All the latest news about Firstport and the social entrepreneurs we support.
Pitching at Scottish EDGE can be daunting, but LaunchMe participants gain expert storytelling support from Karis Gill of Social Stories Club to build confidence and deliver winning pitches.
read moreThe Social Innovation Challenge supports pioneering ideas that tackle Scotland’s most pressing social and environmental issues.
read moreRenae Bell, Social Investment Relationship Manager at Firstport, reflects on Adelphe Connect’s work supporting the mental wellbeing of women from minoritised communities.
read moreWe are also reflecting on the thinking behind LaunchMe and LaunchPad this World Autism Acceptance Month, and why building something that works for autistic founders means it works better for everyone.
read moreFor World Autism Acceptance Month, we’re sharing how our Building Financial Confidence course was deliberately designed to work for autistic founders – and what that looks like in practice.
read moreOur CEO, Gael Drummond, shares her reflection on the WiSE report and how feminine-informed leadership is reshaping Scotland’s social enterprise sector.
read moreA new guide designed to help social entrepreneurs better understand and navigate social investment has been launched today.
read moreThis blog explains what revenue-based finance is, how it differs from other types of funding, and whether it might be relevant to where your organisation is now.
read moreThe guide is an attempt to make that kind of clarity available to anyone, at any stage: what the options are, how different types of finance work, and how to tell whether any of them fit where your organisation is now.
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