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Birmingham ChangeUp Consortium
Website for the Birmingham ChangeUP Consortium, with membership details, small grants, information about ChangeUp and more. Click here for the latest newsletter |
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Business Link West Midlands
The new single access point for support for businesses - including social enterprises - in the West Midlands from Business Link West Midlands.
Tel: 0845 113 1234
Open: 8am - 6pm weekdays, 9.30am - 1pm on Saturdays |
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ChangeUp
This is the link to the national ChangeUp portal. ChangeUp is about strengthening the support and assistance available to voluntary and community organisations. |

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Co-operatives UK
As the apex organisation for co-operative enterprise in the UK, they promote co-operative and mutual solutions, and work in partnership with members to build a strong and succesful co-operative movement. |
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The Fair Finance Consortium
The Fair Finance Consortium is here to help if you've had difficulty accessing business loans from traditional sources, members are located throughout the region. |
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The Finance Hub
The Finance Hub has links to a range of tools and resources to help you ensure that your costings and accounting techniques include 'full cost recovery'. |
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REALiSE
REALiSE is a support programme to improve the capacity and capability of social enterprises to enable them deliver better front line services.
Micro-clusters of social enterprises have been created in five key areas:
• Employment & Training
• Health & Social Care
• Environment & Sustainability
• Business support
•Education, Culture & Sport
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Social Enterprise Coalition (SEC)
SEC is the UK's national body for social enterprise. The voice for the sector, we support and represent the work of our members, influence national policy and promote best practice. |
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Social Enterprise West Midlands
A regional network that aims to support and promote a strong, visible, growing and sustainable social enterprise sector across the West Midlands. |
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The Solihull Sustain Consortium
A group of organisations working together to support Solihull's voluntary and community sector in its work. |
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West Midlands European Network
A
non-profit making organisation that provides guidance and assistance to voluntary organisations, community groups and social enterprises who wish to access the European Structural Funds. |