Just Enterprise provides fully-funded support to social enterprises and enterprising charities in Scotland.
Whatever stage you are at, our specialist social enterprise and business advisers can help you to overcome any of the challenges enterprising activity might throw at you.
With our help, you’ll learn lots of practical skills, and we’ll support you to develop business opportunities through our wide range of workshops and webinars, or tailored one-to-one support sessions.
What do you need help with?
Starting a Social Enterprise
If you have a business idea that fits the Social Enterprise model, then Just Enterprise can help with free one-to-one and group-based support and training sessions.
Strengthening my Social Enterprise
Just Enterprise’s business specialists can work with you on a one-to-one basis, or in group workshops, to build the skills, knowledge and confidence to develop your business.
Scaling up my Social Enterprise
From tailored one-to-one support to fully-funded group workshops, our experts will help you take your business to the next level.
Developing Leadership Skills
As well as providing practical, personal and reflective learning, our leadership programme offers an invaluable opportunity for you to share experience with others at a similar stage on the leadership journey.
Working towards Net Zero
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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
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Support Options
We all learn in different ways, and Just Enterprise aims to provide you with a range of learning options which lets you access the right kind of business support for you.
You can receive in-person support through our group workshops and one-to-one sessions with our own expert business advisers, or if you prefer online learning, you can register for our webinars, read our blog, download some digital resources or read case studies of other social entrepreneurs.
All of the social enterprise support we provide is fully funded and comes free of charge, with the exception of some of our longer-term leadership programmes. The latter are priced competitively to offer excellent value for money and significant leadership learning.
Our specialist advisers are the best in the business. Each one of us already works for a Third Sector organisation, so we really understand the challenges and opportunities which come from balancing social impact with income generation. Our track record speaks for itself – we’ve been providing one-to-one business advice to social enterprises and enterprising charities for more than 11 years, and we’re delighted to receive consistently high feedback.
Our workshops provide a tremendous learning environment for groups of social entrepreneurs. Not only will you learn new business skills in a supportive setting, but you’ll also have the chance to meet and share experiences with others in the social enterprise sector. Workshops are run right across Scotland, usually over half or full days, and cover an entire spectrum of useful learning to help you develop your ideas or your existing business.
If taking a day out from business is too big an ask, you can sign up to receive some of your learning digitally from our new range of e-learning modules and webinars. These include pre-recorded e-learning sessions which come with downloadable resources you can study at your own pace. We’ll also host live-themed webinars with a Q+A session built in to help you get the answers you need for your own social enterprise situation.
Accessibility
Just Enterprise aims to be accessible to all. If you require additional support in order to participate in the programme, you are able to state this in your application and our specialist advisers will do all they can to ensure that your needs are met.