Welcome to this year’s Social Enterprise Summit Scotland. This year’s theme is ‘Building Wealth, Building Community’.

This year’s event will take place on Wednesday, 17 June, at the Apex Hotel in Dundee.

Our title for this year’s event mirrors our 2026 Manifesto, accessible here. We are eager to shine a light on the importance of the work that is done by social enterprises following the upcoming Scottish election. It is crucial to celebrate and platform the incredible work being done by social enterprises, the impact-led enterprises, to lead Scotland to a fairer, greener future.

We’re eager to welcome you all to another year of passionate discussion, discovery and growth!

We’re currently hard at work developing an engaging and representative agenda, which we’ll be sharing with you soon.

The event is set to include some Social Enterprise Summit Scotland favourites, including the Social Enterprise Showcase, as well as a variety of breakout sessions – so you can learn more about what is most important to you.

We are dedicated to ensuring that The Social Enterprise Summit Scotland is accessible to all – scroll down to learn more about accessibility and available bursaries.

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We are excited to present businesses, companies and corporates with the opportunity to sponsor this year’s Social Enterprise Summit 2026. We are very grateful to generous support of Firstport, SIS, Community Enterprise, Just Enterprise, Inspiralba, Foundations Scotland, Challenges Group and Impact Hub Inverness for their support with this year’s Summit. Find out more about our sponsors here.

If you are interested in sponsoring the Social Enterprise Summit, please email Jamie Lawson at jamie.lawson@socialenterprise.scot.

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Key Information

Date – Wednesday 17 June, 2026

Timing – 09:30 am – 3:55 pm

Location – Apex Hotel, Dundee

Accessibility – Click here to see our accessibility statement.

Bursaries – We recognise that barriers to participation can take many forms, and we are committed to working with you to identify and remove these obstacles. This year, we are able to support several organisations facing financial barriers, including travel and accommodation costs, to attend the Social Enterprise Summit Scotland 2026. We are keen for these tickets to reach social enterprises that may otherwise be underrepresented in attendance. If you’d like to learn more and apply, please get in touch with us at hello@socialenterprise.scot or call 0131 243 2650.

Ticket Information –

£45+VAT for SES Social Enterprise Members
£75+VAT for SES Supporter Members (including SENs, TSIs, and other intermediary/membership bodies)
£90+VAT for Social Enterprises (Non Members)
£100+VAT for all other organisations

Tickets are limited to 2 per organisation.

If you’re unsure if your organisation is a member of Social Enterprise Scotland, please contact our membership team.

Summit Agenda – Coming soon.

Social Media – Join in the conversation online by using the hashtag #SocEntSummit26. Please stay in touch with us on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. Share your news, impact and help us build on this summit to support the future social enterprise sector.

If you have a question about the Summit, please email hello@socialenterprise.scot or call us on 0131 243 2650.

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