1. Just Enterprise
Business support and development services to enterprising third sector organisations across Scotland

2. Programme Objectives Start Up Business Support Procurement Leadership
Enterprising third sector organisations become more sustainable businesses or grow where appropriate
Business Support
Enterprising third sector organisations achieve more diverse and sustainable income streams by winning more contract through competitive tendering processes
Procurement
Effectively combine public sector support and trading income to thrive as business entities while supporting disadvantaged employees
Supported Businesses
Third sector leadership is enhanced to support growth and sustainability of third sector organisations
Leadership
Social entrepreneurs are supported to establish and grow new social enterprises
Start Up

3. Leadership Development
Support Services
Business Support
Procurement
Business Recovery
Supported Business
Pre-investment support
Business Development Workshops
Start Up
Start Up Support
Start Up Workshops
Leadership Development
Leadership programmes

4. Business Support
Open to all Enterprising Third Sector Organisations seeking to grow through sustainable activities
Small scale, targeted consultancy assignments, for example:
Business Planning
Financial Planning - full cost recovery, pricing
Marketing – market research, marketing strategy, website and social media strategy, new service launch

5. Start Up Support
Tailored consultancy support for social entrepreneurs – developing the early stages of an idea into a creative and ambitious social enterprise
1-2-1 Meetings with experienced business advisers
Guidance on setting up and running a business and how to balance commercial and social aspects of an idea
Practical tools, documents and templates
Useful connections to other third sector partners and agencies
Tailored business support to those social entrepreneurs progressing to start-up a social enterprises

6. Start up workshops
A range of 2-hour information sessions covering essential aspects of business start up including:
introduction to social enterprise,
legal structures,
business planning,
branding & marketing,
cash flow planning

7. Business Development Workshops
Business Planning Charitable Trading Budgeting Finance for Practitioners Costing & Pricing Tendering : Introduction Tendering : Practitioners
Market Research
Marketing Communications
Introduction to Selling Negotiation Skills
De-mystifying the Web
Introduction to Web Design
Writing for the Web
Social Impact Measurement

8. Leadership Programmes
Learning programmes designed to develop individuals into effective leaders and build management skills which can be applied to real life situations.
Using peer support and learning techniques the programmes mirror the challenges faced by social entrepreneurs and senior managers tasked with growing a business.

9. Procurement
Just Enterprise supports social enterprises to become tender ready because:
The public sector spends approx. £9Bn on goods and services every year
Change from grant and SLA to contract
Contraction in other funding sources
Transparency in processes, policies & procedures
‘Guaranteed’ payment
Opening market

10. Pre-investment Support
For organisations actively considering social investment as a means of financing their organisation’s development and can include:
Helping assess investment readiness and the risks and benefits associated with such a move.
Identifying social investment options.
Development of cash flow forecasts/financial projections.
Updating business plans.
Assisting with the preparation of any other documentation required to support an application

11. Supported Businesses
Just Enterprise offers individual business support to all BASE members in Scotland, including:
Business Health Checks,
Tailored business supports, and
Collaborative engagements with SE, HIE and Business Gateway.

12. Eligible applicants Social entrepreneurs with a business idea
Existing organisations usually with a recognised social enterprise structure e.g. CLbG, SCIO, Co-op, CICs etc.

13. Making an application
All applications by client via Just Enterprise website
allocated a Client Manager
will be supported through application process
If successful, will be appointed a business adviser to support development work or allocated a place on a learning workshop or programme

14. Just Enterprise - Unable to support
Organisations with closed memberships such as membership organisations where benefits go to and income comes from members e.g. community sports clubs
Long term involvement in large scale capital development projects (we can support viability of enterprise aspects in later stages)
Early stage community engagement and development work even if it might result in the establishment of a social enterprise

15. Who else could you refer to
Local Third Sector Interface (TSI) especially for funding, legal structure or HR enquiries
Social Enterprise Networks (SENS) for peer support and networking
Other sector specific support agencies for example DTAS, Community Broadband Scotland, CRNS, Zero Waste Scotland

16. Apply for support now at