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Solving social issues: meet the people who inspired The Circle Academy

For the past three years at The Circle, and for many years in her career before that, our Founder & CEO, Kirsty Thomson has been meeting...
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I don’t work for a start-up. Can I join The Circle Academy? – Enterprise training for staff

Leaders of organisations are increasingly looking for their staff team to be entrepreneurial. Public sector cuts are commonplace and demands on services are increasing. Having to...
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Pros and Cons of The Circle Academy

We know that if you are starting a More Than Profit business you will be faced with several programmes that could support. We want to be...
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Applications now open for The Circle Academy

Are you a new founder of a business that cares about more than just the bottom line? Are you seeking a career change to 3rd sector? Are...
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Founder and CEO of The Circle enrolled in Business Accelerator Programme Scale-Up Scotland

Kirsty Thomson, Founder and CEO of local social enterprise, The Circle Dundee has recently been enrolled in the Scale-Up Scotland programme. Scale-Up Scotland is a leadership programme...
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GSK Volunteer team brightened up one of our meeting rooms

A few weeks ago we had volunteers from GSK visit our building and help us out by painting one of our training room spaces. GSK are...
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The Circle launches new initiative The Circle Academy

Local social enterprise hub, The Circle Dundee are launching a new initiative, The Circle Academy.  The Circle hosted an evening reception to introduce The Circle Academy last...
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Caledonia Learning Academy

The Circle launches training programme in partnership with Caledonia Housing Association The Circle has worked with charity Caledonia Housing Association to run a training programme for...
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The Circle Café

Our Café Manager, Stephen and Café Supervisor, Caitlin were invited to attend an education and training session run by charity ‘Who Cares? Scotland’ in partnership with...
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Jennifer Gall’s take on our recent Make May Purple event

The amazing thing about working with the Stroke Association is that everyone is in the same position as me, so I feel part of a community...
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Living Wage Employers welcome Scottish Government Minister for Business, Fair Work & Skills to celebrate ‘Making Dundee a Living Wage City’

Dundee’s most recently accredited Living Wage employers gathered at Social Enterprise ‘The Circle’ today to host a visit from Jamie Hepburn, the Scottish Government Minister for...
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Dundee Soup at the V&A Speakers Announced

The Circle and Creative Dundee are excited to announce the speakers for their sixth Dundee Soup event. Dundee Soup is a social event supporting local community-based...