Zoo Skatepark Collaboration

BrightSparks is proud to announce that it is teaming up with local social entrepreneur Vinnie Whitehead to take over the management and running of the Zoo Skatepark which is located on Foss Island in York.

Social Enterprise ProjectAndy Simpson15 March 2018BrightSparks CICZoo, Social Enterprise, Zoo Skatepark Comment

Five things I’ve learned as a social entrepreneur

I’ve tried to avoid the standard observations that seem to appear in most entrepreneurial blog articles I read these days like “build a great team” or “delegate more”. That’s kind of the 101 stuff in my opinion. Instead, my observations of what work really do centre around this concept of being a design thinker and shaping a social purpose company around that type of philosophy.

, advice and opinionAndy Simpson15 March 2018BrightSparks CICSocial Enterprise, running a business, business planning, social value, trainingComment

Postcode Community Trust fund BrightSparks Emotional Resilience Programme

Thank you to Postcode Community Trust for funding BrightSparks to develop a toolkit of resources and information for school staff and parents about supporting children and young people to improve their emotional resilience.

NewsAndy Simpson14 March 2018BrightSparks CICemotional resilience, children, young people, emotional resilience toolkit, mental health issues, Haxby Road School, York, funding, grant, People's Postcode Trust

Acomb Primary School are hiring!

Acomb Primary School are looking for lunchtime relief staff to supervise the children while they have their lunch and play outside.

NewsLeonie Tayler14 March 2018BrightSparks CICAcomb Primary School, learning, children, working with children, careers, jobs

BrightSparks is now a proud member of Social Value UK

Social Value UK work with members like BrightSparks to increase the accounting, measuring and maximising of social value from the perspective of those affected by an organisation’s activities, through their Principles of Social Value.

, NewsLeonie Tayler13 March 2018BrightSparks CICSocial Value UK, social value, impact measurement, researchComment

Great 'Net Aware' online resource from the NSPCC

The NSPCC have created a brilliant new online resource to help you keep up to date with the apps, games and websites children and young people are using most.

useful resourcesLeonie Tayler13 March 2018BrightSparks CICNSPCC, online safety, staying safe online, children, young people, Facebook, Snapchat, Minecraft, Net AwareComment

Thank you En:Able!

Efficiency North's En:Able Communities grant fund has provided BrightSparks with funding to run our popular 'Essential Skills for Working With Children and Young People' courses in Spring, 2018.

NewsLeonie Tayler28 February 2018BrightSparks CICfunding, working with children, training, En:Able, Efficiency North

Thank you to the European Social Fund for funding our 'Essential Skills for Working With Children & Young People' Course

We are very pleased to have been awarded an ESF Community Grant, as part of the European Social Fund (ESF) programme, so we can deliver our Essential Skills for Working with Children and Young People course in York.

NewsLeonie Tayler16 August 2017BrightSparks CICfunding, grant, European Social Fund, working with children, Your Consortium, Humber Learning Consortium, training, course, learningComment

People's Postcode Trust provide Funding for Refugee Integration & Employability Training in Hull

BrightSparks are pleased to have received funding from People's Postcode Trust to run our Refugee Integration & Employability training course in Hull this summer.

NewsLeonie Tayler13 June 2017BrightSparks CICrefugee, Refugee Integration and Employability, funding, People's Postcode Trust, Grant, employability, Syrian refugeesComment

Tang Hall Big Local provide funding for free course

Thanks to funding from Tang Hall Big Local, we have the opportunity to run a free 'Managing Challenging Behaviour' course in Tang Hall, York.

NewsLeonie Tayler31 May 2017BrightSparks CICmanaging challenging behaviour, news, funding, Tang Hall Big Local, trainingComment

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