Web
Sites
This is a preliminary scoop. What is clear is that:
· there is a lot of information out there,
· there is a lot of duplication,
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but also, more importantly, there is a lot of out of date
information. It cannot be overemphasised
that web sites need regular maintenance.
Source: Hackney CDA
(no web
site)
Source: Black Country CDA
(no web
site)
Source: Leicester CDA
Co-operative Wholesale Society
International Co-operative Alliance
ICOF (Industrial Common Ownership Finance)
ARIES - Social Economy on-line
Suma Wholefoods, Natural Vegetarian Foods
Cooperatives and Nonprofits on the Internet
University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives
Mondragon Co-operatives
http://www.solbaram.org/articles/mondra.html
http://www.mondragon.mcc.es
National Network of Community Businesses
Other Co-operative Development Agencies
Bristol Index: Co-operative Development Agency
Hull Co-operative Development Association
Northamptonshire Co-operative Development Agency
Credit unions
Association of British Credit Unions
World Council of Credit Unions
National Association of Mutual Guarantee Schemes
County Durham and Darlington Mutual Guarantee Society
Other Support organisations
www.malcolmlynch.com is a firm of solicitors specialising in the social economy. Malcolm publishes a
quarterly newsletter called, not surprisingly Social Economy, subscription £20
annually. Lots of news about ethical investment, employee ownership, mutuals, credit unions. Latest edition features windfarm co-ops in
www.unitygroup.co.uk
Unity Trust Bank was established by the co-operative and trade union movements.
It provides a range of financial services to employee owned enterprises, trade
unions and the social economy sector. Helps co-ordinate the
UK Social Economy Forum, interesting conference reports on the site from
Employee Ownership
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), Stock Options: The NCEO
Source: Radical Routes
Co-operatives UK
International Co-op Alliance
Global Ecovillage
Network
Co-Active
Catalyst Collective
Neighbourhood Initiatives
Foundation
Co-opNet
Global Co-operation
Consultancy
LETSlink
UK
Permaculture
Association
Earthed
Internet Artisans
GreenNet
Footprint Workers Co-op
The Phone Co-op
The Co-operative Group
Industrial Common Ownership
Finance
Triodos
Bank
Unity Trust Bank
Co-operative Assistance Network
IndyMedia
SchNEWS
AK Press
56a Infoshop
Source: Upstart
Co-operative Networks
Radical Routes Co-op Support
Co-Active Community Development
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Other Co-op info
CDA Anywhere LETS Resources
Eco Technologies
Centre for Alternative technology |
Recommended Products and
Services
The
Phone Co-op Ethical Finance
ICOF |
Source: CDA
Business Support
Business advice on Sustainability
Business Link Wessex
Companies House
Dorset Chamber of Commerce
& Industry
Financial Services Authority
iApplicom
- local web-based innovation support
Inland Revenue
National statistics
New Economics Foundation
The Prince's Trust
UK online - any
central government information
Co-op & Social Enterprise
Support Organisations
Avon CDA
Cambridge CDA
Catalyst
Collective - register housing and worker co-ops
Charity Information
Bureau
Co-Active
CAN - Co-operative Assistance
Network
Cooperative Futures
Co-operatives
UK -the union of co-operative enterprises - support and membership benefits
Dorset
Community Action
Industrial Common Ownership
Finance Ltd
National Volunteering
Database - great site for volunteering or finding volunteers
New Sector
- magazine of community and co-operative enterprises
RISE
- Regional Infrastructure for Social Enterprise - voice for sustainable
social enterprises in the South West of England
Social Economy
Bristol
Social Enterprise London
Social Enterprise
Coalition - national voice for social enterprise
SWCMC
- SouthWest Co-operative and Mutual Council
UpStart
Finance and Funding
The Accountancy Co-operative
The Carnegie UK Trust - grants for rural community
projects
Co-financing - the portal to European & UK funding opportunities
Community Fund
Community Millenium Awards
Co-operative Action
The Co-operative Bank
Co-operative Insurance
Countryside agency
Ethical Investment Co-op - independent financial advisors
The Ethical Partnership - independent financial advisers
for individuals, charities, and companies
Industrial Common Ownership Finance - provide loan finance for co-ops and social
enterprises. Also provides back office and loan management services for other
lenders
J4b - funding grants and loans for businesses
New Opportunities Fund
Rootstock - loan finance for co-ops
SALMON Credit Union
South West Arts - funding
Triodos Bank
Wessex
Reinvestment Trust - loan finance for rural social enterprises, and micro
businesses
Arts
The Arts Council of England
South West Arts
Turlin Moor Community Arts
Word And Action
Design & Marketing
Falcon
Internet Marketing - internet marketing services
Total Coverage - the co-operative design
River
Education and Training
Aegis Verity -
The Dorset Association for the Blind
ISECCA - personal development programme
for schools and prisons
Food
Essential Trading
The Co-operative Group
Consumer Co-op International
Eat the View - Countryside Agency initiative to make links between
the products people buy and the countryside they cherish
Local Food Links - free one-stop shop for local food networks, created
by the Soil Association
Plants for a Future
Purple People Eater - West Dorset based mobile catering
facility supporting local producers, encouraging re-use and recycling
Somerset Food Links
West Dorset Food and Land Trust
WORM (The Wessex Organic
Movement)
Housing
Catalyst Collective - register housing and worker
co-ops
Confederation of Co-operative Housing
The Living Village Trust
Radical Routes
UK Cohousing Network
Local Authorities
Bournemouth Borough Council
Christchurch Borough
Council
Dorset County Council
North Dorset District
Council
Borough of Poole
Purbeck
District Council
South West Regional
Development Agency
West Dorset District
Council
Weymouth and Portland
Borough Council
Bristol City Council - Social Economy support
National
Bodies and
Government Departments
Department
for Education and Employment
Department of Health
Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions
Department of Trade and Industry
Employment Services
Government Office South West
Home Office
Inland Revenue
Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority
Social Exclusion Unit
Social Enterprise Unit - section of
the DTI responsible for government strategy for social enterprise
Useful Services
The
Phone Co-op - co-operative telecommunications provider - reduce costs and
share in the profits - contact CDA Dorset direct to join and we will benefit
too as an agent!
New Sector -
bi-monthly magazine of community and co-operative enterprise
New Start -
magazine bringing together the partners in community regeneration
Social
Enterprise - magazine for business that makes a difference
Source: Co-operative Assistance Network
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Source: Society for Co-operative Studies
(graphics
only)
Source: NCBA (National Co-operative Business
Association (
Co-op Professional Organizations
Source: International Co-operative
ICA Africa
Bénin | Botswana | Burkina Faso | Cape Verde | Côte d'Ivoire | Egypt | Gambia | Ghana | Kenya | Mauritania | Mauritius | Morocco | Namibia | Senegal | Uganda
ICA Americas
Argentina | Bolivia | Brazil | Canada | Chile | Colombia | Costa Rica | Cuba | Dominican Republic | Ecuador | El Salvador | Haiti | Honduras | Mexico | Nicaragua | Panama | Paraguay | Peru | Puerto Rico | United States of America | Uruguay
ICA Asia and the Pacific
Australia | Bangladesh | China | Fiji | India | Indonesia | Iran | Israel | Japan | Kazakhstan | Korea | Kuwait | Kirghistan | Malaysia | Mongolia | Myanmar | Nepal | Pakistan | Palestine | The Philippines | Singapore | Sri-Lanka | Thailand | Tonga | Turkmenistan | Uzbekistan | Vietnam
Members
of ICA Europe
Armenia | Austria | Azerbaijan | Belarus | Belgium | Bosnia-Herzegovina | Bulgaria | Croatia | Cyprus | Czech Republic | Denmark | Estonia | Finland | France | Georgia | Germany | Greece | Hungary | Italy | Latvia | Lithuania | Malta | Moldova | Netherlands | Norway | Poland | Portugal | Romania | Russia | Slovakia | Slovenia | Spain | Sweden | Turkey | Ukraine | United Kingdom | (Federal Republic of) Yugoslavia
ICA
- ICA member
statistics reveal surprising market shares! (
- Statistics 2002 (Number of ICA Member Organisations - total and by region)
- Statistics 1998
Source: OU
CRU
Association for British Credit Unions Limited (ABCUL)
Hanover Street
Tel: (0161) 8323694
Aston Reinvestment Trust
The Rectory
3,
Tel: (0121) 3592444
Fax: (0121) 3592333
E-mail: reinvest@gn.apc.org
Banking, Insurance and Finance Union
1b,
Tel: (0181) 9469151
Fax: (0181) 8797916
Barchester
Green Investment
Barchester House
45-49,
Wiltshire
SP1 2DH
Tel: (01722) 331241
Fax: (01722) 414191
BASSAC - see International Federation of Settlements
below
25,
Tel: (0121) 6221062
Fax: (0121) 6227042
318, Summer Lane
Birmingham
B19 3RL
Tel: (0121) 3593562
Fax: (0121) 3596357
British Columbia Co-operative Development Program
Fourth Floor
1405, Douglas Street
P.O. Box 9800
Stn Prov Govt
Victoria
British Columbia
V8W 9W1
Canada
Tel: (250) 3875998
Fax: (250) 3568948
Website: http://www.co-op.sb.gov.bc.ca/index.html
Business in the Community
44,
Tel: (0171) 2241600
Fax: (0171) 4861700
Website: http://www.bitc.org.uk/
Charities Aid Foundation
Head Office
Kings Hill
West Malling
ME19 4TA
Tel: (01732) 520000
Fax: (01732) 520100
E-mail:
enquiries@caf.charitynet.org
Christian Ethical Investment Group (CEIG)
90,
Bradwell Common
MK13 8EF
Tel: (01908) 677466
Community Links
Website: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~cl/
The Co-operative information superhighway
Website: http://www.coop.org/
CIS Unit
Miller Street
Tel: (0161) 8374043
Fax: (0161) 8374048
Website: http://www.cis co.uk/
Co-opNet
E-mail:
co-opnet-on@total.tcp.co.uk
Archive website:
http://www.poptel.net/links/co-opnet/maillist.html
The Co-operative Bank
1,
Tel: (0161) 8323456
Fax: (0161) 8294475
Website:
http://www.co-operativebank.co.uk
The Co-operative Party
Victory House
10-14,
Tel: (0171) 4390123
Fax: (0171) 4393434
E-mail: co-op-party@geo2.poptel.org.uk
Website:
http://www.business.u-net.com/~varos/news.htm
The Co-operative Society
E-mail: Webmaster@co-op.co.uk
Website: http://www.co-op.co.uk/
Corporate Community Involvement (CCI)
Website:
http://www.charitynet.org/CCInet
Developing Strathclyde Ltd -
The
30,
Tel: (0141) 2215454
Fax: (0141) 2213244
Development Trusts Association (DTA)
20,
Tel: (0171) 7064951
Fax: (0171) 7068447
E-mail: 100607.542@compuserve.com
Website: http://www.dta.org.uk
The
18,
Cross Mills
nr. Keighley
BD2 7EH
Tel: (01535) 635933
Fax: (01535) 636166
Ethical Consumer Magazine
Unit 21
Tel: (0161) 2262929
Fax: (0161) 2266277
E-mail: ethicon@mcr1.poptel.org.uk
Ethical Investment Research Service (EIRIS)
504, Bondway Business Centre
71, Bondway
Tel: (0171) 7351351
Fax: (0171) 7355323
Eurostat
Website:
http://europa.eu.int/en/comm/eurostat/serven/
The
79,
Tel: (212) 6204230
Fax: (212) 6911828
E-mail: mfn@fdncenter.org
Website:
http://fdncenter.org/index.html
Friends
UK House
Castle Street
Wiltshire
SP1 3SH
Tel: (01722) 413366
Fax: (01722) 325753
E-mail:
stewardship@friendsprovident.co.uk
Website:
http://www.FriendsProvident.co.uk
Global Co-operative Movement
Website:
http://www.peg.apc.org/~coopsnsw/links.htm
Industrial Common Ownership Finance Limited (ICOF)
115,
Handsworth
Birmingham
B20 2BT
Tel: (0121) 5236886
Fax: (0121) 5547117
E-mail: icof@icof.co.uk
Website: http://www.icof.co.uk
Industrial Common Ownership Movement Limited (ICOM)
Vassalli House,
20,
Tel: (0113) 2461737 / 2461738
Fax: (0113) 2440002
E-mail: icom@icom.org.uk
Stalden 30
CH-1700 Fribourg
Tel: (+41) 37220614
Fax: (+41) 37223962
The International Association of Investors in the
Social Economy (INAISE)
E-mail: inaise@inaise.org
Website: http://www.inaise.org
The International Co-operative
15, Route des Morillons
1218 Grand-Saconnex
Tel: (+41) 022 9298888
Fax: (+41) 022 7984122
E-mail: ica@coop.org
Website: http://ica.coop.org/
ICA Virtual Community
Website:
http://www.coop.org/menu/communitysite.html
International Development Co-operation
Website: http://alcazar.com/wwwvl_idc/
International Federation of Settlements (IFS)
British Association of Settlements and Social Action Centres
(BASSAC)
First Floor
11,
Tel: (0171) 7351075
Fax: (0171) 7350840
E-mail: BASSAC@mcr1.poptel.org.uk
E-mail: ifs@mcrl.poptel.org.uk
Website:
http://www.ifsderby.demon.co.uk/
Lancashire Co-op Development Agency
Charter House
20,
PR1 3JJ
Tel: (01772) 203693
Fax: (01772) 888203
Local Investment Fund (LIF)
44,
Tel: (0171) 2241600
Fax: (0171) 4861700
Malcolm Lynch Solicitors
19,
The Calls
LS2 7EU
Tel: (0113) 2429600
Fax: (0113) 2342082
E-mail: law@malcolmlynch.com
Mondragón
Corporación Cooperativa
(MCC)
Website:
http://www.mondragon.mcc.es:80/menuing.html
Website: http://incolor.inetnebr.com/dennis/mondragn.shtml
National Council for Voluntary Organisations
(NCVO)
8, All
Tel: (0171) 7136161
Fax: (0171) 7136300
E-mail: 106007.1315@compuserve.com
Website: http://www.NCVO-vol.org.uk/
New
First Floor
Vine Court
112-116,
Tel: (0171) 3775696
Fax: (0171) 3775720
E-mail: info@neweconomics.org
Dunkirk Road
NG7 2PH
Tel: (0115) 9705700
103,
Tel: (01865) 794411
Fax: (01865) 791343
E-mail:
impact@opportuk.demon.co.uk
Out of this World (Creative Consumer Co-op)
52,
Tel: (0191) 2721601
Fax: (0191) 2721615
Partnerships Online
E-mail: david@partnerships.org.uk
Website:
http://www.partnerships.org.uk/connect/index.html
Radical Routes
Cornerstone Housing Co-op
LS7 3HB
Tel: (0113) 262 9365
E-mail: cornerstone@gn.apc.org
Website:
http://www.radicalroutes.org.uk
School for Social Entrepreneurs
Institute of Community Studies
18,
Bethnal Green
Tel: (0181) 9806263
Fax: (0181) 9816719
E-mail: michael.young@which.net
Shared Interest
31,
Tel: (0191) 2615943
Fax: (0191) 2618759
E-mail:
Postmaster@shared-interest.com
E-mail: mgh@shared-interest.co.uk
Website:
http://www.shared-interest.com/
The Society for Co-operative Studies
c/o The
Holyoake House
Hanover Street
Tel: (0161) 8324300
Fax: (0161) 8317864
E-mail: info@co-opu.demon.co.uk
Website:
http://www.coop.org/scs/coopstudiesintro.html
The Soil Association
40-56,
Tel: (0117) 9290661
Fax: (0117) 9252504
Website: http://www.earthfoods.co.uk/
Triodos
Bank
Brunel House
11, The Promenade
BS8 3NN
Tel: (0117) 9739339
Fax: (0117) 9739303
Website: http://www.triodos.com/
Website: http://www.triodos.co.uk/
Website:
http://www.communities.org.uk/
The
c/o The Co-operative Bank
1,
Tel: (0161) 8295355
Fax: (0161) 8327849
16,
Tel: (0171) 4041993
Fax: (0171) 4041994
E-mail: uksif@gn.apc.org
Website:
http://www.bath.ac.uk/Centres/Ethical/UKSIF/uksif.htm
Unity Trust Bank
4, The Square
111,
Tel: (0121) 6312743
Fax: (0121) 6312365
Source: Co-operative Party
- The Bicycledoctor Workers Co-op
- Cambridge CDA
- Calderdale TUC
- The Scottish League of Credit Unions
- The Woodcraft Folk
- Holme Valley Labour Party
- Progress
- Co-op
College
- Co-operative
Group
- Co-operatives
online (Australia )
- European
Parliamentary Labour Party
- International
Co-operative Alliance
- Labour
Party
- List of known worker and other Co-ops
- Local
Government Chronicle
- Society for Co-operative studies
- Swedish
Co-op movement
- University
of Winsconsin Cooperatives Centre
- Abcul (Credit Unions)
- Confederation
of Co-operative Housing (CCH)
- International
Co-operative Alliance (ICA)
- Co-op America (USA)
- NCBA
(USA)
- The
Hunger Site
- Parliament
- Scottish Parliament
- Wales
Gov
- The Mutual State
- Mutuo
Co-operative Discussion Groups
Source:
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Business
Other useful sites
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Department for Transport, Local Government and the
Regions (DTLR) |
Source: CDA Anywhere
Regional
Regional Co-operative Council
Regional Development Agency
Government Office
National
The Co-operative
ICOM
ABCUL (Association of
British Credit Unions Limited)
The Co-operative
Commission - Have your say on the future of co-operatives
Co-operative Party (UK)
CWS
- News and information from the co-operative 'family of businesses'
EOO – Employee Ownership
Options (UK)
JOL - Job Ownership Ltd (UK)
The
Phone Co-op - The UK's only telecommunications co-operative
Supporters Direct - The site for co-operative football fans
European
ARIES - 3rd
Sector news and information from across Europe
CGSCOP - Confédération
des Coopératives de Production (France)
CECOP - European Confederation of Workers’
Co-operatives and Participative Enterprises (Europe)
Confcooperative
(Italy)
ETUC trade unions on
financial participation (Europe)
ICA Europe – International Co-operative
Alliance (Europe)
ILO - International Labour Organization (Europe)
Istituto Luzzatti – Studi sulla cooperazione (Italy)
Mondragon Corporacion Cooperativa
(Spain)
Global
Co-operative
Information Superhighway (ICA) - information on co-operatives worldwide
RUPE - Russian Union of Peoples Enterprises (
Worker Ownership Institute (
Other sites
which may be of interest.
http://www.stevenage.co.uk/enter_comm/Step-by-Step.pdf
http://www.nagpc.org.uk/ The
National Association of GP Co-operatives
http://www.supporters-direct.org/ Supporters
Direct
http://www.themutualstate.org/ The
http://www.greybox.uklinux.net/vsmg_2.2/index.html The Viable Systems Model
(also a
TOOL / Manual)
http://www.co-op.org/ slightly dysfunctional linking resource
http://www.abcul.org/page/index.cfm ABCUL
(also www.abcul.coop )