Links 

• Newport Wastesavers
  http://www.wastesavers.org.uk
  
• CRASH-IT
  http://www.wales.gov.uk/themessocialdeprivation/content/keydocs-e.htm
  http://www2.glam.ac.uk/regeneration/intro.html
  (this is the community development directory for Wales)
  
• Social Audit Network
  http://www.cbs-network.org.uk/SAN_Home.html
  A site with information relating to social accounting and auditing for the community sector. Includes information sheets, hints, guidance and checklists.
  
• GuideStar UK
  http://www.guidestar.org.uk/
  GuideStar UK is an independent charity with the aim of promoting the UK's voluntary and community sector. It will bring together existing information in one place, displayed in a way that is easy to read and understand. The main source of data will be charity reports and accounts.
  
• New Economics Foundation
  http://www.neweconomics.org/gen/new_ways_top.aspx?page=845&folder=137&
  Includes an online social reporting tool, new ways of measuring impact, the quality and impact project and loads more!
  
• Development Trusts Association
  http://www.dta.org.uk/Content/current_activities/healthcheck.htm
  DTA Healthcheck - The DTA Healthcheck is the community enterprise development tool; a practical way to help you review how you are doing and where you want to go.
  
• PQASSO
  http://www.ces-vol.org.uk/html/about_pqasso.htm
  PQASSO is Charities Evaluation Services practical quality assurance system for small organisations, or for projects within larger organisations. It's a low-cost, straightforward quality system, written in plain English and designed specifically for voluntary sector organisations.
  
• Community Enterprise Unit Ltd
  http://www.ceultd.co.uk/
  CEU deliver support in the development and management of social enterprises e.g. social accounting and audit training.
  
• Community Business Scotland Network
  http://www.cbs-network.org.uk/
  Promote and encourage all forms of community owned and controlled enterprises, enabling local communities to become more self reliant and sustainable. CBS Network is the Network for all organisations and individuals committed to the idea of a flourishing community sector, achieving social and economic benefits.
  
• The cat’s pyjamas
  http://www.the-cats-pyjamas.com/
  The Cat’s Pyjamas was founded in 2000 to provoke an honest debate about the potential and limits of the social enterprise business model. It wants to engage with those in private, public and voluntary sectors about finding business solutions to our communities’ problems.
  
• Social Enterprise Partnership GB Ltd
  http://www.sepgb.co.uk/background_information.html
  Social Enterprise Partnership GB Ltd (SEP) is a strategic partnership of six organisations. SEP runs a national social enterprise project whose aims are to: build and raise awareness of the social enterprise sector; improve the performance of social enterprises; make the social enterprise support system more effective; mainstream best practice and innovate to influence wider programmes of social inclusion and enterprise.
  
• The Co-Operative Union
  http://www.co-opunion.coop/live/welcome.asp
  The Co-operative Union is the apex organisation for co-operatives in the UK. It co-ordinates, informs and advises member societies and speaks on their behalf.
  
• Social Firms UK
  http://www.socialfirms.co.uk/
  Social Firms UK aims to create employment opportunities for disabled people through the development and support of social firms.
  
• Small Business Service Social Enterprise Unit (SEnU)
  http://www.sbs.gov.uk/default.php?page=/socialenterprise/default.php
  The Government's vision is of dynamic and sustainable social enterprise strengthening an inclusive and growing economy. In July 2002, the Government launched a three year strategy, Social Enterprise: a strategy for success, setting out a programme of action to work towards this vision. SenU has responsibility for carrying forward the strategy.
  
• Business in the Community
  http://www.bitc.org.uk
  The BiTC website provides advice for social business entrepreneurs, explanations of how BiTC can assist social businesses, and some useful publications.
  
• Business Link
  http://www.businesslink.org
  Provides comprehensive detail about what is on offer generally to business across the regions of the UK. There are specific pages for social enterprise.
  
• Business Connect
  http://www.businessconnect.org.uk
  Provides comprehensive detail about what is on offer generally to business across the regions of the UK. There are specific pages for social enterprise.
  
• Business Gateway
  http://www.bgateway.com
  Provides comprehensive detail about what is on offer generally to business across the regions of the UK. There are specific pages for social enterprise.
  
• Community Action Network
  http://www.can-online.org.uk
  This provides learning advice and support for social entrepreneurs across the UK.
  
• Co-operative Action
  http://www.co-operativeaction.coop
  The website for the CA provides information about the grants and loans they provide for new and existing co-operative ventures
  
• DTI
  http://www.dti.gov.uk
  The DTI website hosts a wealth of resources on social enterprise. It includes government strategy and policy papers, consultation papers, publications and links to major stakeholders.
  
• Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
  http://www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk
  The pages on social development provide information about grants available for social and community enterprise
  
• Local Investment Fund (LIF)
  http://www.lif.org.uk
  Provides information on how to access loans for social and community enterprises in England
  
• National Council for Voluntary Organisations
  http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk
  Provides a wealth of advice and support for voluntary organisations across the UK
  
• Phoenix Fund
  http://www.sbs.gov.uk/phoenix
  Provides information about funding from central government for social businesses, and advice and case studies for social businesses
  
• School for Social Entrepreneurs
  http://www.sse.org.uk
  Information about the types of support and advice available from the SSE nationally and locally, and the programmes they support for social entrepreneurs
  
• Small Business Service
  http://www.sbs.gov.uk
  Provides information about government policy, the Business Link service, Phoenix Fund and resources and links to many other useful websites
  
• Social Economy Bristol
  http://www.socialeconomybristol.org.uk/
  A website containing some useful advice and a range of relevant reports and papers on social enterprise in the Bristol area and beyond
  
• Social Enterprise Coalition
  http://www.socialenterprise.org.uk
  A comprehensive and very useful website containing up to date information on what is happening in the sector, a good range of publications and excellent links to other sites.
  
• Triodos Bank
  http://www.triodos.co.uk/
  The website of the Triodos Bank. Contains clear explanation of the Bank’s mission, principles, aims and objectives and ways of working, and allows social enterprises, consumers and other stakeholders to see how they can work with the Bank in different ways.

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