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Welcome to the January Sport Social Enterprise Newsletter!
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Happy New Year and we hope that everyone managed some down time over the festive period and are rested and ready for the year ahead!
During the past year we hosted a number of sessions relating to social enterprise and net zero. Just to recap, we supported a pilot project delivered by Sustainable Pathways for sport SEN members who took part in a sustainability programme designed to give them an understanding of sustainability, discover their impact and begin taking action to improve their social, environmental and economic performance, see case study. We also worked with sector partners to develop the Third Sector Net Zero Strategy and held a series of focus groups which included a sports themed session. contrite
The first sport SEN session of 2022 on 3rd Feb 2022 @1pm will continue with this theme. We will be joined by Pauline Hinchion from Scottish Community Finance who will talk about how using Community Bonds, which are a mechanism for securing local investment, can help you move towards NetZero. Kieran Daly from Social Investment Scotland will also join us to provide an overview of their new Social Enterprise Net Zero Fund. There will be an opportunity for member updates - to hear your plans for the year ahead and a discussion on topics for future SEN meetings and community learning exchanges. You can register for the session here.
SENScot and sportscotland have jointly produced this briefing paper – Social Enterprise and Sport in Scotland – which builds on the back of a decade of sportscotland’s support for the sport SEN. This partnership is based on a shared vision of raising awareness of social enterprise, of promoting a deeper understanding of the contribution that sport and physical activity can bring to wider priorities and of increasing the capacity and capability for collaborative working practices between sport and other sectors. The briefing paper seeks to highlight these activities in communities across the country.
What are social enterprises up to?
A warm welcome to new member Axe Boom Boom. This new social enterprise started trading in October 2021 and is keen to share some of the successes to date. The enterprise builds on work of the two directors, Kasia and Grześ, who run Capoeira sessions for children and Djembe drumming for adults. In 2020 they decided to collaborate and create a project that is a force for good and uses their expertise and skills to find solutions to children's inactivity. Kasia and Grześ, thanks to support from some of Capoeira children's parents as well as funders, Sporting Start and Edinburgh Council, have been able to provide free of charge places at events, holiday camps and classes for families who otherwise wouldn’t be able to experience the benefits of capoeira and drumming. See more.
Scottish Sports Futures has a new brochure which outlines the modules available through their training and accreditation programme, Education Through CashBack (ETC). Modules cover a variety of topics and are designed to offer personal and professional development opportunities for all participants. Practitioners are supported to take a person-centred and inclusive approach and embed it within their practice, and young people are encouraged to learn and develop transferable skills which can be utilised throughout their lives. If you would like to chat about whether these opportunities might be relevant for you, your organisation or the people you work with please contact Jude@ssf.org.uk
Check out the new Indepen-dance schedule for their new online and in-person class schedules to take part all you need to do is email admin@indepen-dance.org.uk
Wishing the very best of luck to Streetsport volunteer Jenna Greig who has been nominated for an annual award with the results to be announced during a glitzy ceremony at P&J Live. Jenna Greig, from Northfield, is up for Young Volunteer of the Year at Aberdeen's Sports Awards having excelled over many years of volunteering for Streetsport, Denis Law Legacy Trust’s flagship programme in partnership with Robert Gordon University. Read more about Jenna’s story here.
Congratulations to Kingdom Off Road Motorcycle Club who have recently been successful in raising £10,060 through their supporters, Crowdfunder and the Aviva Community Fund. These funds will go towards making off-road motorcycling more accessible to people who are affected by illness, disability, injury, mental health etc. They have also applied to Fife Voluntary Action’s mental health fund, which will help them to provide more structured sport opportunities and training for people who would otherwise find it difficult to enjoy off-road motorcycle sport. In addition to this, just after Christmas they collected a robust electric powered off-road motorcycle which can cater for all levels of riders. There are six different settings so anyone from a beginner to an advanced rider will be able to use it. They expect to access a few smaller Electric motorbikes too which is great news for kids with disabilities and also great news for the environment!
Funding and Support
Scottish Edge this week published exciting news that they will be continuing with the Royal Bank of Scotland supported Net Zero EDGE award which had its debut at COP26 last year. This award supports Scotland’s target to be net zero by 2045 by awarding up to £100k to businesses tackling the climate emergency. See here for details on the new round of funding.
Year of Stories 2022: The Community Stories Fund will support organisations and community groups to take part in and celebrate Scotland’s Year of Stories, spotlighting the unique stories that matter to them with new, creative events, activities and programming.
Sports Marketing Network - #MoreThanAClub aims to develop community sports clubs that are hubs for their communities through a comprehensive training and support programme for community sports clubs and other providers. Information on the programme including upcoming webinars can be found here.
Partners and Stakeholders
Sportscotland’s recent information update focused on the First Minister’s update to the Scottish Parliament on COVID-19 and related restrictions. The First Minister outlined that as a result of protective measures, public behaviour and the vaccine programme, the impact of Omicron has not been as serious as first feared and it is possible this wave of the pandemic is at or close to its peak. She said, it is right to be hopeful, but prudent to be cautious. Key points can be found here.
Thanks to Sported for sharing their learning report from their project Time in Mind. The report aims to provide learning into how groups can best support the mental health of young people. It also reveals what outcomes can be achieved as a result of such support, and highlights the vital role of building relationships with local mental health organisations and reveals the innovative practices that have been developed by Sported members in response to the mental health issues young people are facing. The full report can be accessed here.