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Ambitions 2022: Supporting Leaders, Building Growth

Applications for our Ambitions 2022 programme are now open. Apply today!

Retail for Change: The Social Sessions

As part of our Retail for Change programme, Social Investment Scotland brings you an exciting new series – The Social Sessions. These 90 minute masterclasses will be delivered throughout the rest of the year and leading up to the busy festive season, and beyond.

SIS Associate Business Support Programme

SIS Associate Business Support Programme is an opportunity for social enterprise leaders, and their Boards, to have nuts and bolts support to improve the operations, systems, strategies and/or financial projections for growth.

Conscious Consumerism & the impact upon social enterprises – report

In 2020, we launched a new ten-year strategy which sets out a vision for an ‘impact economy’. One of the features of an impact economy that we believe to be important is that consumers and businesses can purchase products and services from social enterprises.

SIS Recovery and Resilience Fund 2022

The SIS Recovery and Resilience Fund 2022 is now closed for 2022.

Circular Economy 360

We are delighted to launch the Circular Economy 360. In these sessions we will look at reducing costs, increasing your customer profile AND making a positive impact on the environment.

Talking Heads – Retail for Change

A short series of focussed interview sessions, speaking to businesses who are successfully delivering social and environmental impact through their products, services or experiences.

SIS Growth Challenge 2022

Applications are now closed for the SIS Growth Challenge 2022.

Thinking Sustainably: Social Investment for the Third Sector

Workshops, illustrating case studies of charities and social enterprises that have used investment to make changes to make them operate more sustainably.

Creative Ambitions

Creative Ambitions is a new skills programme that has been developed and designed specifically for freelancers who are in the performing arts and live events sectors.

Social Enterprise Net Zero Transition Fund

SIS, in partnership with Zero Waste Scotland, is pleased to present the Social Enterprise Net Zero Transition Fund (NZTF).

Workshop: Board Members and Strategic Planning for Growth

SIS Lunchtime Roundtables

SIS are hosting a range of Lunchtime Roundtable sessions with expert guest speakers to encourage discussion points with our attendees.

SIS Retail Academy 2.0

Retail Academy 2.0 will take place the week of 25 – 29 October.

Ambitions: Supporting Leaders, Building Growth

Workshop: End of Furlough and Scenario Planning

Join the launch of Ambitions: Supporting Leaders, Building Growth

SIS and Scottish Enterprise – Impact Workshops

Our Impact Building events are part of a series of events delivered in partnership by Social Investment Scotland & Scottish Enterprise

SIS Retail Academy 2021

We are thrilled to invite applications from social enterprises and social entrepreneurs for our flagship support programme, the SIS Retail Academy 2021!

Join the LIVE launch of the SIS Retail Academy 2021

We are delighted to invite you to the LIVE online launch of our flagship support programme, the SIS Retail Academy, on Thursday 28 January 17:30 – 18:30.

SIS Growth Challenge, EOI’s welcome by 4 March

SIS seek established charities and social enterprises with well-progressed plans for 2021, that require funding and would benefit from a flexible loan and grant solution.

SIS Retail Academy 2020

For new, established and evolving product and service based social enterprises

A Guide to Social Investment Loans

This set of resources has been created for charities and social enterprises to explain how to get and manage a loan from SIS.

Raising Investment For…

Online workshops on raising investment for retail, tourism, rental, health & social care, and other major sectors.

Raising Investment for Creative Industries

We’re pleased to partner with Creative Scotland once again to run three online workshops aimed at looking at the challenges faced by creative and cultural third sector enterprises as they recover from the fallout of COVID-19 and begin to look to the future.

SIS Briefings: Restructures, Mergers and Routes to New Markets

SIS has come together with a range of lawyers, accountants, and social enterprise leaders to deliver – ‘SIS Briefings: Restructures, Mergers and Routes to New Markets’.

Ambitions for Recovery Programme

SIS are looking for 20 social sector leaders with bold and ambitious ideas to recover from COVID-19. These leaders will work with us to develop recovery and growth plans through the SIS Ambitions for Recovery Programme.

COVID-19 Support

Explore what funds and support SIS can offer, and where to find more support, to help with the challenges presented as a result of COVID-19.

Talking Heads: Leaders Driving Social Change

Hear from eight socially-driven women on how impactful approaches can be harnessed to rebuild our economy and support our communities with our free webinars.

Impact Practice

At SIS, we use a number of frameworks and toolkits, and expert advisers, to inform and shape our impact practice. Here are some useful links.

Talking Heads: Leadership & Wellbeing through Social Change [Webinar Series]

Hear from social enterprise and mission driven business leaders on their thoughts on navigating through these unprecedented times.

SIS Briefings: COVID-19 Expert Webinar Business Briefings

A series of expert webinar recordings, in partnerships with numerous topic experts, created to help third sector organisations with the challenges they’re facing as a result of COVD-19.

Preparing for the Challenging Times Ahead [Webinars]

Recorded week commencing 23rd March, to support the opening of TSRF, these short webinars covered cash flow, business continuity planning and wellbeing for remote teams.

BUSINESS ASSIST

Helping hands

Our support can take various forms, including workshops, signposting you to other options and where we can, a helping hand. Sometimes customers have the ambition to take on an investment and know where they’re going, but might need a level of support getting there.

To find out more just get in touch and ask about our programme for business support, Assist.

Social Investment
Diagnostic Tool

Knowing the strengths and weaknesses of your organisation is an essential step towards accessing social investment.

Why not check out our free to use investment readiness diagnostic tool… it’s a great way to find out where you are on that journey and what your strengths are.

Focussing on six business critical areas, simply answer each of the questions openly and honestly and the tool will summarise your scores at the end, highlighting where any support needs lie.

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