Now that we’ve had the chance to reflect on this year’s Social Enterprise Policy & Practice Conference, it’s clear to us that there is a great amount of passion in the Social Enterprise sector for building a more inclusive economy in Scotland. Social Enterprise does, and will continue to, play a huge role in creating […]
With this year’s Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF) now in the books, our Events and Marketing Manager Jo Seagrave reflects on the event in this latest blog. Through a bursary programme supported by SEWF and the International Social Enterprise Observatory (ISEO), I had the privilege of supporting a Scottish delegation to attend and participate at […]
This year’s Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF) took place in Brisbane, Australia this week and it has been great to liaise with social social enterprise owners and leaders from around the world. This year, CEIS via the International Social Enterprise Observatory (ISEO) is supporting Scottish social enterprise representatives to participate in SEWF 22 in-person in […]
With the 2022 Social Enterprise Policy & Practice Conference now behind us, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on the things we’d learned on the day from our speakers and from the group discussions that took place between our delegates. In this blog our CEO Martin Avila discusses his key takeaways from the […]
It’s not long to go until this year’s Social Enterprise World Forum in Brisbane, and we’re very excited to be heading over there with a delegation of Scottish social enterprise owners and leaders. This year, CEIS via the International Social Enterprise Observatory (ISEO) is supporting Scottish social enterprise representatives to participate in SEWF 22 in-person […]
This year, CEIS via the International Social Enterprise Observatory (ISEO) is supporting Scottish social enterprise representatives to participate in SEWF 22 in-person in Brisbane. ISEO is a Scottish Government funded project aimed at supporting enterprises who currently trade or have ambitions to trade internationally, to highlight Scotland as a social enterprise destination, increase social enterprise […]
Whilst business support may be a large part of what the CEIS Group do, another vital part of what we do is to help people get into work, and to help employers keep people in work. That’s why we measure the number of jobs we’ve helped create and sustain each year by offering businesses funding […]
As a third sector organisation dedicated to developing enterprising and sustainable services, we think it’s important that organisations track their impact. Of course, all businesses have goals and KPIs that help track the outcome of their work, but for those working in the third sector, understanding your impact and measuring the real, positive changes you […]
In many rural parts of Scotland there is a housing crisis. It is a crisis driven in large part by depopulation – where younger residents are driven to migrate out of these small communities to larger towns and cities due to poor career prospects or spiralling living costs. It is a problem that has only […]
Welcome to the latest instalment in our “A Day in the Life Series” where we interview colleagues from every part of the CEIS group and ask them to reflect on their career, their role and their experiences of working within the group. Recently, we had a chat with Rekha Welsh, a Loan Officer from DSL […]
