• ABSEN (Argyll & Bute Social Enterprise Network
• Appin Historical Society
• Argyll & Bute Rape Crisis
• Argyll Activities Limited
• Argyll Community Housing Association
• Argyll Lomond And The Islands Energy Agency
• Argyll Voluntary Action
• Befrienders

Bute Connections

Bute Connections is a social enterprise based on the Isle of Bute.

Bute is part of the Argyll & Bute local authority.  It has approximately 7,200 inhabitants and currently has 2 areas in the top 15% of the Scottish Index of multiple Deprivation situated in its main town in Rothesay.
 
A little background information
 
Bute Connections has been set up as a social enterprise that has developed from and is running in partnership with Bute Healthy Living Initiative, a community health project that was funded by the Big Lottery Fund and supported by the NHS and the council.  The Healthy Living Initiative has run an extensive community health programme, which was well received by the Bute community and some of this work will become integrated with the NHS and Council in one form or another.

Bute connections  will build on the experience and insights into the community that the Bute HLI has served  and on trust that it has gained over the last 6 years. It is dedicated to improving people’s life chances and reducing inequalities in the community by responding to the need for supportive environments and programmes to support local people to make positive lifestyle changes.