Are you aged 16-25 and live in a rural or island community? The SRP Youth Session is free, fully virtual and a chance to go through a visioning exercise facilitated by the Social Enterprise Academy on themes you are passionate about, and then question high profile decision makers. To attend, register for the SRP at https://www.srp2021.scot/
Rural social enterprise – evidence to date, and a research agenda.
This introductory article to a special issue of the Journal of Rural Studies on rural social enterprise considers current knowledge in relation to social enterprise and social entrepreneurship in rural settings. It also finds ‘considerable research gaps’ and suggests issues for a future research agenda. Read the full article here: Rural social enterprise – Evidence Read more…
Future research agenda
Below are some of the ideas for future research from discussions around the hub to date: The ViSENet partnership have identified succession planning, the role of social enterprise in creating employment opportunities for young people and retaining population. There is also an interest in ideas of collective leadership and whether this is different in rural, Read more…
Themes from the current research literature
A look at some of the key themes in the current research literature on rural social enterprise. ‘Many of the themes will be very familiar to practitioners but have been drawn out to start a discussion on research areas that are of interest to rural social enterprises.’
Community Learning Exchange to the Scottish Borders. Tuesday February 4th 2020
‘I drew two key things from the day. First, inspiration from individual organisations who were doing fantastic work, and from the overall experience that confirmed how much social enterprises can and do contribute to deliver critical services in rural areas. The vibrancy of the social enterprise sector, and its deep contributions to rural communities, including vulnerable groups, is striking’.