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VISUAL MATERIALS: Hub Madrid Tour

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Tour of Hub Madrid

Just sharing the job Josef has done by recording Hub Madrid, ENJOY IT!
Tour of Hub Madrid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUzlBFsbM3g

Why not all the days ?

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

The 25th June something amazing happened everyone in the hub came in with theirs pyjamas. This idea was managed by Wallace and Gromit foundation for a good cause. The reason of these amazing day was to raise money for the children. The people who didn´t came in pyjama had to pay two pounds as a fine.

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Furthermore the people of The fun fed also wanted to contribute to the cause and prepared some games to make the fun in the work. The games consisted on try to put a peg in tha clothes of hub members.

This day reminded me of my time in the nursery school, when all the class mates were playing in the park. It was a really funny day and I would like to sugest why don´t do that all the days, the pijamas are very confortable and plays games with the work mates is really funny. And it, s very useful to create a great atmosphere in the hub.

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HUB- World Cup

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

The world Cup 2010, South Africa, began on Friday with 32 teams qualified for the final tournament.

World Film Collective, one of the organizations we (the interns) interviewed as part of our wee research is now  presenting  Word Cup Reporters, 35 young people from the townships around Cape Town who are documenting the events of the World Cup from their own perspectives! That could be a good way to get to know what’s going on in Cape Town, from its people’s perspective.

Check out their exciting reports at http://worldfilmcollective.com/SA2010.

Also wanted to let you know about THE SWEEPSTAKE. Nestor organized the whole thing and 16 people got involved. Here the validations between members and teams:

HUB MEMBER

TEAM

NAIARA PORTUGAL
ALEX SPAIN
NESTOR ITALY
JOHN ARGENTINA
JOHN. B. FRANCE
RACHEL MEXICO
TOM BRAZIL
ALECS SERBIA
ANDY PARAGUAY
LAURA URUGUAY
ALICE GERMANY
JOHNY ENGLAND
ZDRAVKA USA
MARIE HOLLAND
PETER IVORY COAST
RICHARD CHILE

But as this World Cup does also have another social face, here a film highlighting how South Africa has spent a record amount on hosting this tournament, yet evicted many people and communities in the process, and denying public services and basic rights of the South African constitution. (Watch clicking the above link)

Kick Out WOrld Cup Poverty

The Hub | June events

Monday, May 31st, 2010

Hi Hubbers,

What a great month of events coming up!

And even better news tha, Morris dancers have seen their kit spiced up for the modern day.

Let’s welcome in the summer in style, see you soon,

Alex

In June:

Wed 2:      Hub Futures | Water Power Enterprises | Hub KX, 6.30pm
Wed 2:      Hub Lunch | Innovation in the NHS | Hub Islington, 1-2
Thurs 3:     Hub Lunch | Public World | Hub KX, 1-2
Fri 4:         Hub Cinema | The Big Lebowski | Hub KX, 7-9
Sat 5:        Hub Lates | My Voice is the Door | Hub KX 5-8
Sun 6:       Hub | A Day Without Money | Battersea Park, 12-5.30pm
Mon 7:      Hub Futures | Transition Kings Cross? | Hub KX, 7pm
Tues 8:      Hub Office Hours | Dept BIS and Public Sector Innovation Unit | Hub KX, 2-4pm
Thurs 10:   Hub Partnership event | Net Impact | What’s hot in CSR market | Hub KX, 7pm
Thurs 10:   Hub Culture | Rambling Restaurant | Hub Islington 7.30pm
Fri 11:       Hub Culture | World Cup Screening | Hub KX, 4pm
Tues 22:    Hub Partnership | Rural Hubs | Hub KX, 7-9pm
Fri 25:       Hub Trousers | Wrong Trousers Day | Hub Islington, all day
Wed 30:    Hub Tech | Mozilla Add-ons Workshop | Hub KX 6.30pm

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Hub LuncJune - NHS1h | Innovation in the NHS
Wednesday 2nd June, Hub Islington, 1-2pm

Director of IP management for NHS Innovations London, Alan Driver has 25 years experience taking new products and technologies to market in the healthcare sector. He will join us to share the NHS’ approach to innovation, tell the story of what’s worked and what hasn’t, and consider the impact of the new government on the future for innovation in the NHS.

Join us for what will be a rare and timely insight into healthcare in the UK.

Attendance is free for Hub members and £4 for non-Hub members. Places are limited so please write to alex.rinsler@the-hub.net to confirm your place. Bring food for yourself and something to share!

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Hub Futures | Water Power Enterprises with h2oPE
Wednesday 2nd June, Hub Kings Cross, 6.30pm

You are warmly invited to meet Social Entrepreneurs Steve Welsh and Helen Walker from h2oPE (Water Power Enterprises) on Wednesday 2nd June. This, the first £1m social share offer for community hydro in the UK, gives individuals, local businesses and social investors the chance to become members of ground-breaking renewable hydro electricity schemes that will provide clean, green electricity. This is Impact Investment – a unique opportunity to combat climate change, and a chance to demonstrate commitment to a sustainable environmental project. Please come along and find out more.

Attendance is free and refreshments will be available. Please contact Helen Walker for more information: helen.walker@h2ope.co.uk


June-publicworldHub Lunch | with Public World – The Politics of Development
Thursday 3rd June, Hub Kings Cross, 1-2pm

Hub Kings Cross & Hub members Public World welcome Francisco Mora, president of the Colombian Transport Workers’ Union to the Hub for a lunchtime discussion led by Steve Commins, Department of Urban Planning, UCLA.

Bogota’s Transmillenio has become a model for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), a modern approach to urban public transport that is being copied globally. Many have gained from a better planned, cleaner bus system, of course, and regulated public transport is vital to make cities more sustainable. Yet the picture presented by much of the international development community is far rosier than the reality. Come and hear:

•   How a system designed to make quality bus services accessible to the poor is too expensive for many of them to use •   How the transnational companies that operate the buses take big profits out of a system built with public investment •   How tough it is to stand up for workers’ rights in a country where doing just that can cost you your life.

This lunch is free and will take place in the Boardroom at Hub Kings Cross. RSVP to admin@publicworld.org by 1st June.


June - big-lebowski-glassesHub Cinema | The Big Lebowski
Friday 4th June, Hub Kings Cross, 7-9pm

So here we are at our fourth film night. For those who haven’t attended before, our film nights are monthly either at Kings Cross / Islington Hub: a very chilled evening for you, your family and friends to come and watch a free film that has been selected by previous attendees. We are aiming to include as many genres and film styles as possible, so if this one is not quite your thing, keep your eyes open for next months.

Because many of our movie choices lately have been of the serious kind, it’s time to lighten the mood, and get you all laughing!
Please bring your own food and drink for the evening. These events are free, but please RSVP so we have an idea of numbers: amy.warner@the-hub.net

June - PianoHub Lates | My Voice is the Door
Saturday 5th June, Hub Kings Cross, 5-8pm


THE MUSIC AND THE RHYME: join us for a unique night of music and poems, featuring seasoned performing artists: Wills Morgan, Helen Cocks and Jeremy Limb. Wills Morgan will be reading a collection of poems, including a newly commissioned edition of Poems of Love with words by Lillias Forbes and music by Erik Chisholm. Partnered with pianist Lesley-Anne Sammons, the evening promises to be an elegant night of piano, songs and poems, with music by Henry Purcell, Josef Haydn, Roger Quilter, Bernard van Dieren, Stephen Foster, Ned Rorem and Erik Chisholm.

Wills Morgan is probably best known for his starring roles as Montel the “adult baby” and Jesus in Jerry Springer: The Opera, a multi-award winning musical burlesque.

Attendance is free for Hub members and £6 for non-members. Space is limited so please RSVP to Wills Morgan at morganstreet@hotmail.com to avoid disappointment.


June - no moneyHub | Picnic
Sunday 6th June, Battersea Park, lunchtime

A day without money?!

A free-form gathering / picnic of local strangers, swapping food, clothes, books, recipes, games, skills, ideas, and a lot more… Most importantly we need you to be there! Join us in Battersea Park on the 6th June – see us on facebook

We are also looking for anyone who would like to be a part of it to make this a successful, creative jamboree. Contact: daywithoutmoney@googlegroups.com. Spread the word about this free event to hang out, play and connect with people whilst enjoying and celebrating the summer! In association with Picnic4Degrowth.


June - transitions kings crossHub Futures | Transition Kings Cross?
Monday 7th June, Hub Kings Cross, 7pm

A Transition Initiative is a community working together to look at Climate Change issues and taking action to locally reduce the community’s carbon emissions by energy transition away from fossil fuels.

Some individuals and organisations in the Kings Cross area are planning to start a local transition group to see what action they can take.  Come and join the likes of Alara, Create KX, Get More Local, Hub Kings Cross, Argent and others, to see what we can do.

Attendance is free but RSVP requested so we can prepare for the right numbers, to eleanor.whitley@the-hub.net


BIS logoHub Office Hours | with the Public Sector Innovation Unit from the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
Tuesday 8th June, Hub Kings Cross, 2-4pm

Representatives from both the Public Sector Innovation Unit at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and Volans, a think tank consultancy focussed on social innovation and entrepreneurship, will be working out of Hub Kings Cross on the 8th of June between 2pm and 4pm.  The interests of the Public Sector Innovation Unit lie in exploring the opportunities to connect innovative entrepreneurs with government, in order to support fresh thinking within the public sector in both policy making and service delivery.  Volans is similarly interested in working with social entrepreneurs and helping them find ways of scaling their enterprises through partnerships with the private and public sector.

Hub Kings Cross, the Public Sector Innovation Unit from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and Volans invite you to come and connect to use this exciting opportunity to be in touch with a representative of the UK Government.

Appointments are 20 minutes and on a first-come first-served basis, contact Eleanor at Hub Kings Cross (eleanor.whitley@the-hub.net). Please note: the UK Government representative is not responsible for the funding arrangements for social enterprise and so will not be at the Hub to advise on this. However, they will try, where they can, to point you in the right direction.

June - Net impact logoHub Partnership event with Net Impact | What’s hot in the CSR job market?
Thurs
day 10th June, Hub Kings Cross, 7pm

Join us for an in-depth presentation of the results of the 2010 Corporate Responsibility Salary Survey. Completed by nearly 600 CR professionals worldwide this year’s results are some of the most exciting ever, and provide clarity and transparency to the roles, salaries and backgrounds of the professionals working in this space. This informative study on the CR industry is in its third year and was conducted by specialist recruitment consultancy Acre in partnership with Acona, a sustainability consultancy, and the publication Ethical Performance.
This event will be lead by Acre’s Managing Director Andy Cartland alongside Rufus Bullough, a CR & Sustainability Associate at Acre. Acre is a leading recruitment company in CSR, Sustainability and Climate Change now in its seventh year of placing influential professionals in key CSR sector roles.

Following the event, there will an opportunity for networking with sustainable refreshments from The Hub bar.

There are five free places available for Hub members. To sign up please visit: http://london.netimpact.org.uk/whats-hot-in-the-csr-job-market/


June - love foodHub Culture | Rambling Restaurant
Thursday 10th June, Hub Islington 7.30pm

Join us for a three courses of culinary delights with the Rambling Restaurant, one of London’s most celebrated underground restaurants here at Hub Islington. With appearances at the Secret Garden Party Festival, Somerset House, art galleries and railway arches across London, Abi Rambler has received critical acclaim from Time Out, the London Paper as well as coverage on BBC News.

Attendance is £25 for Hub members and £30 for non-Hub Members. Space is strictly limited so please contact Abi at ramblingrestaurant@googlemail.com to book your place at this unique occasion.


Hub Culture |June - World Cup1 World Cup Screening
Friday 11th June, Hub Kings Cross, 4pm start

The 2010 World Cup tournament is here and we, like the proud city of Johannesburg are looking forward to hosting a screening of the first opening match game.South Africa vs Mexico, 4pm…Yes, that’s right, we are encouraging you all to finish work early and come crack open a beer with us to kick off the World Cup and cheer on the teams!

This event is free for Hub members and their friends.

May - Limina lunchHub Partnership | What will Rural Hubs look like?
Tuesday 22nd June, Hub Kings Cross, 7-9pm

What would your Rural Hub look like and how would it work for you? Limina has formed to explore the possibilities of rural Hubs and innovation centres.

For this event we’re lucky to be joined by celebrated author/blogger John Thakara, as well as Pat Bowcock from Ourganics, and representatives from CLEAR Village, Findhorn, Schumacher College and the Centre of Alternative Technology, to hear the success stories of other rural enterprises, who are leading the way. Join us to see where we can go from here!

This event is free for Hub members and £5 for non members. For more information and to book a place contact hello@limina.org.uk


June - wrong trousers dayHub Trousers | Wrong Trousers Day
Friday 25th June
, Hub Islington, all day

Join us and thousands of others around the country wearing their favourite pyjamas to raise money for children in hospitals and hospices all around the UK. For the last few years we have proudly supported Hub members Wallace and Gromit’s Children’s Foundation in their annual campaign to look silly and raise money. We’ll be doing stuff throughout the week, so be ready to take part and do your bit!

Anyone can join us to work at the Hub Islington on the Friday as long as you’re suitably attired. For more information on how to get involved in the Wrong Trousers Day visit www.wrongtrousersday.org


June - mozillaHub Tech | Mozilla Add-ons Workshop
Wednesday 30th June, Hub Kings Cross, 6.30pm

After spreading add-ons love last year in Paris, Madrid, Berlin and Florence, Mozilla are psyched to announce that they be starting a new series of workshops this year, the first of which will take place in Hub Kings Cross! This free and open event is for anyone interested in learning more about Mozilla add-ons, about HTML5 and about the next version of Firefox.

This is a unique opportunity to hear a great line-up of speakers flying in from the four corners of the planet. To learn more about the event see here.
Attendance is free but RSVP required:  Sign up here:http://events.mozilla-europe.org/event/?id=13

Spring is well and truly here!

Friday, May 21st, 2010

Spring is here…but actually it feels more like summer. At least you certainly know it’s hot at Hub Islington when it’s time to open ALL the windows (even the really awkward, have to climb the rickety ladder to reach them windows!)

And of course along with the warmer spring weather often comes new life, a.k.a baby animals.  We at the Hub Islington were lucky enough to see some of these baby creatures up close and personal…we felt very excited to receive a visit from two extremely cute and fluffy baby swans!

So how did we end up with baby swans in our office? I’m sure you’re all wondering…

These were orphans rescued by Hub Member John Bodenham of Tribal Energy, who found them down by the canal on his lunch break, and brought them with him to The Hub to wait for collection by the RSPCA. As you could imagine everyone oooh’d and ahh’d over the cuteness of these little guys. Though hosts here were perhaps a little troubled by the fact that John used our ‘best’ towel as a blanket, which was inevitably pooped on, and whisked away, never to be seen again!

Swans

This may well go down in history as one of the greatest events ever at The Hub!

Polling day @the Hub

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

Today, even though it was polling day and there is a lovely weather we have enjoyed the SSC as every other thursday with many tasteful bits.
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Today’s menu has consisted on:

- Spagethi bolognese

- Cruttons caesar salad, pear salad, cheesse, tomato and onion salad.

- A selection of cheese

- Special potatoes

- Cheakpeas, tuna, lentil and bean salad

- Shushi, mushrooms, avocado, sausages, toffu, salmon sandwich….

- Fruit

And last but nos least…. the tasty dessert:

there will be a DISCO WORK-OUT TONIGHT arranged by the Fun Federation.

7pm-9pm, Old Finsbury Town Hall, Rosebery Avenue.

Hub Events | May 2010

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

In May:

Tues 4:       Hub | at the Pub | Bar Camino (Regent’s Quarter), 6-9
Thurs 6:     Hub Lates | Election Special | Hub KX, 7-late
Fri 7:          Hub Cinema | Paradiso Series | Hub KX, 7-9
Wed 12:     Hub Lunch | Rural Hubs | Hub Islington 1-2
Thurs 13:  Hub Clinic | Boost your web presence | Hub Islington 1-4
Fri 14:        Hub Lates | Kid I wrote back | Hub Islington 7-10
Sat 15:        Hub Partnership | SHINE unconference | Hub KX, from 11am
Tues 18:    Hub Partnership | Impact investment with h2oPE | Hub KX, 6.30-9.30
Wed 26:    Hub Feast | Outdoors | Culpeper Community Garden from 6.30pm

HUB EVENTS | MAY 2010

Hub | at the Pub

Its been a while since we had a social, so we’re having one here.  Hub at the Pub is a good way to meet other Hub members out of the office over a mid week drink and maybe some tapas.

Let us know if you’ll be coming along and then we can keep an eye out for you: eleanor.whitley@the-hub.net.

Hub Lates | Election Night Special in partnership with nef.

Thursday 6th May, Hub Kings Cross, 7pm-late

The big night is nearing! Come and share the anticipation and excitement of the General Election with The New Economics Foundation and Hub Kings Cross. Featuring an general (election) knowledge quiz with Hub Member’s FutureGov and a press room led by Hub member Kathryn Corrick.
If you’re interested to attend email eleanor.whitley@the-hub.net with the subject Hub Booking: election and we’ll send you a sign-up link.

Hub Cinema | Paradiso Series

Friday 7th May, Hub Kings Cross, 7-9pm

It is time for the third film night. For those who missed the last two, our film nights are monthly either at Kings Cross / Islington Hub: a very chilled evening for you, your family and friends to come and watch a free film that has been selected by previous attendees. We are aiming to include as many genres and film styles as possible, so if this one is not quite your thing, keep your eyes open for next months.

Since it’s the even after the elections, we have decided to screen a political drama: Frost/Nixon – writer Peter Morgan’s legendary battle between Richard Nixon, the disgraced president with a legacy to save, and David Frost, a jet-setting television personality with a name to make, and their historic encounter. For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency.

Please bring your own food and drink for the evening. These events are free, but please RSVP so we have an idea of numbers: amy.warner@the-hub.net

Hub Lunch | Rural Hubs
Wednesday 12th May, Hub Islington, 1-2pm

Now it’s spring and the leaves are beginning to unfurl, don’t you just want to run about outdoors? What if there was a network of rural Hubs where you could get into the verdant British countryside and work remotely?

Would you like to swim in a river after work and eat freshly grown produce? Hold events and workshops in peaceful and grounded surroundings, get you hands in the soil and wake up to wide horizons and birdsong?

What benefits do you think social entrepreneurs could take to the countryside? What could you gain whilst you were there?

Could we help build rural enterprise and extend the Hub network?

Join us for the discussion and bring food to share! Contact rsvp@limina.org.uk for more information – more info on Limina here.

Hub Clinic | How to optimise your web presence
Thursday 13th May, Hub Islington, 1-4pm

Hub member Fabrizio Masieri is the force behind WebVisibility.it, Search Engine Marketing and Digital Promotion Company. During this lunch he’ll show you how to make the most of your project online, reduce your marketing burden and make sure that you will be found from people searching for what you do. You don’t need a prior knowledge of Search Engine Optimization to attend, and the lunch will appeal to those who have approached SEO/SEM and want to understand the strategy behind a successful Search Engine Marketing Campaign.

From 2-4pm Fabrizio has agreed to hold 1:1 meetings to focus on your project in particular, spaces for this are highly limited to please RSVP to avoid disappointment.

Attendance is free for Hub members and £4 for non-Hub members – bring something to eat and something to share! Confirm your place by emailing alex.rinsler@the-hub.net with the subject Booking – SEO lunch, or call 020 7841 8900.

Hub Lates | KID, I WROTE BACK

Friday 14th May, Hub Islington, 7-10pm

Poets and lyricists of all genres and experience are invited to share their words, rhymes and voice
at what is quickly becoming London’s second home to open mic-ers at spoken word night Kid, I wrote back – and on Friday 14 May it’s coming to the Hub, Islington.

It’s Kid, with a twist – as we team up with The Little Show Off for audience participation that will get you chatting like a seasoned poetry aficionado.

Kid, I wrote back is the brainchild of Chimène Suleyman – a writer and poet who performs with the Rhymes Won’t Wait collective and Dylan Sage – a writer and Emcee who has entertained across Europe and the Atlantic with the likes of The Nextmen and Breaking Bread.

For tickets, or If you are interested in performing on the night please contact kidiwroteback@instorage.org.uk or get there early on the night to sign up. Attendance is £4/£3 for Hub members and space is limited so please RSVP to avoid disappointment.


Hub Partnership | SHINE Unconference

Saturday 15th May, Hub Kings Cross, from 11am
SHINE is the biggest unconference in the UK for social entrepreneurs. Over three days, it offers a mini-business school with all the elements you need to grow fast: practical support, inspiration, services, tools and connections.

85% of participants say that SHINE is better than other social enterprise events. 50% say SHINE offers more useful peer-to-peer learning than all business support forums.

For everything you need to know go to: http://shineunconference.co.uk/. Tickets for social entrepreneurs are £50 for the weekend.

Hub Partnership | Impact Investment with h2oPE

Tuesday 18 May, The Hub, Kings Cross 6.30-9.30pm

Impact Investment – a unique opportunity to combat climate change: £1m share offer for community hydro electric schemes in the UK. Hosted by social entrepreneurs Steve Welsh and Helen Walker from h2oPE (Water Power Enterprises).  The project gives individuals, local businessesand social investors the chance to become members of ground breaking renewable hydro electricity schemes that will provide clean, green electricity.

Steve and Helen will explain more about the concept, share information about the technical aspects of the scheme and answer all your questions on impact investment and the risks involved. The £1m share offer will help fund the capital costs of three community-owned hydro schemes that h2oPE are developing. Any surplus from the sale of the electricitywill fund energy saving measures and other environmental projects in those communities. For more information or to confirm you place please contact helen.walker@h2ope.co.uk with the Subject: Hub Partnership – Impact Investment

Hub Feast | in partnership with Food Stuff
Wednesday 26th May, Culpeper Community Gardens, from 6.30pm
The Feast goes outdoors! Come and join us for a massive picnic in the amazing Culpeper Community Garden, in between the London Hubs.
As usual bring a dish to share and chat over a delectable feast with other food-loving people.

Special guests to be announced.
If you are interested in joining us, please get in touch with Eleanor at Hub Kings Cross (eleanor.whitley@the-hub.net) or Holly at Food Stuff (holly@foodstuff.org.uk).

Hub Events we are hosting in April

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

There is literally so much going on at The Hub in April, we don’t know how you’re going to fit it all in!

Hub Cinema | Paradiso Series
Thursday 1st April, Hub Islington, 7-9pm

It is time for the second film night. For those who missed the last one, our film nights are held once a month either at Kings Cross / Islington Hub and is a very chilled evening for you, your family and friends to come and watch a free film that has been selected by previous attendees. We are aiming to include as many genres and film styles as possible, so if this one is not quite your thing, keep your eyes open for next months.

This month we are showing the film Perfume.  Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of eighteenth century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world’s finest perfumes. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.

Please bring your own food and drink for the evening. Last time we all shared food, so if you are up for that, then just bring along whatever you feel like. These events are free, but please RSVP so we have an idea of numbers: amy.warner@the-hub.net.

Hub Workshop | Come Sing
Wednesday 7th April, Hub Islington, 6.45-8.30pm

Hub member Idit Gold is founder and the musical director of Singinginlondon.com, providing singing clubs around the capital. This workshop demonstration is about the joy of singing and the fun of sharing the experience. It will take you through a vocal warm up and voice projection. Afterwards, you’ll be able to choose between singing solo, duet, harmonizing or just singing a chorus line.

The workshop is open to all with no audition whatsoever! So come along and try it out.

Attendance is free to Hub members and their guests with request for a voluntary contribution towards costs. Please confirm your space by emailing idit@singinginlondon.com with the subject: Booking – Come Sing

Hub Clinic | Get More Done without Going Crazy
Thursday 8th April, Hub Kings Cross, 1-2pm

Personal productivity tips for getting things done and managing stress. In this training we will be brainstorming time management tips, looking at some effective systems for managing your workload and learning how to “centre” under pressure. Ideal for busy people who care about what they do, their sanity, and relationships.

Run by Hub Member Mark Walsh from Brighton based Integration Training.

This event is free for all, but bring some lunch. For booking email: eleanor.whitley@the-hub.net

Hub Workshop | Ubuntu Chocolate
Thursday 8th April, Hub Islington, 6.30-9pm

“Ubuntu” is an African concept that represents sharing and generosity. At this event, Ubuntu Chocolate would like to share our love of good chocolate with Hub members in an educational and enjoyable evening.

Hear about how we run a flat-structured and versatile “starfish” organisation. Learn about the chocolate making process from bean to bar, and the steps involved to making mouth-watering chocolate creations. Indulge in a tasting experience, and try some of our quirky sumptuous bars. Finally get your fingers dusted and make your own truffles then try out some chocolate cocktail concoctions.

Ubuntu Chocolate specialise in making delicious dark chocolate treats from high quality cocoa and natural ingredients. For more about Ubuntu Chocolate visit our website: www.ubuntuchocolate.com
Attendance is free for Hub members and £4 for non-members, spaces are limited so please RSVP to islington.hosts@the-hub.net with the subject: Booking – Chocolate, or call 020 7841 8900.

Enterprise Manifesto Camp
Monday 12th April, Hub Kings Cross, 6.30pm

‘Manifesto Camps’ are for entrepreneurs to discuss face to face how entrepreneurship can be better promoted and supported in the UK. Hub Kings Cross has been housing Manifesto Camps throughout March, and continues to do so in April. Hosted by Enterprise UK, they are happy to swap drinks in return for Hub member’s ideas on subjects around entrepreneurship.

For more information on these events and to sign up visit here: http://manifestocamp.eventbrite.com/

Hub Breakfast | Scoping your market with Michael Norton
Tuesday 13th April, Hub Islington, 8.30-10.00am

Michael Norton knows a thing or two about setting up new businesses in the social sector, bringing more than 25 years experience and a string of successful ventures to the table. By his own admission, not understanding the market for your product or service is a key failing for most social entrepreneurs. Join us for breakfast and we’ll explore how to do this simply and effectively.

Attendance is free for Hub members and £4 for non Hub-members, please email islington.hosts@the-hub.net with the subject: Booking – Hub Breakfast, or call 020 7841 8900.

Hub | Charity Quiz Night
Wednesday 14th April, Hub Islington, 6.30-9.30pm

With Hub Host Holly both running the London Marathon at the end of April and loving quizzes, what better way to combine the two things than holding a fundraising quiz night! You’re invited to get a team together, come up with a sassy name, start the revision and decide amongst yourselves who will answer the ever so tricky tie-breaker question. Questions will cover all the classics; general knowledge, sport, music, history, food & drink, and of course, much more. There will also be a small bar and some tasty food to keep energy levels up, as well as a prize for the winning team. All money raised on the night will go towards Holly’s marathon charity, Children with Leukaemia.

Entry costs just £2 per person (no more than 5 in a team please!). To register your team please email holly.lambert@the-hub.net

Hub Partnership event with Net Impact | Green Business Leaders: Roadmap to 2015.
Thursday April 22nd, Hub Kings Cross, 7pm

Jeremy Leggett, Chair of Solar Century; and Scott McGregor, CEO of Camco, lead two of the most well known UK companies specialising in renewable energy and carbon management.
With weeks to go before the UK General Election, they will be sharing their personal views on how the politics of energy and climate change will create business opportunities over the coming 5 years, how companies – private and public – can be entrepreneurial in the sustainability space, and where in the world to expect low-carbon business leadership in 2010-2011.
We’ve made 5 free tickets available for Hub members and there is also set up a 25% discount for Hub members who sign up before 1 April.

For details and to sign up, go to http://2015roadmap.eventbrite.com. For details of other upcoming Net Impact events, see here www.netimpact.org.uk

London International Documentary Festival
Saturday 24th April, Hub Kings Cross , 11am – 4pm

Hub member’s London International Documentary Festival have a commitment to ‘Conversations in Film’ which creates a unique kind of film festival. The films within LIDF are the starting point for a series of programmed ‘conversations’ – panel discussions and workshops – that bring diverse audiences together to go beyond the films themselves in order to engage with social, cultural and political issues in the company of policy makers, academics, journalists and other cultural commentators.

The festival runs from the 23rd April – 4th May 2010 and a day of film, photographs, artistic support sessions, and discussion will happen at Hub Kings Cross on Saturday 24th April. For more information on content and tickets see: www.lidf.co.uk/lidf2010/ or contact grace.pattison@lidf.co.uk

Hub Celebration | Kids First presents Playground Partnerships
Wednesday 28th April, Hub Islington, 1-2pm

Playground Partnerships, the award winning flagship scheme run by Kids First Trust, is a cross curricular programme that helps children develop essential skills to enable them to grow into responsible adults.  Set up as a design competition, primary school children all over the UK are invited to redesign their play spaces via a design portfolio and potentially win the money to build them.
In 2009 Kids First Trust had to decrease the available prize fund from £150,000 to £20,000 due to the collapse of our corporate founding partner Woolworths Plc.  We are really proud to announce that despite this, schools and children have not lost their appetite for the scheme!
Come and join us over lunch for a viewing of the portfolios that we have received this year (including this years winners chosen by children that have previously participated in the scheme) and give us your feedback.
This event is free to all (donations to Kids First Trust will be more than welcome though!)

Hub Feast | in partnership with Food Stuff
Wednesday 28th April, Hub Kings Cross, 7pm

The programme of Feasts for 2010 is well under way now and this month, we’ll be looking at Guerilla Food. Across London, there are people running underground restaurants, growing things in weird and wonderful places, cooking in unpredictable locations and using food in ways previously not explored. If you want to meet these people and find out a bit more about what they’re up to, we invite you to come along.

As always, you can expect to sit next to people who love food, cooking it, talking about it and most of all, eating it. So bring both an open mind and a dish to share to eat with people that love all things food. An informal evening with a very loose agenda, we hope to create a feast where conversation about food, life, love and everything in between, can flow freely.
If you are interested in joining us, please get in touch with Eleanor at Hub Kings Cross (eleanor.whitley@the-hub.net) or Holly at Food Stuff (holly@foodstuff.org.uk).

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Coming up in May:

14 May: Kid I wrote back and Little Show Off at the Hub Islington – Spoken word and performance: London’s up-and-coming monthly open-mic night.

APRIL OFFER! Discounted Space Hire in Hub Islington

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

To celebrate and welcome the arrival of Spring, Hub Islington is pleased to announce an exciting new space hire offer for the month of April:

Meeting Room Hire – usually £20 per hour, NOW JUST £15 PER HOUR!
Workshop Space Hire – usually £35 per hour, NOW JUST £25 PER HOUR!
Platform Hire – usually £15 per hour, NOW JUST £10 PER HOUR!

Also, book for a whole day in any space (9-5pm) and only pay for 6 hours (instead of 8!)

And finally, IF YOU BOOK BEFORE MARCH 31ST YOU WILL RECEIVE FREE TEA AND COFFEE FOR YOUR MEETING (usually £1 per head)

Please email us at islington.hosts@the-hub.net for more information and pictures of the different spaces. Do get in touch if you would like to talk more about holding a meeting or event here and to check our diary for availability and feel free to forward this offer on to all your relevant networks.

We look forward to hearing from you soon,
Hub Islington Hosting Team

P.S. Please note:
These prices will apply to bookings that take place during the period April 1st – 30th 2010. If you cancel a booking less than two weeks before it is due to take place, you will be required to pay 50% of the discounted room rate. You must be on at least a Hub Connection membership to make a booking. Hub Unlimited members get free use of the meeting room and half price rates for the workshop space. The workshop space is only available after 6pm on weekdays and all weekend.

The Hub | March events

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Spring – finally!

Bluebells, daffodils, Cadbury’s Cream Eggs, brighter mornings, crisp and clear skies…

and great events at the London Hubs – if you want to host an event here (at the heart of London’s social enterprise network) then call me! 020 7841 8900.

See you soon,

Alex

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In March:


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Hub Screening | Starsuckers: SECOND SCREENING
Wednesday 3rd March

Hub Islington, 6.30-10pm

Premiered in the 2009 London Film Festival and heralded by the Sunday Telegraph as “Thrilling” and “Revolutionary”, Starsuckers exposes the toxic effect that the media and celebrity are having on our world. Filmed in secret over two years, Chris Atkins (of award-winning Taking Liberties) and his production team posed as tipsters, making up stories for the tabloid press and seeing how far they could get. Chris will be joining us to introduce the film, and for Q/A at the end.

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Hub Drop in | Fairtrade Fortnight
Thursday 4th March
Hub Kings Cross, 11-4pm

An very informal celebration of Fairtrade Fortnight at The Hub King’s Cross, we invite you to come and drink some free fairtrade tea, and watch some short films on the Fairtrade industry, including insights into the important areas of tea and coffee, fruit, and cotton production. Guest speakers to be confirmed.

Attendance is free – email kingscross.hosts@the-hub.net for more information or call 020 7841 8900.

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Hub Screening | Cinema Paradiso
Thursday 4th March
Hub Kings Cross, 7-9pm

Hub Kings Cross has a lovely big screen and for a while we’ve wanted to start a cinema club. We are naming the series Cinema Paradiso, with, you guessed it, Cinema Paradiso being the first film. We will gather recommendations as we go and show as wide a selection of films as possible. The venue will hop between Kings Cross and Islington.

This will be a very chilled evening and a great way to wind down and miss the evening rush hour. We are going to keep it very casual, so friends and family are all welcome, bring a picnic basket or we will order in pizzas. I am going to keep the bar open just in case, but you are more than welcome to bring your own wine.

Attendance is free! RSVP to amy.warner@the-hub.net with the subject: Booking – Cinema Paradiso.

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Hub Lunch | HemPower
Friday 5th March
Hub Kings Cross, 1-2pm

Founder of Brixton-based AMARU Rebekah Bloom will tell the story of Hemp, its journey and produce. She’ll also bring a range of HemPower products to try and buy. HemPower Organic Human Bio-Fuel – a unique blend of Organic Shelled Hemp Seed and Organic Oats – is unique, ready to mix and prepared in under one minute using only hot water.
Come, learn and sample all over lunch!

Attendance is free to members and their guests. Please confirm your space by emailing ruby.kvalheim@the-hub.net with the subject: Booking – HemPower, or call 020 7841 3450 for more information.

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Hub Surgery | Sales and Marketing Clinic with Alasdair Inglis, MD of Grow
Wednesday 17th March
Hub Islington, 1-4pm

Could your project or business do with some expert sales and marketing advice? Grow’s MD, Alasdair Inglis will be joining us for lunch and then giving 1-1 sales and marketing advice sessions for Hub members at no cost.

Alasdair Inglis has over 10 years of experience helping businesses transform their sales and marketing, and has worked with a number of companies in the social sector. His company Grow increased The Phone Coop’s revenues by £289,000 over five years. Alasdair can show you how to market yourself with little or no budget, how to get others to promote you for little or no cost, how to get more leads and enquiries and give you a valuable outside perspective on your business. For more info about Grow and how to get a £1,000 sales and marketing grant, visit www.wearegrow.com

From 1pm-2pm Alasdair will join us for lunch and sales and marketing chit chat. From 2pm-4pm, the sales and marketing clinic will be open and Alasdair will give Hub members free 1:1 sales and marketing advice : Book asap – places are limited.

Attendance is free for Hub members and £4 for non-members, spaces are limited so please RSVP to alex.rinsler@the-hub.net with the subject: Booking – Grow, or call 020 7841 8900.

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Hub Networking | in partnership with Create Kings
Tuesday 30th March
Hub Kings Cross, 11-4pm

In partnership with Create KX, the Hub Kings Cross would like to invite you to a networking event.  This event is an opportunity for Hub members to meet and discuss business opportunities with creative organisations based in the Kings Cross area. CreateKX works to ensure that King’s Cross St. Pancras is recognised as a centre of creative and cultural excellence: a place to travel to not from. CreateKX aims to encourage the creative and cultural sector to exchange relevant information, develop local trading links, showcase business services, and express visions for King’s Cross as a creative place to live and work.’

Attendance is free for Hub members, please email victoria.waugh@the-hub.net with the subject: Booking – Create KX, or call 020 7841 8900.

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Hub Feast | in partnership with Food Stuff
Wednesday 31st March
Hub Kings Cross, 7pm

On the last Wednesday of every month, Food Stuff and the Hub host a feast. The invitation is for people who love food, cooking it, talking about it and most of all, eating it, to come along with both an open mind and a dish to share to eat with people that feel the same.

An informal evening with a very loose agenda, we hope to create a feast where conversation about food, life, love and everything in between, can flow freely.
If you are interested in joining please get in touch with Eleanor at Hub Kings Cross (eleanor.whitley@the-hub.net) or Holly at Food Stuff (holly@foodstuff.org.uk).