Firstport
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7 Montgomery Street Lane,
Edinburgh,
EH7 5JT
Currently open funds
Firstport - Launch Me
LaunchMe is Scotland’s social enterprise accelerator. It prepares ambitious social enterprises and community organisations for growth so they can achieve social impact at scale.
Firstport - Social Entrepreneurs - Step Up
Step Up is a repayable funding programme of up to £30,000 for early and growth stage social enterprises that require financial support to strengthen and sustain trading.
Firstport - Social Entrepreneurs Fund - Start It
Start It is a funding programme that helps budding social entrepreneurs in Scotland to get their businesses up and running. Funding comes from the Scottish Government’s Social Entrepreneurs Fund.
Firstport - Social Entrepreneurs - Build It
A Build It award is for social enterprises with a track record of trading and social impact and that need salaried positions to take the business to the next level of financial sustainability.
Next deadline: 23 Jan 2025
Firstport - Social Impact Catalyst Fund
The Catalyst Fund is a new kind of social investment product that support ambitious social enterprises to start and scale their businesses. It offers loans using a flexible, revenue-based repayment model.
Currently closed funds
Firstport - Social Innovation Challenge
The Social Innovation Challenge is a programme that funds and supports innovators to kick-start solutions that tackle some of the most pressing challenges of our time. The 2024 theme is focused on breaking barriers to better health and wellbeing.
