RenSEN Newsletter - 15 October

Social Enterprise News

• Free training is available to help social enterprises write compelling bids for support through NHS Scotland’s Community Benefit Portal.  Full details and booking link can be found here. 
• During November Just Enterprise will be running workshops on Charitable Trading and Establishing a Trading Subsidiary.  If you can’t make these sessions, they’ll be running again in January (evening session) and February 2025.
• Could AI help your social enterprise? – Just Enterprise is hosting an online webinar on 31 October.  Click on the link for more details - AI for your social enterprise

Dates for your diary

• 05 November – How to be heard – an online webinar hosted by Community Woodland Association to help woodland groups connect with their audiences
• 18 – 22 November – Co-production Week Scotland sharing ideas, learning and stories about how co-production put people and communities at the heart of support and services.
• 21 November – Social Enterprise Day
• 18 – 24 November – Global Entrepreneurship Week

Social Enterprise Learning Webinars (for social enterprises at all stages)

Enhancing Digital Skills
22 October – EVENING Effective use of social media (online / Business Gateway Renfrewshire)
24 October – Social Media Essentials: Instagram) (online / Business Gateway)
29 October – How to build a digital marketing plan (online / Business Gateway)
31 October – AI for your social enterprise (online / Just Enterprise)
01 November – How to plan and schedule online content (online / Business Gateway)
05 November – Introduction to business websites (online / Business Gateway)
05 November – Social Media Essentials: Facebook (online / Business Gateway)
06 November – Understand how your website performs with Google Analytics (online / Business Gateway)
06 November – Social Media Essentials: LinkedIn (online / Business Gateway)
07 November – AI for small businesses (online / Business Gateway)
11 November – Why your business needs a blog (online / Business Gateway)
12 November – How to create engaging content (online / Business Gateway)
20 November – Social Media Essentials: Instagram (online / Business Gateway)
21 November – How to build a digital marketing plan (online / Business Gateway)
26 November – Digital Marketing (online / Just Enterprise)
30 November – Introduction to Canva (online / Business Gateway)
13 February 2025 – Digital Marketing (online / Just Enterprise)

 
Governance & Leadership
29 October – Annual accounting, governance and reporting (online / SCVO) Fees apply
12 November – Social Media Fundamentals (online / SCVO) Fees apply
19 November – Recruiting New Board Members (online / Just Enterprise)
03 December – Adapt and develop your management skills (online / SCVO) Fees apply
17 December Strategic Planning for Social Enterprises (online / Just Enterprise) 
16 January 2025 – Aspiring or New Leaders (in-person / Just Enterprise)
27 January 2025 – Developing a coaching approach to leadership (online / Just Enterprise)


Social Enterprise Essentials
23 October – Writing successful funding applications (online / School for Social Entrepreneurs) Fees apply
29 October – Guide to submitting successful funding applications (online / Business Gateway Renfrewshire)
31 October – Introduction to business strategy (online / Business Gateway)
05 December – Comms and marketing made easy (online / SCVO) Fees apply


Volunteering
19 December – Quality Standards in Volunteering (online / Volunteer Scotland)
25 February – Meeting today’s volunteering challenges (online / SCVO) Fees apply


Business Planning
26 October SATURDAY – Business Planning (online / Business Gateway Renfrewshire)
16 January - Introduction to Business Planning (online / Just Enterprise)


Monitoring and Evaluation
07 November – Plan, Measure and Report Social Impact (online / SCVO) Fees apply


Income Generation/Procurement
23 October – Working with the public sector: All you need to know (online / Supplier Development Programme)
28 October – Introduction to tendering (in-person / Just Enterprise)
05 November – Charitable Trading (online / Just Enterprise)
07 November - Unlocking social investment (online / School for Social Entrepreneurs)
14 November – Establishing a trading subsidiary (online / Just Enterprise)
21 November – Develop your fundraising skills (online / SCVO) Fees apply
03 December – Investment Readiness (online / Just Enterprise)
28 January 2025 – Charitable Trading (online / Just Enterprise)
04 February 2025 Introduction to social investment (online / Just Enterprise)
11 February 2025 – Establishing a trading subsidiary (online / Just Enterprise)
18 March 2025 – Funding business growth (online / Just Enterprise)