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Merry Christmas to all friends and supporters of CICs and community enterprise.

Proud to have been part of the CIC 10th Anniversary celebrations this year (some reflections follow below) and looking forward to the next decade!

Issues and challenges for CICs in accounting for social impact

Figures never tell the whole story – numbers by themselves are never enough. Telling the people stories well really makes a…

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Is it absolutely necessary for a CIC that puts on outdoor events and employs people on freelance contracts to have insurance for the company?

Myself and two other directors have a CIC and wish to slightly changes its aims to allow us to carry out additional but very similar activities for the community.  Do we need to notify the regulators office to be able to make changes?  I can't get a reply or a call back from them when I try. Thanks.

Falkirk Family Support Community Interest Company’s mission is to offer free independent advice, guidance and support to Falkirk District’s most vulnerable bairns, young people and families including those supporting older relatives at the time when they identify support is needed.  Falkirk Family Support has a mixture of volunteer and family support workers offering assistance depending on circumstances and needs.

Falkirk Family Support strongly believes in equality,…

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I write wearing  two hats!

I run two distinct member networks.... 1. is First Tuesday in Nottingham and First Thursday in London. These meet monthly and have a mailing list of over 1000 organisations.  

2. (my day job) is OurCamden. This is a member (CIC) organisation that seeks to reduce social isolation and loneliness (www.ourcamden.org) 

I am looking for deals for members of both…

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Im new to this site I was wondering if anyone knows what the rights are of employee members are I cant seem to find any information anywhere

Paul

In my role at Beacon Centre for the Blind I am often looking for suitable social impact investments that primarily benefit people with visual impairment, sight loss or multi-sensory disabilities.

If you are a CIC looking for investment in products or services that will make a real difference to the lives of people we aim to support, please send your proposal or business…

Preloved.co.uk are offering free 'Business' membership to all registered CICs.

http://www.preloved.co.uk/

Simply create a FREE member profile, contact the fabulous Customer Care team, give them the email address you registered with, they'll verify CIC status, and then they'll manually upgrade you. Free of charge.

Whilst registered charities have always been eligible for free advertising on Preloved.co.uk,…

Can anyone recommend a solicitor or accountant (near Lewes, East Sussex, for preference) well versed in Community Interest Companies and the like to guide us  as we set up a small district scheme as a CIC, please?

Hi everyone

Very new to this.  I am looking at converting a Charity to a CIC.  Does anyone have experience of this please.

Beast Wishes

Aly Dickinson

Hi everyone. We do arts and media projects for social benefit and need to apply for funding in some instances. Some agencies want three signatories: we have two but don't know who we could nominate for a third. Does it need to be another director, secretary, member or a non-executive director? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

Based in Scotland? Enjoying the Easter Sunshine? Registered yet as part of the great Scottish Social Enterprise Census.

We're working with the Social Enterprise Scotland, the Scottish Government and a host of other bodies to take an official count of the entire population of social enterprises in Scotland and to track changes to the sector every two years.

If you haven’t done so already, take just 15 minutes today to ensure that your organisation is registered and that…

Hello All, i would appreciate your thoughts on the following question please: I was looking through the IN01-form and stuck on the question A4. For CIC is it going to be PUBLIC LIMITED BY SHARES? Thank you in advance.

At the moment I am the sole director for both company limited by guarantee reg'd through companies house and the CIC. In order to go for funding I need to add 2 unrelated directors to the board of directors. Can someone tell me if I need to add the 2 directors to the company ltd by guarantee and the CIC or can I get away with doing something else?

I have identified 2 directors but don't know which is the safest and easiest way of moving things forward without losing control of the…

Hi, I'm Fallon and over the past few years, I have gained an understanding of the insurance market and have extended my knowledge to cover numerous products which are offered at Insync, such as all types of business insurance from Public Liability, Professional Indemnity, events and charities. 



We believe we’re different. If you’re interested in a new approach to business insurance then call me on +44 (0)33 0124 0730, message me here, or visit our website…

If you were looking for Calm Minds Insurance CIC or had any business with them, I have just noticed that they were struck off on 9th January 2014 after the Second Notification Of Strike-off Action In the London Gazette.

Any members who may have been affected by this can get in contact with us at http://www.accessunderwriting.co.uk/charity/community_interest_companies ;