[sheffield-coops] Fwd: Book your tickets for the Third Sector Cafe events in June

[Chris Croome]

Hi Gareth

Thanks for this, the direct links to the co-op cafe a week tomorrow:

- http://www.thirdsectorcafe.co.uk/tsc-events/co-operation-and-co-operatives

And the booking form:

- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/third-sector-cafe-on-co-ops-tickets-24086849415

All the best

Chris

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On Wed 08-Jun-2016 at 03:27:46PM +0100, Gareth Roberts wrote:
> 
> Please find details below about the Third Sector Cafe event at Regather
> next week, it's regarding Co-Ops. If you can fwd it on to the Sheffield
> Co-Op List that would be great.
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Third Sector Cafe <sophy at thirdsectorcafe.co.uk>
> Date: 1 June 2016 at 15:02
> Subject: Book your tickets for the Third Sector Cafe events in June
> To: gareth.roberts at regather.net
> 
> 
> *16th June Third Sector Cafe double bill: celebrating co-operatives and bid
> writing *at Regather Works, Sheffield
> View this email in your browser
> <http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=04f9e5010a9bcac7fd2415700&id=8989fcd779&e=3aad3ba2bc>
> 
> In June we have a bumper Third Sector Café offer: on Thursday June 16th we
> will be running two cafes, one in the morning on Co-operatives in Sheffield
> <http://thirdsectorcafe.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=04f9e5010a9bcac7fd2415700&id=8427db0601&e=3aad3ba2bc>,
> and one in the afternoon, on successful Bid Writing
> <http://thirdsectorcafe.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=04f9e5010a9bcac7fd2415700&id=1b783df7ee&e=3aad3ba2bc>
> with
> top bid writer Debbie Oxberry. In between we'll be hoping some of you will
> join us for a Third Sector Cafe social at a cafe run by the Real Junk Food
> Project.  All of this will be happening at the very inspiring Regather Works
> <http://thirdsectorcafe.us4.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=04f9e5010a9bcac7fd2415700&id=48e2f81b09&e=3aad3ba2bc>,
> run by Regather, one of Sheffield's enterprising co-operatives.
> 
> BOOK your ticket to join us on Thursday 16th June for the morning cafe
> (9.30 to 11.30 am - boo
> <http://thirdsectorcafe.us4.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=04f9e5010a9bcac7fd2415700&id=dca6dc2980&e=3aad3ba2bc>
> k
> <http://thirdsectorcafe.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=04f9e5010a9bcac7fd2415700&id=a622144a7d&e=3aad3ba2bc>)
> or
> the afternoon cafe (1.30 to 3.30 pm book
> <http://thirdsectorcafe.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=04f9e5010a9bcac7fd2415700&id=18ecdaf49b&e=3aad3ba2bc>)
> at
> Regather Works and plan to join us for lunch too!
> <http://thirdsectorcafe.us4.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=04f9e5010a9bcac7fd2415700&id=b0518b13c4&e=3aad3ba2bc>
> 
> The creative economy in the UK is booming say Co-operatives UK
> <http://thirdsectorcafe.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=04f9e5010a9bcac7fd2415700&id=5ecd3db4a9&e=3aad3ba2bc>
> in
> this report, and National Co-operative Fortnight aims to raise the profile
> of some of the 7,000 co-ops in the UK. Sheffield has examples of both
> established and start-up co-ops and in our morning cafe session we'll be
> joined by Gareth Roberts from local co-op Regather who'll be telling us a
> bit about what they want to achieve as a co-op and exploring some of the
> issues involved in putting the principles of co-operation into practice.
> For more info on our morning session, and to book your tickets see here
> <http://thirdsectorcafe.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=04f9e5010a9bcac7fd2415700&id=9aa9bc7b6e&e=3aad3ba2bc>
> .
> Over lunch we hope you'll join us at the Real Junk Food Project's cafe
> <http://thirdsectorcafe.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=04f9e5010a9bcac7fd2415700&id=51c43d86b5&e=3aad3ba2bc>
> which is housed downstairs at Regather Works. Lunch will be available from
> 12 til 1 pm and the cafe works on a 'pay as you feel' principle, creating
> delicious dishes out of food that would otherwise have been thrown away.
> Come and support this great project by joining us for lunch.
> [image: Interview with Debbie Oxberry of Mercury Business Development on
> Tender Writing]
> <http://thirdsectorcafe.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=04f9e5010a9bcac7fd2415700&id=b232c4e28c&e=3aad3ba2bc>
> 
> Introductory video with Debbie talking to Sophy from the Third Sector Cafe
> about what we'll be covering in the cafe on bid writing.
> Our afternoon cafe session will be focusing on top tips for those of you
> involved in writing competitive tenders to win contracts from local
> authorities, CCGs or Government Departments. Leading this session will be
> professional bid writer Debbie Oxberry. Join us and bring along examples of
> previous bids you've written or send us a question to answer on issues
> you've got stuck with to get some expert help. More information and tickets
> are available here
> <http://thirdsectorcafe.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=04f9e5010a9bcac7fd2415700&id=6cc3ee390c&e=3aad3ba2bc>
> .
> Participants are welcome to send in a question for the cafe to consider.
> Questions we've been sent to look at so far include:
> 
>    - What are the best ways of explaining what outcomes will be achieved
>    especially when cause and effect is hard to prove?
>    - How do we remain competitive in our pricing when we need to cover our
>    costs?
>    - How much data is too much data?  At what point do numbers and
>    statistics to back up your points become dull and uninspiring?
> 
> We would like to take a moment to extend a warm invitation to anyone who
> has yet to try a Third Sector Café. Since launching 4 years ago, we’ve
> hosted nearly 40 sessions and welcomed over 2,000 participants to our
> cafes. We regularly get feedback from people telling us how friendly and
> helpful they find the cafes. And that’s great, because our aim is to
> provide more opportunities to meet up and share good ideas, tips and
> contacts about issues affecting the sector and so the cafes are meant to be
> both sociable – and also serve a practical purpose.
> 
> 
> 
> *“I just wanted to feedback how useful I have found your sessions,
> especially last week’s session on stress.  So many great, practical ideas
> which were useful and usable in the every day.  It is so rare that you
> attend a session which has so many tools to take away with you, I have used
> so many of them already!" "[The café] has had a great impact on me,
> offering an insight into the work which other 3rd Sector organisations in
> Sheffield are completing and opening up training sessions to me which I
> would have never normally attended.”*
> 
> To give us a try this month see below to choose and book a ticket.
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