Case Studies

Bethany Christian Trust
For 28 years, Bethany Christian Trust has been bringing hope and a future to some of the most vulnerable individuals in Scotland. It is their mission is to relieve the suffering and meet the long term needs of homeless and vulnerable people and every year they help over 4,000 people to find, equip and maintain a home, overcome addictions, and tackle other social and educational barriers so that they can live full and healthy lives. ...more

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Deaf Connections
Deaf Connections is the oldest voluntary organisation for adult deaf people in the world. From its centre in Glasgow, it provides a range of specialist services for both deaf and hard of hearing people. These include community care, community health, BME activity groups, mother and toddler groups, hard of hearing programmes and sports and social clubs. ...more

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Cornerstone
Cornerstone is one of Scotland's leading providers of social care, employing 1,500 people and providing care and support to over 1,300 individuals with disabilities and other support needs. ...more

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HomeAid
Based in Thurso in the Highlands of Scotland, HomeAid collects free of charge, unwanted re-usable furniture, household items, clothes, bric-a-brac and many other sundries from the communities of the far north of Scotland. ...more

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Children 1st
For over 125 years CHILDREN 1ST has been working to give every child in Scotland a safe and secure childhood. The charity supports families under stress, protects children from harm and neglect, helps child victims to recover from abuse and promotes children's rights and interests. ...more

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Out of the Blue
Out of the Blue (OOTB) is an Edinburgh based Arts and Education Trust which was launched in 1994. Its main aim is to create opportunities for everyone to participate in the arts and to help support artists by providing studio space at affordable rates. OOTB also works to promote and demonstrate the regenerative power of the arts in partnership with people and organisations in the local area. ...more

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Buchan Dial-a-Community Bus
Buchan Dial-a-Community Bus (DACB) is a growing social enterprise in North East Aberdeenshire, focussing on reducing social exclusion through the provision of high quality community transport delivery and support services. ...more

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Wasps Artists' Studios
Wasps' vision is to inspire, entertain, educate and transform people?s lives through art. Artists and arts charities have the unique talent, experience and expertise to do this. Yet many survive on low incomes and struggle to make ends meet. So Wasps provides good quality, affordable studio space for artists and arts charities to carry out their work. ...more

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The Spartans Community Football Academy
The Spartans Community Football Academy (Spartans) is the home of Scotland's best known amateur football team and enjoys a high profile within the City of Edinburgh and beyond. Over the course of the last four years, the community aspects of the Spartan's work (including work with youth teams and the wider local community) has been consolidated and expanded into a brand new ?4.66m Community Football Academy, being run as a Social Enterprise, situated on land in the north of Edinburgh, in the heart of the communities of Pilton and Granton. ...more

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The Wise Group
The Wise Group are one of Scotland's largest and most successful social enterprises. Formed in 1983 the group has evolved over the past 25 years into a leading social business delivering employability, regeneration and sustainability services on behalf of the public sector across Scotland and the North of England. The group's 5 year plan offers an exciting expansion plan for the Group as it positions itself as a key partner in the delivery of sustainable economic growth by government and its agencies. SIF has invested ?900,000 to help make a transformational step change in the organisational capacity of the group. ...more

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