Pathways Pre-Start Fund: funded programmes
- Published
- 2 November 2023
- Directorate
- Economic Development Directorate
Projects funded through the Pathways Pre-Start Fund which aims to help more people become entrepreneurs.
The Pathways Pre-Start Fund aims to help more people from under-represented groups to become entrepreneurs.
There is a particular focus on supporting women, part of our commitment to implementing the recommendations in the independent Pathways Report into women in entrepreneurship.
Total funding of £1.3 million has been awarded to 20 projects in 2023 to 2024.
|
Organisation |
Project title |
Programme location |
Grant awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Growbiz |
Promoting microenterprise start-ups and new opportunities across rural and island Scotland |
Highland |
£52,075 |
|
Elevator |
Micro-PUPS community outreach programme for female pre-starts |
Moray |
£98,960 |
|
CETERIS |
Business entrepreneurial pre-start academy (prioritising underrepresented groups) |
Clackmannanshire |
£71,783 |
|
POPshop enterprises |
Place based enterprise support, Dunoon |
Argyll and Bute |
£12,750 |
|
Digital Boost Upskilling |
Jumpstart: Future Founders A personalised learning programme and ongoing support platform to nurture the female founders of tomorrow |
National |
£99,550 |
|
Women’s Enterprise Scotland |
Women in Enterprise: Realising pre-start potential |
Argyll |
£83,050 |
|
Robert Gordon University |
Women in Business - Widening access to pre-start support, advice, and community to women with parental responsibility through capacity building, anchored in three universities |
Stirling |
£81,384 |
|
The Challenges Group |
Ready to RISE (Readiness & Incubation for the Social Economy) |
National |
£71,775 |
|
Egg |
Women in Entrepreneurship – A Pathway To Success – event series |
Edinburgh |
£98,700 |
|
Scotland’s Learning Partnership |
Working with women to develop co-operative business models |
Edinburgh |
£64,737 |
|
Edinburgh College |
Edinburgh College Enterprise Hubs |
Edinburgh |
£68,580 |
|
North Lanarkshire Council |
Women’s business incubator |
North Lanarkshire |
£50,250 |
|
The DataKirk |
EmpowerHer, Pre-Startup Program for Women of Minority in Scotland |
Edinburgh |
£40,000 |
|
Orkney Islands Council |
Island enterprise roadshows |
Orkney |
£27,500 |
|
Strathclyde University |
Enabling the forgotten women of Scotland: Potential entrepreneurs for the future |
Glasgow |
£92,000 |
|
Empower Women for Change |
Bridging the Gap: Empowering BAME women and Girls Entrepreneurs |
Glasgow, Renfrewshire |
£62,500 |
|
Dechomai |
Levantarse entrepreneurship conversations |
Aberdeen |
£97,900 |
|
Inspirent |
Women Can! Scotland’s Women’s Start-up Roadshow. |
National |
£91,000 |
|
WHALE Arts |
Empowering Enterprise – Building Bridges to Business |
Edinburgh |
£54,173 |
|
Stirling Community Enterprise |
FemBA: Getting Women into Entrepreneurship |
Stirling |
£15,200 |
Further information
Find out more about the Pathways Pre-Start Fund.
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