Enterprising Eastern Perthshire (EEP) was established as a pilot project in 2007 to promote business development and community economic regeneration using the Siroli institute model of community development. EEP aims to engage local interest and expertise to help develop new and existing business within the private, voluntary and social enterprise sectors by:

• Raising awareness of the methodology and inviting participation
• Developing a Local Panel of volunteers as a locally accessible resource
• Employing a facilitator to provide client centred, one to one, professional business coaching and mentoring that is free to prospective clients.

The GrowBiz project will use a bottom up approach to engagement and community networking and build on its initial successes, by widening its geographic coverage and expanding the Local Panel membership. The project will also target women, young people, the economically inactive and migrant workers and provide one to one confidential mentoring to local clients.Enterprising Eastern Perthshire