We couldn’t organise and host the 2026 Social Enterprise Awards Scotland without the generous support of our sponsors.
Social Enterprise of the Year Category 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.
Visit the Keegan & Pennykid website to find out more and follow them on LinkedIn .
One to Watch Award Category Sponsor
At PwC, we help clients build trust and reinvent so they can turn complexity into competitive advantage. We’re a tech-forward, people-empowered network with more than 364,000 people in 136 countries and 137 territories. Across audit and assurance, tax and legal, deals and consulting, we help clients build, accelerate, and sustain momentum. Find out more at pwc.com
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
Àrachas³ Ltd is a social enterprise providing accessible legal and strategic support to social enterprises. Founded by Karina Macleod, Àrachas³ was created to bridge the gap between legal technicalities and real-world challenges, helping organisations feel informed, empowered and in control.
Àrachas³ offers practical, tailored support that meets organisations where they are. This includes everything from legal structure setup and policy development to coaching, training, and hands-on problem-solving. The approach is collaborative and grounded, focusing on building long-term capacity rather than one-off fixes.
Karina Macleod is a social enterprise leader, adviser and founder of Àrachas³. With a background in law and extensive experience supporting social enterprises across Scotland, she brings a strong commitment to fairness, inclusion and empowering others. Her work centres on making legal and governance processes more accessible, particularly for organisations working to create social change.
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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Social Enterprise Innovation of the Year Award Category Sponsor
Community Enterprise is a leading social enterprise and community development consultancy, and national support provider. They have provided support to third sector groups across Scotland and beyond for over 35 years. As a social enterprise, they re-invest 100% of their profits.
Education, Training and Jobs Year 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/ .
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.
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.