Edinburgh Social Enterprise Network

Here's next weeks member & partner events! 🎪 Featuring events from Business Gateway Edinburgh, Grassmarket Community Project, Fountainbridge Canalside Community Trust, TRIBE PORTY, EVOC, SHRUB Coop, Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce, MHScot Workplace Wellbeing CIC, Heart of Newhaven, Wee Chance Community Interest Company & more! 🎉

A week ago today we headed to the Social Enterprise Scotland summit 2024 in Edinburgh 💼 A really great day full of engaging speakers including first minister John Swinney MSP and really interesting subject matter from member such as Studio Lutalica, Universal Truth CIC, Social Stories Club & social enterprises/partners from all across the country including Braw Talent, The Democracy Collaborative, Brag Enterprises, Community Enterprise & many more! 🏭

We caught up with Helen Denny, CEO of The Melting Pot Edinburgh to find out who they are and what they do! 🍯 Full interview live next week on our YouTube 📺

Last week we went along to the Social Enterprise Scotland learning exchanges in Edinburgh, here's some photos from Out of the Blue Arts and Education Trust! Out of the Blue provides affordable and appropriate spaces, resources, projects and opportunities for the residents of Edinburgh to be creative Out of the Blue now consists of The Drill Hall (Dalmeny Street) Artists Studios in Leith, Abbeymount Studios, Bongo Club, Niddrie Mains Studios, Music Studios in Leith and is ever expanding!

A great day and night at the Social Enterprise Scotland summit and awards last week! 🏆 Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees but a special shout out to Dalvina Kerr of Edinburgh Community Yoga for winning the Social Enterprise Volunteer Champion, media co-op with the IDBM Impact Award & School for Social Entrepreneurs Scotland for winning the Buy Social Market Builder award!

Here's next weeks member & partner events! 🎪 Featuring events from Business Gateway Edinburgh, EVOC, Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce, The Melting Pot Edinburgh, Grassmarket Community Project, Duncan Place, SHRUB Coop, The Edinburgh Tool Library (Charity Reg - SC045162) & more!

A great start to the day so far at the Social Enterprise Scotland summit 2024 🎉 Key notes with Tom Arthur MSP Minister for Employment and Development, Neil McInroy of Democracy Collaborative and a panel with Future Economy Scotland, Inverness & Cromarty Firth Green Freeport, Newcastleton & District Community Trust & Brag Enterprises

Researcher needed! 📖 Leith St. Andrew's Trust is looking for an experienced historical researcher to lead a local history project focused around Leith St. Andrew’s Parish Church ⛪ This is an opportunity to explore and share Leith’s rich history, using the St. Andrew’s building as a lens through which to celebrate the local community as a whole 👩👩👦👦 All the information on the project, job spec and how to apply can be found at the link in the bio. Overview: Approx. 20 days FTE project work, fixed budget £5000 (£250 per day) Please send a bid outlining your experience, methodology, ethical approach and relevant previous work (full details of what to include in Invitation to Tender) to: kat@leithstandrewstrust.org, copying in nina@leithstandrewstrust.org Application deadline 12 noon 15th November 2024 📅 More Info - https://lnkd.in/e3N-y2uG

Full interview with Ian from Circle now live on our YouTube channel! 📺 In this clip we talk about what Ian is excited for in the year ahead for Circle and their family centred approach 👩👩👧👦 Captioned : https://lnkd.in/exRZFcPP Uncaptioned : https://lnkd.in/eSpmnJsU

Excited to be taking part in this tomorrow with Social Enterprise Scotland !