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New report highlights determination and resilience of social enterprises in Wales
Survival, hibernation, diversification, transformation, collaboration, are some of the common themes that have emerged from a new report published today (Friday 29 May) on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the social enterprise sector in Wales.
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Digital devices on their way to support care homes during the Coronavirus pandemic
By Derek Walker, Chief Executive at the Wales Co-operative Centre
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#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek: Businesses don’t run themselves, people do
Carl Gough, Social Business Wales Business Advisor discusses how mental health needs to be a key consideration alongside the economic recovery priorities in order to maintain the resilience of the people helping to push us back into prosperity.
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#GoodNewsCymru Highlights
Our very own story teller and business advisor for Social Business Wales, Carl Gough, has again summed up the recently published #GoodNewsCymru stories in a short video. Watch his summary below...
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Barry-based social enterprise supporting residents with experience of domestic violence, mental health issues and addiction given boost with Lottery funding
Heroes Rights Ltd is celebrating after The Lottery Fund awarded £500,000 over three years to set up and run CUBE – Community United in Barry 4 Everyone. CUBE will deliver support and services in Barry for individuals and families who are affected by domestic abuse, mental health and addictions.
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Foundations and Connections in Lockdown
Ebony Redhead of Social Business Wales shares the impact of social enterprises and co-operatives on her life during lockdown in north Wales.
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Inspirational Futures puts mental health and well-being of families first
Inspirational Futures has created a free downloadable well-being diary to help families look after their mental health and wellbeing during lockdown.
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Inquiry: The Welsh economy and Covid-19
The Welsh Affairs Committee recently launched an inquiry into the economic consequences for Wales of Covid-19, and the support needed to support businesses now and in the future. Policy and Communications Manager Catherine Evans summarises the Centre’s response.
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The Wrexham Hack of Kindness
On 5th March we held the first ever social enterprise hackathon in Wales, the Wrexham Hack of Kindness. Over twelve hours, 42 people developed their ideas, learned the basics of setting up a social enterprise, networked with a variety of mentors and pitched in front of an audience and judging panel. It was a full on high energy day of creative learning with the aim of generating new social business ideas to benefit Wrexham.
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6 ways that Covid-19 has accelerated our digital skills
To coincide with Digital Skills Week, Catherine Evans reflects on the impact of COVID-19 on the Centre’s digital skills
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Rescuing and resetting the UK economy after COVID-19 via debt-to-equity swaps
Dr Jonathan Preminger from Cardiff Business School and Dr Guy Major from Cardiff University’s School of Biosciences tackle the problem of loans and debt finance facing organisations when the UK emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Video interview: Eleanor Shaw from People Speak Up
Eleanor Shaw, founder of social enterprise People Speak Up in Llanelli, tells us how they've digitally transformed the Story Care & Share project so they can continue to support young people during this pandemic.
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