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The Circle CEO granted Fellowship with the RSA
Founder and CEO of The Circle, Kirsty Thomson, has been granted a Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). Kirsty joins around 29,000 worldwide fellows...
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Jenny McCarthy has joined The Circle team
I am The Circle’s newest member of staff having joined in January 2019. My role is Trainee Associate Consultant so I will be working closely with...
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Fire Starter Festival 2019 at The Circle
We are excited to be facilitating a programme of free events here at The Circle as part of this year’s Fire Starter Festival. These events will...
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Young stroke survivor, Jennifer, goes from strength to strength at The Circle
The Circle has taken on a new member of staff to handle bookings of their event and meeting rooms as well as scheduling training for the...
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Social Digital Sprint Day
In October the University of Dundee‘s Social Digital Society ran the Social Digital Sprint Day. The Social Digital Sprint day is a day of design, fun...
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Kirsty gives a masterclass at Dundee University
On Wednesday 21st November, Kirsty delivered a free masterclass at the University of Dundee’s Centre for Entrepreneurship. The Centre of Entrepreneurship host Entrepreneurial Masterclasses which offer advanced...
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Funding for projects that benefit the Dundee community
The next edition of Dundee Soup is to take place at The Circle on Saturday 1st December. This is to be the fifth round of the...
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Our CEO was featured on the NatWest WISE100 list
Kirsty Thomson, Founder and CEO of The Circle, has been featured in the NatWest WISE100 list. This list, produced every year by NatWest Bank in partnership...
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Celebrating our social impact at the Courier Business Awards
The Circle has won ‘The Courier Social Impact Business of the Year 2018 Award’ less than two years after it was launched by Kirsty Thomson, Founder...
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A Case Study by Sam Coleman of the Wise Group
Case Study – Michael Ratcliffe I first met Michael back in April 2018. Before I’d joined the Wise Group Michael had just been through a call...
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The Circle works with Dundee Comics Creative Space to provide free after school comic club
Local community hub, The Circle, is collaborating with Dundee Comics Creative Space to run a free 10 week programme of comic workshops for 10 to 17...
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Social Entrepreneurs pitch for a share of £20k
Four social entrepreneurs will be pitching for their share of a £20k grant through the Resilient Communities Awards programme. As well as the pitching event, there...