Funded by the EU-UNDP Governance for Equitable Development project and organised by the British Council, a Chinese delegation paid visits to the UK and Germany from 1 to 12 December 2008 to look at the models of cooperation between government and the third sector.
The Social Innovation and the Third Sector Conference
The Social Innovation and the Third Sector Conference, which was jointly organized by the British Council and State Administration for NGOs of P.R. China, opened on 4 December 2008 in Beijing, bringing together nearly 150 participants from China and the UK with governmental, third sector or academic backgrounds to have in-depth and constructive discussions on the themes of common concern.
Twelve of Scotland's finest social enterprises are being showcased on a new Christmas gifts website created by the Scottish Social Enterprise Coalition (SSEC).
The results of the social enterprise photo competition
The competition called for entries that showed how social enterprise transforms lives. The winner, taken at Upstream - a Devon social enterprise that tackles exclusion of the elderly in rural communities - is a photograph of three older women participating in an African drumming class.
The 2008 Homeless Worldcup will kick off in Melbourne, Australia on 1 December. This football tournament that turns around the lives of the world's homeless has netted £500,000 from the Vodafone Foundation.
20 November 2008 is Social Enterprise Day: a national day to celebrate and promote social enterprise. Social Enterprise Coalition is launching a national competition across England to find the best photographs that show how social enterprise is transforming lives.
