Events & Opportunities
| | Posted on 28.04.2009 | Posted by JF
Using your creativity for social change
Date:11 May 2009
Time: 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Location: Innovation Centre, CSM, WC1B 4AP
Event details: This event, run in partnership with Red Ochre (www.redochre.org.uk), will run through the aspects you need to consider in getting your ethical or social project up and running, including:
- understanding social enterprise
- showcases of successful creative projects in this area
- tips on project and budget management
- advice on writing proposals and applying for funding
- support available from University of the Arts London for current students
Refreshments will be served throughout the afternoon, with the opportunity to network with speakers and other attendees after.
Speakers include:
Time: 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Location: Innovation Centre, CSM, WC1B 4AP
Event details: This event, run in partnership with Red Ochre (www.redochre.org.uk), will run through the aspects you need to consider in getting your ethical or social project up and running, including:
- understanding social enterprise
- showcases of successful creative projects in this area
- tips on project and budget management
- advice on writing proposals and applying for funding
- support available from University of the Arts London for current students
Refreshments will be served throughout the afternoon, with the opportunity to network with speakers and other attendees after.
Speakers include:
- Uday Thakkur, Social enterprise consultant and Managing Director of Red Ochre, www.redochre.org.uk
- Mary Rose Cook, Founder, Uscreates, www.uscreates.com - a creative consultancy developing solutions for social problems
- Auro Foxcroft, Project Director, Village Underground, www.villageunderground.co.uk – a socially driven and charitable organisation supporting the production of new creative work
- Alex Hobbs, SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) – www.sife.org – an organisation that mobilises university students to make a difference in their communities while developing enterprise skills
- Robert Foster, Social enterprise consultant and co-founder of Red Ochre
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