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Social Firms UK 2000 Annual Conference, Glasgow28th November 2000Conference Programme 9.00am Tea / Coffee / Registration 9.30am Opening address, Bob Grove, Chair of Social Firms UK and Director of the Employment Support Unit at Kings College London, and Sheila Durie, Development Manager of Forth Sector and Chairperson of Social Firms Scotland. 9.40am Social Firms and Community Care - Malcolm Chisholm MSP, Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care. Panel Discussion- Is it possible to create a social firm from a community care project? Bob Grove of Social Firms UK and Kings College London, John Houlihan of London Borough of Ealing and South East Social Firms Network, Sally Reynolds, Social Firms UK and Surrey Oaklands NHS Trust, and Sarah Crawley, of the Initiative for Social Entrepreneurs and Learn Link, examine the issues involved in creating social firms from day services, training projects and sheltered work, with specific reference to recent feasibility work undertaken by Social Firms UK. View powerpoint presentation by John Houlihan View powerpoint presentation by Sally Reynolds View powerpoint presentation by Sarah Crawley 10.40am Coffee Break & Networking 11.10am Social Firms in Scotland - some of Scotlands leading Social Firms present their businesses;
12.00pm Workshops Round 1 Workshop 1 (ALSH Room 1): Reforms and Changes to Supported Employment, Social Security Systems and Benefits. Brenda Williams, Head of Business Development of Shaw Trust, Anne O'Bryan of the NDT, and Judy Scott, Service Development Consultant and Social Firms UK benefits expert, discuss how the forthcoming merger between the Employment Service and the Benefits Agency may present opportunities for the social firm sector. View powerpoint presentation by Brenda Williams Workshop 2 (ALSH Room 2): Social Firms and Local Entrepreneurship - how to use local community resources to develop social firms. Alistair Grimes of Community Enterprise in Strathclyde and Gavin Lafferty of Kilmarnock College look at promoting entrepreneurship within the framework of community regeneration, how to engage the private sector in local area development, and the role of training in promoting entrepreneurship and successful social firms. View powerpoint presentation by Gavin Lafferty View powerpoint presentation by Alistair Grimes Workers Forum (Fyne Room): John MacDonald from Interact facilitates a discussion with workers in social firms/emerging social firms and service users from training and employment services dealing with worker issues and experiences. Workshop 4 (Boisdale Room 1): Quality Standards for Social Firms. One of the Social Firms UK priorities is to develop a set of quality standards for social firms. This workshop will discuss values, best practice and measurement, to contribute to the development of a set of standards which will genuinely assist the social firm sector. Led by Mark Powell of IMBY, Penny Robertson of Pentreath Industries Cornwall and Kevin Robbie of Forth Sector. Workshop 5 (Boisdale Room 2): Social Firms - How to Start? Geof Cox and Guy Turnbull of Economic look at routes to establishing an enterprise, employing workers who have been on benefits, and balancing trading demand with worker needs and capacity. View powerpoint presentation by Guy Turnbull 1.15pm Lunch and networking 2.15pm Panel discussion and Open Forum - Social Firms and the Enterprise Agenda - how the social firm sector can benefit from policies and programmes which prioritise enterprise and social inclusion. Input from Sheila Durie, Social Firms Scotland, Alistair Grimes, Chief Executive of Community Enterprise in Strathclyde, Samantha Barber, Chief Executive of Scottish Business in the Community, David Coulter, Head of Inclusion at Scottish Enterprise. 2.45pm Workshops - Round 2 Workshop 6 (ALSH Room 1): Reforms and changes to social security benefits and supported employment - repeat of workshop 1. Workshop 7 (Boisdale Room 1): Legal options for social firms - Geof Cox and Guy Turnbull of Economic Partnerships look at the merits of charities, co-operatives and guarantee companies, with valuable input on issues such as people with disabilities as directors and the importance of choosing an appropriate legal structure. Workshop 8 (ALSH Room 2): Growth sectors for social firms - is Information and Community Technology full of opportunity for social firms, how accessible is the travel and tourism sector, and can the recycling sector be profitable as well as environmentally useful? Danny Freeman, Multi-Media Co-ordinator of Signals Media Arts, Mark Powell of Reclaim and Sally Reynolds of Access Tourism discuss opportunities, barriers and best practice within ICT, Recycling and Tourism. Workshop 9 (Fyne Room): Developing social firms in Rural Areas - this requires an approach which adds value, rather than competes with local businesses. For firms not based in cities and large towns the approach in the Highlands and Islands represents a considered, professional and long-term approach which is neglected in many start-ups. Led by Donald Mcleod, Social Firm Consultant, Inverness, and Vicki Samuels, Networks, Isle of Skye. Workshop 10 (Boisdale Room 2): Funding options for social firms - social firms have traditionally been adept at achieving start-up funding but less successful at negotiating non-trade revenue streams or funding for capital expansion. Malcolm Hayday from CAF Investors in Society and Gerry Higgins from Social Firms UK look at funding for provision of training and work experience places and funding for capital expansion and strategic developments. View powerpoint presentation by Malcolm Hayday 4.00pm The social firm development programme - Gerry Higgins, Chief Executive of Social Firms UK and Sheila Durie, Chairperson of Social Firms Scotland conclude the conference with an outline of the social firm development programme throughout the UK including projects funded through SRB and Esf, developments planned under Phoenix Fund and Equal and what to expect over the coming months. 4.15pm Coffee, farewells, business card exchange and diary planning - for all those not rushing to airport, rail station and motorways. 4.45 End |
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