News & impact stories

This year we are excited to announce that our Awards will take place at a new and bigger venue, the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on 20 June 2025 10.00am – 2.00pm.

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.

We’re far from having all the answers, but here’s a few things to look out for in checking whether economic activity might lead to community wealth building…

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!

Young changemakers participating in our recent Fife Dragons' Den were featured on STV News at 6.

Meet Eissa, a climate activist from Yemen who recently participated in our New Scots leadership programme, in partnership with Scottish Refugee Council.

We recently delivered the ‘Gàidheil and Gaeilge Leading in Cultural Tourism’ across two residentials in Spring 2023 with support from Bòrd na Gàidhlig and Údarás na Gaeltachta. The programme helped leaders in community-based organisations – in both Scotland & Ireland - to understand the rapidly changing nature of tourism and tourists.