• Assessing the potential for social enterprise

    When we talk to new participants on the Inspiring Enterprise programme about their socially enterprising [...]

  • Share ideas with fellow trustees and managers

    Running a community hall or centre can be lonely work. If you’re the only paid [...]

  • “Time Well Spent”

    At the end of January NCVO launched their Time Well Spent report, available via this link, which is [...]

  • Building the Right ‘It’

    The Inspiring Enterprise programme is designed to support people not in paid employment who are [...]

  • Resilience is Key for Social Entrepreneurs

    Participants on the Inspiring Enterprise programme, available via this link, tend to be at the very start [...]

  • Social Enterprise explained

    Action Hampshire is one of the delivery partners for the Inspiring Enterprise programme, available via this [...]

  • Data shows the government must do more to support VCSEs

    “Tussell’s latest data on public sector contracts won by Community Interest Companies (CICs) on behalf [...]

  • A training opportunity – with grant funding attached!

    Action Hampshire is running a free learning programme for organisations that benefit their local community through trading. [...]

  • High Sheriff Community Awards for those going beyond the ‘call of duty’

    High Sheriff of Hampshire Mark Thistlewayte to honour good work of those enhancing safety and [...]

  • The Fairytale of Hampshire

    In our annual report & accounts we reported on a wide variety of things! We [...]

  • Government spending with charities plateaus as more goes to private sector

    Central and local government spending with charities has stagnated in recent years, while private sector [...]

  • Induction and training for new trustees

    New committee members need support and mentoring to help them get used to the role they [...]