GrowBiz, Scotland’s rural enterprise organisation, has helped provide a boost to the wellbeing of Perthshire business owners with a series of specialised mental health workshops delivered over the past twelve months. Five WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Plan) workshops have taken place in community venues across a number of the region’s rural locations.

With National Mentoring Day happening next month, it’s a good time to consider whether you can contribute to the Perth & Kinross rural business community by volunteering as a GrowBiz mentor. Mentoring is a positive way to share experience you’ve gained, develop your communication skills, gain confidence in guiding others, build a network of rewarding relationships and give back by helping someone unlock their full potential.

Are you self employed or running a small business in rural Perth and Kinross? Or would you like to get a social enterprise off the ground? GrowBiz is teaming up with The Kinross-shire Partnership to provide enterprise support to anyone in the Kinross-shire area looking to start or grow a business.

A food and drink themed GrowBiz XChange networking event in August will feature Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne as a special guest speaker.

Lucinda made a career as a chef and food scientist, developing a fresh gluten free loaf to help people with diet restrictions. She went on to found Genius Foods in 2008, which is now a major player in the production of ‘free-from’ products, with listings in all major retailers here and across the globe. She is currently Chair of Scotland Food & Drink and is a Women’s Enterprise Scotland Ambassador.