Microfinance courses for professionals to learn the essentials about microfinance, an effective and sustainable tool against poverty, and to do field work using their skills to make a difference.
The Global Ideas Bank's origins lie in the Institute for Social Inventions, set up in 1985 by Nicholas Albery. Today, this not-for-profit website is part suggestion box, part networking tool, part democratic think-tank and part inspirational entertainment!
Based in Norwich, The Guild works with many organisations and individuals in the East of England. The Guild has established a national reputation as a leading support organisation within the voluntary, community and social enterprise sectors.
Registered by The Guild, Nearbuyou is the social trading network for social enterprises in England. Find tenders, offers and requests or search for social enterprises near you. All member services are free to social enterprises.
Volunteering England promotes volunteering as a powerful force for change for volunteers & for the wider community. Volunteer Centres act as recruitment agencies, matching individuals with volunteering opportunities in a local area.
London Councils invests over £27m a year in voluntary organisations on behalf of all the London boroughs. Grants are given in a wide range of areas including: regeneration, homelessness, health, culture, legal advice, and promotion of racial equality.
Providing strategic leadership, programmes and funding to ensure the sustainable economic development and regeneration of England’s Northwest including the regions of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside.
The Building Communities Fund offers grants to community-owned organisations to purchase and develop buildings and land, in support of work that benefits the wider community. Grants are available for organisations in the East of England.
The annual Microsoft Community Learning Awards are open to community groups and registered charities in the UK that are seeking funding for IT skills projects for disadvantaged young people and/or adults.
Comic Relief is committed to helping end poverty and social injustice. It does this by raising funds and awareness and giving all the money to charitable projects across the UK and some of the poorest countries in the world especially in Africa.
Social Enterprise London aims to establish London as one of the foremost social enterprise communities. It promotes community, best practice and skills development for the social enterprise sector.
