Area: Scotland

Run by Community Enterprise, Accelerate is a support programme specifically designed for the Third Sector and community organisations in Scotland.

Support is FREE and aims to help groups and organisations become more sustainable and enterprising.

The Accelerate programme is aimed at organisations that 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 changes to their organisation to become more sustainable

Accelerate provides approximately six days of support, such as helping you 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 your Board
• Look at your legal structure
• Find digital solutions

Find out more here