This year’s Summit includes an opportunity for you to shape the discussions of your day – through three facilitated breakout sessions. Here’s all you need to know about each session, to best make your decision on which to attend.
Session A: Advancing the Buy Social Movement – Driving Inclusive Procurement for Community Wealth
Session B: Driving Employability Through Social Enterprise – Policy, Partnerships & Practice
Session C: Future-Proofing Social Enterprise: Collaboration, Support & Resilience (FULLY BOOKED)
Remember, the sessions are first-come, first-serve, so if you have a favourite – get your ticket soon!
Session A: Advancing the Buy Social Movement – Driving Inclusive Procurement for Community Wealth
Join us for a dynamic workshop focused on the Buy Social movement and its vital role in advancing the Community Wealth Building agenda. Tailored for practitioners, policymakers, and businesses alike, this session will explore how procurement can be a powerful tool for social change.
Bringing together insights from both the public and private sectors, our two expert speakers will share practical strategies, challenges, and success stories in embedding social value into procurement processes. Learn how collaborative action across sectors can maximise the impact of organisational spend and help build stronger, fairer local economies.
Session B: Driving Employability Through Social Enterprise – Policy, Partnerships & Practice
Social enterprises have long been at the forefront of delivering meaningful employability outcomes – not just through formal contracts, but as an embedded part of the community programmes they run. From creating jobs to supporting some of the most excluded people into work, employability is often at the heart of what we do.
Join us for an informal, interactive session where we’ll dive into the policy landscape, the power of partnerships, and the experiences of social enterprises making it happen on the ground.
We’ll hear from Pegs Bailey, National Third Sector Employability Partnership Engagement Manager, who’ll share insights on current employability policy, the role of Local Authorities and Local Employability Partnerships (LEPs), and why third sector representation in these spaces really matters. Pegs will also highlight the work underway to strengthen the third sector’s role in employability provision across Scotland.
We’ll also be joined by Mark McRitchie, CEO of Community Central Hall, a Glasgow-based social enterprise that’s grown from a community hub into a provider of vital services – including employability support. Mark will talk about the joined up services and support they provide, the impact they’re making, and their involvement in GECCO (Glasgow Empowering Community Cooperative) – a city-wide network of Development Trusts working together to tackle big challenges with local solutions.
Come along to share your views, ask questions, and explore how we can collectively strengthen the role of social enterprises in creating fairer, more inclusive employment opportunities.
Session C: Future-Proofing Social Enterprise: Collaboration, Support & Resilience (FULLY BOOKED)
Scotland’s social enterprises are feeling the squeeze — rising costs, growing demand, and shrinking support are pushing many to the brink. Join this dynamic session to explore how collaboration, shared services, and smarter support systems can help organisations not just survive but thrive. With insights from sector leaders and facilitated group discussions, this session offers practical tools, peer advice, and fresh ideas to build resilience across the sector.
Any questions?
Please email: nia.evans@socialenterprise.scot