Explore the Social Enterprise Showcase

Sable (Laura) Stevenson, Founder (they/them)

Sable (Laura) is a queer, neurodivergent and disabled Dundee-based founder and social entrepreneur. As the founder of Cake or Dice CIC, they use play to create welcoming spaces where people feel included, accepted and able to be themselves. Their work shows how games, creativity and connection can help build confidence, community and belonging.

Cake or Dice CIC

Cake or Dice is a community-focused board game café based in Dundee, Scotland, operating as a Community Interest Company (CIC). We combine great food, speciality coffee, and a welcoming social environment to create a space where people can connect, relax, and feel part of something.

Our mission is to reduce social isolation and build confidence through shared experiences. We provide an inclusive, low-pressure environment where individuals can meet new people, learn new skills, and engage with tabletop gaming regardless of prior experience.”

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The Team

Danielle Hardie and Ben Hamilton are talented Artists and Jewellery Makers and former pupils of Kilpatrick School for Additional Support Needs in Clydebank where Project Co-ordinator and Crafting Together co-founder Elaine McIlree taught for over 30 years. Claire Dean is a former broadcast journalist, lecturer, and director of social enterprise media co-op and is now CT Sales & Marketing Coordinator.

Crafting Together

At Crafting Together, we are proud to showcase the skills and talents of Artists and Makers with Learning Disabilities. Our team work in supportive workshops to develop a range of quality art, sewing and jewellery products, all designed or made at our studio on the banks of the River Clyde.

We believe that everyone who wants to should have the expectation and opportunity to engage in meaningful work. We are developing a social enterprise model to address the ‘what next?’ question that people with Learning Disabilities face at the point of leaving school or college. Together, we are creating a solution to the lack of meaningful opportunities for people with Learning Disabilities.”

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Rachel Ballard, Founder & Movement Facilitator (she/her)

Rachel Ballard is the founder of Dance of Life Community CIC. Following her own stroke recovery journey, she created Dance of Life to improve wellbeing, support brain health and strengthen community connection through movement and music. Rachel delivers accessible sessions supporting people recovering from illness, older adults and communities to build confidence, mobility and connection.

Dance of Life

Dance of Life offers inclusive, music-led movement for all ages and abilities — from high-energy Tap & Tone to gentle, seated sessions supporting brain health, confidence and wellbeing. We also bring joyful movement into care homes and communities.

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Danielle McKinnon, CEO (she/her)

Danielle McKinnon is a British Horse Society Stage 4 Instructor with 26 years’ equine experience, an NLP Practitioner and an Equine Assisted Learning specialist. Trained in the Teaching Horse Shared Leadership model, she has ridden across Mongolia and taught internationally. A School for Social Entrepreneurs graduate and Scottish EDGE winner, she founded Eat Sleep Ride from a single rescued pony.

Eat Sleep Ride

Eat Sleep Ride is a Scottish charity on a 24-acre off-grid, solar-powered site near Berwick-upon-Tweed — a reclaimed former landfill. Using horses and nature, it supports hundreds of young people, families and communities each year, many facing disadvantage, trauma, neurodivergence or rural isolation. Through equine-assisted learning, youth programmes, alternative education and nature-based work, it finds value where others see none.

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Susan McGhee, CEO (she/her)

Susan leads the team at Flexible Childcare Services Scotland, creating strategic plans to deliver new and creative all-age childcare alternatives, designed to meet the needs of all children, families and communities. She is a values-based leader with a clear focus on putting people first, demonstrating flexibility and integrity, wrapped around a solution focussed approach and a deep resilience.

Flexible Childcare Services Scotland

Flexible Childcare Services Scotland (FCSS) is a social enterprise with multiple settings across Scotland, delivering flexible early learning and all-age childcare as well as specialist support for children and young people with Additional Support Needs.
FCSS was created to remove childcare as a barrier to parental employment, increasing household income, improving children’s outcomes, and building community wealth.

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George Wallace, Director (he/him)

George has been at FreshSight for the past three years during his studies at the University of Edinburgh. George represents young people’s ambitions and interests within the sector, as his support for FreshSights growth has provided many students with the opportunity to engage with social enterprise.

FreshSight Ltd

FreshSight works with third sector organisations to deliver consulting and research projects. Powered by student talent, FreshSight has supported the sector since 2007.

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Jennifer McKerr, Senior Architect (she/her)

Jennifer is an Architect and Teaching Fellow whose work spans residential, community and education projects across Belfast, London and Glasgow. Passionate about practising architecture through a social enterprise business model, she is particularly interested in creating thoughtful, inclusive spaces that support learning, community and everyday life.

INCH ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN

INCH Architecture & Design was set up in 2012 to make high-quality architecture accessible to everyone. We work closely with clients to build confidence, share knowledge and support them through what can be a complex process. We believe that the real value of our work often sits in that journey as much as in the finished building.

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Shumela Ahmed, Managing Director (she/her)

Shumela is the co-founder/Managing Director of Resilience Learning Partnership. She has a background in adult education. Shumela directs the work of Resilience Learning Partnership- her ambition is to see lived experience as the central force within public policy design and implementation within public and third sector services.

Resilience Learning Partnership

Resilience Learning Partnership is a Training & Education Provider with a dual purpose. We specialise in Trauma Informed Practice and lived experience. We inform policy and strategy through our work, ensuring that lived experience is at the heart of all public policy-making decision areas. We are a lived experience-led organisation.

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