Links and Resouces
Services and product development
www.thephone.coop
The Phone Co-op is a UK telecomm provider which is committed to good prices, ethical business practice, social responsibility and caring for the environment. Owned by their customers. with no outside investors taking profits.
www.wildheartsinaction.org
WHIA is an on-line office supplies company created with the vision of using business as a means of fighting poverty. All profits are donated to help poor communities throughout the world.
www.ngomedia.org.uk
ngo.media is an editorial, copywriting, publications and training agency working only with charities, socially driven organisations and ethical businesses.
www.joinred.com
RED has teamed up with iconic brands to produce RED branded products. A portion of profits from each product sold goes to African AIDS programs, with a focus on women and children.
Coaching Organisations
www.coachforpeace.org
Coaching for Peace is an international non-profit association based in Geneva, Switzerland which brings together coaches and other professionals committed to contributing to peace in the world by supporting the growth of peaceful, prosperous societies where individuals, families and communities can thrive and develop.
www.coachinitiative.org
The Coach Initiative is a US-based non profit which partners with not-for-profit organisations assisting them through coaching, to deliver on their missions
Research
www.neweconomics.org
New Economics Foundation (NEF) aims
to improve quality of life by promoting innovative solutions that challenge mainstream thinking on economic, environment and social issues.
Banking services and donors
www.triodos.co.uk
Triodos is an ethical bank which enables money to work for positive social, environmental and cultural change. They only lend money to organisations and businesses pursuing positive social, environmental and cultural goals.
www.thebiggive.org.uk
The Big Give collects money and facilitates donations to charitable causes. The Big Give is free to use.
www.charitybank.org
Charity Bank lends to UK charitable and community organisations.
www.unity.co.uk
Unity Bank is a specialist bank for social enterprises, charities and trade unions
www.impetus.org.uk/
The Impetus Trust provides charities with long-term funding and expertise.
Note that some of the organisations listed below also fund social enterprises and community projects etc.
UK Third Sector development
www.ncvo-vol.org.uk
NCVO is the umbrella organisation for the UK voluntary and community sector. It is a membership organisation offering support, leadership development, training and conferences to the third sector.
UK Social change organisations
www.bethechange.orgBe The Change is and interactive forum designed to enable inspired people to contribute in meaningful ways to the world around us.
www.change.org
Change.org raises awareness about important social causes and empowers people to take action with leading non-profits.
www.community-links.org
Community Links purpose is to champion social change by harnessing the wealth of knowledge that exists in UK local communities to enhance the delivery of public service and influence national policy.
www.quakersocialaction.com
QSA is an independent charity governed by Quakers but open to all. It exists to resource, enable and equip people living on a low income in London.
www.socialenterprise.org.uk
UK government agency for promoting social enterprise in the public sector
www.unltdworld.com
Unltd is an online platform that connects social entrepreneurs and empowers the way information is exchanged within the social entrepreneurship market.
www.wearewhatwedo.org
We Are What We Do is a new kind of movement inspiring people to change the world one small action at a time. Their philosophy is simple: small actions x lots of people = big change.
International Organisations
www.ashoka.org
Ashoka is an international organisation striving to shape a global, entrepreneurial, competitive citizen sector, one that allows social entrepreneurs to thrive and enables the world’s citizens to think and act as changemakers.
www.inse.collectivex.com
International Network of Social Entrepreneurs vision is to have different stakeholders combining their expertise, skills, talents and passion, working in a highly collaborative fashion toward the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
www.skollfoundation.org
The Skoll Foundation's mission is to advance systemic change to benefit communities around the world by investing in, connecting and celebrating social entrepreneurs. Funds the social entrepreneur network site www.socialedge.org
www.schwabfound.org
The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship provides platforms at the national, regional and global levels for leading social innovators that highlight social entrepreneurship as a key element to address social and ecological problems in an innovative, sustainable and effective way.
www.thesamewavelength.com
Wavelength brings together the private sector and social entrepreneurs around the world.
Books, articles and media
http://harvardbusiness.org/web/comm/microsoft/sponsored-archive/microsoft?CR_TC=9KZUHND8BBNNNAU
Free articles on leadership from the Harvard Business Review.
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Nonprofit/Philanthropy/Developing_entrepreneurship_among_the_worlds_poorest_2318
An inspiring story about philanthropy.
The Social Entrepreneur Revolution: Doing Good by Making Money; Making Money by Doing Good by Martin Clark
How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas by David Bornstein
The New Heroes. Inspiring short films about worldwide social entrepreneurs on DVD. See clips at www.newheroes.org Hosted by Robert Redford.
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