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Resource
| January 15, 2010

RISE is the voice for South West England social enterprise and supports the development of sustainable social enterprises in the region.

Resource
| December 29, 2009

Inspired by the village bank model used in microfinance throughout the world, Village Capital is an innovative investment model built on the hypothesis that entrepreneurs, working intimately together and providing peer support to one another, will be able to efficiently and wisely allocate investment to one another’s companies.

Resource
| December 28, 2009

The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) proposes a set of new rules that builds community by supporting humanly scaled politics and economics. The rules call for:

  • Decisions made by those impacted
  • Communities accepting responsibility for the welfare of their members and the next generation
  • Households and communities possessing or owning sufficient productive capacity to generate real wealth
Resource
| December 28, 2009

Changemakers is a community of action where we all collaborate on solutions. We know we have the power to solve the world’s most pressing social problems. We’re already doing it, one project, one idea at a time.

Resource
| December 28, 2009

"What we do: We unite up to 25 high-impact social entrepreneurs from around the world to attend our intensive 10-week summer institute. There, we will incubate their ventures with rigorous skill training and expert mentorship. At the end of the ten weeks, we will connect our Fellows with the start-up capital and global network of support needed to give their ventures wings."

Resource
| December 28, 2009

The School for Social Entrepreneurs exists to provide training and opportunities to enable people to use their creative and entrepreneurial abilities more fully for social benefit. We also want to recruit more innovative and capable people into voluntary and other organisations.

Resource
| November 24, 2009

The Resource Center, administered by ETR Associates, is the knowledge management training and technical assistance provider to the Corporation for National and Community Service. It is the best source for connecting service programs with targeted training and information.

Resource
| November 17, 2009

The Skoll Foundation drives large-scale change by investing in, connecting, and celebrating social entrepreneurs and other innovators dedicated to solving the world’s most pressing problems. Social entrepreneurs are proven leaders whose approaches and solutions to social problems are helping to better the lives and circumstances of countless underserved or disadvantaged individuals.

Resource
| November 17, 2009

Our members are leaders across every industry: media, retail, design, education, real estate, health, technology, politics, science and more. Our network unites more than 300 experts, thought leaders, CEOs, founders, executive directors, change makers within larger organizations, and emerging entrepreneurs, among others. Overall, our leaders have a strong dedication toward contributing to the betterment of society. They also have records of making a difference while meeting their business goals.

Resource
| November 17, 2009

Good 50x70 is "the project that helps social communication."  The founding goals of the organization are to promote the value of social communication in the creative community, to provide charities with a (free) database of communication tools, and to inspire the public via graphic design.