We couldn’t organise and host the 2025 Social Enterprise Awards Scotland without the generous support of our sponsors.
Headline Sponsor and Social Enterprise of the Year Category Sponsor
We are delighted to welcome long-time supporters, Keegan & Pennykid as this year’s headline sponsor, and Social Enterprise of the Year category sponsor at the Social Enterprise Awards Scotland.
Keegan & Pennykid is a leading specialist third sector insurance broker, providing expert advice to social enterprises, charities and voluntary organisations throughout the UK.
With access to a number of carefully selected insurers, as well as their own flagship third sector insurance policy “Encompass”, which provides cover to thousands of third sector organisations, they are able to offer the most appropriate terms and price to meet with every organisation’s specific needs.
As a client, they can offer you risk management advice including advice on new and emerging insurable risks such as cyber security and are on hand to liaise with insurers on behalf of clients when they need to make a claim, providing advice and assistance throughout.
Whatever your organisation’s needs, you can rely on their experienced team to provide you with advice and assistance when you need it, delivered with a personal and professional service.
Visit the Keegan & Pennykid website to find out more and follow them on LinkedIn .
Environmental Social Enterprise Award Category Sponsor
Morgan Sindall Construction is a UK business with a network of local offices. Project capabilities cover the entire range of construction activities, from special works and repair and maintenance, to major landmark schemes delivered as standalone projects or as part of larger multiple project frameworks. The company operates across the public and private sectors to deliver the social infrastructure around us – from schools, universities and hospitals to retail, office and leisure environments. Morgan Sindall Construction is part of Morgan Sindall Group plc, a leading UK construction and regeneration group with revenue of c£3 billion and which operates through six divisions of Construction & Infrastructure, Fit Out, Property Services, Partnership Housing, Urban Regeneration and Investments.
Building Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Justice Award Category Sponsor
Glasgow City Council is the local authority for Scotland’s biggest and most diverse city, delivering a wide range of services to a population of over 620,000 people. Glasgow is Scotland’s economic powerhouse, a truly innovative, resilient and vibrant environment for SMEs and social enterprises.
The council’s Business Glasgow team provides a range of business support activities to SMEs, social enterprises and co-operatives across Glasgow, to increase productivity and support them to grow. Our team offers a wide range of support from writing a business plan, understanding and accessing finance to establishing how to market and sell products or services. We also support existing organisations looking to grow from identifying the right premises, penetrating new markets, to recruiting staff.
The team plays an active part in meeting the Council’s commitments to growing and supporting the social enterprise sector. Social enterprises at any stage in their lifecycle can speak to our dedicated advisers, as well as plug into our wider network of support, notably through our relationship with Glasgow Social Enterprise Network. For more information on how Business Glasgow can support you, visit https://www.business-glasgow.co.uk/ .
Health and Social Care Award Category Sponsor
The Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE) is the national third sector membership organisation for health and social care in Scotland, bringing together over 3,500 individuals and organisations committed to ensuring everyone has a strong voice and the right to live well with dignity and respect.
We work to enhance wellbeing of people and communities by reshaping services to better meet their needs. We focus on empowering people with lived experience, supporting, embedding positive change, and championing the third sector.
At the ALLIANCE, we are committed to upholding human rights, ensuring that people are meaningfully involved at every level of decision making and implementation. We work closely with the Scottish Government, NHS Boards, universities, and other key partners to deliver impactful projects and create lasting change. Together, our voice is stronger.
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Tech for Good Award Category Sponsor
Breeze Digital is a social enterprise agency that empowers third-sector organisations to go digital. We’re here to help you decode the digital world so you can use it to your advantage.
Visit the Breeze Digital website .
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Buy Social Scotland Market Builder Award Category Sponsor
AtkinsRealis is a world-class engineering services and nuclear organisation. They connect people, data and technology to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems.
Together, with industry partners and clients, and a global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, they can change the world.
Visit AtkinsRealis’s website to find out more.
IDBM Community Wealth Building Award Category Sponsor
Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure group with 25,000 employees driving the delivery of powerful new solutions, shaping thinking, creating skylines and inspiring a new generation of talent to be the change-makers of tomorrow.
They finance, develop, build, maintain and operate the increasingly complex and critical infrastructure that supports national economies and deliver projects at the heart of local communities.
Visit Balfour Beatty’s website to find out more.
Social Enterprise Employee Champion and Social Enterprise Volunteer Champion Category Sponsor
Using social franchising and impact partnerships, we offer learning programmes in communities worldwide. Our work internationally supports the mutual exchange of global best practice in leadership and social entrepreneurship.
Visit the Social Enterprise Academy website .
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