Brand For Growth - Bold Studio

Brand for Growth 2023

Applications open 11th July 2023 - 25th August 2023

Brand for Growth offers charities and social enterprises the opportunity to invest in their brand in a changing world. Successful applicants will embark on a bespoke rebranding exercise to align and strengthen the organisation for a bright future. This comprises consultancy, design and rollout phases resulting in a revitalised brand outlook, revised visual identity and a starter pack of brand resources. The programme is for social enterprises in Scotland with high growth and impact potential who can demonstrate that they would benefit significantly from a high level branding exercise they may otherwise struggle to resource.

This programme is funded through re-invested profit made by Bold Studio during the previous year and is aided by sponsorship from the Scottish Government (as part of their 3 year Social Enterprise Action Plan) and private sponsors with an interest in the third sector. This year there are 3 places available on the programme.

It is a competitive programme aimed at organisations with strong growth and high impact potential who can bring something to the table themselves and will ensure the rollout is effective. The programme is being delivered by Bold Studio, part of the Community Enterprise family. Applicants need to set out how a strong and strategic brand would impact on their business and how it would build capacity. To apply complete the application form below:

Standard criteria include:

Charity or Social Enterprise* based in Scotland
Would benefit significantly from brand development
Fully invested in the process

*according to the voluntary code of practice for social enterprise in Scotland

The competition runs each year and is curated by Community Enterprise, and delivered by ethical brand specialists Bold Studio. An independent judging panel is made up of sector specialists, people from the social enterprise world and previous recipients.

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Brand For Growth Application Form

Please complete the following application form. It is purposely straightforward. You can expand the text boxes to suit by pulling on the bottom right corner, please remain concise.

Deadline: 6pm on the 25th August 2023.

* All fields are required.

Organisation name *

Applicant name *

Email address *

Phone number *

Website URL *

Company address / location *

Year established *

What does your organisation do? *

What is your product or service? *

What is your social impact? *

Annual Turnover *

Number of staff *

Legal status *

If you secured a place on the Brand for Growth programme what financial growth would you project and why? *

What social impact growth would you project and why? *

How has covid impacted on your organisation and what have you had to do to adapt? *

As an organisation, what branding challenges do you face? *

Is the management team committed to apportioning appropriate time and enthusiasm to the project? *

Why do you particularly feel you should be chosen to be a participant in the programme? *

What do you feel you contribute to the programme? This can be match funding or in-kind contributions. *

A rebrand may throw up existing assets that have to be updated; brochures, website, signage or other material that need to be brought into line. Can you tell us how you would plan to resource this? * *

By checking this box you agree for your details to be stored in the Community Enterprise system for the duration of this campaign or up to 6 months. *

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