Argyll & Bute SEN (ABSEN) was set up in 2004. The first meeting took place in Rothesay on Bute hosted by Fyne Homes. Here We Are and Bute Credit Union were founder members and are still active members.
ABSEN currently covers the largest area geographically of any of the Social Enterprise Networks which is an added complication but the group has not let this get in their way and now has their own full time member of staff, Bill Stewart.