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Youth club in 1949
Links
- Poverty in the UK
- Homelessness
- Financial inclusion
- Environment – re-use and re-cycling
- Voluntary sector - regeneration
- Quaker organisations
www.jrf.org.uk
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
For up to date and research on social policy in the UK
www.ecpc.org.uk
End Child Poverty is a coalition of organisations from voluntary, private and public sectors campaigning to ensure that the goal of eradicating child poverty becomes a reality. Information and research available on the website.
www.cpag.org.uk
Campaigning for the abolition of child poverty and to improve the lives of families on low incomes. Information and research available on the website.
Homelessness
www.homelesslondon.org
This umbrella organisation pools information for advisors and homeless people. There are links to most homelessness agencies.
www.crisis.org.uk
Crisis provides services for homeless people as well as information and research. Volunteering opportunities throughout the year as well as at Crisis Open Christmas.
www.crash.org.uk
Crash - the construction and property industry charity for the single homeless.
www.qha.org.uk
Quaker Homeless Action runs a year round mobile library and a shelter for rough sleepers during the winter months.
www.shelter.org
Services and campaigning for homeless, badly housed people and families on low incomes.
www.eastendmicrocredit.org
Street Cred is a member of the East End Micro-Credit Consortium. This local partnership supports women from excluded groups build enterprise and work towards self-employment. Our partners in the East End Micro-Credit Consortium are Account 3 and Fair Finance. Account 3 and Street Cred deliver services and are able to provide small loans through Fair Finance acting as loan finance provider.
www.envirotrust.org
The Environment Trust was set up in 1979 to promote environmental improvement and educational projects, primarily in the east end of London. The Environment Trust led on developing Fair Finance.
www.account3.org.uk/html/index.php
Account 3 are a women’s co-operative based in Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets. They offer a range of training, enterprise and development services for women.
www.changefinance.org.uk
Change is a housing association-led community finance initiative aiming to tackle financial exclusion within social housing communities in London and South East. Change and Street Cred work together to deliver services in Waltham Forest.
www.prowess.org.uk
PROWESS (Promoting Women’s Enterprise Support) is a UK-wide advocacy network that supports the growth of women's business ownership through the development of an effective women-friendly business support infrastructure and enterprise culture.
www.awe-uk.org.uk
The Accelerating Women’s Enterprise partnership is an EQUAL (European) funded project bringing together leading organisations in women’s enterprise support.
www.networkingwomen.co.uk
Women into the Network (WIN) is a networking initiative based at Durham Business School, which facilitates the development of women's businesses. This project integrates women into existing and new business networks and bridges the gap between providers of business and professional support.
www.toynbeehall.org.uk/safe.htm
Toynbee Hall's Services Against Financial Exclusion project. An innovative project providing practical services to increase financial capability and promote financial inclusion.
www.fif.org.uk
Financial Inclusion Forum website. Set up by Toynbee Hall, FIF is the Financial Inclusion Forum, a free forum for community organisations, policy makers, financial services providers and funders working to promote financial inclusion across the U.K.
www.grameen-info.org
Micro-credit pioneers in Bangladesh
www.ncc.org.uk
The National Consumer Council has conducted research on access to ‘everyday essentials’ bringing a consumer perspective to the social exclusion debate. Find ‘Why do the poor pay more… or get less?’ on their publications page
Environment - reuse and recycling
www.lcrn.org.uk
London Community Recycling Network provides information and resources about reuse and recycling in London.
www.recycleforlondon.com
Information about recycling in London. You can search for your nearest kerbside recycling scheme.
www.wastewatch.org.uk
Waste Watch promotes and encourages action on waste reduction, reuse and recycling.
www.londonremade.com
London Remade website contains information about reuse and recycling across London including public, private and voluntary sector initiatives. The media section has an interesting 'Useful Facts' page.
www.giveortake.org
The Give or Take website of Forest Recycling Project, based in Waltham Forest. For Waltham Forest residents, a handy website to place an ad for something you want, or look at what people are offering online.
www.lsw2005.org
London Sustainability Weeks 2005 website. HomeStore will be hosting an open day on June 9th (Re-use and Re-cycling Day). Go here to find out what other events are happening all over the capital.
Voluntary sector - regeneration
www.bura.org.uk
The British Urban Regeneration Association promotes best practise in regeneration.
www.urbanforum.org.uk
Urban Forum is an umbrella body for community and voluntary groups with an interest in regeneration
www.quakernet.org.uk
Britain's Yearly Meeting
www.thefriend.org
the Friend - Quaker magazine
http://www.bunhillfields.quaker.eu.org/index.html
Bunhill Fields P.M. and links to history about Quaker work in the East End over the years.
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