Pathways Fund: form and guidance
The Pathways Fund was open to organisations registered in the UK and operating in Scotland, who are providing support to pre-start entrepreneurs and/or early stage businesses in Scotland. The fund closed to bids on 30 August 204.
Overview
Ana Stewart and Mark Logan’s report Pathways: a new approach for women in entrepreneurship (2023) highlighted the continuing gender-gap in entrepreneurial participation in Scotland.
The report made broad recommendations encompassing both long-term intervention in our education system and immediate support to women in business.
The Scottish Government has committed to implement those recommendations, over the long term, in line with our implementation of the National Strategy for Economic Transformation (2022).
Pathways made recommendations to widen participation in business from people in groups historically under-represented in entrepreneurship, particularly on closing the gender gaps in entrepreneurial participation.
This fund will allocate funding on a competitive basis to ecosystem organisations delivering projects supporting the Pathways recommendations that meet the specified funding criteria.
The fund was open for bids from 19 July 2024 projects delivering activity up to end March 2025.
This fund closed to bids on 30 August 2024.
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