HeartEdge Mailer | September 2019

HeartEdge Mailer | September 2019

HeartEdge is an international ecumenical movement.

We are churches and other organisations developing mission.

We focus on 4 areas - commercial, congregation, culture and compassion.

Join us! Details here.

Each month we share stories related to our focus: commercial activity, congregations, cultural engagement and compassion. Inspiring, practical - the Mailer is a resource.

This month:

• Sarah Corbett on activism, Mark Yaconelli on eating together and Ms Makkah on praying. Plus make your own coffin and art as prayer.
• Winnie Varghese - on our eminent HeartEdge gathering in Edinburgh.
• Setting up a cafe, developing arts projects or establishing a comedy night and social enterprise tips from Miss Macaroon.
• Plus 'A Future That's Bigger Than The Past', a new book by Sam Wells.

Read the Mailer at https://mailchi.mp/07814a6ebc49/heartedge-update?e=21b9ecde76.

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Mavis Staples - No Time For Cryin'.

HeartEdge Mailer: March 2018

Welcome to the HeartEdge Mailer for March. Loads to inspire and equip this month - including:

• Portrait from Prison, plus Adam Curtis on fear of change. And face paints!
• Purple Shoots in the West Country plus a social enterprise 'how to' guide
• Big Lunches, Dave Andrews on compassionate community work and 'Down to Earth'
• Plus John Swinton, Maggi Dawn, Inderjit Bhogal and Jess Foster!

We're defined by our four Cs - HeartEdge churches and organisations are about becoming:

• Active in commerce 
• Engaged with culture
• Nurturing congregation
• Developing community

HeartEdge: Events

21 May, 7.00pm: St Martin in the Fields, London: “Who is my Neighbour? - The Global and Personal Challenge". Sam Wells chairs a panel discussion with Rabbi Shulamit Ambalu, Dr Megan Warner and Revd Richard Carter. Sam Ahmad Ziaee who will talk about his journey aged 16 from Afghanistan to the UK. Edited by Richard Carter and Sam Wells, and published by SPCK. The event is free and open to all. Copies of the book will be on sale at £10. Book here.

Thur 24 May, 2pm - 4pm: St Martin-in-the-Fields, London: HeartEdge Start:Stop Workshop. Learn about Start:Stop, the popular 10-minute work-based reflections for people on their way to work, with Revd Jonathan Evens. Session include - growing a new congregation; engaging with working people; ministering in the workplace and communicating with busy people. Book here or call 020 7766 1127. HeartEdge members - free. Non-members - £10.

24 - 27 August: Boughton House, Leicestershire, Greenbelt: Sam Wells, Vicar of HeartEdge members St Martin in the Fields will be speaking at Greenbelt Festival this August Bank-Holiday. Carol Ann Duffy, Paula Gooder and Pussy Riot also feature. Details here.

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Carol Ann Duffy - Prayer.

HeartEdge: Churches & Commerce

Many churches struggle to cover the costs of their buildings and the ministry needed in their area. Finding other sources of income in addition to congregational giving can help significantly and can also extend the church’s engagement in God’s mission.

Organised by HeartEdge, ‘Churches & Commerce’ is a day at St Martin in the Bull Ring (Edgbaston St, Birmingham B5 5BB) on 7 March (10.00am – 3.30pm) for anyone interested in making churches sustainable in their mission. This event enables you to hear from people for whom commercial activities, including social enterprises, are making a real difference, not only to their church finances but also to their wider mission.

Contributors include: 

Allyson Hargreaves (Executive Director, St Martin-in-the-Fields Limited), Revd Dr Richard Frazer (Minister, Greyfriars Kirk) and Dr Richard Higginson (Director, Faith in Business), Revd Canon Giles Goddard (St John’s Waterloo), plus Anthony Collins Solicitors, Cinnamon Network, Grassmarket Community Project (recently named Social Enterprise of the Year in Scotland), Jericho Foundation, NexGen Marketing Ltd, Salt Business Network, and The Bridge at Waterloo. 

The programme includes sessions on: Christian Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurial Theology; and Structuring Missional Commerce. Additionally, there will be a panel discussion with entrepreneurs and small group input sessions led by specialists (on specific aspects of commercial activity e.g. structures, marketing etc or particular commercial opportunities e.g. social enterprise, training programmes etc).

To book contact me on jonathan.evens@smitf.org or 020 7766 1127.

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The Style Council - Our Favourite Shop.

HeartEdge Mailer | January 2018

HeartEdge Mailer | January 2018

Our passion is growing Kingdom communities via four C’s - congregations, culture, commercial activity and compassion.

Welcome to our January de-tox Mailer. This month:

• Culture: Churches as space for art and... comedy clubs
• Commerce: Macaroons and cakes as social enterprise - and 'start up' hints and tips
• Congregation: Looking Up with Annie Lamont, Harry and Chris on the Apocalypse, Maggie Dawn on submerging church and Barbara Glasson on diversity
• Community: Craftivist and introvert activism with Sarah Corbett - and Naomi Thompson on lessons from the Sunday school movement

Plus - Lucy Winkett on rare sympathy and holding fast in turbulent times

HeartEdge is making spaces where members give from their experience and take from others – an exchange that’s inspiring and mutually useful for all. HeartEdge works with members to find solutions, share resources and connect with others developing their church and community. If you have ideas or requests for topics on which you would like to share ideas and experiences with other churches, please call 020 7766 1127 or email Jonathan.

Join HeartEdge - detail here.

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David Gascoyne - Lachrymae.

HeartEdge: West Midlands event & October Mailer

At HeartEdge our passion is growing Kingdom communities - via four C’s - congregations, culture, commercial activity and acts of compassion. This month resources, ideas and theology featured in our Mailer include:

• Partnerships, community meals, Housing Sunday, hospitality and everything 'volunteers'.
• Plus #whoismycleaner campaign and social enterprise
• And Lucy Winkett on the 'need for speed' and living by the hour-hand.

Since February we've been visiting churches to find out about their work and share information, ideas and contacts. Everything from whole-site re-development, to church websites, inclusive liturgy and work with vulnerable people. We've also hosted visits to St Martin in the Fields to explore new ways of working. Contact HeartEdge to host a workshop, sharing session or consultancy day. Call me on 020 7766 1127 or email HeartEdge here.

'With Vulnerable People' (HeartEdge Resource - Ideas and Experience 1) is a new resource full of stories and ideas for churches and projects working with vulnerable people produced by practitioners - including workers with an evening centre for homeless people, an International Group and Soup Kitchen. If you're a HeartEdge member you can receive this by emailing me here.

Our next HeartEdge events are:

• 8 November Bristol St Michaels Centre: HeartEdge Day Gathering - 10am - 3pm - with Sam Wells and guests - click here to book in. 
• 21 November Edinburgh - Greyfriars Kirk: HeartEdge Day Gathering - 10am - 3pm - with Sam Wells and guests - click here to book in.
• 5 February 2018, St Martin-in-the-Fields: Inspired to Follow: Art and the Bible Story, 2.30pm - 4.30pm. How to explore the Christian faith using a a more open-ended approach? How to engage a more visually-focused culture? ‘Inspired to Follow: Art and the Bible Story’ is one resource developed by St Martin-in-the-Fields. The discipleship course uses fine art paintings from the National Gallery, a Biblical story and a short theological reflection to help people explore the Christian faith today. Workshop and input from myself and course designer, Alastair McKay to register for the ‘Inspired to Follow’ session contact me on 020 7766 1127 or email HeartEdge here. 

Our West Midlands HeartEdge day happened earlier in October at St Martin in the Bullring: 

• “Each element gave me food for thought and made me reflect and inspired.” 
• “A thought provoking, inspiring day.” 
• “Very well paced, well structured.”

Here is some of the twitter comment on the day to give a flavour of the event and those aspects to which people immediately responded:

• Sam Wells on Stewardship model of Church - “the mission of the #church shrinks to the imagination of a few.” Time for a change? #HeartEdge
• Sam Wells on the Benefactor model of Church... “Funded by a handful of powerful people... in the grip of a limited imagination.” #HeartEdge
• Sam Wells on the Enterprise model - “The Church is the Jewish Head Chef and the Muslim Head of Finance... Being the Church.”
• Asset approach “We combine & organise our assets. Approach the world not with need but green shoots of what we have. Our assets.” #HeartEdge
• #HeartEdge. What to do when the congregation is on its knees? Go where the energy is. Find where it’s released - in quite humble things.
• “Are you winning awards and succeeding in a cause that will finally fail? Or failing in a cause that will finally succeed?” #HeartEdge
• What was it like for Jesus taking on a congregation that no one else applied for?” Occupation, cuts, betrayal... #HeartEdge
• We must remember “we are the early church.” We reinvent church, as have every generation before. Reimagine, reinvent not decline.#HeartEdge
• David Alcock of @ACSLLP introducing the panel session of @HeartEdge_ W. Mids event hearing stories of what works
• More Enterprise Initiatives projects people? “Most important thing is finding your call. What God wants you to be doing.” @lloyd_cooke #HeartEdge
• I’m inspired by #HeartEdge - but my congregation are on their knees... what do I do? Where do I start?”
• Yvonne Gordon @springfield_p on adversity. “Keep your eye on God who is working at every step.” Encouragement #solidarity support #HeartEdge
• “We saw an opportunity...” Bryan Scott on acquiring a building from the council. @springfield_p “The Council always come to us..” #HeartEdge
• “In the church we have isolated ourselves.. Who wouldn’t we partner with? Gently & wisely exploring opportunities..” #Partnership #HeartEdge
• @heartedge_ version of speed dating in W. Mids event @inthebullring - building relationship + sharing experience

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The Innocence Mission - Glow.

HeartEdge Mailer July 2017

Andy Turner writes:

"Welcome to the HeartEdge Mailer...

Our passion is growing Kingdom communities - via four C’s - congregations, culture, commercial activity and acts of compassion.

This month - Methodist minister Barbara Glasson on resilience, Rowan Williams on prayer, Al Barrett on after Grenfell, Tracy Ullman on gentrification.

Plus - how to better connect with your community, how to organise an event, and social enterprise beyond the cafe - examples from ‘Clean for Good’ and new HeartEdge members.

Find HeartEdge at Greenbelt! And HeartEdge dates this autumn. And Sam Wells on seventy-five years after Beveridge.

Enjoy? Tell your friends and like us on Facebook!"

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Greenbelt Festival: acts of the imagination.

Update: Sophia Hub Redbridge

Ros Southern writes:

Coming up this week

• Sophia Hubs entrepreneurs' club - Weds 23 Nov 6pm - using the business model canvas to test and grow your start-up with Nnenna Anyanwu. Info and booking here
• Sophia Hubs Sophia course- Saturday 26 Nov 9.30-1.30 -bring an idea and work on it to see if it has legs info here
• Google Digital Garage - help for your business or charity - Saturday26 Nov 10am - Enterprise Desk,info here
• Enterprise Desk weekly business advice - need to book, info here

The following week

• Chamber networking breakfast - Tues 29 Nov - speaker Mike Gapes. Info here
• Sophia Hubs entrepreneurs' club. Friday 2nd December 2.30 Dates until Christmas here
• Open source IT workshop - Friday 4th - 1-3 - held in Ilford library monthly info here
• Sophia Hubs Sophia course- Saturday 3 Dec 9.30-1.30 - bring an idea and work on it to see if it has legs. info here

Other great news

• Vote for The Welcome Centre in the Charity Film awards! Click here
• Pictures and videos from Ilford Green Pop Up market last week. Shall we organise a Christmas market? info here
• Isatu Harrison of Izelia is opening a creative and fashion shop locally and is offering concessions, spaces and shelves info here
• Some of our social media posts this week
• Small business Saturday event run by Nnenna Anyanwu on women in business and Brexit
• Celebrating social enterprise day 12 top tips from social entrepreneur of the year
• City Business library seminar on how to use Instagram for your business
• And thanks so much to Vic Norman for a really helpful entrepreneurs' club this week on online presence

Have a great weekend,

Best wishes,

Ros Southern
Coordinator, Sophia Hubs

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Lifehouse - From Where You Are.

Update: Sophia Hub Redbridge

Ros Southern writes:

Entrepreneur's club

In August there are two Wednesday morning sessions 10-12 in Mont Rose college, Cranbrook Road, Ilford. The topic for August is Freebies, Sharing Resources and finding friendly buildings. Information here.

17th August - with Vic Norman of London Pub Tours - social media and no cost marketing
31st August - speaker to be advised.

Follow up from the great Redbridge creatives meet up entrepreneur's club to follow next week :) So far we've made contact with 25 of you!

Other support for start-ups and businesses

The best first point for any business is to attend the London Small Business Centre 3 hour workshop on starting your own business. They take place monthly at Enterprise Desk. Next one is Tuesday 20 September 1-4. Details of the workshops and dates here.

See the Enterprise Desk info on the Council website for info on business support with Leonore Lord. Info here

The Timebank is a very practical platform for start-ups. We are currently running focus groups to see how we can take it to a higher level. Please do sign up and try it out. We hope to be re-integrating with the ECHO London Timebank soon. I'll be at the Enterprise Desk on Tuesday 16, 23 and 30 between 12 and 3 for any queries or help.

Support for charities and voluntary groups

Our Enterprising Redbridge project is ending its first phase. The final seminar is on Thursday 22 September 5.30-8. Great training and input. Info here.

Other great offers...

• Offer of 2 minute promotional interview-style video for £30. Contact start-up Muhammad of Marketing Scope. Info here
• Offer of free photo shoots by local mature photography student, info here
• Monthly workshops in Ilford library about open source IT to support your business or personal needs. Info here
• Free stalls for crafts and green businesses at the Ilford green pop up market, 2nd Saturday of the month. See about last one here and celebrity visit.
• Join Streetlife to get local trade. info here
• Book up for the London business show in November for free. Info here

Please Like our Facebook page, follow us on Twitter and feel free to send in guest blog info.

Best wishes,

Ros Southern
Coordinator, Sophia Hubs Redbridge
07707 460309

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Peter Case - Ain't Gonna Worry No More.

Update: Sophia Hub Redbridge

Ros Southern writes:

"Please do take a look at all that's going on....

• Monday 9th May - another Seven Kings Business and Community Partnership Drop-in 11-1. Info here
• Tuesday 10th May - a 3 hour workshop on the basics of starting a business at Enterprise Desk 1pm .info here
• Weds 11th May - a mini Sophia ideas workshop if you want to plan an activity at the Redbridge Green Fair (so people get involved and take note!) - info here 7 people booked so far.
• Friday 13th 12.30-2pm - our weekly entrepreneur's club with Leonore Lord - financing your business / how to manage without finances tips on both. Please would you book in if you plan to attend. Info here.
• Saturday 14th - its Ilford's funky green pop up market again! A couple of stalls still available - free. Begona's spring time blog here.

and coming up next week or week after...

• Tues 17th - entrepreneur's club 12.45 at St Johns. Speaker to be advised.
• Thurs 19th May - the very big Redbridge Means Business Expo in Ilford Town Hall. A business MUST! Info here
• Sat 21st May - Meet local authors who have published a book - get tips. South Woodford library. Info here.

And also...

• Thanks to Jasdip Sagu for such a helpful entrepreneur's club this week. A little blog and pics here.
• THE NEXT BUSINESS SEMINAR FOR COMMUNITY GROUPS is TUESDAY 31 May 6-8pm at Ilford Sports Centre. Info here
• The Redbridge Green Fair has now booked 52 stalls and 15 eco attractions/artists and 28 performers - there's room for a lot more! Info here

Please share at least one of these blogs!!

Have a good weekend,

Ros

Coordinator, Sophia Hubs Redbridge / 07707 460309"

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Elton John - Song For Guy.

Sophia Hub Redbridge: latest achievements

A corporate grant award from the London Borough of Redbridge enabled Sophia Hubs Limited to gain an additional £20,000.00 for Sophia Hub Redbridge through successful applications to the Diocese of Chelmsford Mission Opportunities Fund and Awards for All.

As a result, Sophia Hub Redbridge has delivered its core services of Timebank (including community skills swap events), Entrepreneur’s Club (weekly) and Sophia Courses on an expanded basis through new partnerships with Enterprise Desk, Forest Farm Peace Garden, Redbridge Chamber of Commerce, Redbridge Institute, Seven Kings Business Partnership and at locations serving South Ilford, Goodmayes and Hainault, as well as Seven Kings. In addition Sophia Hub Redbridge has developed the following new initiatives in the borough:

• developed the Enterprising Redbridge project in partnership with Redbridge CVS to build entrepreneurial skills in Redbridge’s Third Sector;
• Enterprising Redbridge website (including an online survey) has gone live at http://redbridge.enterprisingcommunities.co/;
• identified and contacted 13 green businesses leading to the creation of an online directory at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BHM6f5mPUxd28ojGSPEWedxEa-06uZU_nlsB3A7JtXU/edit?pli=1#gid=0;
• organised a first Green Pop-Up market. Now a monthly initiative in partnership with Transition Town Ilford and Ilford Recycles;
• support for Seven Kings pop-up market (Seven Kings Business Partnership) and Wanstead pop-up shop (Wanstead Arts Trail);
• held an inter-generational community skills swap event involving NCS students;
• held a Timebank marketplace and trading floor event at the Enterprise Desk in February with agreement reached for further events in April and July;
• development of a business buddy scheme;
• ran the first Sophia Course for Redbridge Institute students. Further courses will follow;
• held two joint entrepreneur’s clubs with Redbridge College business students;
• organised two business networking events in Hainault. These events will be monthly in future;
• contributed to the boards of Redbridge Chamber of Commerce and Seven Kings Business Partnership increasing the scope and reputation of our work;
• held a health farm day at the Marjorie Collins Centre and provided support for weekly chair yoga sessions; and
• youtube videos prepared and posted publicising Timebank and Sophia Hub Redbridge.

We also enabled the contribution of 1,338 volunteer hours during 2015 and the exchange of 358 hours through the Timebank from April 2015 to March 2016.

Click here to see our 2014/2015 achievements and here to see our 2013/2014 achievements.

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Curtis Mayfield - A New World Order.

Sophia Hubs - New videos

Sophia Hub Redbridge has posted a new video on youtube explaining who we are and what we do ...

A second video explains the way in which the Redbridge Timebank trades with time, not money ...

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Sophia Hub  Redbridge & Enterprise Desk - Timebank.

Update: Sophia Hub Redbridge

Ros Southern writes:

'Hi there,

Final few places to fill for the Sophia Active Citizens and Entrepreneurs course. Starting Tues evening. Info here.

We have a full programme for November's entrepreneur's club on all things finance and legal. This is an amazingly interesting programme!

Wednesday 4th at Enterprise Desk 5.30pm - pricing, overheads, law and a big wake up call with Albert Peters!! info here (he's fun believe it or not!)

Tues 10th at St Johns 12.45 - hands on workshop on using an excel sheet for incomings and outgoings with the lovely and patient Amanda! Bring your laptops. info here

Tues 17th November - the Sophia Hubs in the City launch (info further down email)

Thurs 24th November 12.45 St Johns - Celestine Ekpenyong on 'know where you're heading to make good financial decisions. A successful start-up business on tendering and procurement. info here

Sophia Hubs has a fab City launch of our community share offer as part of Philanthropy in the City season on Tuesday 17th November. Please join us! Info here

Redbridge Chamber breakfast with Wes Streeting videos and report, including Donna's Pop Up question! info here

I'm at the volunteer fair on Thursday - find out about our fab volunteer roles! Info here

For info on the Cobra database available to all Redbridge library card holders click here

Please, please contact us if you have carried out any Timebank trades so that they are registered on the database :)

Also take a look at our updated 'Help and Support' page - thanks to volunteer Shilpa for that. :)

Best wishes,

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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Floating Points - Silhouettes.

Sophia Hubs Network Launch

We are delighted to announce the City launch of the Sophia Hubs Network and the development of another arm of Sophia Hubs support to local economies, entrepreneurs and start-up businesses, including Redbridge.

The launch will be on Tuesday 17th November 6.00 - 8.00pm, St Stephen Walbrook (by Bank station).

We are launching a ‘community share offer’ so that financial institutions and investors can support projects and start-up businesses that bring value to the area.

This launch will bring together financial investors and start-up businesses and partners of the pilot being run in Redbridge. We will have information about our partner project in South Africa, the Sophiatown Motswako Enterprise Hub.

Christine Baker of Argentis Capital will give a keynote speech focusing on the place of Sophia Hubs in the wider picture of social enterprise and social impact investing in the UK and internationally. Argentis Capital works to provide capital for innovative, scalable businesses which have a positive social and/or environmental impact in both developed and developing countries worldwide.

The programme is as follows:

• Arrival (6 – 6.30pm)
• Introduction & welcome
• Sophia Hub Redbridge & Motswako Hub Sophiatown stories
• Community Share Offer launch
• Keynote speech - Christine Baker (Argentis Capital)
• Networking / Sign-up

To book a place, please email clive.sheldon@sophiahubs.com.

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Ladysmith Black Mambazo - World in Union.

Update: Sophia Hub Redbridge

Ros Southern writes:

'To see about the new enterprise club programme and what's on this Tuesday lunchtime - click here for info. We're looking for speakers for the Autumn if you can help.

It was interesting to visit the hearing/deaf community cafe and this is a space open to ideas evenings and weekends. click here for info

See our Timebank swap of the week and the amazing list of offers from Claudia Ungereanu! click here for info

We've two guest bloggers this week! Boris Johnson to invite you to join the energy business challenge open to small business... and Ruth Musgrave on an interesting course she attended on sacred economics and it's relevance to Redbridge.

There's an ECHO Timebank business panel and social at the Google campus in Stratford which is free - it doesn't even cost you Timebank hours! Very interesting. Click here for info.

Also I am delighted that Peter Musgrave is able to co-facilitate a Sophia Course in October - please register your interest!

Ros Southern
Coordinator, Sophia Hubs Seven Kings'

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Lifehouse - Whatever It Takes.

Update: Sophia Hub Redbridge

Ros Southern writes:

'Hi there,

We had a really great Timebank social on Tuesday and fantastic offers will be coming up online soon. Guest blog by Sam Cowan - must be read! Info on Timebank surgeries included.

East Thames has started a fab new social enterprise providing cheap, recycled furniture and house items. Click here for info.

We are looking for cafes/venues for co-working spaces and an enterprise-club-on-the-road show. Your help is needed - please read here! Times/dates of 2 summer enterprise clubs to be advised!

The Ilford market opportunity next week, including Saturday 8th, stilll has stalls available. Prime location. You will need to ring the organiser. Info here.

Have a good weekend!

Best wishes,

Ros Southern
Coordinator, Sophia Hubs Seven Kings
M: 07707 460309 T: 0208 590 2568 (answer phone)
ros.southern@sophiahubs.com'

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Belle and Sebastian - Seeing Other People.

Sophia Hub Seven Kings update

Ros Southern writes:

"Here's the links to information that will hopefully be of interest...

Enterprise club speaker this Tuesday 19th May at 12.30 is Mark Braniff, business mentor, therapist, artist. Info here

On Tuesday evening there is an excellent business networking event at Redbridge College or acrowdfunding workshop at GLA.(which I am attending)

There's potential for alternative therapists to run tasters and free or cheap stalls at Forest Farm Peace Garden world music day event. Click here for info.

Jenny has devised the first draft of the online Redbridge green business directory. Who is missing? Please take a look and let us know.

Michael St Hill of MSH Finishes needs local premises urgently - the business needs to move out of his bedroom. Can you help? Click here to see Michael in his own words.

The next fabulous Timebank skills swap is Saturday 6th June - do you want to offer a skill or get some help? Info here

Advance notice of the Timebank 'Redbridge health farm day' on Wednesday 17th June. More news next week but feel free to email sevenkingstimebank@sophiahubs.com if you are interested in a 'daycation' with yoga, relaxation, pampering, nature...

Thanks to Sat Kumar of Hansons Estates for being our informative speaker last week - info here.

And finally don't forget to take a look at the Redbridge CVS list of current funding opportunities.

Best wishes,

Ros Southern, Coordinator, Sophia Hubs Seven Kings

M: 07707 460309 T: 0208 590 2568
ros.southern@sophiahubs.com
T: @sophiahubs7k FB: Sophia Hubs Seven Kings blog: https://sophiahubs7k.wordpress.com/
c/o St Johns Church, St Johns Road, Seven Kings, IG2 7BB"

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Paul Weller - I'm Where I Should Be.

Enterprise Exchange data

The Seven Kings Sophia Hub played a key role in supporting the delivery of the Enterprise Exchange project recently delivered by London Borough of Redbridge and Vision. We promoted the project widely and offered more intensive support to residents who were at the earliest stages of looking to start a business or social enterprise. Our team were always hugely enthusiastic and passionate about the work they did which fostered a really interesting and dynamic environment for delivering our Enterprise Club in the Enterprise Exchange Hub. Wherever necessary they would always refer residents on to additional support if required but had good working knowledge of what is already available and being offered within the borough.

Through analysing their data, Work Redbridge and Vision found that the majority of Enterprise Exchange members were female and most were aged between 25 and 50. This shows how many people are interested in taking control of their careers at this point of their life. Also, a significant number of members - 41% - were currently trading and 62% come from Redbridge therefore showing that the pop-up hub has been of use to the area as well.

They also asked what type of support people would like to receive from Enterprise Exchange and their data shows that 74% of members would like to receive more networking opportunities. This was closely followed by providing more resources on business support, as well as 1-1 advice.

As a result they plan to hold networking events at Redbridge Central Library - the first date for your diary is Thursday 29th January 2015 at 6pm. This will provide an opportunity to find out more about resources available both at the library and online.

If you have any ideas or suggestions for future events, please email them at businesshub@redbridge.gov.uk and don't forget to also follow them on Twitter @redbridgehub.

On the last day of the pop-up business hub, East London Radio prepared a small segment on Enterprise Exchange in their ‘All In My Business’ radio show. Please take a listen to what the public thought of Enterprise Exchange and you may also notice that some of the members also feature in the show!

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Delirious? - Find Me In The River.

Sophia Hub Anniversary Celebration

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Stevie Wonder - Happy Birthday.

Sophia Course

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Marcus Mumford & Justin Hayward-Young - Like A Hurricane.

Enterprise Club

Ros Southern writes:

Please have a look at the blog to find a bit more about next week's speaker - Nicola Millington, Director of FP Comms. It will be worth attending - lots of tips from a wealth of
experience in discerning who your customers are.
https://sophiahubs7k.wordpress.com/2014/07/04/the-who-of-your-business-inspiring-speaker-nicola-of-fp-coms/[1]

And here's an update on the very useful session last week on the
different legal structures for businesses:
https://sophiahubs7k.wordpress.com/2014/07/04/inspiration-and-clarity-on-legal-structures-for-social-enterprises/