Chamber Events

Social Enterprise Business Group -

The next meeting of this group will be held on Thursday 18th August, at 10a.m. here in the Chamber office.  This group was established to ensure that there is the support for those of our members seeking to operate as a business. grow and develop. The agenda for this meeting is to look at the Strategic aims of the group and our key session is on Governance, this was identified as a priority for organisations. Come along and join us.

SoLoCo

SoLoCo - Funding our communities

SoLoCo is part of a new global wave of technology-driven fundraising.  With our focus on supporting UK communities, SoloCo is an egalitarian and democratic funding vehicle, that hopes to be instrumental in influencing the current funding culture throughout the country.

Launching in August, our site enables members of the community to donate directly to a specific project within a given timescale.  If the project doesn't reach its full target then the funds can be put towards match funding.  Our aim is to give visibility to all sizes of charities big and small along with social enterprises and community groups and to give them the tools to connect with donors over a long period of time, thus helping their sustainability.  An organisation is eligible if its activities benefit the community, it has an organisational bank account and it is based within and supports UK communities.
As an accessible and easy to use fundraising tool for the smallest groups to the largest organisations, SoLoCo aims to help to fund projects throughout the UK, connecting  communities, donors and traditional funders to pursue local and national goals.  
In order to understand crowdfunding better, we are running a series of workshops.  The aim of the day is to show you how crowdfunding works, and to help you become a confident crowdfunder. We really hope that by the end of the day you come out feeling inspired and ready to inspire.

Crowdfunding Workshop - 25th August, 9.30 - 2pm, Salmon Rooms, Buccleuch Arms
09.30 - 10.00 Coffee and Introductions 
10.00 - 11.00 All about your project 
11.00 - 12.00 Benefits of crowdfunding 
12.00 - 12.30 Networks and asset maps 
12.30 - 13.00 LUNCH 
13.00 - 13.30 Resources 
13.30 - 14.00 How SoLoCo works
If would like to attend this workshop, please bring with you an idea of a project you want to crowdfund, some pens and paper.
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PQASSO - update

As it is now nearly 4 months since we had our PQASSO day at the SDS (Careers Scotland) office, we thought it might be an idea to have another get together to see how we are all getting on with PQASSO.

The next session is planned for 10.00am on Thursday the 13^th October.

Venue: Chamber office in St. Boswells

The idea would be to have a relatively informal chat around issues, opportunities and challenges arising. Don’t worry if you have not been able to make much progress since April. We can explore any areas where further help is needed and we can report back on some of the developments taking place nationally.

Please contact Nigel at: n.sargent@vcborders.org.uk