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Social Enterprise
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This is a masterly treatise from Wrexham County Borough Council on the steps, development issues and processes needed to develop a successful social business.
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"The Social Investment Business is the fastest growing social investor in the UK. We provide funding, support and long term strategic thinking to help third sector organisations – social enterprises, charities and community organisations – do more of what they do best".
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SEEE have launched a new WIKI. It is a great social enterprise resouce, with documents, ideas and access to people all featured on the site. We particularly liked the diversity in social enterprise section.
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Clear, concise, informative and with good links for research.
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Information and links from Business Link in the UK.
A social enterprise is a business with primarily social objectives whose surpluses are principally reinvested for that purpose in the business or in the community, rather than being driven by the need to maximise profit for shareholders and owners...a clear and robust source of up to date information.
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The Social Enterprise Coalition is the UK's national body for social enterprise
The Social Enterprise Coalition represents a wide range of social enterprises, regional and national support networks and other related organisations. We believe that social enterprise is the right way to do business...
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Young People
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Supporting the delivery of SureStart Children's Centres...
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The national charity, campaigning for quality, accessible, affordable childcare for all and raising the voices of children, parents and carers.
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CPAG is the leading charity campaigning for the abolition of child poverty in the UK and for a better deal for low-income families and children.
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A magazine for everyone working with and for children from 0-10, and those interested in children's issues.
Indispensable for keeping up-to-date with European policies, research and good practice.
Children in Europe is published simultaneously in 15 languages, by a network of national magazines in 17 countries.
Its main aim is to enable the exchange of ideas, practice and information, focusing in particular on young children.
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The Children and Young People’s Rights page from Liberty. A
powerful resource.
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These pages from Kidscape offer advice, guidance and support around these difficult and sensitive issues.
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4Children's Vision - Our vision is for every child, in every community, to have the opportunities to realise their potential – to learn, develop and be with friends – and for every parent to access the support they need to build a better future for their family. (..detail from 4Children web site - worth a look)
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The site is packed with information. It is the national agency for
voluntary, statutory and professional organisation and individuals
working with children and young people in Scotland. Everyone really
under the same umbrella!
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Coram Family is a leading children’s charity based in London,
not far from King’s Cross. It works in a huge range of issues
in the care of vulnerable children and their families. Many services
related to working with those experiencing trauma and separation and
particularly working with the family to prevent problems .
They are a pioneer organisation prepared to take risks. If you are
walking through Coram Fields and find yourself anywhere near you will
sense the tremendous work that is going on next door.
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A BAFTA award winning site.
Follow plays and productions at the National Theatre and other
locations. Tour through the productions, see the people involved, find
out about the whole process of putting on the plays. Excellent video of
rehearsal of Coram Boy and other plays.
Listen to the head of the National Theatre Studio talking about the
National’s Performance Laboratory, where writers, directors
and actors work collaboratively before a production ever gets to the
rehearsal stage.
Fantastic….Coram activities...why not do the whole
thing…
Buy the book.
See it at The National
Visit the Coram Family website
Find yourself back in the dark days of an eighteenth century world with
all the fears, corruption and exploitation that you could find yourself
caught up in.
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If you are having a community or project event, family occasion or awards ceremony and want to preserve those photographs - then the LifeSizeOrange service offers digital enlargement, framing and delivery.
You can do it all on-line at a range of prices.
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The Arts
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Varied, informative and refreshing.
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The diary and information pages of the British Arts Festivals. Look for an event near you.
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Environment
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WinterWillow is a social enterprise that makes woven willow coffins and basketry for sale.
They are a great team and wholly committed to the idea of a social business that will support their parent charity - Winter Comfort for the Homeless.
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The Cambridgeshire Community Reuse and Recycling Network - developing networks and projects that help maximise recycling and more efficient use of resources.
They also support the MicroCoach programme in the East of England, helping organisations develop thier social business ideas by delivering trained mentors.
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Our partnership have long been supporters of this community woodland charity.
The Woodland Ways team are a brilliant bunch of committed volunteers building new local woodland for future generations.
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Community Development
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Bridges Community Ventures is the UK’s first community development venture capital company, established to invest in ambitious businesses in the most under-invested parts of England.
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