The Community Enterprise Fund is a funding programme that helps community organisations to start trading or set up social enterprises in Scotland. It offers grants of up to £5,000, to be spent over 6 months. Funding comes from the Scottish Government’s Social Entrepreneurs Fund (SEF).
Key Criteria
The Community Enterprise Fund is for groups that want to begin trading activities or set up a social enterprise so they can generate income, become more financially resilient, reduce reliance on grant funding and be better equipped to support their community.
Group must demonstrate:
- A strong business model- showing how the idea will generate income, so it does not rely on grants in the long term.
- A clear social impact– demonstrating that your group has identified a social or environmental issue they want to tackle.
- A determined and motivated team – SEF focuses on the people involved in the idea, so we want you to tell us about the skills, knowledge, and passion within their team for the issue they are tackling and how these will help to make the idea a success.
