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The event is designed to help those interested in setting up a social enterprise or co-operative by giving them the information, guidance and support they need and brings together expertise from Belfast City Council, Work West and Social Enterprise NI, along with other Belfast based support organisations, social enterprises and co-operatives.<\/p>\n
Councillor Aileen Graham, Chair of Belfast City Council\u2019s City Growth and Regeneration Committee commented: \u201cThe Social Souk is an event that everyone with an interest in establishing a social enterprise or co-operative should attend.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019ll be a real bazaar type buzz at the social enterprise and co-operative marketplace, where you can find potential new customers, you\u2019ll also be able to access one-to-one specialist support and advice on the day, and you\u2019ll benefit from peer support through our \u2018Six Degrees of Separation\u2019 networking sessions.<\/p>\n
\u201cSocial enterprises marry the social mission of a not for profit organisation with the market driven approach of a business \u2013 and that poses quite distinct opportunities and challenges. So that\u2019s why we\u2019re organising this groundbreaking event for Belfast and bringing together the best expertise available to support the growth of social enterprise in the city.\u201d<\/p>\n
The event is free of charge you are welcome to drop in at any time between 11am \u2013 2pm, but if you wish to attend any of the sessions you must register in advance at www.belfastcity.gov.uk\/gosocial<\/a><\/p>\n For more information on the support Belfast City Council offers small businesses, visit: www.belfastcity.gov.uk\/businessinfo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Belfast\u2019s first ever Social Souk is being hosted at St George\u2019s Market next Wednesday, 31 May from 11am-2pm as part of Belfast City Council\u2019s \u2018Go Social\u2019 Programme. The event is designed to help those interested in setting up a social enterprise or co-operative by giving them the information, guidance and support they need and … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14223"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14223"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14225,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14223\/revisions\/14225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}