Accelerate
Looking to accelerate your organisation?
Accelerate is a support programme for the Third Sector and community organisations. Support is FREE and aims to help groups and organisations become more sustainable and enterprising.
Who Is Accelerate For?
The Accelerate programme is for those who are:
- Based in Scotland and delivering benefits in Scotland
- Asset locked (non profit distributing)
- Constituted or pre-constituted
- Non trading (not taking a social enterprise or commercial approach)
- Willing to make change to their organisation to become more sustainable
Receive around 6 days of support specific to your project
Accelerate provides around 6 days of support which is broad and flexible. The type of support is largely up to you and what you think will meet your specific needs. As examples, groups and organisations have used Accelerate to:
- Develop marketing plans
- Look at other funding options
- Explore new trading ideas
- Plan financially and work on budgets
- Improve branding
- Work on a business plan
- Strengthen their Board
- Look at their legal structure
- Find digital solutions
See how we have accelerated other organisations:
Easy online application
- Fill in the expression of interest form.
- We will check your information and confirm if we think you are eligible. You may be asked for further information.
- If eligible, you will be assigned an Enterprise Officer to work with you.
- If ineligible, we will refer you elsewhere and help you find the right support.
- The Enterprise Officer will carry out a mini health check to find out more about you and what support would be useful.
- You agree an action plan with them and the work is carried out in a timeframe to suit you.
- We then keep in touch over time to check how things are going.
Watch how to apply in the
Client Spotlights
Below you can find a selection of written and video spotlights from previous Accelerate clients.
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Let’s Chat
Want to learn more about how we can help your organisation or community group?
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