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DTSTART:20141215T110000Z
DTEND:20141215T160000Z
SUMMARY:Community Finance\, Social Enterprise and Social Investment: expl
 oring the Community Shares model and shaping a research agenda
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DESCRIPTION:A workshop for practitioners\, stakeholders and researchers.\
 nCommunity shares are becoming an increasingly popular means of raising 
 capital investment\, and enabling individual community members to invest
  in facilities and assets which are difficult to deliver in an accountab
 le or attractive way on a large scale (e.g. community energy schemes) or
  unprofitable under private sector models (e.g. rural pubs and shops).  
 Recent growth in the use of community shares has been accompanied by ini
 tiatives to shape and grow the market\, such as accreditation and traini
 ng for advisers\, and the introduction of Social Investment Tax Relief. 
  \nCommunity ownership of assets and community-driven entrepreneurship m
 ore broadly are also gaining profile\, and knowledge exchange and debate
  are needed to frame a broad range of local economic and community issue
 s\, potential solutions and delivery models\, to assist practitioners\, 
 policy-makers and community groups. This workshop will invite academics\
 , practitioners and experts to start this process.  \nAgenda:           
                                                                         
                                                            Short present
 ations from researchers\, social enterprises and practitioners will fost
 er discussions and exchanges.  The workshop creates an opportunity for a
 ttendees to drive the agenda for how universities\, practitioners and th
 e development community work together to support and understand the impa
 ct of community enterprises.  \nTopics and speakers: \n•	Community share
 s in the alternative finance sector(University of Cambridge)\; \n•	The g
 rowing community shares market: sectors\, locations and share offers (Co
 mmunity Shares Unit)\; \n•	Investor behaviour: preliminary understanding
 s from recent analysis (MBS)\; \n•	Growing social enterprises: financial
  options and issues of scaling up (MBS)\; \n•	The experience of raising 
 community share capital (FC United)\n\nRegistration: \nTo book your free
  place\, please email Siobhan Drugan Siobhan.drugan@mbs.ac.uk      \n
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:10.05\, Harold Hankins Building\, Oxford Road\, Manchester\, M13
  9PL
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