How can social value benefit the third sector?

​We work with businesses who want to support community groups, social enterprises, charities and local projects all over Scotland as part of their community benefit commitments under the terms of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014.

The type of support businesses are able to provide usually falls into one of four categories:

Expertise – sharing specific professional skills
Resources – providing raw materials
Manpower/volunteers – to help you complete a specific task
Financial – small cash donations

Here are a few idease projects businesses could help your charity, community project or social enterprise with.

• ​Creating employment opportunities for your service users
• Helping you promote your project, services or cause
• Buying your goods or services
• Supplying volunteers to undertake a particular task
• Helping you build a new website or design a social media campaign
• Providing you with fundraising and membership advice
• Loaning you the services of their employees with professional skills (...lawyers, human resources, surveyors, accountants, digital consultants....)
• Helping you streamline their back office and financial systems
• Undertaking ground maintenance or repairs on an asset

We are looking for organisations to

​support

We need good causes to match our clients with.  ​If you have a project you need help with or you think your organisation could benefit from corporate assistance tell us about it. ​ We'll contact you and try to find a company to match you with.

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Community Benefit legislation has the potential to totally transform Scotland's Third Sector but many social enterprises, charities, not for profits, community groups and voluntary organisations don't know much about how the new legislation could benefit them.

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