Sport Newsletters

As readers will be aware, following Scottish Government decision earlier this year to fund a Single Intermediary for Social Enterprise in Scotland, SENScot, will cease its current operations at the end of June. This is the final Sport Social Enterprise Newsletter produced by SENScot and I’d like to thank everyone for all of the contributions […]

The Community Wellbeing Exchange was launched this week. It’s great to have 6 sport SEN members in this round of funding with a good geographical spread and focus on different sports, offering different approaches, the participating organisations include: Eat Sleep Ride CIC, Projekt42, Outfit Moray, Kanzen Karate, Coach My Sport and Newmilns Snow & Sports Complex.  Participants […]

Last week we hosted the first sport SEN meeting of 2022 which had a focus on Climate Change. We heard from Kieran Daily (Social Investment Scotland) on the new Social Enterprise Net Zero Fund and Pauline Hinchion (Scottish Community Finance) on Community Bonds. It was also a good opportunity to hear from members on plans to help address the […]

Happy New Year and we hope that everyone managed some down time over the festive period and are rested and ready for the year ahead!  During the past year we hosted a number of sessions relating to social enterprise and net zero. Just to recap, we supported a pilot project delivered by Sustainable Pathways for sport SEN […]

With COP26 well underway it’s great to see sport SEN members engaged. One of the first events in the COP26 Programme was Sports for Climate Action (Monday 1st Nov) – which featured Sport SEN member, Gairoch Sport Centre via this video. See other COP26 videos.  Worth sharing again is some other work undertaken by members this year looking to address the climate challenge […]

This month we are delighted to share a new Sport SEN member Case Study, Westquarter and Redding Cricket Club (WRCC), who were founded in 1908 and are a progressive and inclusive social enterprise who demonstrate a clear desire to make a difference within their community, using sport as a tool to create positive impact. This case study charts their journey from a sports club to a […]

I hope this finds you all well as we’re moving from what’s been a cracking summer for us weatherwise in Scotland into Autumn with hopefully another wee blast of warm sunshine this week! Early in August we hosted a session ‘Getting Facilities Fit for Sport’ in preparation of moving beyond Level 0 led by Graham […]

Welcome news this week that we move beyond Level 0 and then legal requirement for physical distancing and limits on gatherings will be removed on 9 August when all venues across Scotland are able to re-open. Some protective measures will stay in place such as the use of face coverings indoors and the collection of […]

July already and we’re more than halfway through the year! Hoping that everyone is managing to get a break and a chance to enjoy some of the recent warm and sunny weather. Last month, Jude Reid moved on from SENScot to join Sport SEN member, Scottish Sports Future as their new Enterprise Development Manager. Jude has been […]