Address:

1 Wynne Street,

Little Hulton

Worsley

Manchester

M38 9WP

Telephone:

0161 790 1455

Fax:

0161 790 1422

Email address:

info@addfocus.co.uk

Website:

www.addfocus.co.uk

Contact person:

No specific contact person

Type of enterprise:

Registered charity

Established:

1995

Founding member(s)

Christine McLanachan

Number of workers:

7 staff and 10 volunteers

Source of funding:

Grants

Membership status:

Member

Goods and/or services:

Offers support to people who have Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Offers training to professionals on the management of these. Runs support groups, drop-in facilities, courses and coaching sessions. Can offer info on our organisation, and on ADD / ADHD.

Address:

The Grange

Pilgrim Drive

Beswick

Manchester

M11 3TQ

Telephone:

0161 220 7111

Fax:

No fax

Email address:

bbcg@btconnect.com

Website:

www.eastserve.com (follow link)

Contact person:

Christine Connaughton

Type of enterprise:

Community Group

Established:

-

Founding member(s)

Marie Williamson & Debbie Bowley

Number of workers:

-

Source of funding:

Voluntary sector policy and grants (VSPG).

Membership status:

Member

Goods and/or services:

Facilitates and organises community activities and services. This includes administering a small grants pot, producing a newsletter, brokering training, organising health and well-being activities, and engaging with local community groups. Can offer info and advice on the above.

Address:

68-70 Dickenson Road

Rusholme

Manchester

M14 5HF

Telephone:

0161 224 1303

Fax:

0161 257 3102

Email address:

sales@bicycledoctor.co.uk

Website:

www.bicycledoctor.co.uk

Contact person:

Rob

Type of enterprise:

Co-operative

Established:

1979

Founding member(s)

-

Number of workers:

6

Source of funding:

Self-funding

Membership status:

Member

Goods and/or services:

Bicycle Doctor Ltd is a bicycle shop. They: offer three free services on every new bike over its first year; are an accredited Shimano Service Centre; are Association of Cycle Traders members and CYTECH trained mechanics; stock a full range of helmets, clothes, shoes and thousands of spares and accessories; build wheels and custom bikes.

Address:

The Security Park

Cambrian Street

Beswick

Manchester

M11 3FY

Telephone:

0161 273 8835

Fax:

0161 276 0035

Email address:

mail@combuild.fsnet.co.uk

Website:

www.commsec.co.uk

Contact person:

Marie Dunn

Type of enterprise:

Community business

Established:

1986/87

Founding member(s)

Steering group

Number of workers:

15

Source of funding:

Self-funding

Membership status:

Member

Goods and/or services:

Building refurbishment. Iron / metal fabricators.

Address:

2 Paddington Close

Pendleton

Salford

Manchester

M6 5PL

Telephone:

0161 736 9914

Fax:

0161 743 9973

Email address:

elainesingleton@btconnect.com

Website:

No web address at present

Contact person:

-

Type of enterprise:

Community business

Established:

-

Founding member(s)

-

Number of workers:

-

Source of funding:

-

Membership status:

Associate

Goods and/or services:

Domiciliary home care agency that enables elderly and disabled to stay in their own homes. Can offer experience of home care work, and of running a not for profit community business.

Address:

Grassmoor Road

Higher Openshaw

Manchester

M11 3ER

Telephone:

0161 301 4927

Fax:

0161 301 4927

Email address:

mail@commsec.fsnet.co.uk

Website:

www.communityironworks.co.uk

Contact person:

Allan Cooper

Type of enterprise:

Not-for-profit organisation

Established:

2001

Founding member(s)

Tony Nuttal

Number of workers:

4 increasing to 6-7

Source of funding:

Self-funding

Membership status:

Member

Goods and/or services:

Engineering, fabricators, security fencing, decorative / domestic works.

Address:

Levenshulme Health Centre

Levenshulme

Manchester

M19 3BX

Telephone:

0161 225 4343

Fax:

0161 248 0389

Email address:

mail@commsec.fsnet.co.uk

Website:

No web address at present

Contact person:

Hazel Andrews

Type of enterprise:

NHS primary prevention

Established:

As part of the NHS

Founding member(s)

-

Number of workers:

12

Source of funding:

Government via NHS

Membership status:

Member

Goods and/or services:

Food and health training and nutrition awareness in the community.

Address:

The Security Park

Cambrian Street

Beswick

Manchester

M11 3FY

Telephone:

0161 273 8835

Fax:

0161 276 0035

Email address:

Dominic @Commsec.co.uk

Website:

www.commsec.co.uk

Contact person:

Dominic Kirkham

Type of enterprise:

Community business

Established:

-

Founding member(s)

-

Number of workers:

-

Source of funding:

-

Membership status:

Member

Goods and/or services:

Provides short distance removals from small boxed items to full relocations.

Address:

The Security Park

Cambrian Street

Manchester

M11 3FY

Telephone:

0161 273 8835

Fax:

0161 276 0035

Email address:

Dominic @Commsec.co.uk

Website:

www.commsec.co.uk

Contact person:

Tony Nuttall / Dominic Kirkham

Type of enterprise:

Community business

Established:

1991

Founding member(s)

Estate Action Group

Number of workers:

C50

Source of funding:

None, self-funding

Membership status:

Member

Goods and/or services:

All aspects of security services, training and employment.

Address:

2nd Floor

3 Stevenson Square

Manchester

M1 1DN

Telephone:

0161 236 5195

Fax:

0161 236 5836

Email address:

info@ctac.co.uk

Website:

http://www.ctac.co.uk

Contact person:

Community Project Officer

Type of enterprise:

Voluntary Sector Support Agency – Design Practice

Established:

1978

Founding member(s)

MCC, MMU & TCPA

Number of workers:

19

Source of funding:

Various (MCC, AGMA, Community Fund)

Membership status:

Member

Goods and/or services:

Capacity building for the voluntary & community sector. Project development, architecture, landscape design, project management and resource advice. Collective experience of supporting community enterprise.

Address:

New Century House

PO BOX 53

Manchester

M60 4ES

Telephone:

0161 834 8212

Fax:

0161 833 1383

Email address:

customer.relations@co-op.co.uk

Website:

www.co-op.co.uk

Contact person:

-

Type of enterprise:

Network / co-op

Established:

With roots dating back to the mid 1800s, the group has gone through a number of changes, the latest of which has been in 2001 when the Society changed it name to the Co-operative Group.

Founding member(s)

-

Number of workers:

-

Source of funding:

-

Membership status:

Supporter

Goods and/or services:

Retail in food and non-food, travel, funerals, dairy products. Group buying, distributing and marketing. Community investment. Can offer information on applying to Co-operative Group, CIS, Co-operative Bank and Co-operative Action for funding.

Address:

42 St Hilda's Road

Old Trafford

Manchester

M16 9PQ

Telephone:

0161 848 0488

Fax:

-

Email address:

creativerecycling@advanceuk.com

Website:

www.creativerecycling.co.uk

Contact person:

Fiona Norton / Glennis Andrews

Type of enterprise:

Recycling waste into art

Established:

1990

Founding member(s)

Fiona Norton & Glennis Andrews

Number of workers:

9

Source of funding:

-

Membership status:

Associate

Goods and/or services:

Papermaking, quilting, glass fusing, and machine embroidery are some of the processes used in collage work. Creative recycling artwork is handcrafted from waste discarded by others: woods, metals, laces and embroidery pieces, as well as a variety of window glass. The commitment to recycling is an important mainstay. Offers courses in papermaking and collage work.

Address:

491 Mill Street Venture Centre

Mill Street

Openshaw

Manchester

M11 2AD

Telephone:

0161 223 3418

Fax:

0161 223 3418

Email address:

emcf@millst.fs.life.co.uk

Website:

No web address at present

Contact person:

Lance Bell

Type of enterprise:

Community network

Established:

More than 10 years ago

Founding member(s)

Brian O'Neil

Number of workers:

10-15

Source of funding:

Grants and partially self-funding

Membership status:

Member

Goods and/or services:

Office accommodation for community and voluntary groups at low cost, shared resources and meeting / conference room. Development work for community groups, newsletter, playbus, training and skill networks and regeneration links. Can offer access to our resources, including use of the playbus, and our experience as a community forum.

Address:

22 Chaddersley Walk

Beswick Precinct

Beswick

Manchester

M11 3SW

Telephone:

0161 231 5222

Fax:

0161 231 5222

Email address:

emcu@eastmanchester.fsnet.co.uk

Website:

A link from: www.eastserve.com

Contact person:

Christine Moore

Type of enterprise:

Co-operative savings and loans club

Established:

In 1991 as Beswick & Oakenshaw Credi Union and 2000 as the East Manchester Credit Union.

Founding member(s)

-

Number of workers:

4 staff, 2 New Deal workers and 9 volunteers.

Source of funding:

EDRF funding amongst others

Membership status:

Member

Goods and/or services:

Community finance and savings.

Address:

Units E1-E4

New Smithfield Market

Whitworth Street East, off Ashton Old Road

Higher Openshaw

Manchester

M11 2WJ

Telephone:

0161 223 8200

Fax:

0161 231 2141

Email address:

danny@emergemanchester.co.uk

Website:

www.emergemanchester.co.uk

Contact person:

Danny Chivers

Type of enterprise:

Not-for-profit community business

Established:

1996

Founding member(s)

Lucy Danger and others

Number of workers:

30-40

Source of funding:

Grants and trading

Membership status:

Member

Goods and/or services:

We specialise in recycling collections for household and office waste throughout Manchester. We also promote the 3Rs of sustainable waste management: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Open to the public: Tours by arrangement with Danny.

Address:

The First floor Office Siute

14a Rochdale Road

Manchester

M4 4JR

Telephone:

0161 832 7700

Fax:

No fax

Email address:

adrian@theenterprisecentre.co.uk

Website:

www.theenterprisecentre.co.uk/

Contact person:

Adrian Carradice-Davids

Type of enterprise:

Community network

Established:

1998

Founding member(s)

Three founding partners of CAN: Andrew Mawson, Adele Blakebrough and Helen Taylor Thompson.

Number of workers:

-

Source of funding:

ERDF

Membership status:

Supporter

Goods and/or services:

The Enterprise Centre is a specialised Centre for Social Entrepreneurship offering dedicated support and services to like-minded individuals and organisations. The Centre is a hub where members can access a range of support services to assist them in their development and progression while overcoming difficulties in issues relating to finance, accommodation and training

Address:

Unit 21

41 Old Birley Street

Manchester

M15 5RF

Telephone:

0161 226 2929

Fax:

0161 226 6277

Email address:

rob@ethicalconsumer.org

Website:

www.ethicalconsumer.org

Contact person:

Rob Harrison

Type of enterprise:

Worker's co-operative

Established:

1989

Founding member(s)

Rob Harrison

Number of workers:

14

Source of funding:

Self-funding

Membership status:

Member

Goods and/or services:

Provides access to information on ethical purchasing, campaigns, boycotts and background to products. Supplies a bimonthly magazine. Each issue contains practical guides to a range of products, from banks and building societies to yoghurt. We tell you everything you need to know, from the social and environmental impacts of a product to the ethical records of the companies that make them. The magazine also contains features such as Corporate Watch, a regular indepth look at a specific comany, up-to-date news and boycotts news. Also offers consultancy services into shareholder analysis, company screenings, source limitations, category definitions etc.

Address:

124 Northmoor Road

Manchester

M12 5RS

Telephone:

0161 224 0749

Fax:

0161 257 3686

Email address:

info@ethical-junction.org

Website:

www.ethical-junction.org

Contact person:

Steve Knight

Type of enterprise:

-

Established:

-

Founding member(s)

-

Number of workers:

-

Source of funding:

-

Membership status:

Member

Goods and/or services:

The Ethical Junction is a gateway to the ethical sector for people in the UK and Ireland, giving a focal point for a broad range of ethical issues and trading. Run an internet portal and search engine for the ethical sector, to promote ethical and sustainable living. Can offer use of the search engine. Also can offer our experience of campaigning on transport, eco-tourism and fair trade.

Address:

Please contact via email

Telephone:

-

Fax:

-

Email address:

hello@letsystems.info

Website:

http://manchester.letsystems.info

Contact person:

Rob Squires

Type of enterprise:

Community enterprise

Established:

-

Founding member(s)

-

Number of workers:

-

Source of funding:

-

Membership status:

Member

Goods and/or services:

Produce the Exchange Directory and run the Exchange Bureau. Support the development of community currencies, eg, LETSystems, and community and local self-reliance initiatives. Working with embryonic co-operative ventures to integrate external credit systems to help increase participation and help support core workers. Can offer access to on-line directories, and info on local community accounting systems.

Address:

The Cabin

ADJ Unit E22

New Smithfield Market

Whitworth Street East

Manchester

M11 2WJ

Telephone:

0161 231 2139

Fax:

0161 231 6089

Email address:

emma@gmcomposting.co.uk

Website:

www.gmcomposting.co.uk

Contact person:

Emma Smith

Type of enterprise:

Compost Producer

Established:

December 2002

Founding member(s)

Val Rawlinson, Emma Smith and Chris Walsh

Number of workers:

8

Source of funding:

Landfill Tax Credit Scheme Legacy Fund, Viridor Credits, Greening Greater Manchester, Adventure Capital Fund, Groundwork Manchester

Membership status:

Member

Goods and/or services:

Manchester’s first compost producer. Employment, training, voluntary opportunities, university placements, provision of a local compost for Manchester’s residents.

Address:

Old Barclays Bank Building,

565 - 567 Cheetham Hill Road

Cheetham Hill

Manchester

M8 9HZ

Telephone:

0161 740 3399

Fax:

0161 740 6727

Email address:

info@fast-uk.org

Website:

www.fast-uk.org

Contact person:

Mr Zaka M. Sheikh

Type of enterprise:

Charity for disabled people

Established:

1993

Founding member(s)

Mr Zaka M. Sheikh

Number of workers:

10

Source of funding:

Contract from Job Centre Plus

Membership status:

Member

Goods and/or services:

Service to people with seen and unseen disabilities; New Deal for disabled people; Advice and guidance; Training in IT, design, sewing, ESOL etc.

Address:

GRUMPY House

Vaughan Street

West Gorton

Manchester

M12 5DU

Telephone:

0161 223 9730

Fax:

0161 220 9664

Email address:

Ruthn@grumpy.org.uk

Website:

www.grumpy.org.uk

Contact person:

Ruth Northall

Type of enterprise:

Community enterprise

Established:

Charity Registered 1979 Company Registered 1985

Founding member(s)

Allan Hargreaves

Number of workers:

11

Source of funding:

AGMA, Manchester City Council Salford Children’s Fund

Membership status:

Member

Goods and/or services:

Training and education, supported by a retail and wholesale business, operating from an office / warehouse facility in East Manchester. Planning to establish satellite operations across the Northwest. Provides a range of play services for adults working in children’s play, education, childcare and children’s welfare. Can offer access to our services which include play training and education, equipment supplies and hire, waste warehouse, library and info, ICT training and internet access.

Address:

c/o T&G Transport House

Merchants Quay

Salford

Manchester

M5 2SG

Telephone:

0161 861 8390

Fax:

0161 861 8390

Email address:

margaret@homemanning.freeserve.co.uk

Website:

No web address

Contact person:

Margaret Manning

Type of enterprise:

Union

Established:

-

Founding member(s)

-

Number of workers:

-

Source of funding:

-

Membership status:

Supporter

Goods and/or services:

Organises workers in the voluntary / non-statutory sector. Monthly branch meeting open to all memebers. Traing and support for shop stewards, health and safety reps and for members, legal advice and support for members on employment issues. Help negotiate union recognition agreements at work, and provide model agreements on all employment issues and help in negotiating them. Campaigns on issues of relevance to our members. Can offer network the opportunity to pass information on to members and ask them to get involved where possible.

Address:

The Valley Resource Centre

59 Coniston Road

Swinton

Manchester

M27 5NT

Telephone:

0161 793 9419

Fax:

0161 793 9419

Email address:

office@swintoncb.org.uk

Website:

Under construction

Contact person:

Maureen Bancroft

Type of enterprise:

-

Established:

-

Founding member(s)

-

Number of workers:

-

Source of funding:

-

Membership status:

Associate

Goods and/or services:

Carry out minor repairs for elderly and disabled and low income families in the Swinton and Irlam areas of Salford. We are hoping in the near future to have a citywide handyperson service for Salford. Can offer advice to anyone who wishes to set up a similar scheme in their area.

Address:

Postal Address:

ICA:UK

PO Box 171

Manchester

M15 5BE

Physical address:

ICA:UK

Work For Change

Unit 14

41 Old Birley Street

Manchester, M15 5RF

Telephone:

0161 232 8444

Fax:

0161 232 8444

Email address:

ica@ica-uk.org.uk (general enquiries) top@ica-uk.org.uk (faciliatation)

Website:

www.ica-uk.org.uk

Contact person:

Martin Gilbraith

Type of enterprise:

Established:

(ICA) was incorporated in 1973

Founding member(s)

-

Number of workers:

International

Source of funding:

Self-funding

Membership status:

Member

Goods and/or services:

The Institute of Cultural Affairs (ICA) is a global network of private, non-profit, non-governmental organisations concerned with the human factor in world development, committed to participation, empowerment and team work. ICA works to develop, test and demonstrate effective approaches to personal, organisational and social transformation through a range of public facilitation training courses nationwide and customised training and facilitation at your place and publications and a support network for facilitators.

Address:

c/o Bridge-5 Mill

22a Beswick Street

Ancoats

Manchester

M4 7HR

Telephone:

0161 273 1736

Fax:

0161 274 4598

Email address:

lucyw@bridge-5.org

Website:

Under construction

Contact person:

Lucy Williams

Type of enterprise:

Consumer co-operative

Established:

June 2002. Incorporated November 2003

Founding member(s)

-

Number of workers:

7

Source of funding:

Not applicable

Membership status:

Member

Goods and/or services:

The production of bio-diesel reduces particulate and carborn dioxide emissions, as well as recycling waste vegetable oil. Manchester Bio-diesel Co-op provide and distribute bio-diesel.

Address:

1st Floor

Victoria Mill

10 Lower Vickers Street

Miles Platting

Manchester

M40 7LJ

Telephone:

0161 2034422

Fax:

0161 205 0661

Email address:

info@mcin.net

Website:

www.mcin.net

Contact person:

Tanya Coutts

Type of enterprise:

MCIN is a registered charity and limited company

Established:

1994

Founding member(s)

-

Number of workers:

14

Source of funding:

Grant funded

Membership status:

Member

Goods and/or services:

MCIN can: Undertake web design and develop web sites using database structures; Engage people in electronic communication participation; Offer consultation on electronic information and participation; Capacity build up the Information Communication Technologies in an organisation; Create portal sites which are for communities and communities of interest; Develop accessible electronic content and structure an example of which can be seen at www.mymanchester.net; Undertake audit work on ICT equipment, training needs and information; Help develop IT strategies.

Address:

28 Edge Street

Manchester

M4 1HN

Telephone:

0161 839 0839

Fax:

0161 839 0840

Email address:

mike@marctheprinters.org, info@marctheprinters.org

Website:

www.marctheprinters.org

Contact person:

-

Type of enterprise:

Not-for-profit organisation. Community print, design & computing

Established:

MARC has been developing since 1975

Founding member(s)

-

Number of workers:

4

Source of funding:

Self-funding

Membership status:

Member

Goods and/or services:

We now have a range of services available for small businesses as well as voluntary organisations, providing very competitive printing and design costs, especially on short print runs (under 5,000). Our main activity is printing. We specialise in short runs which would expensive at your usual printer. We support our print service with a comprehensive design service. We can provide training to enable you to do it yourself, we can do it for you and we can design for printing at another printers (for full colour printing which we can't do). We have computers containing desktop publishing and graphics software. Everyrthing you need to get your designs and layouts ready for printing.

Address:

Bridge-5 Mill,

22a Beswick Street

Ancoats

Manchester

M4 7HR

Telephone:

07969 697 841

Fax:

No fax

Email address:

No email address

Website:

No web address at present

Contact person:

Peter O' Sullivan

Type of enterprise:

Fresh fruit and vegetables

Established:

24 January 2004

Founding member(s)

-

Number of workers:

1

Source of funding:

Manchester City Council / NHS

Membership status:

Member

Goods and/or services:

Provides access to fresh fruit and vegetables to groups that would otherwise have difficulty in East Manchester.

Address:

6 Mount Street

Manchester

M2 5NS

Telephone:

0161 226 9321

Fax:

0161 834 5797 (marked as FAO Networking Newsletter)

Email address:

michael@networkingnewsletter.org.uk, homepage@networkingnewsletter.org.uk

Website:

www.networkingnewsletter.org.uk

Contact person:

-

Type of enterprise:

-

Established:

-

Founding member(s)

-

Number of workers:

-

Source of funding:

-

Membership status:

Member

Goods and/or services:

Aims to network campaigners in and around Greater Manchester. Produces a bimonthly newsletter and a regularly updated website with news, events and resources from people working on animal rights, human rights, environment, development, peace and other social justice issues. Can offer a single step route to advertising themselves and their concerns, to sharing info, skills and resources, and to finding out what others are doing.

Address:

111 Oxford Road

Manchester

M1 7DU

Telephone:

0161 273 4878

Fax:

0161 273 4869

Email address:

secretary@eighth-day.co.uk

Website:

www.eighth-day.co.uk

Contact person:

Tim Gausden

Type of enterprise:

Workers co-op

Established:

Eighth Day was established in 1970 and has been a workers' co-operative since 1976.

Founding member(s)

-

Number of workers:

30