Third Sector: Coops, Mutuals and Social Enterprises/

New Labour Reinvents Social Enterprise for the Public Service Delivery Market

This is Les’ piece in Labour Hub on WED 19 JAN 2022 about his book “How Blair Killed the Co-ops”, published in November 2021 by Manchester University Press. This is the link to Les’ contribution: New Labour Reinvents Social Enterprise for the Public Service Delivery Market

After the Book Launch

To widen the arguments from the book launch, please kindly read through A New Movement for Cooperation

Book Launch “How Blair Killed The Co-ops”

YouTube of Book Launch Download the presentation slides below: PowerPoint Presentation from Book Launch

COVID, Social Enterprises and Communities

This is the paper I presented on FRI 01 OCT 2021 to the Launch Conference of the Scottish Centre for Social Justice at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. This contribution projects that many now writing about an emerging new 21 ACTUAL SCSJ COVID and Communities.O01   period of ‘post neoliberalism’ are really describing higher level activity […]

A Social Economy for Scotland

This Note sets out a framework for a unified Third Sector or Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Sector (VCSE) – often called the Social Economy – offering a community focus during and after COVID and climate change Above all, for Scotland this cannot be the kind of mainstream or routine economic recovery of the 1970s, […]

Detailed EU Funds Briefing for Scotland Masterclasses

In advance of a series of elevan EU funding masterclasses deivered across Scotland to around 500 organisations, this is the advanced briefing offered to potential attendees. This will be explained throughout these events in further presentations. Detailed EU Funds Briefing

Initial Note on 2014-2020 EU Funds available in Scotland

Making EU funding applications has always emphasised “getting ahead of the game”. This means that potential applicants need to be aware of available funding opportunities and “slots”. Les Huckfied’s note seeks to explain to potential third sector applicants the openings which might exist, so that they might be prepared. Initial 2014-2020 EU Funds Briefing

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