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2 AMASE
An association of professionals from the not for profit sector providing training, research, support and advice to new, emerging and existing social enteprises in London and the South East
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3rd Sector Enterprises
Social enterprise consultancy and support organisation in Greater Manchester.
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4Ps Public Private Partnership Programme
An extensive site providing procurement support for local authorities.
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A directory of quality evaluation schemes
Index of resources from the Scottish Executive
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AA1000 reporting framework
Accountability's reporting framework, developed for organisations that need to integrate stakeholder engagement into daily activities.
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ABCUL
The top information and news site about credit unions in England, Scotland and Wales, and the home site of the Association of British Credit Unions Ltd, the main trade association for credit unions.
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Accessible Website
Charity Skills supply a tool to convert websites to text only for speech browsers. They also have a multi-media template for cognitively impaired users.
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Accountability
International organisation promoting social and ethical accountability and sustainable development.
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Accountability
Organisation aiming to enhance the social and ethical accountability of organisations
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Accountancy Services
A network of organisations dedicated to improving the financial management of voluntary and third sector organisations. Contains a directory of member's locations.
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Active communities directorate
Charged with promoting voluntary and community activity alongside civil renewal.
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Activist Network
A website providing a discussion and community space for activists in the UK. Includes a resource section on social enterprise.
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Added value in the voluntary sector
NCVO discussion paper on how voluntary organisations can add and demonstrate that value
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Advantage Community Loan Fund
ACLF is a specialist loan fund dedicated to social enterprises and community organisations throughout the West Midlands. It loans £15,000 to £85,000.
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Advantage West Midlands
The RDA for the West-midlands
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Adventure Capital Fund
Government sponsored fund for "patient capital" investment.
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Agenda
Taking forward the corporate responsibility agenda in Scotland
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All Housing Jobs
An on-line resource that displays jobs in the social housing sector
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All saints action network
A development trust working for the regeneration of All-Saints
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Andrew's Charitable Trust
A venture philanthropy organisation underpinned by Christain values.
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Antur Teifi
Antur Teifi is a communtiy social enterprise active since 1979, working for the development of the Antur Teifi Valley
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Architectural Heritage Fund
Funding and support body for charities undertaking restoration of historic buildings in UK.
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Ashoka
One of the original social entrepreneurs networks. Based in the USA, but operating throughout the world.
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Asian Business Forum
A network of asian entrepreneurs.
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Asian Business Support Directory
A directory of asian business support from the British Library, contains and extensive range of links.
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Ask NCVO
Sharing best practice in the voluntary sector, covers finance, governance, HR, legal and sector specific issues.
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Association for Supported Employment
Provides services organisation involved in employing disabled people.
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Association of Charitable Foundations
Support organisation for charitable and grant making trusts in the UK
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Association of London Governments
The ALG is committed to fighting for more resources for the capital and getting the best possible deal for London's 33 councils.
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Aston Reinvestment Trust
Provides loans to Birmingham based social enterprises and small businesses that are unable to get bank loans.
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Avoiding tribunals
ACAS guidance with supporting documents on using conciliation to resolve employment disputes, rather than tribunals.
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Backstratchers exchange
BackScratchers is an Enterprise Exchange, bringing together people and projects and combining skills and resources to establish and support social enterprises around the world
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Balanced Score Card
Balanced score card is a management system that helps organisations clarify their goals and purposes. The approach is currently being developed by Social Firms UK.
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Bank account guide
A listing of bank accounts for community groups
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Barker Review of Housing
Review of the housing market in England. Recommends increased house building to reduce annual price increases.
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Baseline Study of Social Enterprise activity in the east Manchester area
A research report on the level of social enterprise activity in East Manchester
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Beanstalk Social Franchising
Social Franchising Programme that support enterprises until they are ready to accept franchisees.
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Belgrave association
The website contains the regeneration masterplan for Belgrave and Rushey Mead in North Leicester
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Benchmarking
UKs leading benchmarking tool for business, operated through BusinessLinks
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Big Invest
Provides lending to social enterprises and wholesale finance for CDFIs.
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Birmingham & Solihull Social Economy Consortium
Birmingham & Solihull Social Economy Consortium (BSSEC) is a practitioner-led network of agencies and enterprises involved in the social economy in Birmingham.
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Black Country Reinvestment Society
Exists to provide long term loans to social enterprises and the broader social economy.
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Black Enterprise Group
Government sponsored portal supporting black business.
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Black Training and Enterprise Group
Exist to promote opportunities for training, employment and enterprise in black communities.
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Blackburne House Group
Blackburn House Group is a training led organisation, which delivers high quality training, education and consultancy services.
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Bridges Community Ventures
Venture capital investment in England's most deprived communities.
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Briefing on registering community enterprises
Step by step to registering as a company limited by guarantee from the Manchester Progressive Enterprise Network.
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Bristol Means Business
A consortium of business support agencies. The consortium aims to increase the awareness and take-up of business in Bristol, particularly within five inner city wards of Easton, Ashley, Lawrence Hill, Windmill Hill and Filwood.
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Britannia Building Society
Banking services - the good news for members is that being mutual means the Britannia Building Society can offer great value products whilst recognising loyalty through the Membership Reward.
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British Associaiton of Fair Trade Shops
A network of UK retailers connected to producers. Has a range of resources on fair trade.
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British Chambers of Commerce
Local Business Networks
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Britsh Urban Regeneration Association
An independent body for the regeneration sector in the UK
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Broadband self-help guide
Awarding winning site provides a detailed guide to all aspects of setting up a community broadband enterprise.
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Bulky Bobs
Holds the bulk household waste contract for Liverpool
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Bullwell Credit Union
Co-operative credit union in Nottingham
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Bullying and Harassment at work - Employers guide
A brief guide to the issues and legal position on bullying and harassment, including suggested reading and further contacts.
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Business Boffins
Business mentoring service with a service, Communities in Business, specifically aimed at social enterprises.
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Business Gateway
Agency dedicated to business support, includes a range of online tools and advice.
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Business Plan Templates
Provides templates for business plans as well as samples
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Business Plans - Samples
Contains sample business plans for an extensive range of businesses listed alaphebtically by business activity.
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Business support in Southwark
Business Directory for Southwark 2005
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BusinessLink finance pages
Rang of advice and guidance on finance
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BusinessLink for London
Business Link for London - part of the national Business Link network - delivers impartial, expert and practical business advice to London's small and medium-sized businesses.
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BusinessLink for London - Grantfinder
An on-line tool that helps businesses identify sources of grant finance particularly relevant to their activities. NB. Requires Login
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BusinessLink Start-up pages
comprehensive advice on starting your business from the government support service.
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BusinessLink Training Directory
A directory of training providers from BusinessLink
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BuyEthic
A resource for Public Sector purchasing staff looking for social enterprises to fulfil contracts. Buyethic will also assist social enterprises wishing to access procurement or tendering opportunities.
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Buyethic.com
An online market place catering for consumers and procurers looking for social enterprise services.
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Buzzacott
Buzzacott is a successful, growing mid-tier accountancy firm that is rooted in the City of London, with a tradition for providing professional, independent advice to a range of clients.
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BVCA
Association of venture capital and business angel groups in the UK
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C3 Partnership
A partnership between third sector organisations serving Bristol and the surrounding area.
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CAF - Corporate Services
CAF (Charities Aid Foundation) is an international non-governmental organisation which provides specialist financial services to other charities and their supporters.
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CAF Venturesome
Loan fund for asset based projects and income generating ideas from Charities Aid Foundation
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Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Gives grants to build the capacity of community groups under its social welfare programme.
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Can do exchange
An online resources exchange for individuals and community groups. Allows payments, gifts, barter, etc..
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Carbon balancing
This website allows organisations to calculate their carbon output and the best way of off-setting them.
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Cat's Pyjamas
A website that holds a large amount of information concerning social enterprise, including 'paws for thought' - a reflection on what the organisation thinks of current news items relevant to social enterprise.
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CDFA members list
Community Finance Organisations searchable by region.
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CEFET
Helps third sector organisation access European funding
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CENTA
Centa is one of London's premiere Enterprise Agencies with over 20 years' experience providing impartial advice and hands on support to small businesses.
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Centre for Economic & Social Inclusion
Inclusion is an independent, not for profit organisation dedicated to promoting social justice, social inclusion and tackling disadvantage.
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Centre for Human Ecology
Centre for Human Ecology is a network of professionals, activists and academics generating practical change and new thinking for ecological sustainability and social justice.
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Centre for local economic strategies
Think-tank and network concerned with regeneration and local governance.
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Centre for Reform
The Centre for Reform is a think-tank specialising in alternative solutions to social problems
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Charities Commission
The regulatory body for charities in England and Wales.
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Charities Evaluation Service
Provide training and evaluation to charities and the voluntary sector including the PQASSO tool for quality assurance.
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Charity Bank
The world's first not-for-profit bank, set up by CAF lends to charities and social enterprises across the UK.
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Charity commission publications
An index of guidance and publications from the charity commission
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Charity Skills
An online resource of training courses,on and offline, for the voluntary and community sector
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Charted Institute of Purchasing and Supply
UK based international association of purchasing and supply professionals.
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Chartered Institute of Personnel Development
Website contains a wealth of tools, breifings and factsheets covering all aspects of personnel management, many highly context specific.
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Childcare - recruitment and retention
This is an index of SureStart's recruitment and retention guidance.
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Childcare co-operatives
A series of resources for people setting up childcare co-operatives.
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Cicero
Deliver learning programmes to community activists in regeneration areas across europe.
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Citizens Advice Scotland
Scottish Citizens Advice Bureau.
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Clych
Clych provides advice and support to recycler and sustainable waste managers in Wales
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Co-active
South-west co-operative development agency
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Co-enterprise Birmingham
Social Economy support and development organisation providing a number of free services in the Birmingham area.
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Common Purpose
Common Purpose have a programme of leadership training embedded in the community.
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Common Resources
Membership is currently free and brings benefits including use of online web page builders, grant application tools, collective purchasing and more.
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Community Accounting Plus
Provide accountancy and mangement services to voluntary and thrid sector organisations in Nottingham.
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Community based learning
National training organisation for community based learning. Website contains a range of standards and guidance.
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Community Broadband Mentoring Service
CBN offer help to Community Broadband Services through this mentoring programme
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Community development - national occupational standards
Contains pdf of number of occupational standards including youth work and community work.
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Community Development Finance Association
Trade association for community development finance institutions. Includes an excellent member's directory that will display finance organisations by region.
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Community Development Foundation
Capacity building and micro grants for local communities
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Community economic regeneration team
Organisation specialising in job creation and economic regeneration of communities, also run a number of social enterprises.
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Community Energy Case Studies
Case studies in developing community energy projects.
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Community enterprise in Scotland
Glasgow based charitable company specialising in the creation and development of social economy organisations.
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Community Enterprise Wales
Promoting and supporting community enterprise in Wales
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Community farm land trusts
Organisation supporting community land trusts for farming. Website has a range of guidance and information.
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Community First
Community First has established a new consultancy arm, CF Consultancy, to provide research based ad hoc consultancy services to third sector organisations.
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Community Foundations Network
A network of foundations that give grants for actions in their local community. To find a community foundation visit their members list
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Community Interest Companies
DTI's home page for a new organisational form similar to a company, but with an asset lock and obligation to produce a social report alongside the traditional company annual report.
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Community Interest Companies guidance
Guidance from the CIC regulator
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Community Interest Company regulator
Website of the CIC regulator
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Community Investment Tax Relief - HMR guidance
Inland Revenue guidance on CITR, who is eligible and how to go about the process.
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Community Investment Tax Relief - SBS Guidance
Small Business Service guidance on tax relief for investment in CDFIs in deprived areas.
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Community legal service
Central resource for Citizens Advice covers housing, health, employment, benefits and tax, and more. Each area has a number of reports and submissions to government.
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Community Matters
Nationwide federation of community organisations
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Community Newswire
An initiative to help community groups reach the mainstream media.
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Community self build agency
Supports people who wish to build there own home
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Community support plus
Not-for-profit agency working in urban regeneration in the North West
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Community Technical Aid Centre
CTAC website has a range of resources for project development, notably building. They also have a resource exchange.
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Compact Toolkit
NCVO website dedicated to assisting organisations that are in partnership with the public sector.
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Companies House
The body responsible for registering companies and accounts. Contains a full range of registration and amendment forms for company details and a wealth of guidance and information.
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Company Law Club
Website giving information on all aspects of company law. Has an extensive on-line library
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Company Partners
A personnel matching service for people wanting to start a business.
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Competitive Growth Strategies
The strategy aims to emphasise competitive economic advantages in socially disadvantaged areas.
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Compulsory Liability Insurance Guidelines
Guidlines on the level of indemnity required when entering into public sector contracts.
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Confederation of co-operative housing
The Confederation of Co-operative Housing was constituted in the United Kingdom in 1993.
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Construction
Pre-qualification scheme and register for construction suppliers operated by the DTI. Website includes downloadable forms needed for inclusion on the register.
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Construction Excellence (Rethinking Construction)
Joint Government and industry forum on improving construction practice in the UK. The website acts as a gateway to a number of other important initiatives such as Construction Best Practice and Building Services Best Practice.
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Consultation on Mutual Societies 2001
Consultation on the reform of Mutual Society legislation.
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Contax Weekly
UK and Ireland's leading source public sector contracts information can be found on line at the Government's public sector procurement portal.
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Contracts in Wales
A website with tenders pulled from the Official Tender Journal (OJEU), focused on delivering services in Wales
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Co-op group Fairtrade
Details of the co-operative groups fairtrade campaign and products.
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Co-operation and mutuality scotland
A co-operative supprt body for Scotland
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Co-operation Black Country
Support organisation and centre for excellence in developing the social economy
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Co-operative Action
Provides both loans and grants to support co-operative and employee owned businesses.
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Co-operative and industrial and provident societies guidance
Guidance on regulation and registering a co-operative, mutual or industrial and provident society from the Financial Services Authority.
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Co-operative Assistance Network
CAN is a workers co-operative of specialist trainers and consultants.
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Co-operative business support list
List of Co-operative Development Agencies across the UK
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Co-operative College
The Co-operative College aims to provide adult and lifelong learning programmes that emphasise co-operative values and principles.
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Co-operative Community Retailing Manual
An on-line guide showing details of how the Co-op Group can assist you and how you can tap into what they have to offer regarding setting up retail outlets.
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Co-operative futures
A support agency for social enterprises in Oxford, Swindon and Gloucester
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Co-operative Futures
Co-operative Futures is a dynamic co-operative policy and development agency supporting the development of social enterprises in Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Swindon and Wiltshire.
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Co-operative Group
Incorporates all arms of the Co-operative Group's business including making, travel services, Priory, pharmacy, funeral care, farm care and insurance services.
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Co-operative Intelligence
Website dedicated to tools promoting cooperative working.
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Co-operatives UK Legal Service
Legal advice service for co-operatives
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Coventry and Warwickshire CDA
Co-operative development agency providing start up and development support for co-operatives.
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Credit Union Regulation
The credit union pages on the finacial services authority website.
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CTAC Resource Finder
A resource exchange for community groups in Manchester, users can offer or search for resources.
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CTAC resource finder
A resource finder and exchange for community groups centred on Manchester.
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Cultivating Communities
A resource site for locally based community food initiatives. The site contains an online manual, publications directory and exchange area for news, views and services.
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Cultivating communities
Community local food projects network, sponsored by the soil association.
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DEFRA social enterprise pages
Set out DEFRA's position and has links to a number of key documents and resources.
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Devon Community Enterprise Unit
Provides advice and support to community enterprises.
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Directory of services for social enterprise
Serachable directory of social enterprise services in scotland
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Directory of Social Change
Directory of social change support groups applying for grant funding. Also produces the directory of charitable giving.
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Dorset co-operative development agency
Dorset Co-operative Development Agency offers advice and support for setting up a social enterprise or co-operative.
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DTA Healthcheck
A tool for development trusts to review how they are doing and plan where they want to go.
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DTI - Business Support
The DTI aims to promote enterprise, innovation and increased productivity
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DWP Information for Employers
A directory of DWP services to employers including legislation as well as contact details and descriptions of agencies.
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Ealing Community Transport
Long outgrown its roots the ECT now provides recycling services for 1 in 4 Londoners and operates a bus route
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East London Childcare Institute
Offers courses in Childcare and 57 place nursery
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East london social enterprise
Advice, support and advocacy for social enterprises in East London.
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East Midlands Community Loan Fund
Makes loans to more-than-profit organisations that cannot access mainstream finance.
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East Midlands Development Agency
The RDA for the east-midlands
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