SEAM - What is SEAM?

What Is The Social Enterprise Alliance for Midlothian (SEAM)?

SEAM is a cross-sector partnership of agencies involved in the provision of support, training, guidance and services for social economy organisations based and/or working in Midlothian. The core purpose of this partnership is to co-ordinate the skills, resources and expertise of existing agencies in order to form an effective support infrastructure for new and developing social economy organisations. SEAM will also work to support social enterprise growth in key strategic areas.

Set up in 2004, SEAM’s Vision is ‘To support and promote the development of social enterprise in Midlothian.’

SEAM has the following principle aims:

To form an effective support network for new and developing social economy organisations based and/or working in Midlothian;
To raise the capacity of social economy organisations to make sustainable and effective contributions to the well-being of Midlothian communities;
To raise the profile of local social enterprises and expand awareness of social enterprise generally throughout Midlothian.

The SEAM partnership has worked together to develop an Action Plan for developing and support social enterprise in Midlothian during 2007-2010. This can be downloaded - SEAM Action Plan 2007- 2010

SEAM Partners as at March 2008 are:

Midlothian Council Regeneration Development Team
Midlothian Voluntary Action
Melville Housing
Communities Scotland
Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian
Midlothian Advice and Resource Centre
McSence
Community Enterprise Ltd
Loanhead Miners' Charitable Association