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MCC launches scholarship entrepreneur

Lowell Sun:

Funded by Desai Family Foundation, the launch pad will provide funding for MCC students in the early stages of development of company business. The program will provide scholarships to students who have developed a social enterprise or business idea.

cooperative can tackle the eurozone crisis

Co-op news:

Robin Murray, a visiting professor at the London School of Economics has focused on the theme of the current economic crisis and cooperative in his last article The Tour Co-operative

. The article is entitled "Building the right kind of independence," and gives an excellent overview of what cooperatives can offer to a world that is in crisis.

Dheya participates in Franchise Expo Mumbai, to build a franchise exclusive Maharashtra

• Melodika.net
Dheya is a social enterprise aims to enable business success. Dheya is based in Pune, and is in the development of the most important race for students and professionals.

Report praises social enterprise

SEQOL of

Is Wiltshire
Swindon base SEQOL was the vanguard of launching a new report from the Working Group on the mutual benefits of property used in the mutual provision of public services.

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Community justice centres are bold and radical. But do they work?

The North Liverpool Community Justice Centre developed a vision of justice, but statistics show thereapeutic Department of Justice does not reduce recidivism

Pioneer North Liverpool Community Justice Centre (NLCJC) started at a different time and more informed (well, 2005), which is based in the United States. His model was the Red Hook Community Justice Center in Brooklyn, which has helped to regenerate parts of Brooklyn, once described as one of the leading American "crack" infested areas by Life magazine.

In 2002, Lord Woolf visited Red Hook and I was impressed. Then Interior Minister, David Blunkett, followed by the Chief Justice of the Atlantic. He became something incredible to convert an unprecedented experience and is unlikely to be repeated in our criminal justice system.

Ten years later NLCJC is a bold and radical problem. It does not work.

least not according to an analysis by the Department of Justice, published this month, the latest in a series of reports suggesting that the court had zero impact. A 2010 Green Paper, although positive on a better community involvement in the criminal justice process, said that the "prohibitive cost" of the center.

It does not take a pessimist to believe that the "age of austerity" - large cuts of Justice and a reduction program closing -. That day the court are numbered pioneer

But the ideas of "community justice" persist. The Minister of Police and Criminal Justice Nick Herbert has recently promised "justice fast and reliable" and inevitably invoke the notion of 'community justice' increasingly Shaggy. He spoke of judges in each of the community centers that offer "level fast and efficient justice down uncontested cases."

New Labour had a greater idea. It was a vision for troubleshooting network type of community justice centers that address criminal behavior and listen to what communities expect their courts. Liverpool North, located in a former school in the borders being Kirkdale, at a cost of £ 5.2m commissioning, was the center of the court only built on this model - despite the proliferation of so-called " justice community centers ", which are often little more than rebranding exercises.

The center has four rooms with a local population of 65,000 inhabitants and is a resource center, including Citizens Advice, probation officers and drug treatment. A judge, Fletcher, presides over all cases. Fletcher is a strong advocate of what he called TJ - a phrase that could make a lot of brothers in the back seat in horror. Even when comparing the role of a judge to that of a social worker.

I've been in court several times - the last time to make this film. "The role of the judge in the criminal justice process has changed," said Fletcher.

"There was a time that we were responsible for the case. There to ensure that the perpetrators were not convicted. Were very concerned about the criminal justice process, not results ".

therapeutic approach "from the judge and the court became increasingly involved in the causes of crime in the hope of securing not recur," he said.

I also met Gary

Kirkdale. "I was arrested many times I lost count. Fuck my life, "he said. Gary had the choice of going to prison for six weeks or by a treatment program for six months under the close supervision of Fletcher. Far, so good: Gary had managed to maintain a decade of alcoholism in check. As Fletcher said, the problem-solving approach to community justice is "put it all together, head bowed, clarify the problem, then." The alternative was to "lock people up for short periods and back into the community," without addressing the underlying problems, he said.

Unfortunately

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Is teaching a profession? Discuss

announced that Michael Gove teaching qualification will no longer be required to teach in the schools of the Academy will do nothing to reassure those who have questions about teaching is a profession

recent announcement that Michael Gove Qualified Teacher (QTS) will no longer be required to teach in the schools of the Academy will do nothing to reassure those who have questions about teaching is a profession. In fact, usually referred to as an art.

I was at a party and another customer asked what I was doing in life. I replied: "By profession I am a teacher."

"Well, teaching is not a profession." He replied. When asked why he did this view, said: "Because teachers are willing to to strike the current members of the professions non-strikers. ".

any point of view, it is a very narrow definition of the profession. But I get asked this question all the new teachers I know, "Teaching is a profession?"

Most said: "Yes, of course" but I ask them to define "profession" and how is it different from any other work. Can I get a variety of answers. Example Some say: "professions such as teaching are generally respected, trusted, and are expected to be role models." Others add that to enter a profession "generally requires education, training, skills, commitment, dedication and passion itself. "Some repairs and say:" Well, but this definition may include electricians and mechanics, hairdressers as "

I agree, at least to some extent. My mechanic probably all these qualities - it certainly has a passion for cars and seems very dedicated to my satisfaction as a customer

But I wonder if a member of the public, and especially as a parent, I expect the same thing from an electrical mechanic, plumber, hairdresser or car as you would for a doctor, lawyer or professor my son?

And this is where I realize to expect something different.

For example, I know that my mechanic has no qualification in automotive, though it was repairing my car for years and it is awesome. To be honest with you, I do not mind that he is a great auto mechanic and does a very good job repairing my car at a good price.

• But I mind if my child's teacher was not qualified. For some reason, I want to know what the person in front of my child is well trained and qualified to do this work for the high level that we all expect.
back to my auto mechanic. He is a good guy, but I do not know. I have no idea about his background, for example, if you have had a conviction would mean that we, serious injury, or the drug trade category A.

if this is a problem for me if it did? I'll be honest. It is not. The only thing that worries me is that if you do a good job in my car at a reasonable price. What he has done in his past life or private is not a concern for me.

But what if my child's teacher has a conviction for serious injury or dealing Class A drugs? Now, this is a question I would be much more interested in knowing the answer.

This does not mean that the company must not forget the stupid mistakes made by people of a misspent youth. But - call me old fashioned - I think most people have problems that need security

continue to expect more people like doctors, nurses, lawyers and yes, teachers, those who do not necessarily expect people like electricians, plumbers, hairdressers and mechanics. It can be related to concepts rather ill-defined as trust or reputation or a bad concept further defined as a model to follow. Anyway, I think that hope still exists and is real.

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London 2012 protests: heavy-handed policing is an affront to rights | Wail Qasim

Stop Critical Mass cyclists

shows how far can the police - a low tolerance for the Games and beyond

"People have the right to protest and is a very important part of our democracy," the Metropolitan Police said in its usual form, having stopped 182 people on the path of the ongoing cycle of Critical Mass opening ceremony of the Olympics. But - there's always a "but" here - we are invited to understand that they must balance this right with the rights of others to go about their business. "This appeal to the rights of a fictitious group of people perceive the police as being in danger, in this case, a group of cyclists, is used to derogate from the rights otherwise to provide demonstrators. It is not uncommon, but still disturbing.

However, the mass arrest of cyclists who disrupt Friday should not be considered as an over-the-top reaction from the police. This is the last low point of an attitude which shows a very low tolerance for dissent leading up to the London Games in 2012.

Back in April of this year, we saw the first "Olympic asbo" delivered, which prevented Simon Moore, arrested for protesting against the construction of basketball in Leyton Marsh "approach based on Olympic activity, or an officer. "The conditions of this order would soon become the model for the conditions of the bail given to most of the protesters arrested in the months before the Games, even including those who have no link to protest against Olympics as a series of ex-graffiti artists.

• The actual role of these draconian conditions of release that would have a significant impact on people's lives while they wait for months before they appear in court or pay seems twofold: extrajudicial police and boring easy ways by which they can criminalize dissent lowest level for the Games. We have only to look at the people, in fact, most of the 182 free, we must now go anywhere near the Olympics prohibited.
• This exercise control over people's lives to avoid protest against or near the Olympics extends beyond the police can impose conditions by a bond or ASBO. The weekend before the Games officially began on agricultural Carpenters residents in Newham hold a "round gentrification" of the area of ??present plans to regenerate the property by a possible agreement between the city and Newham University College London. Yet as the tour tried to access the local residents that he was prevented from doing so by the BBC security and police, as a broadcaster uses the first five floors of the tower to cover the Olympics. It seems that the mere proximity of the inhibitor of the Olympic event responsible for the police, even if you try to access your own home.

dystopian farce and acts as the arrest of six persons for pour custard on street theater often invited comments that events like the Olympics to present a "state of emergency" - where human are repealed standard to provide a spectacle. But the Italian theorist Giorgio Agamben, who is best known for discussing the issue should not be misinterpreted. It is a state of emergency, but far from being a period outside the norm in that the normal duties do not apply, there is a possibility for the lack of right to be duly inaugurated right after the exception Olympics is over.

clearly stronger when the exception is known by contact with the police, which appear as sovereign, and not the number of judicial opinions can make the freedom brought by them after all. Claiming to balance the "right to protest" against the "rights of others to go about their business" well practiced his line requires just really manage our lives in order to make dissent as invisible and unattractive as possible during the Olympics and beyond.

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Vince Cable announces £120m investment for UK aerospace industry

Business

efficient secretary said he hopes will help maintain the UK's status as the largest aerospace industry in Europe

business secretary Vince Cable has moved to the specter of decades of failed paris "winners" of the industry rise government support for aerospace with a £ 120m funding announcement.

Cable welcomed the investment, which includes funding for the engines low carbon, as a key step in maintaining the UK's position as the second largest producer in the global industry of aerospace. The industry is on the verge of rapid expansion in the coming decades, driven by demand from emerging markets for new planes million pounds in potential exports for British companies.

Recent injection of cash into the sector will be divided between the taxpayer and the private sector, led by an investment of £ 40 million each in a program led by Rolls-Royce to develop engines had greener. The announcement is supplemented by joint investment of £ 15 million in research and development 11 pounds 6m in education 500 aeronautical engineers to master and an investment of 20 million euros in the aerospace industry a center of excellence for aerodynamics.

Speaking at the Farnborough Air Show, Cable said the government did not hesitate to show bias toward certain sectors - the extension of a policy change that began plan during the previous administration scrapped car in 2008/2009. Before that, the government's attempts to collect favored companies that manufacturer British Leyland in 1970 were considered costly failures.

he said. "In the past, we were rather inhibited in government have been accused of picking winners

• "But I'm not at all ashamed to say that this area is one of our winners. There is nothing wrong with the government to get behind performing sectors of the economy."
• Airbus, one of the largest customers of the aviation industry in the UK, said the announcement of the cable into the engine at low carbon - which runs a program launched in 2009 - Large Britain maintained through the development of new aircraft to succeed the A320neo and A380. Günter Butschek, head of Airbus COO responsible for manufacturing, said: "This is the right time to make this commitment because 95% of our commitments to research and development of ecology, especially in the energy efficiency of this commitment is directed towards it. objectives means that the UK is in perfect harmony with the general direction towards the next generation of aircraft. "

Airbus, with its U.S. rival Boeing using the Farnborough Airshow this week to fight for new orders. Boeing was the winner of the second day, as awarded two prizes worth a little over $ 11 billion (EUR 7.1 billion) for its short 737 remodeled including GE Capital Aviation Services, Rental commercial aircraft and the financial arm of General Electric. Meanwhile, Cathay Pacific Airbus says it has placed a firm order worth $ 4.2 billion for its long-haul A350-1000.

Boeing sees demand for 34,000 new aircraft over the next 20 years, which equates to $ 4.5tn sales and double the current fleet of commercial aircraft in the world.

Cable announced the investment of £ 120m next to a "strategic vision" for the British aerospace industry developed by the Aerospace Growth Partnership -. Composed of representatives of government and the private sector

The secretary said that the company's strategy to maintain the UK's status as host of the aviation industry in the world and the second largest in Europe. The vision includes the creation of a banking forum aerospace to help SMEs to obtain financing from banks and closer financial institutions. "We recognize there is a problem and every time I go there companies that manufacture reinforce this message."
cable added that he was interested in creating an equivalent to the Aerospace Growth Partnership for the defense industry, which has expressed concern about the apparent lack of a strategic plan to support joined-up government defense contractors. "We have a strategic objective of the class we have for the aerospace industry," he said.

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Richard Dawkins in furious row with EO Wilson over theory of evolution

Book Review

sparks war of words between the great man of the biology and highest profile Darwinian Oxford In case of disagreement between the two giants of the genetic theory, Richard Dawkins and EO Wilson, is fought by rival academic areas in an effort to understand the evolution of species. Sage spat was prompted by the publication of a critical review of the new book searingly Wilson Social Conquest of Earth

Perspective

Magazine this month. The review, written by Dawkins, author of the popular and influential books

The Selfish Gene The Blind Watchmaker

and

The God Delusion

caused more letters and online comments than any other article in the recent history of the journal and attack Wilson's theory "as unlikely, as supported by the evidence. " "I'm not funny when I say the last book of Edward Wilson are interesting and informative chapters on human evolution, and forms of social insects (he knows better than n ' any man alive), and it was a good idea to write a book comparing the two summits of social evolution, but unfortunately, we have to go many pages of misunderstandings and downright perverse theory of evolution wrong, "Dawkins wrote.

Oxford evolutionary biologist, 71, was also outraged many readers by listing other authority established academic said, are on your side when it comes to accurately represent the mechanism by species evolve. Wilson, in a written quickly in response to the negative criticism of Dawkins, was also clearly annoyed by this attempt to overwhelm.

"In any case," Wilson wrote, "making these lists is useless. If science depends on rhetoric and surveys, we would still be burning objects phlogiston [a mythical fire as an element] and navigate maps location-centric. "

Wilson, 83, is a professor of evolutionary biology at Harvard University who became famous in the 1970s with his study of social species on their books

The

companies insects

and

Sociobiology

• . It is internationally recognized as the "father of sociobiology," and is the main authority in the world of ants.
• lay audiences, the line is a symptom of the long and controversial idea of ??evolution. Basically, there is a dispute as to whether natural selection, the theory of "survival of the fittest" first by Charles Darwin in 1859, occurs only to preserve the single gene. Wilson is an advocate of the "theory of multilevel selection", a development of the idea of ??"kin selection", which means that other priorities biological, social and environmental issues, perhaps even this process.

But Dawkins is not convinced: "Wilson is now rejecting kin selection" and replaces it with a cover of "group selection" - the view that ill-defined and inconsistent changes is driven by differential survival of all groups of organisms. "

Conflict is part of a long tradition of academic attempts to interpret and apply the theories that have been provisionally established by Darwin in

The

The Origin of Species

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Said & Done: Euro 2012 football diary, week three

Euro 2012, three weeks Platini about the legacy, the point of the week, Russia reunified most Loulou views

Men

of the week

Michel Platini

in real winners of Euro 2012. "Poland has won Euro Euro Ukraine won by people who love football to thank us for the tournament ... The people we do thank you for his legacy "Among them: £ 2.5 billion of public funds lost to so-called" waste or steal "in Ukraine since its £ 6.5 billion total tournament revised estimates. Government of Ukraine. "This is science fiction"

(Among the "costs of concern" identified in the country before the tournament:

£ 55 000

spent 10 wooden benches more £ 320,000

spent 10 portable toilets - dubbed by the media. Donetsk "Well our gold")

tempt fate

24:

hours before England beat Ukraine Platini has celebrated the success of UEFA officials promoted the goal line. "With five officials, who see everything. They do not take a decision without being fully aware of the facts ... I am very, very happy. "

elsewhere Euro 2012 no man of the week : former Fifa transparency icon Jack Warner - celebrating a new job in politics as Minister of Trinidad - national security. PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar: "Our priority is the fight against crime, and Mr. Warner is a man of action." Jack:. "'M will hit the ground running"

Clock commitment

2011:

Polish Federation head Grzegorz Lato denies alleged corruption and agrees to resign if Poland did not leave his group in Euro 2012. "Yes, I decide virile I am not the President of welded stool FA". .

2012:

"Disclaimer I see no reason to give up?".

News

PR: clarification of the week

June 16

, Andrey Arshavin of Russia for the fans: "We did not meet your expectations That's your problem, not ours. ". June 21

." As captain, I want to apologize to our deficits was disappointing at all. "

Reactions in Russia

. Aa

communist politician Sergey Malinkovich
: "Kim Jong-il send these traitors football rice idiots What prevents us to send our construction sites ". Ex-player Aleksandr Panov

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The Paycheck Fairness Act's realpolitik | Naomi Wolf

On average, women represent only 77 cents for every dollar men receive. But demagoguery election year has paid attention to the equity value

Again, with depressing regularity, another bill to make it easier to fight for equal pay between men and women has been the subject of debate Congress. And once again, we are bombarded with misleading scholarships funded think tanks interested.

Is it a dead issue, as - and if so, is one of the main justifications for the claim that feminism is not necessary, right? Unfortunately, the answer is a resounding "no".

Paycheck Fairness Act oppose were stealthy and effective debate to disseminate misinformation. Iteration very worn on television and in magazines wise analysis is that the wage gap is actually due to a "breach of options" - which means that, nowadays, any wage gap between men and women should be only with different life choices women make. They say women are opting for a "mommy track", for example, or professions that offer greater freedom to stay home with the children.

National Center for Women Act (NWLC) has been targeting these hoaxes for years, arguing that the wage gap "is not simply a matter of choice in employment" for women are "generally paid less than men in the same profession," regardless of the wage level.

The truth is that women working full-time are paid on average 77 cents for every dollar earned by a white man in the United States. The situation is even worse for black and Hispanic women, who earn 62 and 54 cents, respectively, for every dollar a white man.

According to a fact sheet (pdf) prepared by the NWLC, the annual gap between women and white men a total of $ 10,784, and the trend is that volume growth in recent years, especially for university graduates. Emphasizes the organization:

"Even when women are career opportunities as men work the same hours and earn less."

And as women age, the sex wage gap is increasing. This may help explain why so many young women think it is a very important thing, while older women do not wake up to the magnitude of systemic injustice until is too late to act organized many.

Who would be against equity compensation for the same work, or against a bill to strengthen the role of women as they try to document and challenge demonstrable gender?

• Chambers of Commerce
• powerful in America, that's who. The title sounds familiar, "chamber of commerce", which sounds like "Main Street" is actually a euphemism for Aggregate Global corporate interests - including the interests of the company. A paycheck fairness bill passed in the House of Representatives in January 2009, but was rejected by the Senate in November 2010. Why can not the Senate to pass this law? Because a non-pilot said profits for American companies ... ability to pay women less with impunity.
• women constitute the majority of the population, and are about to be half of its workers. If the wage gap, which remains stable at around 23%, is forced closed, businesses are looking for an increase of 12% of the total workforce - and a corresponding portion of the profits
• This equation was very clear to me early on in life, when work Yale Union - Local 34, a union of food workers who were mostly women - go on strike . They made the case that the gender wage was lower than the norm for men. But the direction of Yale students said, indeed, that the university would not negotiate with the strikers. The reason is simple: if women were paid more equitably, Yale lose the significant benefits that are now gone to cover other expenses. His argument was that Yale could not be profitable to bridge the gap between the sexes: the bank need to balance the benefits that are right on the gender gap. These "savings" for businesses and corporations are easily identifiable throughout the country and, indeed, international -. While women are ill-equipped in the struggle for the rights of equal pay

What is behind this fight, the more resistance companies to take unfair advantage cut aggregates from systematic injustice?

Party policy is the answer: before the Senate vote, the Washington Post reported that the bill will not pass. This result reflects the Post has a strategic advantage for the President's team:. Democrats will use this defeat the Republicans look like they could not care for gender less

Obama team is the calculation of a short-term impact on the business side is compensated by maximizing the gender gap in November - a region that has long been biased toward Democrats but was reduced in the latest polls. Obama is the creation of gender "lens" - including a surprise appearance during a conference call on Equal Remuneration, comfortably, including journalists. With this handy public media, the president makes his case:

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The Secret Teacher is sick of being a slave to league tables

BTEC science has never been equivalent to GCSE and now will not count in the rankings of our school is falling. Where does that leave the lower level students who can not pass a test? Now I'm waiting for the next round to "improve performance" at the expense of learning

Sam I love teaching. It is a kind, happy 15 years, despite his intellectual limitations, remains largely happy. This triumph of nature must be recognized. Your school day is almost constant struggle cognitive, however, he can laugh and smile and treat people around you with the respect that is often associated with children his age. It is also a source of considerable joy. Recently asked to design a brochure to describe the transfer of energy in the home. A look of pain came in the light of his face which is not surprising, since the energy is one of the more abstract concepts of physics. "Lord," I finally asked, "What is a flyer?"

Sam is not rare, it is not surprising that strives to meet the learning of energy, regardless of their experience of brochures. If Sam had to pass a test most likely only be able to recall basic facts. However, Sam was lucky. He BTEC Applied Science course, which does not have exams. This is an important point. To pass, Sam did not demonstrate their knowledge, skills and understanding of yourself, armed only with a pen, paper and a brain. Instead, to assess their ability, Sam must produce a bewildering variety of courses. Basically, you can do that with my help, the help of his classmates, the Internet or any other source of information.

student work on your project is marked by the teacher, and then improve in response to the Board. This can be repeated as many times as necessary. If this occurs during a test, would be cheating, but in BTEC, not only allowed, it is encouraged. The course is assessed in this way. Therefore, BTEC is considered an easy solution.

The easy option is how we ensure that students do not miss. It is called D / C students limits, for which there are many intervention strategies in place, but students from low capacity for which a grade E is a success. The most gifted students are placed in courses such as BTEC science, providing the best possible chance of death. There is nothing wrong with developing students' skills in research and presentation, and rewarding work, and there BTEC.

In fact, these courses should be commended for precisely these reasons. However, we must not deceive a pass has a value equivalent to GCSE academic, because their model does not allow accurate measurements for assessing students' abilities. This is partly why BTEC science students, regardless of their qualifications, not the right to do A-Level science.

• Not that it matters at school. BTEC science is officially "equivalent" to GCSEs. Not significantly education, but when it comes to rankings. BTEC Results positions improve schools. Teachers therefore placed in the position where they are expected to pass students. Inevitably, in the case of courses, which will lead to bending of the rules. Not necessarily cheating, but what happens, but the shadows are fully explored in order to increase the degrees.
So I was surprised when I found myself in agreement with the technical details of the policy. BTEC Science is no longer equivalent to GCSE rankings in school, so our school is no longer the offer. They like Sam will now be sitting GCSE examinations. Probably not, of course. I mean you will not get the grade C is considered a success, but at least their performance closer to their capacity, what should be the goal of any test system. However, the rankings are, so it will not be long before I discovered the last breath "to improve performance" at the expense of real learning. I can not wait.

. Master Secret this week is a science teacher and guidance counselor.

could be our next Secret Master?

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Best bits: Employing disabled people

All advice and resources you need expert group during our recent live Q & A

Sally Reynolds, self advisor company

for people with disabilities seeking the creation of a business, the following support is available:

Unltd and SSE : While there may not be a specific aid for disabled people to create their own social enterprise spirit integration is not supported by Unltd and the School of Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) for various social entrepreneurs who want to fix something, which of course include persons with disabilities. Note: The deadline is looming funding SSE work program:

self-employment is now included as a way forward. It is actually less on training and employment information (or should be). However, they are paid by results (jobs) so it is in their interests to help people who really want to work -. If it is through self-employment or a job on the open labor market

Forum employers on disability and BASE: Business who are interested in the employment of people with disabilities, and to participate, either Entrepreneurs with Disability Forum or employer to work with a local employment agency supported - many of whom are basic -. British Association for Supported Employment

(But none of these agencies have nothing to do with the creation of social enterprises, and few companies make money, then I suggest you look for those who can provide direct support Unltd and SSE in the front.)

Temi Odesanya

adds

:. I recommend you look miEnterprise that his model is very interesting and expanding across the country also

Sectors improve the following options: recycling (Brighter Futures workshop for example) is up for a few years now. Contract catering upscale is another area where we saw special events such as Create in Leeds (although using very poor, rather than people with disabilities).

You should take a look at Social Firms UK

good practice guide

This includes the employment of the disabled / disadvantaged people, which could be very useful for any company name:

benefits addressing barriers to employment "

social enterprises in the UK also

this resource on the lack of incentives created by system benefits, although very dated, still retains many of the relevant principles.

Be clear business case for hiring people with disabilities: A social enterprise is the same as for any business and entrepreneurs Forum on disability has great resources, fact sheets and other that could help "put the case."

Tweets that mention Watch

occasions: is also on Twitter @ Clearkit Clear society constantly tweets about the benefits of hiring disabled people - worth checking out.

> Success Stories

Products . New Haven launch an initiative called the "additional labor" and it worked very well with private companies such as IBM.

. Bottling Orchardville affected some large employers in the head with the CSR. Following this meeting, one, Coca-Cola has contracted with them to do their bottle recycling and enable them to create more jobs for people with learning disabilities. Kathy Baker wrote a thesis on this subject can be found on the website of social enterprises in the UK.

Off employment can be a powerful marketing tool:

When marketing can and should be used aggressively is to demonstrate the impact of the company for the purposes of recruitment. In my experience, the best marketing for companies that employ disabled people is their ability to turn around a product or service at a competitive price and with extremely high quality. This is the best advertising for any business and is also the best education for people who would otherwise be adversely affected.

Temidire Odesanya, Director of Marketing

social enterprises in the UK

Social business associations and business are important : At our conference on July 12 in Leicester are looking at what works and how create a win "win." An example of a collaboration of the company is to Sims Recycling Solutions.

See

Social Enterprise UK industry mapping tool : 2011 We are finalizing the list, but you can see the previous reports on the performance by sector . Recycling is the largest industry and we have seen an increase in the education sector. We have recently expanded to include integration social enterprises work so I hope to continue to grow training.

A company head

: Clarity to a large company and are consistently innovative quality products to meet with the market and attract new businesses. Its rich heritage keeps clients that support ethical shopping and receive the support of major Joanna Lumley and celebrity Samantha Fox

Focus on

can not can not Brighter Future Workshop often say that if you focus on what a person with severe physical disabilities can do rather than what they can do no obstacle. Your business is proof. He received the Queen's Award for Enterprise last year and have a growing business.

network is the key:

• exchange of best practices and establish a dialogue as we are now. In our conference, we have plenty of time to network and still are highly qualified for it.

Stay in touch with Social Firms UK

This seems a very biased, but we are many resources to help all those who want to create a social enterprise, our members are networking and sharing of resources / skills in their field and our conference ins a key event in the calendar to facilitate relationships.

Paul Wilson, business writer
Pluss

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Men in Black 3 extra sues after costume causes 'serious bodily injuries'

Danika Gerner

complaint accusing him of negligence Columbia after "wardrobe malfunction" presumably

Men in Black III

additional Danika Gerner Columbia continued study on a "wardrobe malfunction," says she was injured and can not work.

• Gerner, a model based in New York and trainer, said the suit he had given the costume department for the rest of Will Smith was in a "defective and dangerous condition", which leads "serious bodily harm" during a five-day session in May. It collects defendants - including the production of Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment company and a number of members of the costume department of the film -. Neglect and failure "to take the necessary precautions for the safety"

Last week, an extra in the latest Transformers movie that has suffered significant brain damage when a shot that has not been allocated $ 18.5 million in compensation by a judge in Chicago an agreement. Last August, a specialist who suffered brain damage film The Hangover: Part Two has launched a lawsuit against the movie studio Warner Bros. The case was resolved for

Gernika did not detail the exact nature of his "wardrobe malfunction" during the proceedings before the Supreme Court of New York. Columbia Pictures has yet to comment publicly on the case.

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Give and take scheme provides a new blueprint for elderly care

initiative where volunteers serve the local population and "claim" for help when they need it intended to disable the demographic time bomb

Professor Heinz Wolff invented most of his life. Now, the scientist, 84, perhaps best known for his appearances on television shows such as Great Egg Race, expects its latest innovation will be one of their more powerful.

The challenge is enormous: how to disable the demographic time bomb. His solution is Care4Care, a system that allows volunteers to gain time for morning care to help others today. Currently being piloted with a group of about 90 volunteers, the plan Wolff eventually allow millions of people to have their own "board of health" -. A guarantee of care in old age, public funding has been significantly reduced

"Care4Care I see as a form of community mobilization is his mind to do something the country desperately needs. If you put in a couple of hours each week during the years here when reach 78 and are a bit creaky itself could have 5000 hours and can get what it's worth a lot of money -. including the minimum wage you are talking about £ 30,000 of attention, "says

Wolff has been associated with the Centre for the Study of Young Foundation, who has worked with age in the UK on the Isle of Wight Care4Care driver. According to the foundation, the combined regimen of altruism and self-interest, it is a convenient way to meet the growing demand for care for the elderly. "We believe there is always a gap between what the government is willing to pay and what is the need, and we need innovative solutions to bridge this gap," says the executive director of the foundation, Simon Tucker.

"An element of personal interest [in the provision of social assistance] may be useful. Gives people the feeling that more to give to others, others will be willing to give them. There is an element of reciprocity is at the heart of each community. "

• In the Isle of Wight, where the system was launched in March, volunteers have been hours of care to help older people with a range of tasks to help maintain independence in the home , trips to the shops to change a light bulb.

Jim Edmond and his wife in January and volunteers were aged UK when he enrolled in the plan. "My wife and I had aged parents who care in various ways for many years, and that motivated us., But it will attract other groups of younger people and possibly people who know that their pensions will be not so much in the future as they have been, "he said. "I know from my own experience that aid can be difficult not only expensive, but people getting the right time and continuity of care is a problem that more people are willing to do better - all hands .. the pump. "

In 2015, Wolff and the Young Foundation plans to have in place a national network, allowing people not only time banking for themselves, but to get credit for their elderly parents live elsewhere in the country. This was certainly the motivation for the Isle of Wight other voluntary part-time professor Louise Dewey, who had not been offered before Care4Care see diagram. "My grandmother went to the hospital at 99 with a hip fracture and I know she will need care when you leave," she said. "It is on the continent and we have not family nearby who can help you. This is what encouraged me to attend. Yet'm 50, so I do not seek attention to me. now make two or three hours a week and I It's very rewarding. "

Partners won £ 47,000 basic Nesta innovation for the development of the pilot project, and are now trying to develop a sustainable business model for national deployment. The Young Foundation has had "conversations" with the government on the potential of the system. But it is just that the volunteers are expected in the role of the state has played?
Tucker says it's a positive way. "With a big problem, it would be easy to fall into the trap of saying that everything is useless. But over the centuries, we have been good enough as a society in the use of ingenuity and spirit of the community to overcome obstacles. Already there is a large number of volunteers and we can build it. "

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Returning to their roots: housing associations and social investment

From Octavia Hill and Quaker communities, housing has always invested in community development. How can I protect this function?

housing associations and their history

are under fire from across the political spectrum. Appropriate suggestions come that housing associations concentrated unemployment and benefit dependency in their neighborhood, failing to transform the lives of those they support. From left to right, are accused of scheming in the business world, behave like private owners and disconnected from their communities.

A careful examination of these charges has little consideration, housing associations remain committed to disadvantaged communities and try to transform the lives and life chances of local people - despite is invited to adopt a more commercial, increase the value for money of our work and the sweat of our assets.

The audit of the National Housing Federation section concludes that partnerships invest approximately half a billion pounds in the districts each year, two thirds of which come from its own resources. Community investment focuses on employment services and business, education and skills, well-being, poverty and financial exclusion, safety, cohesion and ecology.

associations social housing investment also an indirect impact on local economies fragile. Programs through the development, installation and maintenance, providing local policies and provide employment opportunities

course, housing associations have been involved in social investment since its creation in time experiences and Octavia Hill Quaker pioneer home in Bournville, Birmingham and New Earswick. Housing companies in the 1930s and later, in the 1960s, hosting the importance of greater to provide more than one house, highlighting the role of social housing community.

A round table organized recently by the Institute for Human city, which includes housing for seniors and social organizations of society, has recognized this historical position and presented a series of proposals for the future.

The group is concerned that expanding the role of social investment partnerships often not recognized -. Those working in the sector of the need to promote this work more efficiently objective was agreed that the social history of associations not easily found with the marketing and merchandising of the Housing Act of 1988, is now gathering pace increased.

And it was decided that associations need to develop their own models of social investment, which goes back to its roots to attract philanthropic economic sphere at a time of austerity. This could be replicated in the social housing sector. my own association, which has reinvented itself as a social Trident Investment Group after 50 years of community work, ordered an audit of all social activities to measure the impact of the community and social return on investment. initial audit results illustrate both the narrow and wide impacts. Trident Financial Advisory Center, which helps about 300 clients per year, is able to increase the amount of money circulating in the local economy by £ 1,000,000 recovered by increasing the income of tenants through the evaluation of specific benefits and remove barriers to the use of debt and debt reductions tenants.

A fourth proposal by the group roundtable attempted to distinguish between social investment and social entrepreneurship. At Trident, we try to put this into practice by placing social investment in the center of business strategy rather than the creation of social enterprises alone, while social investment permeates all our policies, procedures and activities .

• social investment today is the realignment of investment behavior at the group level, equipment, personnel, and subsidiary, underpinned by training staff in their new roles and changing. It is also reinventing organizational behavior in order to maximize the impact on disadvantaged communities to mitigate the effects of austerity and changes in social benefits.
• Investment
• social housing is the deployment of all assets of the lessor to generate social returns beyond the provision of housing and services.

John Morris is Executive Director
Trident Investment Group office

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George Osborne forced into pasty tax U-turn

back against the government's fiscal and Chancellor accepts concessions courts plan secrets

the government's reputation has suffered a series of blows that the new Chancellor George Osborne was forced to make two climbdowns over your budget, including scrapping the "tax pasty" and ministers willing to make a series of secret concessions.

Osborne plans reverse charge VAT on food that is designed for cooling, such as sausages and pies, and also reduce the burden of the new standard VAT rate of 20% static caravans to 5%. The climbdowns followed weeks of protests, including the Conservatives, and together cost the cash-strapped Treasury as much as £ 70m a year.

budget concessions announced by the Chancellor in a letter to the Treasury Select Committee, has been postponed in the House of Commons was not sitting.

After intense lobbying by the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, the Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke, is to abandon the project include summaries sealed with evidence heard in camera court secrets because your bill on Tuesday.

Clarke admitted he was "substantial changes" in the original Green Paper, the top Liberal Democrats claimed the balance between liberty and security has been transformed.

Ministers

no doubt that the latest wave of reversals are the risks of the job of the government coalition, or a sign of a government willing to listen, but adds to the feeling of incompetence appears to have exceeded the government's budget unfortunate event that led to a free fall in the polls staff, David Cameron.

Both taxes were also considered as a symptom of a government out of touch with the working class. Cameron defended the move, designed to put 20% VAT to all foods sold "over temperature", insisting he loved a paste.

George Eustice, Conservative Parliamentary Cornwall, who campaigned against the tax, he said: "This announcement is welcome: all the pies are exempt from VAT, and it shows that s' was a genuine consultation. "

Under the amendments, the government will pay VAT on foodstuffs intended to be eaten hot, for example, hot roasted chickens sold in supermarkets.

VAT, which will be implemented from October, would have added 50p to £ 2.50 tasty food. The Treasury had planned to raise £ 110 million so far, but now raise £ 70m.

critics said that proposals were incredibly complex, and it would be difficult to define temperature.

On the other hand, the tax will be 5% for used static caravans for holiday. This means an expected income of £ 40 million to £ 10m-15m falls.

Labour said it showed that the government was a disaster. Shadow Treasury minister Chris Leslie said: "I think they were forced to listen to the complete confusion of the public who were completely surprised these decisions rather strange Another reason I took this decision the House of Commons is not sitting,. therefore the ability to appeal to the parliament.

"On Wednesday, at the back of municipalities is not scheduled for a vote that threw us in the caravan tax - was a slim majority of only 25 the last time they faced defeat.

• "No U becomes the goodness of their heart. 'S because they are forced to
• "What a great way to run a chaotic country. How can you have a budget process that takes place in a day when you have that kind of chaotic business?"
• On Twitter, the shadow chancellor, Ed Balls, said: "After tonight budget turn, we must rethink the biggest mistakes budget - tax cuts for millionaires and lack of employment and growth. "

A spokesman for the Treasury. "In the budget, announced proposals to address anomalies that have accumulated in the VAT regime and led to similar products are taxed differently

"Now that we have completed the consultation on these proposals and taking into account the issues raised, while ensuring that the objective of a. Clearer and more consistent that we have the time "

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Teachers need to get out more

working with industry - beyond the limits of the program - has a huge impact on students and teachers, and provide teaching moments golden "

As most people are aware of the teaching can be a very difficult and demanding. Programming models evolving and review of programs put enormous pressure on the teacher provides teaching and learning in the classroom. But the well-being can be huge when you witness the impact a teacher can have on performance and motivation.

I recently had one of those teachable moments when Gold alumnus, Zainab wrote to me to say thank you, and tell me what he was doing now was for employment opportunities and had given him. Zainab is in a program called the sabbatical year Industry organized by a charity called educational EDT. Zainab works at the Royal Institution of Great Britain and was the organization of mathematics and master classes for students of engineering enthusiasts in London.

Another student now in 13th year, is back with an enthusiastic attitude toward engineering after attending the event International Women Day in Arup offices last year. "Now I know I want to be an engineer," says Jessica. Jessica, as Zainab had participated fully in school programs EDT. Jessica was excellent demonstration of their skills in project management. It proposes to study engineering at the University of Bristol.

'have been enriched by the Science, Technology and Engineering Fortismere school since 1995 and hundreds of students (aged 11-17) participated in experiments focused on personal development and awareness professional. These experiments were outside the curriculum through the teaching plan Engineering (EEE), one of a series of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) programs by EDT.

ESS

these students worked in teams of four, with the support of myself and an engineer for a large civil engineering firm, Arup, a draft measure implemented by the company . The team worked for six months to solve the engineering problem set by the company. He made numerous visits to the business and engineering schools. As part of the design phase, the engineering team and I spent three days in a university working on the project, eventually led to a celebration in which the project team has been assessed by Councillor Senior Industry.

impact on students was overwhelming resulting in three of the team deciding to become engineers. Often, students in this program seems to be a pivotal moment in their future plans and aspirations and begin to ask questions about career opportunities and other enrichment. Project experience and business and information gathered about being an engineer mentor often cemented his decision to take an engineering degree at university. The icing on the cake for me is when I hear my students to access courses sabbatical in engineering, especially with the sponsoring company that sets the ESS project. Some of my students have also come to work in the company.

In my experience, these are not isolated cases, and feed my appetite for enrichment and my certainty that the provision of such extracurricular makes a big difference in student achievement and success. The commitment of the school to support these activities requires management team that is not always available in all schools because of the pressures of program delivery, the time of school to support teachers, etc. I ' 've always been lucky to work in a school that sees the bigger picture in terms of the effect of these commitments and additional resources at school.

• A fact often overlooked is the benefit it provides to teachers that support these activities. The adoption of different teaching methods results in a very real possibility and continuing professional development for students to see their learning outside the normal mold on providing teacher / student. The development of maturation observed students working in these programs is quite remarkable. In case of contact with teachers outside companies and organizations can improve their curriculum and relevance of subject delivery plan. I managed, monitored and supervised dozens of teachers enrichment activities, there is no doubt that, even if it requires a degree of workload, the results are both motivating and morale funds for all stakeholders.
• To successfully participate in enrichment studies and maximize the impact of the school should buy from them completely with a common vision and mission. Department or faculty participation is, of course, but valuable to integrate these programs into the school's philosophy and priorities, an understanding of their value and their willingness to support is essential. Teachers who are willing to go the extra mile deserves recognition and support to ensure ownership better teamwork and staff of student success.

. Peter Crompton teaches in a school Fortismere technology, Haringey, London Assistant Deputy Principal in charge of work-related learning and STEM enrichment. It has facilitated the participation of a large number of students in STEM enrichment programs to all secondary milestones since 1994.

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Pinterest valued at more than $1bn after raising $100m funding

popular social network is between $ 1 billion and $ 1.5 billion, after a fundraising of 100 million

Spend on Facebook. Pinterest, the social network that lets people "pin" images and content to create collections of interest, has become the latest company to be worth more than $ 1 billion (£ 630m), after a journey of 100 million funding.

Although estimates of effective assessment when they involve investments range between $ 1 billion and $ 1.5 billion, underscoring the fact that Pinterest has found a business model that includes an "affiliate" pay people to shop on the site.

The new assessment is at least five times the value jump since October 2011, when a previous round of funding put at 200 million dollars.

The company has become known in recent months to become the 16th most visited site in the United States, as measured by Alexa society. In April there were over 20 million users, against 1,000,000 in July 2011, according to ComScore, another classification society.

Its traffic jumped after August 2011, when he was named one of the 50 best websites of 2011 by Time magazine, and in December he was in the world 11 million visitors in the week, according to Hitwise.

has now received a round of financing led by the giant Japanese retailer Rakuten online, including existing investors particiapants Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, FirstMark and capital, and a number of angel investors .

In October 2011 he received a round of financing of $ 27 million for a value of $ 200 million. The only site opened in March 2010.

Although the company did not disclose its revenues, are less likely $ 10 million based on modeling conducted in March by Rags Srinivasan, an expert in strategic marketing. However, with the number of users is growing rapidly, which could move quickly.

makes more people use Pinterest effectively advertise their products for free, to boost sales through the screens. This could give a future to the load by means Pinterest is the position or visibility.

• However, legal experts have questioned the responsibility of the trial site for copyright because it actually allows you to copy images are property. While some brands do not care if it involves sales, photographers and commercial organizations may be less satisfied.
Rakuten has invested in a number of online retailers in the world, including UK retailer Play.com.

"While some may see e-commerce as a distributor machine as a single experience, we believe it is a living process where retailers and consumers can communicate, learn and heal to make the experience more enjoyable, "said Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani.

"We see tremendous synergies between the vision and the model Rakuten Pinterest for e-commerce."

In an interview with the Financial Times, Mikitani revealed that he had also become a consultant in the e-commerce site, said. "Have a good understanding of images is increasingly important for e-commerce is simpler and more appealing to the human instinct of text. Such is the power of Pinterest, I think."

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Councils use financial freedoms to invest in new affordable homes

account

housing reform has opened new avenues of borrowing for municipalities seeking to develop

has been dubbed as the most radical change of municipal housing for more than half a century. Account reform of housing for advice made a part of the national debt of housing, and in return, they are free to manage the debt you want - up to a certain point. In some cases, that freedom means rushing to pay the balance as soon as possible. For others, a return to council housing could be on the cards.

Stroud District Council has invested £ 23 million in housing over the next five years to maintain its level of openness of debt and interest-only payments to the lenders. Carl Brazier, head of strategic consulting services to tenants, says: "After that, we can decide to increase the development program or erase some of the debt it felt more like a business like approach to clear debt 10. -15 Years. "

Some municipalities have the ability to borrow more. However, the interested public sector balance sheet, the government has limited the amount that you can borrow. The difference between the initial level of debt and the cover is different across the country.

Brazier said Stroud can borrow another £ 11m and plans to use this resource to invest in new housing. "We believe that we could build approximately 20 units per year," he said. "Not a lot, but it's a start."

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prudent strategies being employed to make the most of this additional debt. Camden council became private developer, with 50% of new homes built by the authority sale on the private market to finance new housing.

"We have £ 438 million of debt at the time and to borrow £ 87 million We use the margin as a revolving fund -. We borrowed to fund regeneration plans as they come in recipes that replenishes the fund, "said Rhys Makinson, deputy director of housing Camden. The city has a demand large enough to accommodate the required level of rental income is virtually guaranteed.

private sector loans Camden has a borrowing capacity sufficient to continue without a private sector partner. Other authorities may be forced to explore different options. David Hall, director of the social housing sector consultancy, said: "In some cases, they are just rubbing against the upper portion of the debt at the outset, the question is if you look and create separate vehicles s if they are classified as debt. or not. "

Barking and Dagenham Council has established a protection vehicle ad hoc see houses built with private sector investment. Earth Council is released and houses built with money from private investors Shore long. The Board authorizes and manages the property, paying Shore Long a fixed annual yield. After 60 years of home ownership again board.

• It will not be an option everywhere - the land office should have to contribute to the plan and rental income must be sufficient to cover the costs of administration and dividend investors, the most likely in the south-east of England to the north.
• But when it works, is likely to be attractive to investors reluctant to take risks. Ken Jones, director of the Housing Strategy Barking and Dagenham, says it is in talks with institutional investors on other sites. "The key to making this work is that the donor is seeking a long-term return safely," he said.

Ian

Dolittle, Chief Trowers public housing sector and firm Hamlin believes that this type of funding model could be wider than the authorities are looking for ways to invest beyond the ceiling imposed by the government.

"If you are in balance, you will be subject to the debt ceiling," he said. "It must be a private vehicle., All paris are open. There are all sorts of ingenious ways to make institutional investors for social housing. "

debt is a dirty word in politics these days, but there are ways to maximize the investment in housing and mitigate risk. Richard Parker, Director of Housing at PricewaterhouseCoopers, believes that the mortgage debt early is a mistake.
"If you are looking for ways to get more performance from the existing assets of the public sector will be a missed opportunity," he said. "Local authorities could borrow twice against its existing asset base. Ago a great opportunity if local authorities have the imagination to challenge traditional approaches."

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