Social enterprise

pza has been in the vanguard of supporting the development of social enterprise in Scotland. We provide a wide range of consultancy services to social enterprises, and to agencies supporting them.

• pza was commissioned by The Scottish Executive to scope out how an investment fund for social enterprise might work in Scotland and subsequently by Communities Scotland to help develop and implement Futurebuilders Scotland
• pza was commissioned by the Scottish Enterprise network to explore how well business gateway services met the needs of social enterprises
• pza was commissioned by partners in West Dunbartonshire and Lanarkshire to develop protocols to support social enterprise – the very first Social Enterprise Zones and Local Social Economy Partnerships
• pza was commissioned by North and South Lanarkshire Councils to support their developing approach to social enterprise
• pza was commissioned by SCVO to develop an evaluation framework and tools to measure the outcomes and impact of Social Economy Scotland - a programme to increase the capacity of the social economy sector in Scotland
• pza was commissioned by Communities Scotland to develop and manage There’s No Business Like Social Business, a one day masterclass from Liam Black
• pza was commissioned by partners in the Fife Local Social Economy Partnership to support the development of their plans
• pza was commissioned by Forth Sector to support the development of A New Way of Doing Business, the social enterprise strategy for Edinburgh
  

Please see Case Studies for more examples of our work, and our Client List to find out who we have been working with.