:: 4 July 2008
| November 1997 | A national mentoring conference calls for the establishment of a mentoring initiative targeting black/minority ethnic people in Scotland. |
| March 1998 | LINKnet constituted, by the Centre for Education for Racial Equality in Scotland, Skillnet Edinburgh and Edinburgh's Telford College. |
| May 1999 | A survey of twenty-five black/minority ethnic organisations in Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife was commissioned and undertaken. |
| January 2000 | Memorandum and Articles of Association approved by the membership to establish LINKnet as a Company Limited by Guarantee. |
| June 2000 | Major, three-year project funding application to the Community Fund (formerly the National Lottery Charity Board), was approved. |
| August 2000 | Office accommodation found in central Edinburgh and lease terms agreed, including redecoration, with the Edinburgh University Settlement. |
| September 2000 | Three members of staff recruited. |
| November 2000 | Project starts. |
