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We are a voice for the social economy in Wales. We champion inclusive and co-operative solutions. We shout about your success. Our blogs and opinion pieces feature expert voices from across the sector, whilst our news stories keep you up to date with our work and the progress of co-operation and social entrepreneurship in Wales.
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Hack to the Future
Inspiring social entrepreneurship by reimagining the hackathon idea
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How can we support third sector leaders to maximise the benefits of digital?
The pandemic has made clear how vital digital skills are for charities and social enterprises. But digital approaches can be a big challenge, for small voluntary organisations in particular. So what more can we do to help the Welsh third sector, asks Wales Co-operative Centre Chief Executive Derek Walker.
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Manifesto for the social enterprise sector in Wales
Throughout the pandemic, social enterprises across Wales helped keep people in work and provided crucial community support and vital services. The Social Enterprise Stakeholder Group believe social enterprise can now play a key role in helping to rebuild a fairer, more inclusive, and sustainable economy as we recover and rebuild.
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Moving from inclusion to resilience – an agenda for digital inclusion in Wales
Although the internet has been with us for 30 years, the growth of daily online activity in recent years has been dramatic. However, there are still deep digital divides and inequalities in Wales, which have been further exacerbated by Covid-19.
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Work still to be done for Wales to become a digitally-inclusive nation
Those ‘left behind’ are at risk of falling further behind if we do not tackle the stubborn levels of digital exclusion that persist, says Professor Hamish Laing, Chair of the Digital Inclusion Alliance for Wales
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Digital Leaders Week 2021 will feature TechFest4SocialGood
Karen Lewis, Director of External Engagement at Wales Co-operative Centre, today announced that Digital Leaders Week 2021 will be taking place in Wales from 14 – 18 June 2021.
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International Women’s Day
For International Women's Day 2021, Ceri-Anne Fidler reflects on the challenges the pandemic has posed for women across Wales, the impact on women in social enterprise and the potential role of social enterprise in addressing these.
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Empowering the next generation of Welsh social entrepreneurs
In this blog, Sarah Evans outlines the current state of play for social enterprise education in Wales, and what more can be done to empower the next generation of social entrepreneurs to transform the Welsh economy.
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How our education system can create the next generation of Welsh social entrepreneurs
As we strive to build a new economy in Wales that puts well-being at the heart of its policymaking, we are calling for social enterprise and co-operative models to be embedded within the entrepreneurship education that students receive at Welsh schools, colleges and universities.
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Save social investment tax relief
The next few weeks are the most crucial in the on-going campaign to save Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR), writes Melanie Mills from Big Society Capital. Many brilliant organisations across the UK have used SITR to raise vital investment that is channelled into creating positive impact for local communities.
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5 top takeaways from our Community-Led Housing Fest 2020
2020 was a tough year. People lost loved ones, businesses lost everything, communities are fighting to survive. Despite all the trauma, one thing is clear, we are resilient, resourceful, and can make change happen overnight.
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Calls to remove obstacles to government backed loans for co-ops and social enterprise
Wales Co-operative Centre, along with 10 other social enterprise support organisations, has written to UK Minister John Glen (Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister) to request a meeting to discuss the barriers co-operatives, community businesses and social enterprises are facing accessing government-backed emergency loan schemes.
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