We couldn’t organise and host the 2024 Social Enterprise Awards Scotland without the generous support of our sponsors. If you are interested in sponsoring this year’s awards, we’d love to hear from you. Take a look at our Partnersh ip Opportunities Guide to find out more.
Social Enterprise of the Year Award – Gold Sponsor
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.
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Environmental Social Enterprise Award – Gold Sponsor
Scottish Enterprise
We’re Scotland’s national economic development agency. We enable businesses to innovate and scale to transform Scotland’s economy.
Putting our business customers at the heart of everything we do, our focus is on the areas where we make the biggest difference — innovation, investment and international.
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HIE (Highlands and Islands Enterprise)
We are the economic and community development agency for the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. We’ve been working with organisations and communities for over 50 years to ensure the region remains successful and competitive.
We support businesses, communities and social enterprises across the Highlands and Islands region. We’re focused on helping to build resilience, support recovery from the impacts of COVID-19 and Brexit, and create growth opportunities.
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SOSE (South of Scotland Enterprise)
South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE) is the economic and community development agency for the South of Scotland. We are here to help businesses and enterprising communities throughout Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders to thrive, grow, and fulfil their best potential.
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Buy Social Market Builder Award – Gold Sponsor
Morrison Construction is one of Scotland’s leading construction businesses, working to improve the built environment and delivering lasting change for the communities we work in.
We are passionate about our role in providing vital buildings and infrastructure across the country, committed to the idea that what we do makes a real difference to people’s lives. Our purpose, vision and values shape our culture, proactively guiding our day-to-day activities and keeping us focused on what’s important to us.
We deliver schemes of national distinction, with a local approach, across a wide range of markets. We are renowned for our ability to provide sustainable, whole-life solutions, and pride ourselves on our collaborative approach, as demonstrated by our record for repeat business and our position on key frameworks.
As a business we are committed to utilising the available spend of our projects to support third sector organisations, creating social value. We work with social enterprises to increase their capacity and capability to provide goods and services to the construction sector.
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Building Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Justice Award – Silver Sponsor
Social Investment Scotland (SIS ) is a social enterprise and charity offering loan funding and business support for social enterprises, charities and community groups. Established in 2001, to date SIS has invested over £120 million with loan finance available from £10,000 to £1.3 million to organisations that might find access to finance from mainstream providers difficult.
“What differentiates social investment from standard investment is that it has a measurable social or environmental impact on the organisation, its beneficiaries and the wider community. Our investments are an enabler for wider social and economic impact across Scotland and beyond.
Our vision is for an Impact Economy, one in which social entrepreneurs, businesses, consumers, investors and governments are aligned for the common good, working towards positive social and environmental goals and always considering the impact of their actions.
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Health and Social Care Award – Silver Sponsor
The Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE) is the national third sector intermediary for health and social care, bringing together a diverse range of people and organisations who share our vision, which is a Scotland where everyone has a strong voice and enjoys their right to live well with dignity and respect.
We are a strategic partner of the Scottish Government and have close working relationships with many NHS Boards, academic institutions and key organisations spanning health, social care, housing and digital technology.
Our purpose is to improve the wellbeing of people and communities across Scotland. We bring together the expertise of people with lived experience, the third sector, and organisations across health and social care to inform policy, practice and service delivery. Together our voice is stronger and we use it to make meaningful change at the local and national level.
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Tech for Good Award – Silver 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.
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One to Watch Award – Bronze Sponsor
Bold is a design and brand studio creating positive social change.
We help charities, social enterprises and ethical businesses to thrive and increase their impact through creative thinking and inspired design.
As a social enterprise ourselves, we are embedded in the sector and driven by the same things our clients are – social justice and a better world.
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Social Enterprise Employee Champion & Social Enterprise Volunteer Champion – Bronze 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.
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IDBM Impact Award Scotland – Silver Sponsor
Co-operatives UK
Co-operatives UK is the voice of the co-operative movement. It has around 1,000 co-operatives in direct membership, with a further 3,500 co-operatives and mutuals represented through its federal members. Co-operatives UK’s mission is to empower and support co-operative enterprise with specialist knowledge and expertise, to grow the co-operative economy and create a fairer society.
Co-operatives UK provides member value in many ways. It lobbies policy-makers to create a level playing field so co-operatives can thrive and raises awareness through campaigning activities. The trade body develops co-operatives by providing specialist advice and unites the sector by organising national events, local workshops and networking sessions so its members can connect, learn and do business together.
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eoa
As champions and advocates of employee ownership, the eoa empowers businesses and employee owners at all points of their EO journey. Together with members and partners the eoa advances insights, evidence, and pride in a rapidly expanding sector that truly delivers people powered growth, and leads conversations to maximise the contribution of people powered business in the UK.
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