GSEN Digital Festival 2025 | Workshop Bookings Open!

4 Sep 2025

We are pleased to announce our line-up for the GSEN 2025 Digital Pathways Festival.

Digital Pathways has been created for social enterprises by GSEN and in partnership with other like-minded organisations to encompass workshops, training and opportunities to empower communities through strategy, skills, and inclusion. From a live feedback session on accessible marketing to cyber security and resilience workshops, we have so many options available.

A huge thank you to Breeze Digital, Passion4social, Sirel, Trish Elms, The Cyber and Fraud Centre, The Launch Pod, Luma IT and Fuse for your involvement and support.

All events are free to attend, and booking is now live. See the full breakdown of events below!

Tuesday 23rd September

- Digital Inclusion | Fuse - 10 - 11:30AM - Link to this workshop will be added shortly

- IT Strategy | Luma IT - 10 - 11AM

- Discover Nexairo: CRM + project management platform built exclusively for the third sector | The Launch Pod - 12 - 12:45PM

- Empowering Communities Through Cyber Resilience: Building Security from the Ground Up | The Cyber and Fraud Centre - 1:30 - 3PM

Wednesday 24th September

- Digital Strategy Workshop | Breeze Digital - 10 - 11:30AM

- The Power of 1 for Social Enterprises | Trish Elms - 11 - 11:30AM

- Third Sector Online Research Trial | SIREL - 12 - 12:45PM

- Making Your Marketing Accessible: Practical Feedback & Tools | Passion4Social - 1:30 - 2:30PM

- AI Workshop | Breeze Digital - 1:30 - 3PM

Useful Resources

Find information and useful resources from each of our workshop hosts below!

Breeze Digital

Breeze Digital is a social enterprise agency that empowers third-sector organisations to go digital. We're here to help you demystify the digital world so you can use it to your advantage. 

Their Cyber Security Toolkit is a great starter guide to help individuals recognise common cyber risks and provides a simple checklist to work through to increase your cyber safety.

Their Introduction to AI Guide is also a useful resource for understanding the basics of AI for the third sector. It can help people working in the communities of Scotland get involved in shaping how we reach a trustworthy, ethical and inclusive relationship with AI technologies.

Passion4Social

Passion4Social CIC are a creative agency helping to create an equal, understanding and inclusive society, in which the potential of disabled people and those with diverse backgrounds is realised and capitalised on.

Their guide on Using Curated Content for Social Media is a useful introduction to curating your content for your social media audience. 

They also have an Anti-Ableism Dictionary, an informative guide to common ableist terms and phrases and better language when conversing about disability and accessibilty. 

Sirel

Sirel Third Sector Research help Scotland’s third sector organisations answer questions and tell their stories through access to professional research support.

Trish Elms

Trish Elms is a freelance copywriter and communications strategist for web, mobile, print, UX, SEO, social, marketing, human-led AI-assisted content. 

The Cyber and Fraud Centre

The Cyber and Fraud Centre are a charity that works closely with the banking industry, policing and technology partners to support individuals who have fallen victim to online scams or fraud. They also collaborate to provide educational and prevention resources to prevent others becoming victims of these types of crime.

They have a very useful collection of Cyber Security resources, from mobile malware and business email compromise to dealing with ransomware and data breaches. They also have a guide on Cyber Strategy for Small Organisations. 

You can contact their free helpline at 0808 281 3580.

The Launch Pod

The Launch Pod offer jargon free legal and business consultancy. 

Luma IT

Luma IT specialises in IT consultancy, management and improvement for charities offering one-off or long-term advice on important IT decisions which may have a significant impact on your strategies or finances.

Fuse

Fuse Youth Café Glasgow is a charity working in East Glasgow providing a variety of services to young people of the area. The area has a high level of deprivation and the young people face the risks and challenges associated with areas of high deprivation.