Creating Safe Spaces: How Creatovators Grew Stronger with Just Enterprise
How do you evidence impact when your work is small-scale but deeply transformative?
For Creatovators, a social enterprise supporting autistic people and families, this was a critical challenge. With support from Just Enterprise, they built a framework to tell their story with clarity and confidence.
Success stories
Strictly Social: An Overview of Just Enterprise’s One-to-One Business Support
Whether you are just starting out, strengthening your operations or developing your leadership, Just Enterprise offers free one-to-one business advice tailored to the realities of mission-led organisations.
Find out more about what we offer and how organisations like yours access our tailored advice to grow, adapt and achieve lasting change.
Business Planning
Finance
Growing your Organisation
Leadership
Scaling up your social enterprise
Strengthening your organisation
Strengthening your social enterprise
On a Firmer Footing: How Braveheart’s Top Toes Service Secured a More Sustainable Future
With demand rising and finances under strain, Braveheart’s Top Toes service turned to Just Enterprise for help. Tailored one-to-one support helped them strengthen their model, recruit new volunteers and build a plan for long-term sustainability.
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Cultivating Leadership with Greener Kirkcaldy
When Lauren Burke joined the Aspiring Leaders programme, she didn’t see herself as a leader. Today she’s Chief Executive of Greener Kirkcaldy — one of over 15 team members to benefit from Just Enterprise support. This case study explores the ripple effect of leadership development across the organisation.
Leadership
Leadership
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Video: 7 Stats about Leadership from the Just Enterprise Impact Report 2023-25
Interested in Just Enterprise’s support for third sector leadership? Watch this short video for 7 interesting stats that came out…
Leadership
Video: Leadership Programme Participant Feedback
Hear directly from one of our leadership participants about how Just Enterprise helped them build confidence, develop new skills and strengthen their organisation.
Leadership
From Risk to Resilience: The Rockfield Centre’s Story of Recovery
When The Rockfield Centre’s future was uncertain, a newly appointed board began the hard work of rebuilding. With 18 months of tailored support from Just Enterprise, they developed a recovery plan, strengthened local relationships, and secured long-term sustainability — safeguarding a vital community asset in Oban.
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From Survival to Strategy: Building Financial Resilience for Social Enterprises
Many social enterprises are stuck in survival mode, relying on short-term grants and firefighting financial crises. But it doesn’t have to be this way. This blog explores how to shift from reactive to strategic financial management, building resilience through better governance, diversified income, and early support.
Business Planning
Finance
Growing your Organisation
Leadership
Scaling up your social enterprise
Strengthening your organisation
Strengthening your social enterprise
Bridging the Digital Divide for Older Scots with TAP into IT
Many mistook TAP into IT’s friendly digital support as formal computer classes, putting off those who needed it most and confusing potential funders.
Just Enterprise helped reframe the organisation’s offer resulting in greater clarity and funding success.
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Steps to Start-Up: Is Your Idea a Social Enterprise?
Is your idea a social enterprise – or something else entirely?
Starting something new can be exciting but also confusing. If you’ve got an idea that could make a difference, you might be wondering whether to launch a business, a charity, or a social enterprise. This beginner’s guide breaks down what a social enterprise is, how it compares to other models, and how to decide if it’s the right fit for your goals – all with insights tailored for the Scottish context.
Measuring Social Impact
Anchoring a Community: How Portsoy Rebuilt Stronger After the Storm
Operating in the scenic harbour town of Portsoy on the Moray Firth coast, Portsoy Community Enterprise manages two iconic community…
Success stories
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Just Enterprise Impact Report 2023-25
This report explores how Just Enterprise support has helped social entrepreneurs and enterprises across Scotland to start well, grow sustainably and lead with confidence – even in the face of considerable challenges.
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Measuring What Matters: A Guide to Getting Started with Social Impact Measurement
In today’s funding landscape, being able to demonstrate the change your organisation creates isn’t optional — it’s essential. This practical guide demystifies social impact measurement for social enterprises, with tips on where to start, how to choose the right indicators, and how to collect meaningful data on a shoestring budget. Learn how impact data can sharpen your mission, boost funding success, and influence policy — all while staying true to your values.
Measuring Social Impact
Just Enterprise Impact Summary – Q1+2 2024-25
Find out more about our delivery and impact mid-way through 2024-25.
News
Success Story: Boosting Digital Marketing for Norton Park
Read how we helped Norton Park with their digital marketing in this success story.
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A Successful First Year for Just Enterprise: Impact Summary for 2023/24
Find out more about our delivery and impact for 2023-24
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Ability Academy Start-Up Success Story
We recently had a chat with Nigel Honey about Ability Academy, his disability-led organisation focusing on education for TV and Film.
Start-Up
Starting up
Success stories
Braw Tea Start-Up Success Story
We recently spoke to Jackie McKenzie about her social enterprise which supports women facing disadvantages in life through training, employment and personal development opportunities.
Start-Up
Starting up
Success stories
Webinar Recording: Buying and Selling (Steps to Net Zero Webinar 5)
If you missed joining us live for Webinar 5 – ‘Buying and Selling’, you can watch the recording of the session and find copies of the presentations used here.
Net Zero
Just Dive In CIC Start-Up Success Story
We chatted with Laura Hamilton from Just Dive In CIC about the experience of working with Just Enterprise to get her social enterprise started.
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Starting up
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Webinar Recording: Buildings and Energy (Steps to Net Zero Webinar 4)
If you missed joining us live for Webinar 4 – ‘Buildings and Energy’, you can watch the recording of the session and find copies of the presentations used here.
Net Zero
Webinar Recording: Waste and Reuse (Steps to Net Zero Webinar 3)
If you missed joining us live for Webinar 3 – ‘Waste and Reuse’, you can watch the recording of the session and find copies of the presentations used here.
Net Zero
How Just Enterprise Helped the Pyramid at Anderson to Flourish
We recently spoke to Jackie McKenzie about her social enterprise which supports women facing disadvantages in life through training, employment and personal development opportunities.
Success stories
Hair Dreams CIC Start-Up Success Story
We caught up with Ivy MacNeill, founder of Hair Dreams CIC, about how Just Enterprise supported the organisation to get started.
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Starting up
Success stories
Elect Her Start-Up Success Story
We spoke with Hannah Stevens, Director of Elect Her, about how Just Enterprise helped the organisation continue to grow.
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Starting up
Success stories
Webinar Recording: Travel (Steps to Net Zero Webinar 2)
If you missed joining us live on 21st November 2023 for Webinar 2 – ‘Travel’, you can watch the recording of the session and find copies of the presentations used here.
Net Zero
The Dream Team is a Green Team – Getting Your Organisation Engaged With Net Zero
Establishing a ‘Green Team’ can be a profoundly effective way of getting your organisation engaged with Net Zero commitments. Here are some key takeaways from the first of our ‘Steps to Net Zero’ webinars.
Net Zero
Webinar Recording: Engaging with Net Zero (Steps to Net Zero Webinar 1)
Engaging your board and team is one of the most important things we can do to drive change.
If you missed joining us live on 24th October 2023 for Webinar 1 – ‘Engaging with Net Zero as a Scottish Third Sector Organisation’, you can watch the recording of the session here.
Net Zero
Compassionate Accompaniment CIC Start-Up Success Story
Hear from Misty Hannah about how Compassionate Accompaniment CIC became a social enterprise thanks to start-up support from Just Enterprise and funding from Firstport.
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Starting up
Success stories
Capoeira 4 Scotland Gets Moving with Just Enterprise
Hear from M Fiaz Tariq and Andrew Cowan about their journey to becoming a social enterprise with the support of Just Enterprise’s Start-Up Team.
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Starting up
Success stories
Introducing Just Enterprise – Free Support for Social Enterprises in Scotland
Just Enterprise 4 is here! With the fourth iteration of the programme now officially launched, we thought it was a…
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Leadership
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Just Enterprise in the News
Following Just Enterprise 4’s official launch attended by Minister for Community Wealth and Public Finance, Tom Arthur MSP at The Crannie in…
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Making the Joy of Print Accessible for All
Arianna has seen first-hand that teaching individuals how to screen print can benefit their mental health, whilst equipping them with practical skills. She founded Print Clan in 2018 with the goal of making the art of screen printing accessible to everyone.
Start-Up
Starting up
Success stories
Street Art Start-Up Success
Inspired by a love of street art and graffiti, Colour Ways Glasgow CIC was founded by Andrew McGlone in May 2020. The social enterprise aims to support and promote graffiti and street art, and to create spaces and opportunities for practitioners to thrive within the Glasgow area.
Start-Up
Starting up
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Case Studies
Barbara Elborn from Newcastleton Community Development Trust talks about how Just Enterprise helped them to explore new ideas for income generation, developed an asset and has generally become ‘part of the team.’
Starting up
Success stories
Newcastleton District Community Trust
When a small Scottish Borders community began to do things for themselves, they could never have predicted the amazing snowball effect that would soon start
Scaling up your social enterprise
Success stories