Check out our video interviews with Social Enterprises from across Edinburgh! 📺

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Bridgend Farmhouse
Bridgend Farmhouse is a community owned and run charitable organisation in south Edinburgh with a  mission  to ensure our now renovated farmhouse exists as a sustainable community-owned centre for learning, eating and exercise, where all can learn, work and grow together to develop a flourishing community and place.
Cornerstone
The Cornerstone is a vibrant, open, welcoming space for individuals, community groups and local organisations alike. It provides a multi-purpose venue that facilitates our engagement with an ever-changing world, in thoughtful and compassionate ways.
Dance House Scotland
The Dance House (formerly known as House of Jack) is a Leith-based dance studio focussing on street dance styles, providing affordable classes and workshops for adults of all levels and kids from Preschool to Professional, as well as youth company training, performances, shows and events.
Edinburgh Old Town Development Trust & The Crannie
Set up by local residents to help the Old Town develop in a way that meets the needs of the people who live in it
EOTDT is a registered charity committed to the revitalisation of the Old Town through stimulating growth in community participation, the arts and enterprise.
Edinburgh Open Workshop
Edinburgh Open Workshop is a pay-as-you-go open access makerspace offering workbenches, fabrication bays, machinery, hand tools, consumables, technical support, storage and much more!
Grassmarket Community Project
The Grassmarket Community Project supports people through transitions in their lives and re-connects the disengaged. They run four social enterprises through the project: their successful wood workshop GrOW, creating bespoke pieces of furniture from recycled wood; a purpose-designed conference and event space; a cafe and catering service and the manufacture of tartan items including their very own "greyfriars" tartan.
Greyfriars Charteris Centre
The Greyfriars Charteris Centre is the Venue for your next Community Connection. It is a "Centre for Community" based on the Pleasance in the Southside/Newington ward of Edinburgh. It has three large halls, two meeting rooms, and numerous offices to be used by local individuals, community groups and businesses.
Lifecare
CaféLife is a welcoming, family and dog friendly community café in the heart of Stockbridge. We use fresh, healthy ingredients to create affordable, nutritious meals for everyone.
Norton Park Business and Conference Centre
Norton Park Conference Centre provides conference, meeting and training room facilities for Third sector organisations, charities and communities, giving the opportunity to access an affordable, modern, wheelchair accessible and professional meeting venue suitable for large conferences, rehearsal space, small informal meetings (accommodates up to 25 people), in one of our many meeting rooms.
ReUnion Canal Boats
Re-Union is based at Edinburgh Quay in the heart of Edinburgh. Our wide beam boat offers a unique space for up to 35 people which can be used for corporate events, voluntary groups or private functions while our smaller boat is available as a self drive hire for up to 8 passengers.
Scottish Storytelling Centre / The Story Cafe
The Scottish Storytelling Centre provides a home for Scotland's stories in the heart of Edinburgh, showcasing traditional arts year round, where modern meets mediaeval architecture for an enticing mix of past and present.
St Columba’s Hospice
The team at St Columba's Hospice are dedicated to providing a range of care and support for people with life-limiting conditions, ensuring that they get the care they need, when they need it, within their local community.
The Crags Centre (We Play Together)
A group of basketball volunteers re-opened The Crags Centre in 2011. What was once a symbol of failure has become a sustainable social enterprise delivering social outcomes through sport.
The Edinburgh Remakery
The Edinburgh Remakery is a social enterprise, community repair hub and second-hand shop based in the Leith area of Edinburgh. Our vision is to create an alternative to a disposable society by making repair education accessible to all, to build a stronger, waste-free community and support vulnerable people within our city.
The Melting Pot
The Melting Pot is Scotland’s Centre for Social Innovation, An inspiring community of people striving to make the world a better place. Through coworking, collaboration and learning we accelerate our members success and amplify the positive change they are creating for people and planet.
Tribe Porty
Tribe Porty is a community coworking and events space and community is important to the way we work. Our coworking space is specifically designed to encourage creativity – the random collision of people and ideas that spur innovation, exchange and connectivity.
WHALE Arts
Providing supported, professionally led, community arts activities in South West Edinburgh to inspire change for our community and its people.