Update: Sophia Hub Redbridge

Ros Southern writes:

"Hi there - here is the exciting news and info this week!

First of all - please read about the exciting Sophia Active Citizens and Entrepreneurs course we are running in November at Islamic Centre, Ilford. A fab course - only 15 places. Info here

Our wonderful Timebank volunteer team has now started a Facebook group to share offers/requests/news -read about this here :) and please join the group if you are a member.

On Tuesday evening we've an evening enterprise club jointly with Enterprise Desk with speaker from ECHO London business Timebank and sharing info and ideas about our community Timebank. Please join us at 5.30pm. Read all about it here

A reminder that there is a bonanza list of support for businesses this month and the general list is here - its the Redbridge College networking event on Weds evening and I'm going.

We've two recommendations this week - Karen Leighton on a book writing webinar next week on writing a book and Jitendra Makvana on the London Business Show in December. Thanks for passing on this info!

I am testing out our USP this weekend ;) - please help us help London Small Business Centre to fill places for women in business seminar! Click here for info

Thanks to Prodeepta Das for interesting and helpful session at our entrepreneur's club on Tuesday. Click here for info

Oh, and its very good news and a big thumbs up for us this week - I've been co-opted to the Redbridge Chamber exec! Please register your thumbs up here!

Have a great weekend and please see if you can get us more likes for our Facebook page and why not forward this email to someone?

Best wishes,

Ros Southern
Coordinator, Sophia Hubs Redbridge
E: ros.southern@sophiahubs.com M 07707 460309 / 0208 590 2568 (answer phone)"

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Update: Sophia Hub Redbridge

Ros Southern writes:

'Hi there - welcome to new people in this mailing who I met at Redbridge hub opening on Wednesday :)

News for this week:

We have a fabulous speaker at enterprise club on Tuesday 13th October - Prodeepta who gave up teaching to become a photojournalist and among other things makes children's books with Benjamin Zephaniah. Read about it here.

It's Social Saturday tomorrow - celebrating social enterprise - so if you don't know how to celebrate it, try buying a recycled bike in Ilford 10-2pm! Click here for info on Ilford Recycles.

Also Saturday/Sunday the launch of Cranbrook Centre in Valentines Park takes place - a creative collaboration with two charities and East London radio to reduce business costs. Read about it here.

To read about the fantastic launch of Redbridge hub and the 24/7 access to COBRA business database click here for info. And advance notice we are running a training on Tuesday lunchtime 27th October.

To see our Timebank SWAP OF THE WEEK, with start-ups helping each other's business, click here :)

To see the bonaza list of start-up and business events in Redbridge in October, click here

Thanks so much to Nnenna Anyanwu for being speaker at our enterprise club last week - to see her business MOT tips click here

No guest start-up blog this week folks - please do send in your news and I will promote you!!!

We are updating our Help & Support page on website - please take a look and see what's missing.

Have a good weekend,

Ros Southern
Coordinator, Sophia Hubs Redbridge
E: ros.southern@sophiahubs.com M 07707 460309 / 0208 590 2568 (answer phone)
T: @sophiahubs7k F: Sophia Hubs Seven Kings (please follow us and Like us!)'

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