Community

A Brighter Future (ABF) is a not-for-profit company developing international youth design and manufacturing enterprises. We deliver opportunities for young people to develop their creative and enterprise skills, confidence and professional experience, through establishing and running supported micro enterprises. This equips young people with the skills, tools and confidence to take control of their own lives, creating sustainable employment opportunities for themselves and in turn helping to generate income and raise living standards in their communities. The organisation promotes a culture of hope and self-sufficiency in communities.

Action with Communities in Rural England is the national umbrella of the Rural Community Action Network (RCAN), which operates at national, regional and local level in support of rural communities across the country. We aim to promote a healthy, vibrant and sustainable rural community sector that is well connected to policy and decision-makers who play a part in delivering this aim. Our organisational vision is to provide a rural community development centre of expertise that is extensively used by policy makers and practitioners.

ADEPT is a specialist and award winning national community development agency.We are regularly commissioned to provide bespoke packages of support and training to enable the development and independence of community groups. We work collaboratively and in partnership with many public sector bodies to provide developmental training for their staff as well as those in local communities with whom they engage

AdviceUK is the UK's largest support network for free, independent advice centres. AdviceUK was formed in 1979 as the Federation of Independent Advice Centres (FIAC).

bassac is a membership organisation of over 90 community-based organisations nationwide. Our members provide a range of different services, offer development support and host smaller community initiatives to increase opportunities for local people by strengthening their local neighbourhoods.

The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is a charitable foundation established in Portugal in 1956 with cultural, educational, social and scientific interests. The Foundation’s Headquarters are in Lisbon with offices in London (the UK Branch) and Paris. Its founder, Calouste Gulbenkian, was an Armenian born in Turkey who worked in Britain and became a British citizen, lived in France and settled in Portugal. He was multicultural and multilingual and spent his career bringing people from different cultures and nationalities together. The purpose of the UK Branch is to help enrich and connect the experiences of people in the UK and Ireland and secure lasting and beneficial change in their lives. We have a special interest in supporting those who are most disadvantaged.

CDX (the Community Development Exchange) is the UK-wide membership organisation for community development. CDX works to ensure that community development is recognised and supported as a powerful way of tackling inequality and achieving social justice. As an organisation with members from across the UK, CDX reflects a diverse range of interests in community development across all sectors and fields.

We are the UK's only regulated bank that is also a registered general charity. And we’re the only bank that uses 100% of our depositors’ savings to support charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises that address society’s needs. We are here to create change for people who want a different world. We support and help to strengthen organisations that serve society or communities, through finance, in order that they can maximise their social impact. We also provide a way for savers and investors who care about the communities in which they live and work, to invest in social profit organisations working for positive change.

Cheshire DEC promotes an understanding of and respect for the lives and cultures of everyone in order for us all to contribute and actively participate in the development of a fair society, which celebrates diversity and difference and our global interdependency.

Cheshire Development Education Centre works with teachers, early years practitioners, education advisers and community organisations providing advice and support on a global dimension; we offer workshops, INSET and training sessions themed around the global dimension that relates to the new curriculum

Church Urban Fund is a not for profit organisation supporting social action in the most deprived areas of England. Through our work we support local organisations dealing with the day-to-day effects of poverty where they live. These organisations aim to make a real difference in the lives of those around them. We work with the top 10% of the poorest communities in England. We use the Church of England's diocesan structure to ensure local knowledge informs our support. It also enables us to have good regional coverage. We support projects in both urban and rural areas.

CCWA stand for the process of community development work as the most empowering and enabling way for the church to express its beliefs in action,in ministry and in mission. Visit the CCWA web-site for up to date Church related community development news, events and resources.

The Community Development Foundation is a leading source of intelligence, guidance and delivery on community development in England and across the UK. CDF is a non-departmental public body and a registered charity supported by Communities and Local Government (CLG). Vision is for an inclusive and just society and our mission is to lead community development analysis and strategy, in order to empower people to influence decisions that affect their lives.

Community Matters is the National Federation for Community Organisations. We currently have 1162 member organisations across the UK and have been supporting community associations and similar organisations since 1945. Our vision is for active and sustainable communities in which everyone is valued and can play their full part. Community Matters pursues this vision by supporting and developing the capacity of community organisations and representing their interests at a national level.

The Community Sector Coalition's mission is to be a credible and authoritative independent voice for the community sector. It has a membership of 20 national charities which collaborate through the Coalition, ensuring that learning is shared and a stronger voice campaigns on issues vital to the sector.

CDEC - Cumbria Development Education Centre, is one of a network of accredited Development Education Centres across the UK and a member of the Development Education Association. Development Education seeks to explore the links between our own lives and those of people throughout the world, recognising ways in which we are all dependent on each other, pointing out the reasons for inequalities in the world at all levels, and helping people tackle these inequalities in their own everyday lives and actions.

DEA is an education charity that promotes global learning so that children and young people in the UK have a good understanding of the wider world. It works to influence policy; to enable the improvement of educational practice; and to raise the profile of global learning. DEA works in England and the UK on formal and informal education covering ages 5–19. DEA has a national network of member organisations and supporters who share a commitment to education for a just and sustainable world.

DEP is an educational charity that promotes development education in Greater Manchester and the north west. Our Aims are to encourage and develop educational approaches and methods which will: enable people to recognise in their own lives the links between North and South and to acknowledge how much we can learn from one another; increase understanding of the economic, social, cultural, political, environmental and spiritual forces which shape the relationship between North and South and which affect us all;enable people to achieve a more just and sustainable world, in their schools and communities as well as more widely, in which power and resources are more fairly shared by all.

The Development Trusts Association is the leading network of community enterprise practitioners dedicated to helping people set up development trusts and helping existing development trusts learn from each other and work effectively. Development trusts are: community owned and led; cultivating enterprise; developing community assets; transforming communities for good.

Directory of Social Change (DSC) is an independent charity with a vision of an independent voluntary sector at the heart of social change. We achieve this by providing essential information and training to the voluntary sector to enable charities to achieve their mission. Since we started in 1974, we have been running courses and publishing charity and voluntary sector books on fundraising, management, organisational and personal development, communication, finance and law. communities for good.

EMNGPS supports all young people in the East Midlands to recognise and value global perspectives and to develop the understanding, skills and values that enable young people to be active global citizens. EMNGPS is a strategic regional network which: encourages cross-sector collaboration; contributes to the national debate about the development of global dimension policy; supports innovative global dimension activity in schools; shares learning

The East of England Faiths Council was formed to facilitate the major faith traditions represented in the region in making input to regional strategy and issues, to act as a clear point of contact for regional governance and other bodies; and to promote the contribution of faiths to the life and well being of the region.

The Educational Centres Association is a practice-based organisation concerned with adult education and lifelong learning. Its work in the arts and cultural sectors complements the role of its constituent institutions and organisations. These extend across the range of Adult Community Learning, FE Colleges and HE. In England much of this work is funded by the Learning & Skills Council, LSC, with which we have effective relationships at national and local levels.

Engineers Without Borders UK (EWB-UK) is an international development organisation that facilitates human development through engineering. EWB-UK provides opportunities for young engineers in the UK to learn about technology’s role in development. Based at over thirty universities across the UK, the student-run affiliated societies provide talks, training courses and run outreach projects in schools to allow the next generation of engineering professionals to learn about development. The organisation also has a community of professionals who interact with and support the university students, and help to build links with NGOs, allowing students and young professionals to undertake engineering placements overseas.

Esmée Fairbairn Foundation is one of the largest independent grant-making foundations in the UK. We aim to improve the quality of life throughout the UK. We do this by funding the charitable activities of organisations that have the ideas and ability to achieve change for the better. We take pride in supporting work that might otherwise be considered difficult to fund. Our primary interests are in the UK's cultural life, education, the natural environment and enabling people who are disadvantaged to participate more fully in society.

The Faith Based Regeneration Network (FbRN) is drawn from nine different faith traditions: Bahá’í, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jain, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh and Zoroastrian. It was established in 2001 by and for regeneration practitioners who identify with faith traditions, or who work with or for faith community organisations. It is the only organisation of its kind in Britain. Its vision is to enable faith based regeneration practitioners to learn and gain inspiration from each other, across the different faith traditions in the UK, and to establish a common voice to communicate with government and other relevant authorities about regeneration and community development issues.

The founder of Family Concern, Janet Waithaka, has a wealth of experience from working as an Educational Psychologist and teacher of Special Needs children. Complimenting this experience, five years working independently with a group of psychologists in Family Court proceedings, assessing the needs of children who may be suffering as a result of family breakdown, neglect and abuse. Janet also has experience in training adults in large or small groups.

The Findhorn Foundation is a spiritual community, ecovillage and an international centre for holistic education, helping to unfold a new human consciousness and create a positive and sustainable future.

The Freire Institute is an organization for community-based learning. In our programmes your own knowledge and life experience becomes the raw material for education. We are named after the Brazilian educator Paulo Freire whose work has inspired many social movements and educational programmes around the world.Education in this sense is a tool for individual and community empowerment and transformation. Our approach is informal, challenging and exciting. You do not need any formal qualifications to take part, just a commitment to learning and change.Programmes and activities are open to individuals, community groups and churches. We can tailor programmes flexibly to suit your group's needs.

Global Education Derby is a specialist educational organisation, working across Derby, Derbyshire and the East Midlands encouraging active participation in initiatives that address global poverty and environmental degradation. It works with teachers, youth workers, and other educators to promote increased awareness of the importance of global citizenship in the lives of young people, and to offer opportunities for reflective, creative and innovative work that develop the themes of sustainable development within the policies and practices of the education system.