News & impact stories

Discover how Changeworks is strengthening values-led leadership to decarbonise 180,000 homes and tackle fuel poverty through its long-standing partnership with the Social Enterprise Academy.

Supporting Refugees and Migrants to Feel at Home in the Highlands Find out how we designed and delivered this programme with partners, to support refugees and migrants in Inverness to develop agency and integrate into Highlands community - the impact, the challenges, and the adaptations.

A new cross community and cross border initiative is encouraging rural communities to explore the power of social enterprise as a pathway to greater sustainability and growth.

In the past couple of years, there has been a growing focus on embedding compassion within workplaces. Compassion is now recognised as a transformative force that not only improves individual well-being but also enhances organisational performance and resilience.

On 02 October 2024 five primary schools from across Dundee pitched their impressive social enterprise ideas to an expert panel at the Social Enterprise Schools: Dragons’ Den competition at the V and A, Dundee. This provided an opportunity for young people to design an item that would benefit the supporters of Dundee Stars. With the support of the V and A Dundee, the young people received an input from Gary Jamieson Schools Development Officer, V and A Dundee.

Young people today have the potential to significantly impact the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals, specifically, through their digital skills.

Scotmid are offering young people who are starting or running a social enterprise in school to apply for £25, £50, £75 or £100 of funding to put towards their business!