There will be a meeting to discuss the specific direction that the NBSE model will be heading in. We will need to form a strong structure before a business plan and funding can be established and this will be carried out after the findings from the meet.

If you would like to be involved, are passionate about North Birmingham or feel you could add knowledge on gaining public funding and/or building a social enterprise please join our Facebook group and come along to the meeting.

The meeting will be held on Wednesday 11^th June at a location to be confirmed.

I guess initially I’m excited by the engagement potential that social media has to offer. Furthermore, I can see the potential it has within lifelong learning, health matters and unemployment within the community. I’ve found that i’m already implementing some of this stuff so it was a case of sourcing out some like minded individuals to see if we can progress on some of the ideas.

I’m currently looking into funding options, qualification accreditation and ‘Communities of Practice’ as a potential delivery model…or something like that … Key words for me this morning are Engagement, Empowerment & Confidence!

By the way, I don’t foresee my blog posts as being formal. As we’re using it as a reference tool too, I need to just get the stuff down pretty quickly.

The Social Enterprise option came about because both me and Kevin are keen for this project to benefit our local communities. We hope we can find support for our endevours!