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Funding Opportunities - November 2017
November 7, 2017Need a funding boost for your social enterprise? See our latest selection below
Events for Social Entrepreneurs - November 2017
November 7, 2017Events are a great way to gain knowledge and meet other social entrepreneurs. Find out what's going on this month.
Training Opportunities for Social Entrepreneurs - November 2017
November 7, 2017Make sure you don't miss out on training opportunities for social entrepreneurs. And many of them are free!
This Must Be The Place...
October 30, 2017Earlier this month Vital Spark collaborated with another of Firstport's support programmes, What If... Girvan, to bring our social entrepreneurs together in Glasgow as part of a two day exchange programme.
Bute puppet company wins £3000 funding boost
October 30, 2017A year's progress: a blog from Alison Clark
October 27, 2017Training Opportunities for Social Entrepreneurs - October 2017
October 5, 2017Make sure you don't miss out on training opportunities for social entrepreneurs. And many of them are free!
Events for Social Entrepreneurs - October 2017
October 5, 2017Events are a great way to gain knowledge and meet other social entrepreneurs. Find out what's going on this month.
Funding Opportunities - October 2017
October 5, 2017Need a funding boost for your social enterprise? See our latest selection below
Firstport has appointed Josiah Lockhart as its new Chief Executive as it celebrates ten years of supporting social enterprise start-ups in Scotland.
Pioneering Glasgow social enterprise recognised at Converge Challenge Awards
September 29, 2017An online physiotherapy service has scooped the top award for businesses with a social impact in Scotland’s leading university company creation competition.
Scottish social entrepreneur heads to world finals of ClimateLaunchpad
September 25, 2017Former Social Innovation Competition winner, Anthony Thomas, has secured a place at the ClimateLaunchpad Grand Final after placing in the top three at the Scottish finals.
A decade of doing good business
September 13, 2017Almost 6000 businesses with a social purpose have been set up in Scotland – almost half of them in the last 10 years and 10% in the last two years.
Social Enterprise in Scotland: new census reveals growth in number and economic impact
September 7, 2017The latest Social Enterprise in Scotland: Census 2017 report was launched yesterday at the CEIS Policy and Practice conference 2017 in Glasgow.
Seven tips to help your Social Innovation Competition entry stand out
September 6, 2017Kathryn Welch, one of this year's Social Innovation Competition judges, gives her top tips to help your application stand out
Five social entrepreneurs make it through to Converge Challenge final
September 6, 2017Five social entrepreneurs have been shortlisted as part of this year’s Converge Challenge, Scotland’s leading company creation competition.
The search for the next generation of Scottish social innovators is coming to Perth later this month.
Funding Opportunities - September 2017
August 30, 2017Need a funding boost for your social enterprise? See our latest selection below
Events for Social Entrepreneurs - September 2017
August 30, 2017Events are a great way to gain knowledge and meet other social entrepreneurs. Find out what's going on this month.
Training Opportunities for Social Entrepreneurs - September 2017
August 30, 2017Make sure you don't miss out on training opportunities for social entrepreneurs. And many of them are free!
Caberfeidh Horizons has been named Highland TSI Social Enterprise of the Year 2017.
Firstport seeks new Chief Executive as it marks a decade of supporting social entrepreneurs
August 15, 2017Karen McGregor is moving on as chief executive of Firstport, Scotland’s social enterprise development agency, which celebrates ten years of supporting social entrepreneurs next month.