The Sport SEN has teamed up with @sported_Scot and @ScotClubSport to deliver a session on Monday 19 April with @sportscotland's Facilities team on Getting Ready to Reopen Sports Facilities. Find out more and register ➡️bit.ly/3tlVcaT
Join our Sport and Employability session on Thursday 15 April at 10am to hear more about the fab work our members are doing in this space 🤩👏. Email jude@senscot.net or jayne@senscot.net to register pic.twitter.com/yWni…
At many events where our social enterprise community comes together to reflect on where we are; where we should be going, there is a recurring theme that we are not very good at telling ‘our sto…
British Petroleum (BP) told the Scottish people this week that, on the issue of independence, they prefer things the way they are. This cartoon by Chris Cairns is an apt response.
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Vaclav Havell writing about Hope
circa 1994
“Either we have hope within us or we don’t; it is a dimension of the soul, and it’s not dependent on some observation of the…
International recognition on social enterprise
Scottish Government
09.02.14
Finance Secretary outlines Scotland’s world-leading approach in Norway.
International interest is growing in Scotland…
CDFIs must be 'lenders of first resort' argues new report
Pioneers Post, By Sophie Hudson
07.02.14
Community lenders should be a first port of call for small businesses seeking finance, according to a…
Plunkett and Ecology launch dedicated mortgage for community shops
Social Enterprise UK
13.02.14
The Plunkett Foundation and Ecology Building Society launch a bespoke mortgage package for community-ow…
MPs condemn charities watchdog as 'not fit for purpose'
The Guardian
05.02.14
Charity Commission failed to act robustly to deal with abuse, public accounts committee finds.
The charities watchdog has …
Enterprise Ready Fund awardees
Scottish Government
12.02.14
Enterprise Ready Fund awardees
Name Amount Local Authority
1st Class Credit Union £13,130 Glasgow
Ala Mairi £23,108 Glasgow
Almo…
A couple of weeks back we highlighted the fact that the proposed Scottish Govt’s 2nd stage consultation on the European Structural and Investment Funds 2014-2020 was lacking any specific re…
Alan Finlayson
Herald Scotland
01.02.14
First Reporter to the Children's Panel
Born: December 19, 1934; Died: January 16, 2014 aged 79.
Alan F Finlayson, who has died aged 79, was the first Reporter t…
Henning Mankell: chronicler of his own decline
The Observer, By Andrew Anthony
01.02.14
After years of exploring Sweden's darkest fears in his fiction, the creator of Wallander faces his own anxiety a…
