15th December 20, Rural SEN Notes

Members of the Rural SEN met in December 2020 to recap and connect on a challenging year, and look forward to 2021. Agenda items included: Recap of the October virtual learning exchanges, and identify themes for future sessions. Discuss Social Enterprise Net Zero Strategy and set up Rural Focus Group to outline challenges, opportunities and Read more…

15th Feb 21, Rural SEN Notes

The Rural SEN met for their first session of 2021 on February 15th. Agenda items included:   An overview of key points from the Net Zero Rural Focus Group Discussion on the research agenda and questions proposed by the Rural SE Research Focus Group Update on SEWF Rural Forum Overview of upcoming Virtual learning Exchanges Read more…

18th August 20, Rural SEN Notes

18/8/20 notes – Scotland’s Rural SEN met earlier in August, with 34 people attending from across Scotland. The group included social and community-owned enterprises, representatives from support agencies, and supporters of and those interested in rural social enterprise. We welcomed fellow social entrepreneurs from Estonia, connected via the Erasmus+ ViSEnet project, who joined the meeting Read more…

3rd June 20, Rural SEN Notes

3/6/20 notes – Rural social enterprises and their supporters connected virtually at the Rural SEN meeting last week, giving people from as far north as Lerwick, to as far south as Kelso, the opportunity to share experiences, learning, and identify areas for future action and collaboration. A number of reports and resources were shared during Read more…