Village SOS Roadshow for Yorkshire and Humber

VILLAGE SOS is staging a Roadshow for the Yorkshire and Humberside Region. The event at Doncaster Racecourse on Wednesday 19th October 2011 is one of 24 being held across the country with the aim of inspiring people about the benefits of Community Enterprise.

The roadshow events will present a unique opportunity for communities to get hands-on advice from rural and enterprise specialists from the Plunkett Foundation and its partners Co-operatives UK, Locality, and Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE)..

Inspirational examples of community enterprises will be on-hand to share their journey with other communities, and there will also be appearances from those featured in the BBC1 series Village SOS. The event in Doncaster will include appearances from Taste Tideswell’s Pete Hawkins and ‘village champion’ Tim Nicol. See the video below about Taste Tideswell.

For more information about the event see: Village SOS Live in Yorkshire and the Humber.

Taste Tideswell: Village SOS winner - Watch more Videos at Vodpod.

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Village SOS Competition Awards

VILLAGE SOS, an initiative from the Big Lottery Fund and the BBC, is running a competition which will make awards of between £10,000 and £30,000 to support community enterprise in villages (with populations of less than 3,000).

The competition seeks to give money to enterprising ideas that will use the skills of local people and the area’s natural resources, land and buildings. Community enterprises are businesses that are owned and run by villagers themselves, such as village shops and pubs.

Village SOS highlight the fact that there are around 260 community-owned village shops currently thriving. They are distinguishable from private-sector enterprises by the fact that they re-invest any profits back into the community.

Entry forms for the competition can be submitted online, but must be done so by 5pm, on Thursday 20 October 2011. Find out more at www.villagesos.org.uk/competition

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Village SOS - Support for your village community enterprise!

VILLAGE SOS is a new campaign that has been launched to help people in rural communities tackle the trend of decline by helping them set up and run community enterprises.

The campaign, financed by the Big Lottery Fund, will see a national advice line and expert support rolled out to rural communities that are starting a community business.

The campaign was launched on Wednesday 10th August as part of a new six-part television series from BBC One. The Active campaign will see expert advisers provide support and guidance to people who have been inspired by series to set up and run their own community enterprises; e.g. shops, pubs, libraries, broadband services and community transport.

Find out more at the website www.villagesos.org.uk which includes details of the Advice Line which will be open 24-hours-a-day and signpost you to business advisers that can help with issues such as legal structures, funding streams or marketing your enterprise.

To access resources and help through Village SOS you have to become a member - membership is free and takes 2 - 5 minutes to join online via the website.

Find out more about Village SOS via the BBC trailer:



Source: Locality

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