Funding Socials: The Robertson Trust (Glasgow) - 21 May
03 Apr 2025 - 21 May 2025
- Glasgow and Strathclyde
- Investment
- Support
Funding Socials is an inspiring in-person event series designed for charity and social enterprise leaders looking for fresh ideas and connections to help boost income generation.
At this Funding Social in Glasgow, Social Investment Scotland will be joined by a number of other funding organisations to support social enterprise leaders discover new sources of investment.
SIS Associate, Jane Bruce of Brilliant Leaders will facilitate the event, leading you through a short group exercise aimed at helping you think through your current challenges around income generation and helping you generate new ideas with the support of your peers.
The session will close with a light lunch, where you will have the chance to mix with the funders and your peers and make some new connections.
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Session Format
10.30-10.35 Welcome and introductions
10.35-10.55 Connection activity
10:55-11.20 Funding stories from our guest social enterprise
11.20-13.30 Connect with funders and networking lunch
13.30 Close
Guest speakers
Lauren Arthur, Engagement Manager for the Scotland Team at The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
The loudest introvert in the room, lover of music, boxing, and football. A big advocate for capacity building, empowering communities, and always up for a coffee, a blether, and a biscuit! Lauren has been working with the National Lottery Heritage Fund for over three years.
Learn more about Lauren here.
Karin Earl, Funding Manager, The Robertson Trust
Karin has worked in grant-making since 2009. In her role as Funding Manager at The Robertson Trust, she is responsible for the smaller grant funds available through the Trust’s open, responsive funding offer. These are Small Grants, Community Spaces, Transport Grants and Wee Grants, which provide funding of up to £20K per annum for small, community-based organisations working to prevent and reduce poverty and trauma. Karin’s role involves coordinating these funds, as well as managing a caseload of varied awards, and implementing fund and process improvements based on learning and feedback.
Ali Kennedy, Investment Executive, Foundation Scotland
Ali is a Social Investment Executive in the Social Investment team with responsibility for assessing funding applications for social enterprises and monitoring the loan portfolio.
Paul Forrest, Funding Officer, The National Lottery Community Fund
Jo Airey, General Manager, Pinkston Watersports
Jo is the general manager of Pinkston Watersports and is passionate about good health, fitness and well-being. Jo has enjoyed a varied career in outdoor education, outdoor tourism, health, fitness and retail. She says: "Managing Pinkston Watersports is a privilege and a pleasure; delivering outdoor education in the community with an awesome team of people, all supporting Pinkston's youth work delivery and excellence in paddlesports!"
Your Host
Jane Bruce
Jane is the Founder of Brilliant Leaders, a social business which offers coaching and development programmes to leaders and teams with a social purpose. Jane is a former charity/social enterprise CEO, accredited Executive Coach and experienced facilitator.
Before setting up Brilliant Leaders, Jane was Chief Executive of Social Bite in Scotland. In this role, Jane led a team of 100+ staff and 90 volunteers to run a chain of social enterprise cafes, mass fundraising events and innovative housing programmes. Previously, Jane was Chief Executive of Venture Scotland, which provides a wilderness-based development programme to young people facing tough challenges.
Alongside Brilliant Leaders, Jane is a qualified football coach, having previously played football in the Scottish Women’s Premier League.