Scottish Government launches £1m social enterprise fund

By Patricio Chile, Third Sector Online, 19 November 2008

The Scottish Government is to hand out grants totalling £1m to aspiring social entrepreneurs.

The Social Entrepreneurs Fund, announced this week by enterprise minister Jim Maher, will give out grants of up to £20,000 a time to support new social enterprises in Scotland. Grants totalling £500,000 will be available in each of the next two financial years from March. The announcement comes only days...

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