Pilotlight Scotland has recently accepted six new charities and social enterprises. Pilotlighters will begin working with them in the next couple of months.
The six new charities and social enterprises are:
Baillieston Community Care Ltd provides high quality service to people with disabilities and their carers. It is looking for support from Pilotlight to develop its strategic business plan, and explore different models of funding to enable them to grow and expand the organisation.
Craigowl Communities provides adult learning opportunities, support, advice and training for people who want to increase their skills and confidence. It runs an employability project, a tenancy support project, delivers adult literacy/numeracy support and runs a job brokerage service. It hopes Pilotlight will help develop a clear strategy and a strong sense of future direction.
6VT Edinburgh City Youth Cafe works with some of Edinburgh’s highest risk and most marginalised individuals. The organisation has steadily grown over the years from a small charity to a 'medium' size charity and it would like assistance to improve business planning skills and strategic funding opportunities to become competitive, sustainable and grow.
Children’s Parliament seeks ways to ensure children’s views are understood and voices are heard at all levels of society. It “hopes Pilotlight will help us ‘see the wood for trees’ and bring specialist support and knowledge that we don’t have”.
West Lothian Youth Action Project works with 10-21 year-olds who may be involved in crime and anti-social behaviour. The organisation has grown considerably but needs a business plan that supports the high level of demand now placed on the service. It is entering into a tendering phase for which it needs a clear strategy and better management structure.
CFINE is a community food initiative in Aberdeen that promotes the benefits of a healthy diet. It provides opportunities to improve employability and personal confidence, and encourages and supports volunteering. It is looking to Pilotlight to help it strengthen its commercial enterprises and e-commerce opportunities in recognition of the changing funding structure.