The Scottish Government will be producing a new three-year Social Enterprise Action Plan from April 2020.

Senscot, in partnership with Social Firms Scotland and the Scottish Community Alliance, is hosting two engagement gatherings in the region on the Plan, supported by Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway - one in Sanquhar and the other in Castle Douglas.

These will provide an opportunity for grassroot social enterprises to feed in their wishes, ambitions and priorities for the next Action Plan.

As well as identifying specific ‘actions’ from across the sector, there will also be an opportunity to look at the general approach taken in delivering the next Action Plan – ensuring it can better meet the needs of locally-based social enterprises