We couldn’t organise and host the Social Enterprise Summit Scotland 2025 without the generous support of our sponsors.
If you are interested in sponsoring this year’s Summit, we’d love to hear from you. If you are interested in sponsoring the Social Enterprise Summit, please email Jamie Lawson, Strategic Relationships and Engagement Manager at jamie.lawson@socialenterprise.scot .
The Challenges Group
The Challenges Group is an international enterprise development organisation that delivers enterprising solutions to global challenges. We are business builders who use an innovation mindset, and collaborate with enterprises for their full lifecycle, supporting them at every step of their journey.
Everything we do is designed to maximise enterprises’ potential, so they can deliver extraordinary impact.
We achieve this by improving their organisational capabilities through learning and leadership development for people; strengthening enterprises and their ecosystems; facilitating access to finance; and supporting enterprise innovation.
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Inspiralba
Inspiralba is a charitable enterprise, based in Argyll and Bute, established in 2009, with the aim to support economic growth and deliver social and environmental benefits for communities across Scotland.
We provide a range of services which offer; employability support for those facing barriers and household poverty, business support for social and community led enterprise as well as providing learning opportunities and advocacy with a focus on rural social enterprise.
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Impact Hub Inverness
Impact Hub Inverness is a flexible co-working space in the centre of Inverness established to support the development and growth of local businesses, bring people together, combat social isolation and encourage collaboration and social entrepreneurship. Additionally, we offer services including business support and workshops through our partnership with Just Enterprise.
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Firstport
We are the first port of call for social entrepreneurs in Scotland. If you have an idea with a positive social or environmental impact and want to make it your business, we are here to help.
We provide free support, advice and encouragement to make your business commercially sound and socially worthwhile.
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Just Enterprise
Just Enterprise is the go-to source of support for social enterprises and enterprising Third Sector organisations in Scotland.
Whether you’re just starting out, looking to scale or grappling with a thorny problem, Just Enterprise provides tailored one-to-one business support to meet your specific needs in addition to a wide range of training and development opportunities.
Funded by the Scottish Government, the programme has supported over 11,000 individuals and 8,000 organisations since 2011, helping to strengthen and grow impactful social ventures across all 32 local authority areas in Scotland.
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Circular Communities Scotland
Circular Communities Scotland is a network membership organisation, dedicated to supporting the establishment of a thriving circular economy in Scotland. It supports and represents repair, reuse and recycling charities and social enterprises across the country. Circular Communities Scotland members prevent valuable products and materials from entering landfill, create local jobs, economic opportunities, and help promote and create social and environmental justice in their communities.
The membership body both represents members, and the sector as a whole, to a range of stakeholders including the Scottish Government, as well as supporting membership with everything from networking, funding and events, as well as facilitating the growth of the sector in Scotland more widely.
As well as supporting and representing members, Circular Communities Scotland also runs its own ‘Reuse Consortium ’ and is involved in a number of projects and programmes to support the third sector in support of Net Zero, including our Share and Repair Network .
Circular Communities Scotland is funded by Zero Waste Scotland.
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Social Enterprise Academy
At the Social Enterprise Academy we believe passionately in the power of learning to deliver personal, organisational, and sector growth. Learning with us will enable you to reflect on your day-to-day roles and responsibilities, giving you the tools and self-belief to tackle challenges as they arise. The Academy’s unique style of learning is available to all whatever your budget and we are proud to be able to deliver learning directly to your community throughout Scotland.
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