Social Enterprise
General
The Plunket Foundation
Web: www.plunkett.co.uk
Tel: 01993 883636
The Plunkett Foundation is an educational charity which
supports the development of rural group enterprise world-wide The
Foundation draws on 80 years' practical experience of working with
partners from the public and private sectors to promote and
implement economic self-help solutions to rural problems. The
Foundation is increasingly applying its experience of rural group
enterprise development to assist in the growth and development of
rural social enterprises.
Social Enterprise Coalition
Web: www.socialenterprise.org.uk
Tel: 020 7968 4921
The Social Enterprise Coalition (SEC) was established in July 2002 to provide
a co-ordinated voice for social enterprise and enable stakeholders
to work together to develop the sector. SEC is actively involved
in shaping the fast moving social enterprise agenda and wants
to ensure that as many people as possible from the sector are
engaged in this process so that it becomes easier to set up and
grow social enterprises across the UK.
Social Firms UK
Web:
www.socialfirms.co.uk
Tel:
01737 764 021
Social Firms UK is the
national support agency for social firms. They carry out promotion,
dissemination, research and lobbying to improve awareness and
conditions for social firms. The regional and national social
firm network structure is crucial to the service to members, as
much of the 'hands-on' development work is carried out at regional
level.
The charity's services
to social firms include access to a great range of resources and
materials about social firm development in the UK and Business
Support delivered through national and regional networks.
Development Trusts
Association (DTA)
Web:
www.dta.org.uk
The Development Trusts
Association (DTA) is the national body for the development trusts.
The DTA's mission is to bring about a successful development
trust in every community that wants one.
We have 4 defined objectives:
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To
support the formation of new development trusts
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To
help development trusts work more effectively
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To
encourage others to support our movement
To
ensure that the Association works effectively
Community Action Network
Web: www.can-online.org.uk
Tel: 020 7401 5310
CAN’s portal aims to bring social entrepreneurs together to share
knowledge and to provide solutions to pertinent problems facing
the sector. It includes:
- a comprehensive online directory of all UK based social entrepreneurs;
- A-Z guides to social entrepreneurs;
- question and answer guides to setting up a social enterprise;
and
- background resources to find out more information about the
CAN centres across the UK.
To
ensure that the Association works effectively
Community Action Network - "How to Mezzanine
Guide"
'As part of our work to
'Make Social Enterprises Better Businesses' we are exploring
methods of identifying and replicating successful business models
and have recently worked with Community Action Network (CAN) to
produce a guide to replicating their 'Mezzanine' model which
houses a number of social enterprises in Elizabeth House, London.
The full guide is available on the CAN website via this
link
http://www.can-online.org.uk./publications
Active Community Unit
Web: www.homeoffice.gov.uk/inside/
org/dob/direct/accu.html
This subsidiary of the Home Office site looks at all aspects
of community work with the aim of creating a better social environment.
- The ACU are working with CAN to produce an online database
of social entrepreneurs.
- List of reports covering all aspects of community action,
including a useful report on community self-help and reports
relating to the compact.
Charity Skills
Web: www.charityskills.org
This is an independent and not-for-profit website, developed
by a group of people working in charities who saw the internet
as a way of supplying voluntary organisations in England and Wales
with professional know-how, internet services and training. The
intention was to put as many of the services as possible in one
place and make them available for as cheap a subscription as possible.
The project has grown and now offers a substantial database of
guidance on a broad range of subjects: human resources; risk management
and insurance; health and safety; management skills; law; finance;
property and communications. It includes free telephone helplines
for law, finance, risk management, health and safety and employment,
a growing library of online books and free websites for subscribers
and a specially designed online training centre for the charity
sector.
Equal
Web: www.equal.ecotec.co.uk/themes/d_social.html
Funded through the European Social Fund, Equal is an initiative
which tests and promotes new means of combating all forms of discrimination
and inequalities in the labour market, both for those in work
and for those seeking work, through transnational co-operation.
Equal operates across identified thematic fields which embrace
the four pillars of the European Employment Strategy and support
for asylum seekers. Theme D is strengthening the social economy
(the third sector), in particular the services of interest to
the community, with a focus on improving the quality of jobs.
National Council for Voluntary Organisations
Web: www.ncvo-vol.org.uk
Tel: 020 7713 6161
NCVO is a lobbying organisation, representing the views of its
members and the wider voluntary sector to government, the Charities
Commission, the EU and other bodies. The website contains:
- information on the role of the NCVO;
- useful A-Z guide to the voluntary sector;
- background information on the compact agreement between the
government and the voluntary sector; and
- a vast array of information on the regions.
Neighbourhood Renewal Unit
Web: www.neighbourhoodrenewal.gov.uk
Tel: 020 7944 8383
Part of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, this unit is
responsible for driving progress on neighbourhood renewal across
government. Their ultimate aim is that, within ten to twenty years,
nobody should be disadvantaged by where they live. Each Government Office for the Regions also has
a neighbourhood renewal team.
New Economics Foundation
Web: www.neweconomics.org
Tel: 020 7089 2800
The New Economics Foundation is a radical think-tank, which brings
together the people, ideas, resources and influence to change
the accepted approach to enterprise. The website offers a variety
of tools, publications and contacts for social entrepreneurs.
Non Profit Zone
Web: www.nonprofitzone.com
The Non Profit Zone is an online service for all not-for-profit
organisations. The site offers information and advice on fundraising,
careers, volunteering, management, lobbying, marketing and technology.
Scarman Trust
Web: www.thescarmantrust.org
Tel: 020 7684 3838
The Scarman Trust is a national charity, committed to helping
citizens bring about change in their community, in the way that
they want. It funds and gives practical assistance to hundreds
of remarkable people with a ‘can-do’ attitude. The investment
involves small amounts of high-risk money. ‘Awards’, typically
around £2,000, are delivered through a highly accessible process
that includes extensive outreach.
School for Social Entrepreneurs
Web: www.sse.org.uk
This website is the online presence of Lord Young of Darlington’s
School for Social Entrepreneurs. The aim of the site is to offer
background information on the school, and to encourage people
to sign up for a course. It offers information about the history
of the school, its aims, objectives and practical teaching procedures.
It includes case studies outlining the benefits and results that
the SSE provided to successful social entrepreneurs.
Social Enterprise Magazine
Web: www.socialenterprisemag.co.uk
Social Enterprise is a monthly magazine devoted to providing
accessible, comprehensive news and practical help for everyone
interested in developing and supporting social enterprises. The
website contains some news features and articles as well as details
of how to subscribe.
UK Online
Web: www.ukonline.gov.uk/
ukonline is the easy way to access government services on the
internet. It provides a guide through more than 900 government
websites to get information quickly and efficiently. Run by the
Office of the e-Envoy, part of the Cabinet Office, it is a key
part of the UK online initiative.
UK Social Investment Forum
Web: www.uksif.org
Tel: 020 7405 0040
The UK Social Investment Forum’s primary purpose is to promote
and encourage the development and positive impact of socially
responsible investment in the UK. Socially responsible investment
combines investors’ financial objectives with their commitment
to social concerns.
The website contains information on socially responsible investment
and investors, stakeholder pensions and a library of documents
relating to socially responsible investment.
Social
Enterprise Partnership
Web:
www.sepgb.co.uk
Tel:
0845 458
8336
The
DTI has committed funding to support the work of the Social
Enterprise Partnership (GB) Ltd (SEP), an ESF Equal-funded
national programme. The project runs from May 2002 to November
2005. SEP is a partnership between Social Firms UK, Co-operatives
UK, Development Trusts Association, Social Enterprise London,
Social Enterprise Coalition and New Economics Foundation. One
element of SEP's work is a Training Project where SEP is working
in collaboration with Small Firms Enterprise Development
Initiative (SFEDI) and other partners to map and identify
competencies in the skills and knowledge of social enterprise
managers and business advisors and to establish national
occupational standards and professional qualifications. Two core
training programmes will be developed.'
Co-operatives UK
Web:
www.cooperatives-uk.coop
Co-operatives
UK is the apex organisation for co-operative enterprise in the UK,
promoting co-operative and mutual solutions and working in
partnership with members to build a strong and successful
co-operative movement. Members include co-operatives of all types,
federations of specialist co-operatives and also independent
co-operative development bodies that provide a service in many
parts of the UK. The website includes links to all these
organisations.
The
Association of British Credit Unions Ltd
Web: www.abcul.org
ABCUL is the main
trade association for credit unions. Its site contains information
and news about credit unions in England, Scotland and Wales.
Voluntary Resource
Web: www.volresource.org.uk
Volresource offers an online hub of information useful for all
aspects of running a voluntary organisation. It offers links to
tackle problems faced by voluntary organisations. Such problems
cover financial organisation, clarification on copyright issues,
administration management, legal and regulatory issues, and marketing
and public relations utilisation.
A selection of sources of information for social enterprise follows:
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