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

Gifts

Abandoned Artists
We are a talent agency with a twist supporting displaced and refugee artists to rebuild their creative journeys in Scotland. We focus on supporting creatives who have been affected by war, displacement, and humanitarian disasters.
All Together Edinburgh
All Together Edinburgh is a unique organisation providing training opportunities for adults with learning disabilities. Trainees have opportunities to gain confidence, work skills and a qualification in the All Together charity shop/training centre, Leith.

Beetroots Collective CIC
Beetroots Collective is an ethnically diverse group of artists, creatives and curators fostering intercultural dialogue between migrant and local communities across Scotland through participatory workshops, screenings, street video projections, exhibitions and public events.

Caring Christmas Trees
Scottish-grown, grade 1 Christmas Trees at volunteer-led collection sites across Scotland. Proceeds support Bethany's life-saving winter work, such as the Edinburgh Winter Care Shelter.
CCI Enterprises
CCI supports people to make a contribution to their community. Through their participation in our social enterprises and volunteering programmes individuals are supported to improve their health and well-being, increase their skills and confidence and have their contribution acknowledged by their community.
Change Please
Change Please is an award-winning social enterprise fighting homelessness through the power of social enterprise and great tasting coffee. 100% of our profits help people experiencing homelessness in the UK & Ireland.
Chocolates & Grace
Our chocolates are handmade by women who have touched the Scottish criminal justice system and are making positive changes in their lives. Through making and selling our chocolates the women receive support, work experience and the opportunity to raise their self- esteem helping lower barriers faced in finding fulfilling work.
Coin-Operated Press
Coin-Operated Press CIC is a social enterprise zine press run, rooted in Scotland’s creative community, we bring people together through workshops, zine fairs, and our travelling zine library.
Coorie Catering
Looking for catering with a social conscience? Look no further! Our expert team are happy to cater a wide range of events with hot and cold food.
Cultural Commons CIC
The Cultural Commons CIC is a community interest company based in Scotland, dedicated to cultivating inclusive literary and artistic communities.
Cyrenians Farm
Cyrenians Farm is a community farm near Kirknewton in West Lothian, only 10 miles from Edinburgh city centre. The farm is home to a Cyrenians Community of young people living in peer-supported accommodation and provides opportunities for residents and volunteers to grow food, skills, ideas and confidence.
Edinburgh Community Food
Edinburgh Community Food delivers fruit to the work place and fruit and vegetables to the home and is an accredited REHIS centre for health and hygiene training. All of its profits go back into its community work in Edinburgh to encourage healthy eating and cooking on a budget in disadvantaged areas.
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 Yoga and Sports Therapy
At Edinburgh Yoga and Sports Therapy, we offer a comprehensive range of services that cater to your overall wellbeing. From massage and wellness therapies to yoga and stress management, our holistic approach ensures that all your physical and mental health needs are met.
Equal Exchange
Equal Exchange is a worker owned co-operative based in Edinburgh that sells its own brand of Fair Trade and organic food and drink to retailers and caterers throughout the UK.
Exhibitability
Exhibitability partners with charities and social enterprises running transformative arts programmes, and provides artwork rental services to offices and workspaces on their behalf.
Falkirk Vineyard Church (Eden Jewellery)
Falrkirk Vineyard is the UK advocate for Eden Jewellery who work with survivors of human trafficking and sexual exploitation in Asia to provide stable employment and vocational training through their international jewellery business.
Fearlessly CIC
Fearlessly is a social enterprise that empowers young adults to overcome the challenges that life throws at them.
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.
Hadeel Ltd
Hadeel sells a wide range of Palestinian hand-crafted, Fairtrade gifts, including hand-carved olive wood, stunning embroidery and a variety of other gift items both online and in store. Hadeel provides a sustainable source of income for craftspeople working with social enterprises in the West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, Galilee and the Negev.
Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive
Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive established to promote and benefit the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, non-binary, queer, intersex, asexual (LGBTQIA+) community and their allies.
little living room
little living room is a female and queer-led social enterprise founded in 2020 by artist Rebecca Gallacher. 
Move On Wood
Move On Wood Recycling is social enterprise in Edinburgh which collects waste wood, sells quality timber, and provides work experience, volunteering and training.
One World Shop
The One World Shop is a pioneering fair trade organisation. We’re based in Edinburgh, Scotland and have been sourcing and selling the very best in fairly traded products from around the world since 1983. We sell a wide range of ethically sourced gifts, and grocery items; a lot of our products are also organic.
Remode Collective
Remode Collective is an award-winning social enterprise based in Edinburgh. We're passionate about exploring ways to repurpose textiles locally, building new skills, and celebrating multicultural diversity.

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.
Selene Glow
Selene Glow sell Korean skincare and makeup, silk beauty accessories, and K-pop merchandise both in-store and online.
Shandon Publishing
Shandon Publishing's primary aim is to support people who are directly or indirectly affected.
Shrub Cooperative
A cooperative in Edinburgh working for a world without waste!

We empower our community to live a low carbon life. Become a member and learn to fix a bike, swap your pre-loved things, enjoy some rescued food and be inspired by new ideas.
Silver Stag CIC
Silver Stags products are made or sourced in Scotland either by Scottish Craft folk or socio economically disadvantaged young people and adults who we support.
Somewhere EDI CIC
Somewhere is a research-led LGBTQ+ focused social enterprise, championing Scotland’s LGBTQ+ community through culture and enterprise projects.
Space Artworks CIC
Space Artworks is a shared studio hub in Scot Arts complex in St Margarets House where they offer bespoke workshop sessions and exhibition opportunities.
The Big Issue
The Big Issue is a weekly publication sold by homeless and vulnerably housed individuals who buy the magazine for £1.25 and sell it to the public for £2.50, keeping £1.25 for each magazine they sell, providing an opportunity to earn a legitimate income and an alternative to begging.
The Compassion Salon
Spreading the word about compassion through a community and literary space including events, the retail sale of books, Book publishing & Management consultancy
The Leith Collective
The Leith Collective is a unique retail space of 130+ artists all working together to promote their work, sustainability and support for our local community.
The Likes of Us
The Likes of Us are a social enterprise focusing on employability in Arts organisations across the city of Edinburgh. With a vast amount of experience within the Scottish Arts Sector.
Wee Chance
We aim to make sustainable baby/toddler clothing more accessible and help families reduce their impact on the environment.