Social Enterprise Scotland

Day

Tuesday 7 November

Time slot

09:30-10:30

This event took place 6 months ago

Room

Fintry suite
Wheelchair accessible

Contact

Kim Wallace
0131 243 2650

Topics

Funding & fundraising Learning, development and skills Partnerships

Overall aim

Join this session and hear how three programmes funded via the Social Enterprise Action Plan 2021-2024 can support community groups, charities and social enterprises. This session is for you if you are: a community group with an idea and you need some support to bring it to life; a charity or social enterprise that is looking for support to start, grow and develop your business; and/or a community group, charity or social enterprise that wants to know more about democratic finance models such as Community Share and Community Bonds. 

Description

Join Kim Wallace, Director of Policy and Membership from Social Enterprise Scotland as she hosts this session with Douglas Westwater from Community Enterprise; Roddy Stewart from Community Enterprise in Scotland (CEIS) and Pauline Hinchion from Scottish Community Finance to hear about three programmes that are helping social enterprises across Scotland adapt and thrive in the changing world.

The three programmes are:

• Accelerate provides around 6 days of support which is broad and flexible. The type of support is largely up to you and what you think will meet your specific needs. As examples, groups and organisations have used Accelerate to - develop marketing plans; look at other funding options; explore new trading ideas; plan financially and work on budgets; improve branding; work on a business plan; strengthen their Board; look at their legal structure; find digital solutions. Speaker: Douglas Westwater, Community Enterprise.
• Just Enterprise provides fully funded support to social enterprises and enterprising charities in Scotland. Since its inception in 2011, Just Enterprise has worked with over 5000 organisations. Understanding the unique challenges faced by different sectors and communities, services are tailored to meet your specific needs. Support is delivered through a network of specialist social enterprise and business advisers who work with social enterprises of all shapes and sizes across the length and breadth of Scotland. Just Enterprise’s comprehensive range of services is designed to equip entrepreneurs with the skills, knowledge and resources they need to start, build and grow successful businesses and includes business skills workshops, one-to-one support, e-learning and more. Speaker: Roddy Stewart, CEIS (Community Enterprise in Scotland).
• The democratic finance programme run jointly by Scottish Communities Finance Ltd (SCFL) and Development Trust Association Scotland (DTAS) is for organisations who wish to raise investment from their communities. The programme focuses on a win-win form of finance for community and social enterprises that trade. It directly links available money in communities to local organisations seeking finance, whether that is to buy land, renovate a building or expand an existing enterprise. Ordinary people, we call them ‘Citizen Investors’, invest in their communities and receive a financial return on their investment, whilst organisations get access to patient and affordable finance that allows them to deliver on their neighbourhood plans and aspirations. Speaker: Pauline Hinchion, Scottish Community Finance.

Who was the event aimed at?

Public

Who spoke at this event?

Chair: Kim Wallace, Deputy CEO, Social Enterprise Scotland.

Speakers:
Douglas Westwater, CEO Community Enterprise
Roddy Stewart, CEIS Enterprise Support Business Delivery Team Leader
Pauline Hinchion, Director Scottish Communities Finance ltd (SCF Ltd)