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Saturday – 6th March – marks the start of the Scottish Rural Parliament – a series of events (between 6th -18th March) that will bring together people who live and work in rural and island Scotland. Over five days, the Rural Parliament will address topics such as Young People Leading Change; Democracy and Local Governance; […]
A couple of initiatives have caught our eye over the last week – both of which have a focus very much on the development, support and promotion of the role of women in enterprise in Scotland. The first – a collaboration between DTA Scotland and Women’s Enterprise Scotland – will focus on developing enterprise skills and encourage […]
Most readers will be aware that SENScot, in its current format, is the result of a recent merger of ‘old’ Senscot and Social Firms Scotland – which took place in July 2020. SENScot’s Director, Pauline Gordon, is one of the speakers at a SCVO Webinar on 5th March – Covid – the Age of Charity Mergers: […]
A Scottish court decision last week could have significant implications for social enterprises in applying for charitable status. The New Lanark Trust’s application for charitable status for its two trading subsidiaries was refused, in 2018, by OSCR – on the grounds that the subsidiaries’ activities were “not in furtherance of charitable purposes and…… did not meet the […]
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
Social Entrepreneurs Network Scotland (Senscot) is registered as a Scottish charity under Scottish Charity No. SC029210 and as a limited company under Company Registration No. SC278156. Its registered office is at 41 Miller Street, Glasgow.