SE Network News

Last week, we featured the publication of the Social Renewal Advisory Board (SRAB) Report on its findings following a consultation process that ran from last September until this January. The Report – If Not Now, When? –  identified three priority areas: Money and Work; People, Rights and Advancing Equality; and Communities and Collective Endeavour – setting out 20 Calls to Action

The Social Renewal Advisory Board (SRAB) was set up by Scottish Govt in September 2020 – to come up proposals that can renew and transform Scotland once we start to emerge from the pandemic. SRAB’s work included a series of ‘community listening events’; ‘deep dive’ focus groups; a ‘call for ideas’ from national and local organisations; as well as […]

During 2020, as we were all trying to get to grips with the Covid pandemic and its impact on our lives, SENScot hosted two week-long events – in May, SE Reset Week – and, in November, Restart and Rebuild Week. The focus of both weeks was to bring social enterprises from all across the country together to see […]

SENScot’s work supporting a Community-led Tourism pilot in South Ayrshire and Angus is now beginning to pick up pace. Already, local steering groups have been set up in both Girvan (South Ayrshire) and Brechin (Angus) – made up of representatives from the community as well as the public and private sectors. Prior to the Christmas break, a tender […]

We’d like to kick off the first newsletter of 2021 by wishing everyone a very happy new year. Clearly the challenges of 2020 remain with us – but, like everyone, hope that the coming months will bring some much-needed respite. For our social enterprise community, we will be doing our very best to provide as […]

Last week, we highlighted some of our main activities during 2020. The year has been unlike any we have experienced – both in personal and working capacities – and, like everyone, we hope 2021 will be a whole lot better. The activities we identified last week very much had a focus on supporting, connecting and […]

As we approach the end of a challenging year – on many levels – it seems appropriate to reflect on our activity over the last twelve months. 2020 has been, and always will be, associated with the Covid pandemic and its impact across the globe. The impact on social enterprises in Scotland and the communities […]

The response to the new 2020 Pockets and Prospects Programme – Collaborating in Communities to Improve Mental Health –  has been really encouraging. This year’s Programme focuses on addressing the emerging mental health and wellbeing needs (resulting from the Covid-19 crisis) within local communities.  Such has been the level of interest, that we have now been receiving approaches from partners […]

Pockets and Prospects 2020 gets underway over the next couple of weeks – and will run through until May 2021. This year’s programme – Collaborating in Communities to Improve Mental Health –  is funded by Scottish Govt via the Scottish Community Alliance (SCA). It is being hosted by SENScot and run in partnership with fellow SCA members, Scottish Communities for Heath & Wellbeing and CHEX. […]

This week’s ‘Restart and Rebuild Week’ has attracted over 700  attendees – participating in over 20 separate sessions – and ends tomorrow afternoon (Friday 20th at 2pm) with the SE Restart and Rebuild Finale.  Our programme has sought to inform, inspire and connect frontline social enterprises – and to support one another – as we all move towards recovery […]