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Notices
Submit a notice to appear here, visit http://senscot.net/networks1st/submitnotice.phpBIG information days
The BIG Scotland outreach team will be coming to a venue near you over the coming months as part of a series of BIG information days. ...more
Social Enterprise Marketing Service
The third sector is becoming increasingly competitive. Grant providers are making tough choices how to distribute diminishing project funds. Service Level Agreements have to be competitively tendered for and clients have many options for how they spend their time and the lifestyle they lead....more
Investing in Communities
As you may already know, we will be re-opening our Investing in Communities programme on the 30 June. Following our national consultation and the publication of our Strategic framework last year, new programmes will provide continuity from our previous programme. In particular, Investing in Communities will now:...more
Launch: Scottish Orchards
Scottish Orchards is a new organisation for anyone interested in promoting and developing orchards in Scotland. We want to encourage people to join who share our vision of a more fruitful Scotland. Our aims are:...more
Leading in Change Shared Learning Events
Strategic Business Plans will inform decisions on funding support from the Scottish Government for Single Interfaces. These plans are likely to be required within the next 3 months....more
Infrastructure and Capital Investment in Scotland: Innovative ways to fund capital projects
3rd Nov 2010
Influence - Inform - Connect, A one day conference, 3 November 2010 – Thistle Hotel, Edinburgh. Keynote Address: John Swinney MSP Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth ...more
SE100
Each month a top five list showing annual growth, turnover and social impact for a different geographic region of the UK will be published. The index is ongoing and you can sign up or nominate at any time....more
2010 SURF Awards, Scotregen 50 and Forthcoming Events
Entries are now being accepted for the SURF Awards for Best Practice in Community Regeneration. The SURF Awards are supported by the Scottish Government's Scottish Centre for Regeneration (SCR), and independently judged by a panel of representatives drawn from relevant national organisations and community groups....more
Invitation: Announcement of 2010 Starter for 6 Investment Awards
4th Aug 2010
Cultural Enterprise Office is delighted to invite you to the Announcement of the 2010 Starter for 6 Investment Awards on Wednesday 4 August 2010, 09:45 – 11.00 @ Out of the Blue Drill Hall...more
Charity Bank Increases Funding to Charities and Social Enterprises
The strength of Charity Bank’s support to charities and social enterprises has again been confirmed by record loan growth announced today....more
Sustainable Saturday
Friends of Volunteering Clydesdale (FOVC) are staging the ‘Powering to the future’ Sustainable Saturday event and record attempt. FOVC are a not for profit voluntary organisation based in Lanark who are trying to positively influence economic, social and environmental prosperity throughout the Clydesdale area of South Lanarkshire....more
Press Release: New study will assess the impact of social enterprise in Scotland’s food and drink sector.
A pioneering study to calculate the contribution that social enterprises are making to Scotland’s £10bn food and drink industry has been commissioned by the Scottish Social Enterprise Coalition...more
Major Incident - Training Course
This one day training course is aimed at preparing HR/Occupational Health Managers, Senior Local Authority & Health Managers/Mental Health Practitioners, Faith Leaders or others who may be deployed to, or manage major incidents and business continuity....more
LEADING IN CHANGE – LEARNING PROCESS AND EVENTS
The Supporting Voluntary Action programme is aimed at developing those organisations involved in the developing Single Interface Partnerships. It is comprised of seven interconnecting strands covering all aspects of organisational development and change management. The strands are at various stages of development. ...more
Polha Spearheads Community Benefit Programme
Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) has developed a guide for Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) to help them to include community benefit clauses in their procurement contracts....more
Underground-Overground: How small things can make Big Society
On Wednesday 30th June was the launch of the latest Bearhunt Thinkpiece Underground-Overground:How small things can make Big Society. It provides some simple ideas that local people can use in their neighbourhoods to begin to move towards their own kind of Big Society, including Opportunity Mapping; Talent Mapping; and unleashing 'The art of the animateur'. ...more
Edinburgh & Lothian's FREE Mentoring Showcase Event - 10th August 2010
10th Aug 2010
Scottish Mentoring Network is hosting an event in Edinburgh to highlight and promote mentoring projects in the Edinburgh & Lothian’s area. There will showcase presentations in the morning from projects followed by a networking lunch....more
Food Directory
The Transition Towns network aims to help towns, neighbourhoods, cities and communities to find solutions that will make them more resilient. One of Transition Town Forres’ initiatives is to create a Food Guide promoting local food. Our goal is to encourage people living in the area and people visiting to buy and eat more locally produced food. ...more
Funding for Rural Areas and Communities in Renfrewshire
LEADER provides grants for projects that will benefit the rural areas and communities of Renfrewshire. LEADER is part of the Scottish Rural Development Programme aimed at improving environmental, economic and community prosperity within rural areas....more
Up coming Leadership Development Courses
On Purpose are taking bookings for their September courses, so be sure to book now to guarantee a place....more
Private member's bill from Chris White MP would require public sector contracts to include 'social clause'
Public Services (Social Enterprise And Social Value) Bill would make tenders spell out positive social impact. A private member's bill introduced in the House of Commons this week would require all public sector contacts to carry a 'social clause', asking bidders what positive social outcomes their tender would create....more
Increase III Awardees
Six community recycling reuse projects in Scotland have received a cash boost after Zero Waste Scotland yesterday (July 6) announced the latest round of funding awards from the Scottish Government's £7.5 million ‘INCREASE III' fund....more
Guinness Bring it to Life Awards
The Guinness Bring it to Life Awards in association with Firstport, Scotland UnLtd and Rathbone is open for applications. We are looking for 25-35 year olds who have a brilliant idea to make their communities a better place to live....more
GKS IMPACT Awards
The IMPACT Awards have been running since 1997 and are designed to recognise and reward charities that are doing excellent work to improve people’s health. They are funded by GlaxoSmithKline and managed in partnership with The King’s Fund. ...more
Support for Grassroots Sport
The Wells Sports Foundation supports projects that develop sport at grassroots level. We have created two unique and exciting schemes designed to motivate young people to participate in sport at all levels....more
Coutts Launches New Social Business Service For Entrepreneurial Clients
Coutts, the private banking arm of the Royal Bank of Scotland, is launching a social enterprise advisory service to assist its 20,000 successful-entrepreneur clients to develop social enterprises – a service the firm says is unique within the UK....more
Acquiring Business for Good
The Acquiring Business 4 Good Programme has a series of events planned. There are 3 different types of events:...more
Bookings now open for Realising Potential – next steps for social enterprise in Scotland
2nd Sep 2010
Organised by CEiS, in partnership with RBS, The Big Lottery, Scottish Government, Kibble, The Wise Group, HIE and Lanarkshire Enterprise Services, this year’s Scottish social enterprise annual conference: Realising Potential – next steps for social enterprise in Scotland, will bring together social enterprise leaders, practitioners, supporters and policy makers to establish a vision for social enterprise in our communities....more
Food & Drink Research
At our recent intermediary members’ meeting, I mentioned that the Coalition and Queen Margaret University were trying to get some funding to do a piece of research scoping the size of the economic contribution social enterprises make to Scotland’s food and drink industry. ...more
Press Release: Scottish Social Enterprise Coalition Launches Search for Snapper
The Scottish Social Enterprise Coalition today (30 June) launches the search for an inspiring photographer to visually capture social enterprises in Scotland, telling their stories through imaginative pictures...more
Environmental and Clean Technologies (ECT) Conference
26th Oct 2010
Holyrood magazine is delighted to launch their Environmental and Clean Technologies (ECT) conference, taking place on Tuesday 26th October at Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh....more
Capita's 4th National Conference on Disability Equality in Scotland
14th Sep 2010
Improving the equality impact that your organisation generates considerable efficiency savings and better meets the needs of disabled employees and service users. With the Equality Act 2010 coming into force this October, no public sector body can afford to be complacent about how to prepare and adapt to the changing legal landscape....more
BIG Launch Investing in Communities Funding Programme
The Big Lottery have this week launched their new Investing in Communities funding programme with 3 streams including Growing Community Assets, Life Transitions and Supporting 21st Century Life....more
Co-operatives Fortnight Reception Scottish Parliament 23 June 2010
An invitation to the reception which is being held to celebrate Co-operatives Fortnight in the Scottish Parliament. Speakers at the event will include Willie Coffey MSP, Eric Calderwood from the Co-operative Group and Co-operatives UK, Louise Scott from the mediaco-op and Stephen Kelly from Highland Wholefoods and Co-operation and Mutuality Scotland. ...more
Transforming Lives
Plans by the Big Lottery Fund to invest £50 million in helping to transform the lives of young people leaving care and individuals with dementia and their carers across Scotland have moved a step forward with the announcement that BIG’s Scotland Committee have agreed to establish a new independent trust to deliver the investment....more
Wanted: Chair (Non-executive position)
Spruce Carpets, the award-winning Glasgow based social enterprise, is seeking a new Chair to lead its Board of Directors. Now five-years-old, Spruce Carpets provides training and development opportunities for socially excluded people through the refurbishment and resale of flooring which was otherwise destined for landfill. ...more
Comic Relief Grant Making Cycle
The Comic Relief next grant making cycle re-opens on June 14 2010 - this includes the Sport for Change programme....more
Aspire to Enterprise - Seminar Series - 2010
As a key part of the aspire to enterprise programme we are offering a series of FREE to attend seminars on crucial aspects of social enterprise activity. We are now pleased to announce details of two further workshops we are running in June...more
Please Vote For CCI
Clydesdale Community Initiatives have been nominated for a national award in the HEALTH CATEGORY of the UK Lottery Good Causes Award. Please show your support by voting see details below......more
Invitation to tender : Laughter Therapy programme
The Centre of Health and Wellbeing (CHWB) seeks proposals, from individuals or organisations, to deliver its Laughter Therapy programme. This project requires a suitably qualified individual / organisation to develop, disseminate and test new tools associated with laughter therapy, in order to improve the health and wellbeing of individuals living in Edinburgh and the Lothians....more
GRoW - fabulous pews and wooden things... 11th June 5pm
Denise Horn and Julie Ellam of Room 108 are working with Greyfriars Recycling of Wood (GRoW) to help them develop their marketing strategy and online activities (website to be launched shortly). A small social firm, GRoW take discarded church furniture and either refurbish it or make it into beautiful new handcrafted wooden products......more
Achieving Community Benefits in Public Procurement
Is your organisation an enterprising third sector body? If so: Find out about Scottish Government support, Find out how you can win public contracts by participating in Tender Writing Training Register for free on the Public Contracts Scotland website...more
2008 Scottish Government Social Entrepreneurs Fund to support economic growth
In 2008 the Scottish Government set up the Social Entrepreneurs Fund to support economic growth, Firstport administer this fund and is an organisation set up specifically to provide advice and funding opportunities for new start social entrepreneurs....more
Local Viewing Power: Highlands and Islands community invited to shape television services for the future
Community representatives from across the Highlands and Islands are being invited to play their part in shaping the television services they receive locally in the future at the annual Local TV Forum in Inverness....more
The People's Project
“The People’s Project” has put Dumfries forward to compete in the above awards THIS SUMMER, and it means that we can all play our part. How can we do this? 1) We could all put up a hanging basket, - or window box of flowers, - or even just a plant pot outside our business premises and our homes. See.....more
Hot Desk Through Senscot & Members Networking night
All Senscot members have FREE access to their shared office, shared resources, informal meeting space and new soundproof ‘Melting Pod’ meeting space (sits up to 5) with 8.5 hours up for grabs. We would also like to invite all to the next big Members Networking night: Climate Night at The Melting Pot - Thursday 10th June at 6pm. See here for more info...more
SAA training in Scotland
30th Sep 2010
The Social Enterprise Academy will be running its Prove, Improve, Account course (aka a Social Accounting masterclass) in Edinburgh on 7 & 8 July and in Glasgow on 29 & 30 September....more
Achieving Community Benefits in Public Procurement
Scotland is already doing a lot of good work in the area of public sector procurement with the promotion of Community Benefit clauses and opportunities for consortium building....more
Future Jobs Fund - may soon be "Former Jobs Fund"
The DWP has begun the process of transition from the Future Jobs Fund. An announcement was posted today which says that "with the new DWP Ministerial Team still taking shape, there will be a further short delay in communicating decisions about the awarding of FJF funding." The freeze decision applies to three categories of bids.....more
Ready For Business Tender Opportunities: 21.05.10
In ReadyforBusiness this week: Angus Council looking for Intensive Support and Monitoring Service for young people & their families, Fife Council for Modern Apprenticeship & Skillseeker training delivery and...more
Minibus Drivers Awareness Scheme (MiDAS)
The Banffshire Partnership Ltd will run MiDAS courses at the Boyndie Centre near Banff on 12 July, 23 August, 20 September, 18 October and 15 November. To gain a licence to drive an Aberdeenshire Council minibus a driver must complete a MiDAS course. The course is in 2 parts, each lasting up to 4 hours....more
Supplier Development Programme - Meet The Buyer
Meet the Buyer, June 10th 2010, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow. Supported by Business Scotland, the Supplier Development Programme is hosting its 5th annual Meet the Buyer event. Meet The Buyer gives your business the opportunity to meet the buying personnel from over 35 major public sector organisations. Every sector is represented with buyers interested in all types of services and products...more
Supplier Enquiries - Single Point of Enquiry (SPoE)
Supplier Enquiries - Single Point of Enquiry (SPoE) has been set up to provide suppliers to public sector or publicly funded bodies with an impartial point of contact where they can ask for advice or raise concerns about public procurement practices in Scotland. ...more
Ready For Business Tender Opportunities: 14.05.10
Ready for Business – Opportunities through Ready for Business this week include: Moray Council looking for a contractor to manage the Citizens Panel, Renfrewshire Council looking for provider of support services for homeless people residing in short stay accommodation and more...more
Ready For Business Tender Opportunities: 07.05.10
Business Opportunities through Ready for Business this week include: Clackmannanshire Council seeking portable appliance testing, Glasgow Council seeking training accommodation for workshops...more
Guide to the Future Jobs Fund
What is the Future Jobs Fund? The Future Jobs Fund is a fund of around £1 billion to support the creation of jobs for long term unemployed young people and others who face significant disadvantage in the labour market....more
Business Acquisition: Getting Ready to Buy
Social Firms Scotland, in partnership with the Development Trusts Association Scotland, are running this seminar for existing and emerging social businesses and community enterprises....more
Wanted: Smoothie Making Bicycle
Twechar Community Action are looking to purchase a smoothie making bicycle. Are there any social enterprises out there who have one for sale or could they tell us where to purchase one....more
Ready For Business Tender Opportunities: 30.04.10
Business Opportunities through Ready for Business this week include: Angus Council looking for provision of transport for 2010 Angus Glens Walking Festival, Aberdeen Council seeking a service provider for mental health support...more
Strengthening Social Enterprises through Marketing
Community Enterprise has been working with Social Enterprises for the past 20 years to identify new opportunities and gain the skills needed to build successful organisations. We are delighted to announce that we have launched a new marketing service to complement our existing business development support....more
The Institute of Learning and Community Management Community Interest
The Institute of Leadership and Community Management (ILCM) is proud to launch it's new online capability assessment system for VCOs. The assessment will help organisations to focus on the central principles for operating a voluntary or community organisation - and we have managed to make it free to everyone who uses it....more
More Than Furniture Conference
24th Aug 2010
The More Than Furniture conference, held every year, is typically attended by furniture reuse projects, organisations that work with or support furniture reuse projects, local authorities (housing, waste, social work, policy and economic development), housing associations, third sector homelessness organisations and the scottish government. Between 100 and 120 delegates are expected to attend....more
Manifesto for People with Long Term Conditions
The Long Term Condition Alliance attended the Fit for Purpose conference in Perth last week and have asked for us to highlight their manifesto for people with long term conditions....more
Social Enterprise Strategy 2010-2013
The City of Edinburgh Local Social Economy Partnership has updated the Social Enterprise Strategy for 2010-2013....more
Global online competition
In partnership with Ashoka, Nike has launched a global online competition for projects which change lives through football....more
Strengthen Your Business
An online business development resource by Scottish Enterprise - accessible to social enterprises and thrid sector enterprises as to any other kind of business....more
Dinner Lecturs
Cranfield Trust are delighted to let you know that we are working with Cranfield School of Management to support a major new research programme on third sector performance measurement. Funding will be provided for a student to study for a PhD under the title of 'Performance Measurement in the Third Sector' starting in Septembe...more
PhD Opportunity
Cranfield Trust are delighted to let you know that we are working with Cranfield School of Management to support a major new research programme on third sector performance measurement. Funding will be provided for a student to study for a PhD under the title of 'Performance Measurement in the Third Sector' starting in Septembe...more
Evaluation Support Scotland
Evaluation Support Scotland, 10am-4pm at Transition Extreme, Links Road Aberdeen. £90+VAT....more
Annual Food Conference
ANNUAL FOOD CONFERENCE - Wednesday 5 May 2010 9.15 am – 12.30 pm at Hibernian Football Club, Edinburgh TWO WEEKS TO GO!...more
Glasgow announces details of 3rd Commonwealth Sports Development Conference programme
Sportscotland are delighted to inform us that details of the programme for the 3rd Commonwealth Sports Development Conference were announced today, with a diverse range of highly qualified speakers from a range of international organisations...more
Community Benefit Clauses in under a Minute
A Community Benefit Clauses are:- a range of social considerations to be built into the delivery of contracts, using specific wordings throughout the procurement process including in the management of contract delivery. Community benefit clauses are one aspect of a wider range of social issues, which form part of the “sustainable procurement” agenda...more
Ready For Business Tender Opportunities: 01.04.10
Contract opportunities are growing significantly through this new initiative. Opportunities being highlighted to those registered for Ready for Business this week include: an electrical contractor for St Andres University, shopping service to vulnerable adults for the Scottish Borders Council and more...more
Invitation to Tender: Project Management
Expressions of interest are invited from suitably qualified and experience practitioners to deliver the final elements of this build project....more
Ready for Business Tenders 26.03.10
Contract opportunities are growing significantly through this new initiative. Opportunities being highlighted on to those registered for Ready for Business this week include: trainers to run their Leader training course services for The Highland Council, electrical testing contractors for the Moray Council and more...more
Micro Grant Application Guidelines
The Scottish Centre for Intergenerational Practice (Generations Working Together) wishes to provide funding to stimulate projects that demonstrate good practice and innovation in intergenerational activities in Scotland. There will be a limited number of grants of £250 to £750 through our one-off Micro Grants Programme...more
Free Tender Writing Training
As part of the Scottish Government’s Enterprising Third Sector Action Plan, and as part of their on-going commitment to third sector bodies CEiS, The Supplier Development Programme & Partners are running a series of free tender writing workshops across Scotland. ...more
Ready For Business Tender Opportunities: 19.03.10
Here’s information on contracts highlighted on Ready for Business, a public social partnership (psp) pilot involving Senscot, Social Firms Scotland and CEiS to support social enterprises increase their trading through delivery of tenders for goods and services. ...more
Vancant Shop
There is a vacant shop at 25A Thistle Street available. It has a front room, a back room and a toilet. If interested please email...more
Ready For Business Tender Opportunities: 12.03.10
More information on some of the contracts highlighted on Ready for Business, a public social partnership (psp) pilot involving Senscot, Social Firms Scotland and CEiS to support social enterprises increase their trading through delivery of tenders for goods and services ...more
Upcoming SDP Events
Meet The Buyer, June 10th, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Give your business the opportunity to meet the buying personnel from over 35 major public sector organisations. Every sector is represented with buyers interested in all types of services and products....more
Ready for Inclusive Adventure?
Equal Adventure has launched its Mega Bundle Solutions, as a means of assisting you to work inclusively with disabled as well as non-disabled clients. With discounted pricing available, Mega Bundle Solutions provide a great opportunity for the purchase of equipment, information and training....more
Invitation to Tender
For research and preparation of a guide for community groups on investing for community benefit. This is a collaborative project between Community Energy Scotland, Development Trust Association Scotland and Scottish Community Foundation....more
Meet the Buyer
The Highlands and Islands Social Enterprise Zone would like to invite you to come along and Meet the Buyer. This event will provide you with the rare opportunity of face-to-face meetings with procurement personnel from leading public sector organisations including...more
Pilotlight Scotland
Pilotlight Scotland brings together skilled professionals from the business community and harnesses their talents to create growth and sustainability in small to medium charities and social enterprises across the Central Belt, Fife, Tayside and Aberdeen....more
Ready for Business
Here's information on some of the contracts highlighted on Ready for Business, a public social partnership (psp) pilot involving Senscot, Social Firms Scotland and CEiS to support social enterprises increase their trading through delivery of tenders for goods and services....more
Diploma in Organisational Consultancy and Facilitation
The diploma is an ideal opportunity for social entrepreneurs who are developing organisations or leading consultancy on an inter-trading basis. This will be the 5th Diploma that the Craighead Institute has put on offering a serious opportunity for both experienced and in-experienced consultants to have a deep continuous professional development programme. ...more
Becoming a Public Partner
If you have the experience of NHSScotland as a patient, or through caring for a friend or relative, or have a general interest in the health service, you could help with our reviews of healthcare services. In return for your commitment, we will...more
Financial Management Training for senior staff and board members of Third Sector organisations
As part of their commitment to significantly improve the capacity of Third Sector organisations, CEiS, and partners, are running free of charge financial management training workshops across Scotland that will allow delegates to control finances and engage in high quality financial planning....more
Asset Transfer - demonstration projects
DTAS has received some funding from Scottish Government to promote the transfer of public assets (specifically local authority assets) into community ownership and I am helping to manage some aspects of this work. The programme has three main elements to it....more
Tender Writing Training
Delivery of services to the public sector is an important market for enterprising Third Sector organisations. How do you find out about these opportunities and how do you write a successful tender document? CEIS, the Supplier Development Programme, and partners, are running a series of free of charge tender writing workshops......more
Ready for Business - Contract Opportunities
Ready for Business (http://www.readyforbusiness.org) is a public social partnership (psp) pilot project to support social enterprises increase their trading through delivery of tenders for goods and services. ...more
Enterprise Europe Scotland: Free Events in 2010!
European Information Clinics - Scottish companies get the opportunity meet with a member of the team on a one-to-one basis to discuss and gain support on a variety of different topics including European Market Info, Legislation & Standards, accessing public sector contracts, building commercial partnerships, European funding, Knowledge and Technology Transfer and much more....more
Future
The Future Jobs Fund was announced as part of the Budget. It is a major new initiative designed to create 15,000 jobs across Scotland between October 2009 and April 2011. The 18 month initiative is focused on young people aged 18 – 24 who have been on JSA for nearly a year but it will also support some long-term unemployed people who have barriers to employment or live in areas with high concentrations of unemployment. ...more
Draft Model Rules for the Networks
Over the last couple of years, we’ve discussed, with Network Reps, the idea of commissioning a bespoke legal structure to act as a formal ‘wrapper’ for Networks which feel the need. ...more
New development opportunities for Community Learning and Development staff
As part of the CLD Upskilling Programme (which Lifelong Learning UK is managing on behalf of the Scottish Government), new learning opportunities for staff working in CLD will be available during February and March 2010. These are free and are part of an ongoing programme of investment in the skills of the CLD workforce. http://www.lluk.org/cld-upskilling-programme.htm ...more
Community of Business Exhibition
Dumfries & Galloway Chamber of Commerce have organised a Community of Business Exhibition on Thursday 11 February in partnership with Dumfries & Galloway Social Enterprise Network, Senscot and the Scottish Social Enterprise Coalition....more
Swashbuckling social entrepreneurs
Yesterday marked Peter Holbrook's first public speaking engagement as chief executive of the Social Enterprise Coalition. It was a clearing of the throat rather than a full-blown call to arms. He was nervy, smily, self-deprecating. ...more
New Biz 2010
Perth College UHI and Perth and Kinross Social Economy Partnership are hosting Newbiz 10, Scotland’s Conference for Private and Social Enterprise, please see information on this up-coming event...more
Single Outcome Agreement
A Single Outcome Agreement is the means by which Community Planning Partnerships (CPPs) agree their strategic priorities for their local area and express those priorities as outcomes to be delivered by the partners, either individually or jointly, while showing how those outcomes should contribute to the Scottish Government's relevant National Outcomes....more
Fitness to Tender - Winning Public Sector Contracts
Fitness to Tender is a series of workshops aimed at increasing third sector organisation’s knowledge of the tendering process and to support them in bidding for and winning contracts....more
Aspire to Enterprise
Aspire to Enterprise is a Scottish Government programme providing a range of Business Support Services to ambitious, developing social enterprises in Lowland Scotland. In the last 2 years, the programme supported 130 social enterprises from the Borders to Aberdeen...more
Free Mentoring Support
Do you have some enterprising ideas to develop your organisation and its financial sustainability? Perhaps you're looking to tender for new contracts or diversify your income base. Help is at hand with the new Realise Mentoring programme. You can access free, confidential mentoring support from experienced mentors with expertise in the areas of greatest interest to you....more
Your Motivation - Your Innovation - Our Help
Your Motivation - Your Innovation - Our Help. BRAG Enterprises Ltd, one of Fife’s largest social enterprises and based in the central coalfield areas of Fife is delighted to offer a brand new 3 year ERDF funded programme – “Motivate to Innovate”....more
Social Enterprise Academy - Training
The Social Enterprise Academy is offering a number of free learning programmes across the Highlands & Islands this winter. These are open to anyone involved with a third sector organisation – staff, director or volunteer....more
Build a sustainable future for your organisation
Are you ambitious? Do you want to build a sustainable future for your organisation? Pilotlight Scotland brings together skilled professionals from the business community and harnesses their talents to create growth and sustainability in small to medium charities and social enterprises across the Central Belt, Fife, Tayside and Aberdeen....more
Job: Website/Portal for a Consortium of 7 Organisations
Innovation IT is looking for people with website development experience using Drupal. If you are interested or know someone who may be interested in getting involved in this project, then please let me know and I will provide more details...more
Unltd Sports Relief Funding
The UnLtd Sport Relief Awards are funded by Comic Relief and provide opportunities for young people to bring communities together, to help promote understanding and solve problems through sport, arts and recreational activities....more
Vital Statistics Survey Results
Senscot is carrying out a vital statistics survey across the networks to demonstrate the value of Social Enterprise and measure the contribution the Network members make on the both their local economy and Scottish economy as a whole...more
Senscot
A list of publication produced by Senscot/Networks1st in 2009...more
Revised Land Reform Act
The Scottish Government have recently revised the guidance on the Land Reform Act and Communities Right to Buy. A revised document, mapping tool and application form is available online. ...more
Press Release: Assisted Places Programme
Edinburgh’s incubator for social innovation, The Melting Pot, has announced an ‘Assisted Places’ programme offering free membership to 10 start-up social entrepreneurs....more
Voluntary Action Fund
Community Chest Grant...more
Social Enterprise Network Scotland
ANGUS Social Enterprise Network (ASEN) was launched in an inaugural meeting held at Augment (Scotland) Ltd on Monday....more
Social Enterprise Ceilidh Evaluation Report
This year, the ceilidh attracted 121 delegates and members from all 16 LSENs attended, with a total of 96 social entrepreneurs (79% of total), the remainder of the delegates being from intermediary organisations (Senscot, SSEC, Social Enterprise Academy, Social Firms Scotland, Social Investment Scotland), Scottish Government, RBS (main sponsor) and local councils. ...more
Get Ready to Compete
Get Ready to Compete: How your Business can benefit from the London 2012 and Glasgow 2014 Games ...more
Brief for Website Design and Launch
Community Enterprise is seeking appropriately experienced team to develop an accessible, easily identified and easy to use website. ...more
Social Enterprise of the Year UK Vote
The winning social enterprises from Scotland will go on to compete with winners from Wales, England and Northern Ireland in the grand UK final in December 2009....more
Centre of health and wellbeing advert for Perth and Kinross
Aim -To identify the market to deliver health and wellbeing services and healthy working lives agenda in Perth and Kinross....more
Knowledge & Skills Exchange Fund
Senscot is a partner in the Knowledge and Skills Exchange Fund, provided by Local People Leading (LPL - www.localpeopleleading.co.uk). The Fund supports activities which promote the exchange and dissemination of good practice through study visits......more
Applications Open for 'Do It' Awards
The UnLtd Sport Relief Awards are funded by Comic Relief and provide opportunities for young people to bring communities together, to help promote understanding and solve problems through sport, arts and recreational activities....more
Public Social Partnership project launched
Employment services for disabled people and a project aiming to reduce re-offending are among those which have been selected as pilots for a project to promote the design and delivery of public services through the third sector....more
20:Twenty Leadership Residential
Social Enterprise Academy are hoping to bring 20 leaders (or those working towards a leadership role) from around the Highlands & Islands social economy together at the Knipoch Hotel near Oban. ...more
Social Enterprise Awards
The first Social Enterprise Awards took place at the Parliament last night. A number of LSEN members were on the shortlist. ...more
Aspire to Enterprise
Aspire to enterprise is a new programme providing a range of Business Support Services to ambitious, developing social enterprises in Lowland Scotland.......more
Prove, Improve & Account
Social Accounting and Audit (SAA) can revolutionise the way you manage your organisation. It is a process that creates a flexible framework to help your organisation to fully account for its social, environmental, and economic impacts, and to report on its performance to stakeholders...more
Breadmaker announces best year to date
Aberdeen social enterprise, the Breadmaker, has announced its busiest year so far and is on line to becoming fully sustainable after just 3 years of trading as a social enterprise....more
Healthy Working Lives Initiative
The Scottish Government has launched a £1.5 million scheme aimed at reducing ill-health in Scotland's working age population....more
Selling to the NHS in Scotland
The NHS in Scotland spends over £1.5bn a year on the provision of a wide range of goods and services. This event will help suppliers to improve their understanding of the market and the opportunities that are on offer....more
£800,000 to inspire reuse revolution
PRESS RELEASE -For immediate release. Plans to increase the reuse of second hand furniture and household goods in Scotland were given a boost today with the launch of a £800,000 investment programme....more
Health staff prescribe comedy for patients with depression
They say laughter is the best medicine – now a group of health professionals are putting that theory to the test by "prescribing" comedy DVDs to patients with depression....more
Shortlist Announced for Scotland’s First Social Enterprise Awards
The search for Scotland’s best social enterprises has reached the final stages, as the shortlist for the first Social Enterprise Scotland Awards is revealed....more
A Christmas tree for life
IT WAS November, the weather was getting colder and Christmas shoppers were beginning to appear on the streets. John Rodgers stood at the top of Waverley Steps looking at the cheerful crowds and the brightly lit shop windows....more
Developing The Food Train Board Project (Expression of Interest)
The Board of Directors identified that changes and improvements are necessary to enable the smooth transition from a regional to national board and that external support would be necessary to help them manage this transition....more
Social Enterprise World Forum 2009
Social Ventures Australia (SVA) and Social Traders co-hosted the 2009 Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF) in Melbourne from 6-8 October. The purpose of SEWF was to support the emerging Australian social enterprise movement, showcase successful enterprises and raise the profile of social enterprise in the region and around the world...more
Business Acquisition programme
Social Firms Scotland’s purpose is to grow the Social Firm sector in Scotland in order to increase employment opportunities for severely disadvantaged people. The Business Acquisition programme is one of our activities. ...more
Set up a social enterprise
Community benefit societies (BenComs) are incorporated industrial and provident societies (IPS) that conduct business for the benefit of their community. Profits are not distributed among members, or external shareholders, but returned to the community. For example, a nursery school might use this form to let staff take part in decision-making....more
Search for Social Enterprise Snapper
The Scottish Social Enterprise Coalition has launched the search for an inspiring photographer to visually capture social enterprises in Scotland, telling their stories through imaginative pictures....more
Enterprising Third Sector Organisations Zone
Is your organisation an enterprising third sector body?...more
Healthier Lives, Wealthier Communities? Economic Evidence of Community-Led Health Improvement Impact
What is it? How might it be used? Does it matter? The conference will provide a timely opportunity for funders and commissioners of community health improvement and community and voluntary sector health initiatives to come together to learn more about, and take forward the agenda on economic evidence of community-led health improvement impact....more
PRESS RELEASE and PHOTO OPPORTUNITY – see MEDIA INVITATION below
Five pioneering organisations in Scotland have successfully met strict criteria to be the very first social enterprises in Scotland, to receive the Social Enterprise Mark....more
Think Tanks 'Shaping the Future' Conference Report
The Think Tanks Project is one of the cross-cutting strands of the SVA Programme portfolio of work...more
By the Community for the Community: community-led service provision in rural areas
From a leisure centre in Oban, to a shop in Uig; from a football pitch in Kilwinning, to a village hall in Lancashire, rural community groups across the UK and Ireland have found innovative ways to deliver the services they want and need. ...more
Social Enterprise Mark (SEM)
Senscot`s involvement with RISE and the Social Enterprise Mark (SEM) originated last February at Voice 08 in Liverpool where we had arranged to meet up with other Social Enterprise Networks from around the UK. For the past year, Senscot has introduced the `mark` through our weekly bulletin and has been taking soundings from various people within the sector...more
Further support for the Third Sector
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Community Energy Scotland wins major UK energy award
A small Highland-based social enterprise has won a major UK renewable energy industry award for its support to communities developing green energy projects. ...more
SE100 Index
The RBS SE100 Index is an essential new tool that charts the growth and impact of any organisations that deliver social, economic or environmental change including charities, housing associations, co-ops, social firms, community enterprises or ethical businesses....more
Mobilising society’s networks
Local government faces an almost impossibly tough decade...more
Responsible Purchasing
It is SPCB policy that all purchasing is undertaken in a responsible manner that builds on the Parliament’s strategic priorities and contributes to Sustainable Development. ...more
Third Sector and the Community Planning Partnerships
A major programme of change started in March 2008 when the Scottish Government announced that it would no longer fund the networks of councils of voluntary service, the volunteer centres, the local social economy partnerships and the social enterprise networks in their current form from April 2011....more
Social Enterprise Mark- qualification criteria
This document sets out the qualification criteria for organisations applying to access the Social Enterprise Mark....more
New health and wellbeing service for the Conference circuit!
Do you want to increase the numbers attending your conference or trade show? Do you want to improve the content of your conference? Do you want some new and exciting. health and wellbeing products to add that extra zing to your conference?...more
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Fisherrow Community Centre
The Fisherrow Trust offers a range of services through the centre in Musselburgh from parents and toddlers groups to room hire to arts and crafts ...more |
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