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Chat to our experts during Social Investment Office Hours!
Financial & Business Services
Firstport is excited to invite you to our Social Investment Office Hours, an informal session for Scottish social entrepreneurs like you! If you’re thinking about social investment but not sure how to proceed, our investment experts are here to help point you in the right direction – whether that’s to our investment readiness support programmes, loan products or to other investors and funders.
Buy Social Scotland: Step Up your trading this festive season
, Step Up
We’re delighted to be partnering with Social Enterprise Scotland to bring you this online webinar where you can find out more about how small loans can support your enterprise.
Led by Lauren Scott, Investment Manager at Firstport, this workshop will cover:
– What Step Up does
– Who it’s for
– How to apply
– What happens after investment
We’ll also hear firsthand from Johannes Petersen, founder and chief executive of Àban Outdoor Limited, on their experience of applying for a Step Up loan.
Beyond a Month: Standing Firm in Power and Pride as a Black Social Entrepreneur
To mark Black History Month 2025, we asked social entrepreneur Florence Aluu to share with us what the annual celebration, and this year’s theme, means to her.
Our commitment to making sure nobody gets left behind
Diversity & Inclusion
Our team recently received training in unintentional discrimination from EqualiTeach. We’re taking the learning to ensure we are creating equality for everyone we work with.
Earth In Common participated in LaunchMe in Autumn 2023 with LaunchMe providing crucial support to help the organisation transition from a charity to a social enterprise.
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