by SSE Fellow Alex Fitzsimmons.
You can find out more at http://www.mathsontoast.org.uk/
Hello! Keen-eyed linguists amongst you will have noticed that this week’s headline isn’t in English. It is in fact in German (I hope), because I’m currently headed to Germany for a weekend of Bundesliga football. I could argue that I was there to investigate the social enterprise-like fan ownership model that German football teams employ, but that would be lying. I’m there for the beer and bratwurst.
Here’s this week’s news:
Ben and Jerry’s and Ashoka have once again teamed up for their Join Our Core campaign. This year, they are focusing on crowdfunding. Project Manager Alex Watson tells us more…. Continue reading
It’s Friday, so it’s time for this week’s Have I Got Social Enterprise News For You. It’s also my birthday, so if you fancy tweeting @schsocent and suggesting that I should be allowed to go home / to the pub early it would be appreciated – if you click this link it will do it for you. You only have to make one click! (The phone number is 020 7089 9210 if you think that you can make a good case for it over the phone).
I’m actually not much of a fan of birthday cake
Anyway, here’s the news: Continue reading
