Moray Social Enterprise Network

  Supporting Social Enterprises in Moray

Forthcoming Events

MSEN Training and meetings

Training events to assist social enterprises

The MSEN are running a number of specific training courses for social enterprises.  Some of these are are being run in tandem with meetings for members to advance the network.  Training events are open to any social enterprise.  For more information on any of the training events or MSEN meetings please contact Kevin McDermott by e-mail or by phone on 01542 888070.

Training Event: Environmental Policies

Date: Tuesday 2nd December 

Details: Delivered by Rod Lovie REAP.  Environmental policies – how to draw them up, implement them and make them part of everyday practice

Venue: Elgin Youth Cafe, 9.30am  -1.00pm

Other training events coming up include:

· Monday 23^rd Feb 2009: Governance

Mind Your Own Business

A free training programme supported by the Community Land Unit of Highlands and Islands Enterprise, for individuals and groups interested in owning or managing community assets - buildings, facilities, services or land.

The training provides information on all of the issues groups need to consider when planning, developing and implementing initiatives.

Date: Thursday 27th November

Venue: The training is being held at Lhanbryde Village Hall

Details: You can download booking forms from:

http://www.spanglefish.com/mindyourownbusiness/index.asp?pageid=92223  (copy and paste into your browser or go to the micro site www.spanglefish.com/mindyourownbusiness  and select In Your Area - Moray)

When booking note that:

· we do accept more than one booking from organisations, provided we have sufficient places

· Community Land Unit will provide support with travel expenses

· bookings can be made right up to the date of the event - but the earlier you book, the more likely we can provide places

MVSO Governance Seminar

Are you staggering under the weight of your Roles + Responsibilities as a Committee Member or Director?  Come along to this Governance Seminar and we will help to lighten your load.

Date: Thursday 20th November 2008 from 9.45 am to 12.30 pm (9.30 am Coffee & Registration)

Venue: The Gallery, Elgin Library, Elgin

Details: For Booking form and more information click here.

HIE Management Development & Training Programme

There are a range of courses and one & 2 day workshops on offer. The programme is subsidised by HIE and is available for Social Enterprise Organisations to access. 

For more details see the PDF copy of the programme.  Social Enterprise Organisations are entitled to the subsidised rates e.g. £35pp for a one day workshop.

For more details contact Devlin Associates.

Coaching Programme

MSEN have been trying to get a coaching programme going on Moray for a while as there has been feedback from people who say that they feel quite isolated in what they do and that they would really welcome the opportunity and space to be able to reflect on their work and maybe discuss current challenges and issues.  Therefore we will work with the Social Enterprise Academy to offer individuals four free coaching sessions with your own coach. The attached papers give some more information on the structure.

Moray one-to-one coaching

Code of ethics

There are only 16 coaching places available so get back soon if you are keen. If the numbers are less than 16 then there may be the opportunity to have more than 4 sessions.  If you are interested, or if you think this is something that another colleague or director may be interested in please let them know about it and get back to REAP by email.

SCVO Training Courses

SCVO is a major organiser of training courses for the Voluntary Sector in Scotland

This link has details of the courses which SCVO run and cover a broad range of topics from IT to organisational governance, from personal development to capacity building.  Click here for more details.

Previous Events

MSEN – Social Enterprise Awards

The first awards ceremony for social enterprises in Moray has taken place at Innes House on March 28^th 2008.

The event was funded with the generous support of HIE Moray and Communities Scotland.  Local MSP and Rural Affairs Cabinet Secretary Richard Lochhead spoke at the event which was a celebration of the distinctive contribution that social enterprises are making across Moray.

Kevin McDermott of MSEN said “This is the first time we have held an event like this in Moray and we are really pleased at how it went. There are a lot of excellent new and emerging social enterprises in Moray, and we really want to get the message out about the positive role that social enterprises can play in delivering innovative services and products.”

The awards were for the individual Moray Social Entrepreneur of the year; an award for Excellence in Training; an award for the Best New Social Enterprise and the Social Impact award which was for the organisation that has made the biggest impact over the past year.  For more information about the award ceremony including a list of the nominees and winners please click here.

Procurement Training for Social Enterprises

How do you win and renew your public sector contracts?

The Public Sector Partnership offered a one day workshop designed for businesses and social enterprises to help provide the skills and awareness to seek contracts awarded through the public tender process.  For more details please download the training brochure

Skills for Enterprise Training

With the Social Enterprise Academy you can improve your leadership coaching skills.

This coaching programme is designed for people leading and managing social enterprises in Moray.  It will provide you with a practical grounding of the principles and practice of coaching, and supports you in using these skills in your organisation.

The programme consists of four day workshops and personal coaching sessions.    For further details download the course leaflet.

The training was provided with the assistance of HIE Moray.

Social Enterprise World Forum

The social enterprise world comes to Edinburgh

The Social Enterprise World Forum emerged from national social enterprise support agencies seeking a means to collaborate to advance social enterprise development throughout the world.

After consultation with a range of partners, CEiS has been encouraged and supported to organise the inaugural Social Enterprise World Forum in Edinburgh. The event is being delivered in partnership with The Scottish Government, The Social Enterprise Alliance (USA), Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Social Ventures Australia, Scottish Enterprise, The Social Enterprise Coalition, Office of the Third Sector (UK), Enterprising Non-Profits (Canada), the Department for International Development, Social Investment Scotland and a range of international and local partners, sponsors and supporters.

Moray Soc Enterprise Network and are looking forward to hosting delegates from the Social Enterprise World Forum as Moray is one of the areas that delegates will be visiting to look at best practice. See www.ceis.org.uk/events/sewf