Useful Links

Funding Links:

• Big Lottery Fund
• Heritage Lottery Fund
• The gateway to European and UK funding opportunities
• Awards For All
• C.E.F.E.T (Co-ordinating European Funding for the East Midlands Third Sector)
• Community Foundations - find your local Community Foundation
• UK Funding

National Government Links:

• Equality & Human Rights Commission
• Communities & Local Government
• UK Government Cabinet Office
• Directgov
• Communities & Neighbourhoods
• Government Offices for the English Regions
• The Home Office

Other Regional Organisations:

• Government Office for the East Midlands
• East Midlands Development Agency (emda)
• East Midlands Regional Assembly
• Local Government East Midlands
• One East Midlands

National Infrastructure Organisations:

• Voice4Change
• Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO)
• Association of Voluntary Service Organisations (AVSO)
• Citizen's Advice (Citizen's Advice Bureaux)
• National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA)
• National Council for Voluntary Youth Services
• National Council of Voluntary Child Care Organisations (NCVCCO)
• National Council of Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)
• National Youth Agency

National Community Development Organisations

• British Association of Settlements and Social Action Centres (BASSAC)
• Community Action Network
• Community Development Exchange (CDX)
• Contin You - Community Learning
• Community Matters
• Development Trusts Association
• National Communities Resource Centre
• TPAS Online - The Tenant Participation Advisory Service for England
• Urban Forum

Social Enterprise

• UK Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
• Companies House (not-for-profit organisations)
• Local Investment Fund
• School for Social Enterprise
• Social Enterprise East Midlands

Quality Assurance and Sector Skills

• PQASSO (Practical Quality Assurance for Small Organisations)
• UK Workforce Hub

Other Useful Organisations & Links:

• The Charity Commission
• Charities Aid Foundation
• The Refugee Council
• The Confederation of Indian Organisations
• Leicester Peepul Centre
• East Midlands Racial Equality Council
• Derby Millennium Network
• Leicester Ethnic Minority Partnership
• Muslim Khatri Association