Cooperatives Yorkshire and Humber

Business Support for Social Enterprises in Greater Manchester

Wednesday, 11 November, Bridge-5 Mill, 22a Beswick St , Manchester M4 7HR, 10 to 12.45 followed by lunch, business support and networking opportunities.

Are you a front line social enterprise in Greater Manchester? Do you know what business support is available? Are you getting the support that you need? This event will provide you with details of the support that is currently available and enable you to work with other social enterprises and representatives from Business Link and Together Works to help us to further develop our services. You will also be able to comment on the Business Link promotional literature that is currently being developed for social enterprises. Matt Stevenson-Dodd, social enterprise ambassador, will set the scene with an overview of the national picture. Andy Wynne, Together Works co-ordinator, will provide details about the work that Together Works is carrying out in Greater Manchester and with regional partners in Social Enterprise North West. Lorraine Sutter of Business Link will provide an overview of what is available from Business Link and introduce the Access to Finance service and other funding opportunities. Provided by Together Works and Business Link North West . Funded by the North West Development Agency and the European Regional Development Fund. To register please contact Andy Wynne info@togetherworks.org.uk 0161 273 3237

UHC invite you to extInked opening, preview and launch

Thursday 12th November, continues 10am to 6pm until 1st December. Unit 108, Chapel St , Salford M3 5DW .

In the year in which the world celebrates Charles Darwin’s birthday bicentennial Ultimate Holding Company embarks on a once in a lifetime social experiment. With the expert assistance of several prominent conservation charities and the artistry of tattooists from Ink Vs Steel, Ultimate Holding Company have created extInked. A new exhibition of drawings, individually illustrating one hundred of the most endangered species in the British Isles opens next month and reaches its conclusion with the live tattooing of the drawings on one hundred willing volunteers. The result of this unique exhibition will be an army of ambassadors for threatened and rare birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, plants and fungi. We are all extInked. If you're interested in becoming one of our life-long ambassadors, and being tattooed with an endangered species simply come along to the exhibition from the 12th November. You must be 18 or over to be considered. Tattoos are free, however a deposit will be required. A full list of species is available from our extInked project page. www.uhc.org.uk

Scoping Third Sector engagement with NHS

Manchester 23rd November, 10.30am – 4pm. Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street , Manchester M2 5NS

This seminar seeks to capture a current picture of health needs and provision in Manchester today in order to inform future activity and funding. What are the local health challenges and issues? How can they be best addressed? Who currently funds what? What are the barriers? What are the challenges facing Third Sector Organisations in the current systems for delivering services? What are the opinions and challenges in commissioning, tendering and public service delivery? We review where TSOs and NHS Manchester are engaged. The seminar will take the form of a Knowledge Cafe with: Sue Baines and Mike Bull Manchester Metropolitan University; Peter Hawkins, NHS Manchester; Showcase PCT (to be confirmed); Andrew Nutter, Local Care Direct; and Sian Lockwood, NAAPS Shared Lives. s.baines@mmu.ac.uk

Manchester Film Co-op: New film season on work and unemployment

Nov 24 Tout va Bien; Dec 15 I am Somebody; Jan 19 Roger and Me; Feb 23 The Boss of it All; Mar 23 Man of Marble

As the impact of the recession continues, Manchester Film Co-operative - the alternative cinema run by its members - begins its next series of films on work. The theme of ‘work’ and the films for the series are all suggested by and voted on by the film co-operative’s 100 members. As Phoebe Moore, a founder member of the co-operative, says: “The films the members have chosen touch on the most important and sometimes controversial areas of concern for our world of work today: immigrant labour, flexibilisation of work, global and local competition, organisation, and collective action. We are showing films by the directors Lars von Trier, Michael Moore, Jean Luc Godard and more.” Manchester Film Co-operative shows its films upstairs at the Kings Arms, Bloom Street , Salford . Films start at 7.45. Entry costs £3 waged or £2 for unwaged, low waged, OAPs or students. Films are always followed by speakers, discussion and music. Contact info@manchesterfilm.coop or Giles Simon on 07952 644833. www.manchesterfilm.coop

FC United Fun Run on Channel M TV

Over 100 runners and walkers took part in an excellent 5k fun run organised by FC Untied of Manchester, in October. Participants warmed up with Steve Evetts, of Looking for Eric fame, many wearing Cantona masks. For a short film of the event, and Andy Walsh’s introduction, see Channel M’s coverage on www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2bnwmSRgHs&feature=player_embedded

Co-operatives North West Limited is funded by the Co-operative Enterprise Hub and North West Development Agency.