A support service to social enterprises
and emerging social enterprises based on 15 years of running our
own social firms.
Development Sessions
Face to face, telephone and email support. A chance to find out
what we do and how we can help you develop your idea.
Business Coaching & Mentoring
Working alongside you to take your idea forward. We can help you with business planning, sourcing finance and marketing.
Signposting
Helping you to the next stage of development with useful tools,
training and networking opportunities.
Study visits
An opportunity to visit working social firms and talk to our staff. For more information download our Study visits brochure 2007
Replication
Having successfully replicated our award-winning guesthouse, we
are keen to talk to you about this and other exciting replication
opportunities.
Aspire to Enterprise is a new Scottish Government funded programme providing a range of business support services to ambitious and developing social enterprises in central and lowland Scotland.
Forth Sector Development is one of the two key delivery partners of this business support programme.
The programme is open to applications throughout 2008 from those organisations who met the following eligibility criteria;
- The government criteria for social enterprise
- Are already trading
- Have a minimum turnover of £60K per annum (this can include funding income)
- Can benefit from tailored development assistance
The online application process takes approximately 30 minutes and can be made via the website at www.aspiretoenterprise.org.uk
Please indicate where appropriate that you heard about the programme through Forth Sector Development
Are you an Edinburgh-based organisation looking for free development
support? Social
Enterprise Edinburgh is our support project specifically aimed
at organisations based in Edinburgh.
Download "A Business Planning Guide to Developing
a Social Enterprise" launched by Forth Sector Development
in January 2007. The guide is supported by:- RBS (www.rbs.co.uk/community)
Communities Scotland (www.communitiesscotland.gov.uk)
Equal Social Economy Scotland. (www.socialeconomyscotland.info)
The Guide Download ( 
pdf 3.57Mb)
For further information on any of our services
call Erin Gray on 0131 659 4740 or email
erin.gray@forthsector.org.uk
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