Topic outline

  • Exploring Climate Change & Sustainability

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      Sustainability and climate change are key concerns for organisations across the public, private and third sectors, including small businesses and social enterprises. Numerous challenges face these organisations, both within their own structure and how they interact in the wider environment. Sustainability and climate change are also connected to how you expand, scale and develop what your organisation is doing.

      This programmes explores these themes, looking at what is already working, how to sustain this and identifying what needs to change and how to make this happen.

      Who is it for?

      This programme consists of two half days and is specifically for small businesses and social enterprises in the Western Isles to examine and develop their organisational and financial sustainability, whilst helping them to tackle the climate emergency at the same time.  Participants will also be assisted with applying for funding from the Ideas Into Action Fund in order to put the suggestions that they generate through the programme into action.

      Programme Details

      Session 1 - Tuesday 1 October 2024, 9:30am - 12:15pm

      Session 2 - Tuesday 8 October 2024, 9:30am - 12:15pm

      Delivery Method:       T      his programme will be delivered using Zoom. Each day of the programme will be a combination of live, facilitated sessions and some self-directed learning and reflection activities.

      In between modules, you are encouraged and supported to put your learning into practice.

      Cost: Fully Funded by the Outer Hebrides Climate Hub (i.e. no cost to participating small businesses or social enterprises)

      Please note that participants will be expected to become members of Outer Hebrides Climate Hub before the programme starts, or shortly thereafter.  An application form can be found via this link: Outer Hebrides Climate Hub: Membership Application Form (office.com)

      The programme will explore:
      • What does sustainability & climate change mean for your organisation?
      • Evaluate your assets and strengths
      • Visioning for the future
      • Embed resilience
      • Experience Design Thinking and how this might be applied to building your sustainability whilst tackling the climate emergency
      • Explore sustaining motivation


      Your Facilitator

      Your facilitator for this programme is James Hilder. 

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      More Information

      Iain Boyd | iain@socialenterprise.academy