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Andrew Baker is a former aerospace senior manager who is now a locally based consultant. He set up and ran for 4 years a community finance social enterprise in Derby. He has raised well over £1m of funding for social enterprises from many sources and can help with business planning and strategy development as well as funding. He is interested in working with new or existing social enterprises and charges are appropriate to the sector.
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One stop shop offering a wide range of services to the local community, such as advice, training, health care, housing, job search and general office facilities.
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Bridge Street Workers Co-operative runs the Wild Carrot wholefood shop, supplying organic fruit and vegetables, vegetarian and speciality groceries, traditional bread, organic alcohol, eco-friendly and fair-traded products, local produce and take-away snacks. Organic fruit and veg boxes are delivered in Buxton and to surrounding villages. BSWC are Soil Association certified and the holders of Peak District Environmental Quality Mark.
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Business in the Community is a unique movement of 750 member companies, with a further 2000 engaged through our programmes and campaigns. They operate through a local network of more than 100 business-led partnerships and 60 global partners. Its purpose is to inspire, engage, support and challenge business in continually improving its impact in the community, environment, marketplace and workplace.
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Delivers a range consultancy support to social enterprise and small business throughout Derbyshire and East Midlands. C21 Consulting have a strong background in setting up, running and advising social enterprises and work with senior team to develop forward planning and enterprise development strategies designed to assist in the creation of successful and sustainable enterprise which has financial, social and environmental impact.
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A development agency looking at achieving community transformation through community development, enterprise development and creative solutions to achieving personal, corporate and economic well-being.
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Provide after school care for local children aged 3.5-11 years. They have qualified staff who provide a safe and stimulating environment with the local Junior School. They are Ofsted registered for up to 26 children.
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Provides start up support and business incubation to aspiring entrepreneurs. Supporting the regeneration of the Clowne community.
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Provides a practical solution to the paint waste stream that is environmentally and socially beneficial. Unwanted, surplus paint is diverted from the waste stream and redistributed for reuse by community groups, charities and voluntary organisations. The paint is passed on to those in social need free of charge or for a small donation towards overheads.
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Established in 1995 with aim to support refugees from Bosnia-Herzegovina - providing signposting, advice, and information on immigration, benefits, education. Social gathering.
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A membership organisation providing capacity-building advice to voluntary and community organisations. This includes reviewing the options open to a new group, of which social enterprise may be one.
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Collects furniture, white goods, bedding and clothing from those who no longer need it and passes it on to those who do, with the help of volunteers. Offers training to all volunteers and work experience for unemployed volunteers in order to enhance their opportunities and develop their skills.
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Derby Loans (also Derbyshire Community Finance) is a not-for-profit CDFI that exists to offer affordable credit to financially excluded individuals, start-up and developing businesses and social enterprises. Business or social entreprise loans rarely exceed £10k but there is no minimum. Most business loans are charged at 12% APR.
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The lead BME membership/umbrella organisation whose aim is to provide infrastructure and development support to its members and the wider BME community through capacity building initiatives and representation at strategic and policy making levels in Derby and across Derbyshire.
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A repertory theatre that also operates as a social inclusion and educational charity. As well as a year-round programme of professional productions, they also offer extensive drama-based learning opportunities to schools, community groups and local businesses.
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A Christian organisation aiming to bring social change into Matlock and the surrounding area. Projects include: Listening Ear counselling; Community Support home visits; OASIS mid-week Christian fellowship and food; SchoolsWork school assembly service; and a very friendly Carer and Toddler group.
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Derwent Builds is a social enterprise based in Derby that works together with clients and contractors to generate social added value from construction contracts throughout the region. Derwent Builds works with clients during the design, procurement and construction phases to enhance social added value opportunities that construction projects can offer.
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Provide flexible and affordable childcare and out-of-schools club (before and after school care). Training department offering training to local residents. Community development offering family support to local residents who are isolated.
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Digital Umbrella is the name of the web design service run as a social enterprise by High Peak CVS. They provide: web design and hosting; integration of new media tools such as wikis, RSS feeds and podcasts; multimedia services; web consultancy and website evaluation.
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A group run by and for disabled people, offering opportunities to develop new skills in arts and crafts, supported by instructors, carers and volunteers.
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Complementary and beauty therapy provided by locally-trained local residents. Offering Swedish body massage, Indian head massage, reflexology, Hopi ear candles, Reiki, manicure and pedicure.
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Delivers high quality training in order to foster and develop entrepreneurial talent. The Genesis Academy aims to combine experience of entrepreneurship with an interactive and challenging learning programme designed to equip you to take and develop your business idea and your own entrepreneurial skills enabling you to create a successful business or enterprise.
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A community regeneration project, renovation an old bus depot for leisure use, including tenpin bowling, sports hall, soft play, meeting rooms and café. A former pub on site has been transformed into a non-alcoholic youth centre. Also for business use with managed office space, conferencing and training. www.genesisenterprisecentre.co.uk
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A non-profit making organisation based at the Groundwork Centre in Clowne, home to environmental charity Groundwork Creswell. Groundcare carries out landscape maintenance and land-based projects including environmental improvements to large industrial estates, parks and recreation areas, school playgrounds, town centres, streetscapes and general garden maintenance. They do grass cutting, strimming, tree pruning, planting, hard landscaping, hedge and path laying and ground clearance.
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A national environmental charity. Sheila Somerset is employed to assist any new or existing social enterprise in North East Derbyshire.
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Aim to provide housing and support services to Black and Culturally Diverse communities. As well as the provision of rented housing they deliver a number of special projects including support for women and children fleeing domestic violence, sheltered housing for Asian older people, training for residents and supported housing for people dealing with mental health issues.
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Aims to improve the quality of life of brain injured people and the quality of life for their families and carers. An increasing range of activities are organised and supported: twice-weekly drop-in; IT skills; craft; art; cooking; gardening; indoor games; annual holiday and other outings.
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Carries out the core CVS functions of representing the voluntary sector and offering advice and training. It addition it engages in consultancies on a social enterprise basis.
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A consultancy service which supports organisations with all aspects of meeting their obligations under the Disability Discrimination Act, related legislation and good practice.
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Promotes understanding and good relationships between people of different cultural and religious groups. They organise educational visits to various places of worship (the Sikh Gurdwara, Hindu Temple, Mosque, Christian Churches, etc.), and workshops, a monthly cultural Open lunch and Bharatanatyam Dance classes.
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Started in 1999-2000 and now has good membership. Works closely with other organisations such as Derby City Council, Derbyshire Constabulary, Fire Services. Probation, Crimestoppers, and Burglary Reduction Unit, to reduce crime and improve standards of properties.
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The main purpose of PARC is to facilitate and encourage the development and education of children through increasing their access to play equipment and art materials. PARC seeks to achieve this objective through the recycling or re-use of manufacturers waste and scrap materials as a contribution to the environment.
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An arts collective which seeks primarily to use the spoken and written word to improve creativity. It also uses story telling to improve literacy standards, particularly among the young.
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£10m complex for contemporary visual culture. This new facility will hold 2 cinemas, 2 galleries and production facilities. It will promote an extensive participatory programme and present the best in world independent cinema and contemporary visual arts.
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Provides facilities to all the local community: a gymnasium to cater for all sporting activities; and a function room for hire at reasonable rate. Sherwin is situated in the heart of Normanton and provides a great number of events for all to join in. There is free car parking.
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A not-for-profit workers co-operative selling organic wholefoods, local organic vegetables, veggie takeaway, organic beers and wines, eco bodycare and household products and alternative magazines. They produce a quarterly newsletter, exhibit local artists, have community noticeboards, an eat-in area and a meeting/therapy room available for hire.
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Offers a supported learning environment to Y10/Y11 students that are excluded from or disaffected with mainstream education. It offers a more flexible approach to learning together with a range of educational opportunities. They offer a number of nationally recognised qualifications which enable the young people to have a wide range of post-16 options.
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