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27 Jan 2012
On occasional trips to London, I hang around the Bloomsbury area, visit Marchmont Street - an eclectic mix of cafes, bookshops etc - with an emergent, creative vibe. One of my haunts at No.70, is the School of Life - ground floor books - over a salon which hosts classes and one-off seminars, under the general theme of 'Ideas to live by'. Here's the menu, http://www.senscot.net/view_art.php?viewid=11899 School of Life was founded in 2008 by writer, Alain de Botton and a dozen pals; their vision is of a centre where people can share ideas about how to live wisely and well, without reference to any dogma. The uncoupling of human wisdom from authoritarian religion really appeals; I sometimes reflect on how a Scottish sister School of Life might look.
Alain de Botton has written a new book - Religion for Atheists - which can be seen as an extension of the School of Life work. He looks at world religions from the point of view of a non-believer who is sympathetic - commenting on the 'babies thrown out with the bathwater' by those of us who have given up membership of a church. For much of my life, I was a practising Catholic (including two years in a Seminary) but over the years I found myself smothered within a closed system of belief. But de Botton is right - the collective experience of world religions has much to teach secular society about how to live wisely and well. http://www.senscot.net/view_art.php?viewid=11895
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Our accomplished First Minister was in London this week, delivering the Hugo Young lecture - giving his take on the implications of Scottish independence. His central point seems to be that a sovereign, mature Scotland would be a far better partner for England - 'a beacon for progressive opinion south of the border'. This was also the theme of...Read more
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Networks 1st is the name Senscot gives to our work with Social Enterprise Networks (SENs) - both thematic and geographical. SENs provide members with opportunities for peer support, collective action and market development. The vision is of a growing community of 500 frontline social enterprises across Scotland - connected and energised through a network of Networks.
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Networks1st Weekly Update: 1- Jan 2012
Over the last few years, a number of roundtables have been established to support the work of thematic SENs. These include Health, Sport, Culture and Creative. The SEN Roundtables gather together strategically placed individuals, to explore the benefits that a social enterprise approach can bring to that thematic area. The Social Enterprise and Health Roundtable has made some real progress of late, representing social enterprises in a recent Govt led review of Strategic Engagement between Health, Social Care and the Third Sector. Another outcome of the Health Roundtable has been the development of a ‘Social Enterprise and Health Policy Context Paper’. See http://www.se-networks.net/downloads/SEHRTPolicyPaperv10.pdf. For more information on the work of the thematic roundtables, contact kim@senscot.net
The Social Enterprise Academy will be running Leadership Programmes for both the Cultural and Youth SENs over the coming months. Creative Scotland has kindly contributed £2,000 towards the cost of the Creative programme and we’re delighted to say that a number of national organisations have offered...Read more |
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