2026 Award Recipients
The table below contains a list of the successful applicants, project name and amount of funding approved.
| Name | Project Detail | Award |
| COLLECTIVE COMMUNITIES CIC | Place-based enterprise support programme helping underrepresented founders build confidence, test ideas and access low-risk trading opportunities through peer learning and shared workspace. | £74,711.00 |
| GrowBiz Scotland | Rural microfinance support programme helping women entrepreneurs access small-scale finance, mentoring and peer support to start or grow businesses. | £36,402.50 |
| Aberdeenshire council - Business Gateway Aberdeen City & Shire (BG ACS) | Female founder support programme providing coaching, peer networking and specialist business support to help women start and grow businesses. | £73,984.86 |
| Empower Women for Change (EWfC) | Community-led enterprise incubator helping ethnic minority women and girls build entrepreneurial skills, develop business ideas and access mentoring and peer support. | £50,485.00 |
| Robert Gordon University | Blended startup programme helping people aged 50+ build entrepreneurial confidence, test business ideas and explore self-employment through tailored enterprise learning. | £31,582.22 |
| Digital Health and Care Innovation Centre (University of Strathclyde) | Inclusive innovation programme helping women and migrant health and care workers develop entrepreneurial skills, test ideas and access innovation support pathways. | £69,483.68 |
| Dundee City Council | Regional enterprise programme helping women returning to work build confidence, explore self-employment and connect with peer and business support networks. | £74,999.00 |
| Highland Well-Ness Collective | Pilot programme combining counselling, ADHD coaching, neurodivergent-informed business support and peer/body doubling sessions to help neurodivergent founders and freelancers sustain self-employment. | £28,870.00 |
| Digital Boost Upskilling | Dedicated mentoring and peer support programme for disabled entrepreneurs, combining lived-experience mentoring, mentor training, peer learning cohorts and monthly networking. | £70,259.63 |