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Co-operatives, community and social enterprise

Co-operatives UK	The apex body of UK co-operatives.
Co-operative Development Scotland	Promotes the development of successful co-operative enterprise across Scotland.
Wales Co-operative Centre	Provides business advice and training services to anyone wishing to establish a co-operatively structured business in Wales.
Social Enterprise Coalition	The UK's national body for social enterprise.
Scottish Social Enterprise Coalition	A collective voice for social enterprise in Scotland.
Northern Ireland social economy network	The network of social enterprise in Northern Ireland.
Development Trusts Association	National umbrella organisation.
DTA Scotland	National body for development trusts in Scotland.
DTA Wales	National body for development trusts in Wales.
Community Action Network (CAN)	Support for social enterpreneurs
CBS Network	Community Business Scotland Network.
Senscot	Network supporting social enterpreneurs in Scotland.
Plunkett Foundation	An education charity that supports the development of rural group-enterprise worldwide
Social Enterprise London	Social enterprise development agency for London
Social Firms UK	An organisation that aims to create employment opportunities for disabled people through the development and support of Social Firms.
Social Firms Scotland	An organisation that aims to support of Social Firms in Scotland.
Social Firms Wales	An organisation that aims to support of Social Firms in Wales.
Social Audit Network	Promotes and supports social accounting.

Government

Office of the Third Sector	Government office of the Third Sector.
CIC regulator	Government website giving information on the community interest company.

Money

ABCUL	Association of British Credit Unions Limited.
Co-operative & Community Finance	The lender for social purpose.
UK Social Investment Forum	Network for sustainable and responsible financial services.
Shared Interest	Provides financial services and business support to enable disadvantaged communities to enter in the fair trade.
TSELF	The Social Enterprise Loan Fund providing loans to charities and social enterprises that are unable to secure sufficient funding from mainstream sources.
Charity Bank	Bank lending to charities on affordable terms.
Co-operative Bank
Triodos Bank	One of Europe's leading ethical banks
Unity Trust Bank	Provides banking and membership services to the trade union, charity, voluntary, credit union and membership organisation sectors.

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Community Recycling Network	National organisation promoting community based sustainable waste management.
Furniture Re-use Network	National body which supports, assists and develops charitable re-use organisations in the UK
Community Composting Network	Network which supports and promotes the community management and use of waste bio-degradable resources
Community RePaint	Network providing an outlet for unwanted reusable paint
Real Nappy Association	Network which gives information and details of all cloth nappy.
Wales Community Recycling Network	Umbrella organisation to promote sustainable resource management through education and practical action in Wales.
Community Recycling Network for Scotland	Scottish organisation promoting community based sustainable waste management.
London Community Recycling Network	London organisation promoting community based sustainable waste management.

Learning

Co-operative College	Provides learning, education, training, consultancy and research for the co-operative mutual and social enterprise sectors.
School for social entrepreneurs	Training provider to use entrepreneurial abilities for social benefit.
Skoll Centre	Leading centre for social enterprise learning.

Housing

Confederation of Co-operative Housing	News, information and contact details from the co-operative housing sector
CDS co-operative	The largest co-operative housing service agency in London.
Radical Routes	Secondary co-operative made up of individual housing and worker co-ops.

Energy

Energy4All	An organisation currently owned by Baywind Energy Co-operative Ltd, that aims to extend community ownership of electricity generation using renewable resources
Carbonchallenge.coop	Co-operativesUK's initiative which aims to support carbon reduction
Community Renewable Energy (CoRE)	Social enterprise that promotes, develops, manages and grows community owned profitable renewable energy systems in partnership with community based organisations.

Transport

Community Transport Association

National charity supporting innovative and flexible transport solutions