To read the original post and to sign up to Adrian’s blog visit: https://adrianroper.blog/2018/05/16/the-elephant-in-our-care-system/ Any time now the Welsh Government is going to publish its strategic plan for health and social care. They rightly deferred the task until they’d had time to reflect on the recent Welsh Parliamentary Review, and on […]
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Social Business Wales are holding their annual ‘Meet your social investor’ events again this year. If you are a third sector organisation, a co-operative, an employee owned business or a social business this gives you an opportunity to explore funding options. This is your chance to explore a mixture of […]
(Originally posted on the WCVA website:) The Alliance for Useful Evidence is a network that champions smart evidence use in policy and practice across the UK and beyond. The Alliance are currently writing a report to showcase how charities use evidence in their work – such as analysing existing datasets like Understanding Society to […]
Social Business Wales are holding a session to help Social Businesses & third sector organisations access tender opportunities. This is being held on Monday 21st May 2018 1pm – 4.30pm in Glasdir, Llanwrst. More information can be found below: An introduction to tendering for social businesses In 2015-16, Welsh public […]
Launch of Working Together: Trade Union and Co-operative Innovations for Precarious Work 20th March 2018, 12-16.30 in the Main Hall at the Urdd, Cardiff. Two years ago we published a report on the scope for freelancers to come together through co-operatives, Not Alone, pointing to successful models around the world. […]
Join the Conversation: The Future of Regional Development Funding Post Brexit. Wales has received significant investment from the EU Structural Funds. It’s helped us support people into work, encouraged business growth and funded world leading research, but it’s not without its faults. UK Government has set out its intention to […]
Taken from Nesta’ s blog dated 20th February 2018, link to original post below: For the last eight months, we’ve been working with a group of organisations in Wales that chose to explore how they might deliver their services better and, crucially, cheaper. You can read about their projects here. Those […]
An exciting and busy schedule has been announced for the WCVA’s Gofod3 event due to be held on 8th March 2018 at Cardiff City Stadium. It includes speakers, masterclasses, panel debates and workshops. gofod3 is an event organised by WCVA, in collaboration with the third sector in Wales. Unlike any […]
What about Wales? The Implications of Brexit for Wales Tuesday 20th March 2018, 18:00 – 21:00 St Matthew’s House and Conference Centre, 20 Great Peter Street, London, SW1P 2BU The issue of the UK’s exit from the European Union is rightly dominating discussions of politics and policy in Westminster. However, fundamental […]