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Welcome to the June Sport Social Enterprise Newsletter!
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As readers will be aware, following Scottish Government decision earlier this year to fund a Single Intermediary for Social Enterprise in Scotland, SENScot, will cease its current operations at the end of June. This is the final Sport Social Enterprise Newsletter produced by SENScot and I’d like to thank everyone for all of the contributions and involvement over the years.
Our final Sport SEN session will take place on Friday 24th June at 10am (via zoom) and will focus on opportunities and support for members post June 2022. We will be joined by speakers from Sported, sportscotland (tbc) and Social Enterprise Scotland. It would be great to see you there for this final session and you can book here
From the 1st July, Social Enterprise Scotland, will take on the role of the Single Enhanced Intermediary – members will be able to receive information relating to social enterprise in their weekly newsletter, if you don’t already receive this you can sign up here.
What are social enterprises up to?
Spartans FC
Big congratulations from SENScot to Spartans Manager and Community Football Academy CEO Douglas Samuel has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to association football and the community of North Edinburgh. Douglas was one of the first sport SEN members and has contributed a lot over the years generously sharing his time, skills and experience to support others in the network, thanks Dougie! Read more here.
Cullen Sea School secures funding for Mental Health and Wellbeing Session
Cullen Sea School is delighted to announce that an application to the Moray Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund in 2022 has been successful with a £10,000 grant awarded.
As part of the new Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund introduced by the Scottish Government, this funding comes in response to the mental health need arising from the pandemic and also to benefit the overall Mental Health Transition and Recovery Plan.
The funding will enable Cullen Sea School to work with organisations including charities and the NHS who working with clients with mental health and wellbeing conditions. The funding will provide free of charge SUP, kayaking and sailing lessons for clients referred to the sea school. See more.
Partners and Supporters
Sported Scotland have appointed a new National Manager, Atta Yaqub. They are really excited to be welcoming Atta to this role given his wide range of hugely relevant personal and professional experiences. His knowledge of community sport is first hand, having established his own organisation (ANSAR - a Sported member) in his younger years, recognising the challenges for ethnically diverse young people getting active in his area of Glasgow. He couples that knowledge with his professional experience, most recently at the Princes Trust, where his role was to establish and grow partnerships for the benefit of young people - working not only in Scotland but with counterparts in the other home nations.
Sportscotland
Can you spare some time to complete this survey which will help to identify and prioritise research needs across the sector? Your input will mean that sportscotland can provide the most relevant research and data to realise the ambitions and objectives set out in Sport for Life, the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and the Active Scotland Outcomes Framework. It will help in making informed decisions based on data and evidence – survey deadline 1st July – complete here.
See newly updated version of Coaching Scotland, a framework for the development of coaches and deliverers in Scotland. This is a refresh from Coaching Scotland 2017 and following consultation with a number of local and national partners, we are delighted to share this with you given the key role you play in the development, employment and deployment of coaches, deliverers and practitioners. Coaching Scotland can be used as a guide to review areas of focus, to initiate conversations around priorities and focus and to provide a focal point for the development of the workforce
Funding, Support and Events
The Catalyst Fund - a new type of social investment offering loans through a flexible, revenue-based repayment model. The fund is open all year round for social enterprises looking for social investment of over £50,000 to help them start and grow their business. There is a new schedule of information webinars organised for the coming months.
Social Enterprise and Net Zero - designed to support social enterprises and the wider third sector to make the transition to carbon net zero. Loans are available from £10,000. Organisations who have a particular circular economy focus or are proposing specific projects with a focus on re-use, repair and leasing/sharing models, may also be eligible for a small grant award.
Some current relevant funding opportunities are listed below, but for fuller listing go to SCVO-funding.
Investing in Communities Fund: ICF Round 2: 2023-2026 tomorrow, opens 2pm, 31t May 2022, closing 2pm on Tuesday 28th June 2022. Grants up to £350,000 over three years will become available for registered charities, SCIOs and Community Councils for community-focused activity that will support recovery from the pandemic. Priority will be given to fragile or disadvantaged communities where support is needed most for projects that meet all four of the following areas:
· Tackling poverty and inequality, including child poverty
· Developing and sustaining place-based approaches
· Community-led regeneration
· Ensuring a just transition to net zero
Stand With Us to support the many organisations run by and for women who stand up and take action every single day to address violence against women and girls. One-year grants of up to £25,000 available to fund organisational development work (orgs with an average annual turnover over the last 3 years of between £100,000 - £500,000). (Deadline: 4pm, 9th June)
The Happiness Fund: Supporting grassroots, neighbourhood-based community projects throughout the UK, by providing awards of £2,500 per quarter. The project must improve mental health and wellbeing, inclusion, learning and skills development in local communities, creating happier people in neighbourhoods! (Current funding cycle is open until 17th June)
Big Give's Christmas Challenge 2022: Up to £25,000 in match funding is available to charities that are working to improve the lives of vulnerable, disadvantaged or underrepresented women and girls in England and Scotland. (Closes Friday 1st July)
Start It: Do you have a business idea that addresses a social, environmental and/or community issue? Do you need grant funding to cover the start-up costs of your social enterprise idea? Our Start It Fund is open all-year round and offers up to £5000 to help get your idea up and running.
Greenshoots Foundation Trust: Small grants are available to non-profit organisations for projects that will deliver carbon reductions and economic benefits to minimise environmental impact. Open to applications from projects based within Scotland, preference being given to projects which are local to our area of operations – Fife, Aberdeen and Glasgow. Accepts applications on ongoing basis.
The Robertson Trust : Open to constituted community groups and registered charities who are working to alleviate poverty and trauma in Scotland, and who have an annual income of under £2 million. Provides funding for organisations and initiatives that address: Financial security, Emotional wellbeing and relationships & Educational and work pathways. To check whether your organisation could be eligible for current funding, see their easy, step-by-step funding checker.
SENScot is pleased to publish the Community-led tourism Lessons Learned Report. This document outlines the hurdles, the wins and the asks from our time working with the communities in Brechin and Girvan.
Community Wealth Building - special joint meeting of CPGs (Wed 22nd June, 6.30-8pm) This is a special joint meeting of five Cross-Party Groups in The Scottish Parliament (CPGs) - Social Enterprise, Co-operatives, Fair Trade, Credit Unions and the Wellbeing Economy. Book via link above.