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News · 25 March 2019

Along Came The Circle

CEO of The Circle and ACK, Kirsty Thomson, is to merge the two community interest companies this month as she marks seven years since founding her first organisation. Kirsty founded Along Came…

News · 21 March 2019

The National Lottery to fund training café at The Circle

The Circle is opening a training café at its Staffa Place premises. The café will train young people to work in the café and offer employment. We have joined forces with Barnardo’s…
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News · 7 March 2019

Shackleton Technologies boosts IT infrastructure at The Circle with donation

As our IT support providers, Shackleton Technologies have supported our growth from a team of two in a start-up social enterprise to a team that has just recruited its tenth member of…
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News · 18 February 2019

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 including such prestigious members as Stephen…
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News · 18 January 2019

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 Kirsty on our consultancy services. I…
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News · 10 January 2019

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 be run as part of the…
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News · 9 January 2019

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 local community. Jennifer Gall joined The…
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Opportunities · 29 November 2018

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 and problem solving. It involves…
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How to · 28 November 2018

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 insights into the career journey…
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Opportunities · 28 November 2018

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 event, but this festive edition will…
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News · 5 November 2018

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 with Pioneers Post, recognises the 100…
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News · 1 November 2018

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 & CEO. The Awards Ceremony &…
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