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David Cameron, leader of the Conservative Party, will open the Voice09 Conference in Birmingham with a keynote speech on Tuesday, 10 February

Social Enterprise Day, 20 November 2008 is a national day to celebrate and promote social enterprise. RISE has launched a regional photography competition in search of the best photograph that shows what social enterprise can do.

The Social Enterprise Mark is a way for social enterprises to promote their value-driven business to customers. The Mark also aims to help social enterprises benefit from the growth in ethical consumerism. It's a Mark of assurance - of right thinking and bright thinking - for social enterprises trading in South West England.

A new fair-trade-style identity for social enterprises was launched by RISE at its AGM last week.

Recently the Minister for the Third Sector, Ed Miliband, visited three social enterprises around Devon and Cornwall. The visit was hosted by RISE to show the Minister the great work in which south west social enterprises are engaged.

Co-active welcomes the Government's newly published 'Social Enterprise Action Plan: Scaling New Heights'.

RISE, the South West England regional body for social enterprise, launched its strategy defining its way forward for the next three years, at the “Fare Shares: local food” national rural social enterprise conference

Co-active recently commissioned a report entitled “Gaining added value through procurement: a scoping study into the added value of procuring social enterprise goods and services” - whose findings form the basis of this article.

"For the first time ever, there is potential for a universally available business service covering the essentials for ALL social enterprises and potential social enterprises in the South West of England." Judith Reynolds, Director, Co-active Ltd.

There are big changes afoot that will have far reaching effects on social enterprise for years to come.