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Abianda is a social enterprise that works with gang-affected young women and the professionals that support them. Gang-affected young women are a hidden group in our communities, experience sexual violence and exploitation and can’t always access services for help. We aim to bring about a culture change in the way services are delivered to gang affected young women in order Read more...

Allied Health Professionals Suffolk is a staff led social enterprise providing high quality accessible health care at the point of need to help people return to optimal health and stay healthy. We provide specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapy and Back and Neck services to a large area of East Anglia. We also provide extended service to people with chronic back problems, run Read more...

Appoint Us Services is a Community Interest Company working closely with the local community to provide a wide range of person centred services. All of our services are individually tailored and we pride ourselves in being a unique organisation. Appoint Us Services was formed to provide a pathway to making life easier for people and offers many services that support Read more...

The ARC Centre is a refurbished building based within Sallyswood estate, owned and managed by local people, identifying local need and working in partnership with statutory agencies to table responses. Read more...

YOU DRINK, OTHERS DRINK AUARA, five letters that sound transparent and crystalline, give name to the first social enterprise in Spain which invests 100% of the dividends generated in social projects to provide clean water to people in need through sales of natural mineral water. We seek to turn the everyday act of drinking water into an extraordinary act – to Read more...

The Big Issue exists to offer homeless and vulnerably housed people the opportunity to earn a legitimate income by selling a entertainment and current affairs magazine to the general public. Vendor buy the magazine for £1.25 and sell it for £2.50, meaning each seller is a micro-entrepreneur who is working, not begging. Therefore it is vitally important that buyers take their Read more...

The Big Issue exists to offer homeless and vulnerably housed people the opportunity to earn a legitimate income. Read more...

The high rate of unemployment, following the recession in the early 1980s, was the key driver for Business LaunchPad’s establishment. Twenty four years later, our services are as much in demand as ever and our mission remains the same: To offer practical, complete and personalised business guidance and support to young entrepreneurs, aged 16-30, who want to set up and Read more...

Co-wheels is the UK’s only independent national car club, with 500+ cars over 60 locations across Scotland and England. Cars are hired for as little or long as needed – from half an hour up to several days, and members only pay for what they use. Co-wheels aims to reduce car ownership and promote alternative and integrated transport solutions by Read more...

Community Land and Finance CIC (CLF CIC) is a Community Development Finance Institution , providing finance solutions to community groups undertaking projects that benefit local people and help achieve more sustainable and functional communities. Examples of projects that may qualify for funding include: Affordable housing, community shops or workspace and community energy projects. CLF CIC currently operates two impact loan Read more...

Community Transport Waltham Forest (CTWF) is a registered Charity with a dual purpose of providing sustainable group transport facility for local voluntary and community organisations and developing services which address the impact of social exclusion experienced by the elderly and disabled individuals in our community. We are embedded into the voluntary & third sector community of Waltham Forest and Newham Read more...

Dorset Community Transport (also known as DCT) forms part of ECT Charity which is both a charity and a social enterprise that combines business thinking with social values to deliver high quality transport services that positively benefit the local communities.  DCT’s community-based door-to-door transport services help keep disabled, isolated and/or lonely people  independent and mobile, as well as less isolated Read more...

Ealing Community Transport (also known as ECT) forms part of ECT Charity, which is both a charity and a social enterprise that combines business thinking with social values to deliver high quality transport services that positively benefit the local communities.  ECT’s community-based door-to-door transport services help keep disabled, isolated and/or lonely people  independent and mobile, as well as less isolated and Read more...

Emmaus Cambridge is a charity which provides home and work for previously homeless people by collecting peoples’ surplus goods and selling them in our warehouse just to the north of Cambridge. The residents (called Companions) volunteer their time in the business in return for all of their accommodation needs and surpluses are used to support homeless and marginalised people. Currently Read more...

Our mission is to inspire children & young people to achieve their potential and make a positive difference to the communities in which we work. We believe that by working with children & young people we can facilitate long-term positive change for individuals, local communities and at a national system level in the UK. Our focus is on working with Read more...

FamilyCarersNet is a community for carers. It’s created by carers who know and understand what life is like, the challenges faced, the ups and downs, stresses and strains – the life of a carer can be tough and hard going. We’re here to offer direct support, information and advice, through our own knowledge and expertise as well as Counsellors, GPs, Read more...

First Steps Bath’s mission is “To work in partnership with children, families, colleagues and the community by being a responsive, informed, reflective and innovative provider of early years’ education, childcare and integrated family services” In pursuing this mission First Steps will deliver value to: •Children, through access to quality integrated care, play and early learning opportunities •Families, through a range Read more...

Fotonow CIC is a social enterprise using creative media as a powerful and inclusive tool to enable people’s voices to be heard. What we do: We create innovative photographic, video and media projects We work with individuals to nurture ambition, develop confidence and create pathways into relevant employment in the creative industries We empower people in local communities to tell Read more...

HISBE stands for How It Should Be. We are a new type of supermarket, with a social enterprise model that serves the interests of people and communities. Here are some of the ways that we’re different: HISBE runs on a social enterprise model that puts happiness before profits. Instead of maximising short-term profit, like big supermarkets, we pay and charge what’s Read more...

As a Home Improvement Agency HomeFirst Plus is a not for profit, locally based organisation that assists elderly, disabled or vulnerable clients by providing a range of services and adaptations designed specifically to help them remain independent in their own homes. By improving people’s living conditions, HIAs enhance their quality of life and enable them to remain in their home in Read more...

Just Ask Domestic Services is different from other domestic cleaning companies. They subsidise services to the vulnerable people in their local community, who could otherwise not afford domestic help. This is achieved by using the profits generated from clients who are able to pay the normal fees, to subsidise the service to vulnerable and needy groups. Read more...

Key Fund is a social enterprise and understands the unique difficulties faced by similar organisations when looking to develop and grow. By providing loan tailored investments throughout the North of England and the Midlands, we are continuing in our mission to break down the barriers to accessing finance, enabling organisations to increase their community, economic and environmental impact. Key Fund Read more...

At the heart of The Factory is an up-cycling retail warehouse selling everything from a spare gear lever for your bike through to pallet wood furniture and everything in between. Also based at The Factory is: New Leaf Training: providing accredited qualifications including Painting and Decorating and Carpentry and Joinery. New Leaf Repairs: providing a professional property maintenance service. The Read more...

Partners for Possibility (PfP) is a creative solution to South Africa’ education crisis – it is a co-action, co-learning partnership between School Principals and Business Leaders, enabling social cohesion through partnerships, and empowering Principals to become change leaders in their schools and communities. Partners for Possibility (PfP) is the flagship programme of Symphonia for South Africa (SSA), a registered Non-Profit Organisation and Public Read more...

FRAME provides education, training and employment opportunities to people with all disabilities and people who are considered to be socially excluded, to enable them to test their ability to work, develop new skills and change direction in their lives. These opportunities are provided through the operation of a community re-use and recycling project which as well as offering reusable furniture Read more...

Pentland Community Enterprises Limited was formed in February 2006 as a company limited by shares (company no SC309344). The company has been created to: * Manage the stock of 462 garages formally managed by its RSL parent company Pentland Housing Association. * Develop initiatives outwith the scope of its RSL parent company that contribute to the social, economic and cultural Read more...

Real Baby Milk is a not-for-profit company which has lots to offer you. Whether you are looking for information about how to care for your baby, have been given one of our Essential Guides or you are looking to buy something from our shop, its all here! Please let us know what you think of any of our services – Read more...

At Real Ideas Organisation (RIO) we believe social enterprise has the power to change the world. We’re passionate about solving social problems and by working with individuals, organisations and sectors we harness the power of social enterprise to deliver real and lasting social change. We draw on our own very real experience of developing award winning social enterprises to deliver Read more...

Renaisi is an award-winning social enterprise that helps people and places to thrive. We launched almost 20 years ago (in 1998), originating in Hackney Council as a company created to spearhead the regeneration of the borough. Since then, we have gone on to support a wide range of clients across London and the South East – helping to transform disadvantaged Read more...

We are a social impact investment company, helping social enterprises to raise capital, in order to grow their impact. We work with social enterprises and charities by offering advisory services or help to raise capital from like-minded investors and we also create and manage impact investment funds, which deliver financial return and targeted social impact. We believe that change is possible and that one day, Read more...

Our History The Selby Trust was set up as a charity in 1992 by local people who recognised the need for a multi-purpose centre led by the community and third sector organisations. It was supported by the late Bernie Grant MP, who had a vision for a place in the community that people could afford and call their own. Selby Read more...

Start Creative is the commercial arm of Start in Salford. The people who work with us are highly trained individuals, all of whom benefit in some way from the creative process that goes into making our products. What’s more, every penny we make goes back into the charity to help us offer more people the chance to grow and shine, Read more...

SWFT Clinical Services Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust (SWFT). When SWFT was awarded Foundation Trust status in 2010, it was one of the first in the country to set up a limited company as a subsidiary. Since then, many other Foundation Trusts have set up similar Pharmacy businesses, and the model is now Read more...

Developing a creative economy and community is about ensuring that people gain access to cultural activities and have a chance to participate and develop their skills and see the possibilities that these offer. Over the last 8 years, we have pioneered the use of cultural and arts projects to deliver a wide variety of social outcomes and benefits. Projects have Read more...

Westway CT sees the provision of transport as a means to a broader aim: harnessing community resources, meeting individual needs and creating social opportunities. It provides a range of low-cost, professional, user-friendly and flexible Community Transport Services to a variety of users, both groups and individuals, meeting their transport needs sensitively and professionally. Westway CT is an innovator and initiator Read more...