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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…

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…

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…

Foodshare Kerry, an initiative of North & East Kerry Development and Saint Vincent de Paul, is a not-for-profit organisation set up to help local charity groups combat food poverty. We rescue quality surplus food from supermarkets and food producers and make it available to organisations who know how best to redistribute it to those in need.   Foodshare Kerry has Read more…

Fotonow CIC uses  digital media and creative practices to enable people’s voices to be heard. We work with communities and groups to nurture possibility and ambition; we aim to create positive  change  and tangible outcomes for the communities we serve. WHAT WE DO Our social purpose is expressed through: Taking action to respond to climate change Delivering participatory media projects 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…

The JAGS foundation aims to raise awareness and actively contribute to the prevention of youth on youth violence by providing services and safe spaces for healing, education, and restoration. Through the delivery of co-educational and life  skills training for young people in local  communities, JAGS works across neighbouring South London Boroughs including Croydon, Lambeth, Merton and Wandsworth to raise awareness, 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…

London Development Trust is an award winning organisation with over 15 years experience of community development. We deliver community services that provide value for money and create lasting benefits. We do this through our Five Key Principles, which we believe are fundamental to community development. By working closely with local people, we are able to deliver programmes tailored to support the 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 a social enterprise that has been helping people and places to thrive for more than 20 years. We do three complementary things: 1. Help people to learn, work, and connect with their communities. 2. Work with institutions across the UK to understand and increase their impact. 3. Explore the question: what does it take to improve a place? 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…

Siul Eile is a social enterprise helping communities come together to form walking programs and challenges using the under-utilised local environment in their own community and to develop a sustainable walking culture in their community. We build walking programs using quiet country roads, forest paths, tracks and trails. It is designed for local communities to live quality healthy lives, socialise Read more…

Spraoi agus Spórt is an award-winning social enterprise based in Carndonagh, Inishowen, Co. Donegal. We provide services and activities for young families, children, young people, and adults that are inclusive of disability and/or autism. We work to address disadvantage, strengthen our community and enhance opportunities in this region. 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…

The CIP Project is a not-for-profit organisation based in the beautiful Devon countryside. We deliver transformational workshops and offer free emotional support to people online and in person through our Sacred Circle Emotional Support Groups in Devon, London, Surrey, Birmingham, Stoke and Liverpool. Our facilitators use their lived experience and training to help others become the person they truly want Read more…

The Growth Company drives forward business, economic, personal and professional development within communities by boosting employment, skills, investment and enterprise for the benefit of all. We’re at the heart of placemaking in the UK and seek to drive inward investment and international trade by playing a key role in developing business relationships and partnerships between British cities and regions in Read more…

Thia CIC is a social enterprise established during 2020 in a response to the paramedic to combat reducing loneliness and social isolation. THIA stands for Therapeutic Holistic Innovative Activities. We don’t focus on what you can’t do, we focus on want you can do. Our goal is to engage with local and wider communities by making education and learning fun, 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…