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Community Solutions North West

Elmfield HallCommunity Solutions North West Logo
Gatty Park
Accrington
Lancashire
BB5 4AA


Contact: Deborah Clark

Tel: 01254 460080


Email: info@csnw.co.uk

Web: www.csnw.co.uk

 

ABOUT US

Community Solutions is a North West based charity that aims to tackle loneliness and social isolation. We believe that every person matters and no person should ever feel alone or lonely.

We support people who are going through life changes or crisis such as bereavement, loss of health, loss of jobs, poverty, mental health issues etc. We offer a range of befriending and mentoring services to help people live healthier, better lives including home visits, social groups, telephone and digital befriending, counselling, crisis support and more.

MISSION

We help people to live healthier, better lives. We believe that every person matters, and no person should ever feel alone or lonely.

 

 

 

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HSC, Members

In Di Go Dedicated Care and Support CIC

37 PinewoodIn Di Go - Awards Logo
Feniscowles
Blackburn
BB2 5AF


Contact: Diane Marie Price

Tel: 07505 353508

 
Email: diane@myindigoworld.org.uk

Web: www.myindigoworld.org.uk  

 

About Us

 

In Di Go’s vision – is a society where all children & young people with a disability are able to realise their goals and aspirations, with a right to community inclusive activities and services which supports them and their families. In Di Go works with disabled children young people 0 to 25yrs and their families including siblings. in Di Go provides person centred care with a holistic approach – has a can do attitude. The company works to develop confidence and self esteem in disbaled children and young people 0 to25 yrs and their families including siblings. The service is qualitative and shaped to meet the needs of service users. Providing one to one Short breaks – supporting, encouraging and enabling social inclusion in the local community reducing social isolation and give parent carers much needed respite. Saturday Clubs, small group activities. The company provides a voice for parent/ carers at meetings with social care, health, education or welfare benefits (support them with forms and letters). Other parents and carers find it difficult to speak in meetings about their child or young person, or do not understand the jargon. In Di Go will listen and hear what it is the parent/ carer and disabled child want to say and will support, encourage and empower them to say what it is they want to say.

 

 

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CSnC, Members

West Lancs CVS

Certacs House
10 – 12 Westgate
Skelmsersdale
WN8 8AZ

Contact: Greg Mitton

Tel: (01695) 733737


Email: greg@wlcvs.org

Web: www.wlcvs.org


About Us

West Lancashire Council for Voluntary Services is a charity, set up in 1973, and is the key umbrella group for voluntary and community groups in West Lancashire.

Our main activities are:

  • Providing information and support to voluntary organisations
  • Helping local people to set up and develop voluntary and community groups, and network with other organisations
  • Representing voluntary and community groups to statutory and other organisations, and partnerships.

 

 

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EET, HSC, Members

West Lancs Ark CIC

Ecumenical Centrewest lancs ark
Northway
Skelmersdale
WN8 6LU

Contact: Janice Monaghan

Tel: 07826 656387

Other Contacts: Barry  07421 941324 / Sue (Armed Forces Champion)  07591 030205


Email: westlancsark@hotmail.co.uk

 


About Us

We work with all members of our community and have an open door policy.  We help people with a wide variety of issues, inclusing debt, housing, employment, substance mis-use, training and education. We have computers available for job search and making benefit claims. We will assist with preparing CV’s, application forms. We also do referal to the Food Banks.

 

 

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CMiT, EntS, Members

Tick the Publicity Box CIC

70 Mowbray Drive tick-logo
Blackpool
Lancashire
FY3 7UN

Contact: Alistair Clarke

Tel: (01253) 302602


Email: alistair[at]publicitybox.co.uk

Web: www.publicitybox.co.uk


About Us

Twice nominated as Creative Company of the Year, Tick The Publicity Box – specialists in  media, marketing and PR – gives clients in the third sector a professional image and assists them with all aspects of promotion from design and printing, buying media space, staging events and presentations.

The social enterprise also provides services to local authorities and the NHS which, in turn, provides a surplus which helps various charitable groups.

To us, the key to a successful social economy is for CICs to keep focused on building their business, making it sustainable and winning more contracts. Providing them with a professional image and meaningful marketing is critical to delivering that success.

 

 

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CSnC, HSC, Members

The Magdalene Project

11 Irwell Terrace
Bacup
OL13 9AW

 

Contact: Pauline Ellison

Tel: 01706 870939


Email: office@themagdaleneproject.co.uk

Web: www.themagdaleneproject.co.uk


About Us

The Magdalene Project is a counselling, support and training agency, as a charity we offer counselling / therapy for a number of needs, bereavement etc. Our main area of expertise being sexual trauma in whatever form that takes.

We work with children, young people and adults male and female, also families. This is usually on a one to one basis for as long as this is deemed necessary for the client’s recovery.

We also facilitate training on subjects befitting the work here; this is open to outside agencies both statutory and voluntary.

 

 

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FiS, Members

The Key Fund

9-12 Jessops Riversidekey-fund-logo
800 Brightside Lane
Sheffield
S9 2RX


Contact: Clive Douthwaite

Tel: (0114) 242 8900


Email: info[at]thekeyfund.co.uk

Web: www.thekeyfund.co.uk


About Us

For over ten years the Key Fund has been providing an innovative mixture of flexible grant, loan and equity packages to voluntary and community organisations, charities, co-operatives, social entrepreneurs and social enterprises.

The Key Fund itself is a social enterprise and so understands the difficulties that organisations can face in attempting to develop and grow. By providing tailored development finance, we are continuing in our mission to break down the barriers to accessing finance; enabling organisations to help people and communities to reach their full potential.

 

Since 1999, the Key Fund has awarded over £24m in over 2,000 organisations, £10 million in existing/new social enterprises, helping to provide over 6,500 training opportunities, enabling 130 new business start ups, the creation of 780 jobs and safeguarding another 622 jobs.

 

 

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CSnC, HSC, Members

Spring into Action CIC

Contact: Lucy Hamlin

Tel: 01254 457026


Email: info@spring-projects.co.uk

Web: www.spring-projects.co.uk

 


About Us

Spring into Action is a community interest company based in Accrington in East Lancashire. We set up in 2012 and have a vision of an inclusive society where people with learning disabilities can fully participate.

Our aims are to provide opportunities for people with learning disabilities to engage in activities, volunteer within services and find employment. We aim to raise awareness of the ability of people within the wider community, and raise aspirations of people with disabilities to achieve more.

Our services and activities over the past ten years have been developed and delivered with people with lived experience and include: sports and arts projects, volunteer training including Sports Leaders awards; delivery of inclusion workshops to businesses and other organisations. We also run a friendship and dating agency, bringing people together.

Lucy Hamlin represents Selnet Member Spring Into Action and is currently a Director on our Board.

 

Kizzy Felstead of Spring into Action won our Social Enterprise Volunteer of the Year award in 2022.

 

 

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EntS, Members

Social Enterprise Solutions CIC

Blackpool Enterprise Centre
Lytham Road
Blackpool
Lancashire
FY4  1EW

Contact: Tony Carr

Tel: (01253) 344123


Email: admin@socialenterprisesolutions.co.uk

Web: www.socialenterprisesolutions.co.uk


About Us

Social Enterprise Solutions CIC supports the start-up, development and growth of social enterprises primarily in the northwest.

Registered in May 2006 as the first Community Interest Company in Blackpool, our foundation Directors have many years of experience in running businesses and of social enterprise infrastructure development. In the2010 RBS SE100 data report we were listed as the 3rd fastest growing social business in the northwest and 23rd in the UK.

The company has grown rapidly, notably winning contracts from Blackpool Council, Knowsley MBC and 3SC. These contracts have enabled us to develop social enterprises across the northwest.

As thought leaders on social enterprise development and innovation, we are consulted by Local Authorities, Primary Care Trusts, NHS Hospital Foundation Trusts, Housing Associations and Schools as they seek to implement the government’s agenda on social enterprise growth.

Our reach now covers the whole of the northwest through our successful delivery of over 150 Future Jobs Fund placements which has resulted in 20% permanent staff retention.

We provide a bespoke service adapted to each client’s needs, including:

  • Training to public sector staff, from awareness raising through to advanced levels, on understanding the social enterprise business model 
  • Project management
  • Idea generation
  • Advice on social enterprise legal structures, business planning, marketing and growth
  • Social Accounting

We also work with and advise many private sector organisations as they seek to understand and engage with the social enterprise business model.

 

Tony Carr of Social Enterprise Solutions won our Social Enterprise Champion award in 2021.

 

 

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CSnC, Members

Smile Mediation

Centenary Courtsmile mediation
Croft Street
Burnley
Lancashire
BB11 2ED


Contact: Karen Ainsworth

Tel: (01282) 436989


Email: info@smile-ltd.co.uk

Web: www.smilemediation.co.uk


About Us

Smile Mediation is celebrating 21 years delivering mediation interventions, conflict coaching and skills training qualifications within the social housing, corporate and community sector. Smile delivers unique community projects that utilise mediation skills and techniques; in this way Smile empowers grass roots groups to develop better ways of communicating, upskilling and building capacity across neighbourhoods to reduce the distressing impact of destructive conflict.

Our services have developed to meet the needs of our partners, we deliver intra-family mediation to people in recovery from substance misuse, troubled families, and our unique hate crime programme working with offenders. Smile regularly facilitates large community and workplace conflicts involving multiple parties.

Every mediation intervention is different because the individuals involved in the dispute bring their own unique perspective, emotional responses and historic experience. Smile delivers a person-centred mediation service and this is embedded in our College of Mediators accredited mediation skills training. Our mediators are supported through ongoing CPD and supervision to ensure high quality standards of competence and practice.

 

 

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