Co-operatives Research Unit

Useful Contacts

Association for British Credit Unions Limited (ABCUL)
Holyoake House
Hanover Street
Manchester
M60 0AS
Tel: (0161) 8323694
Website: http://www.abcul.coop/

ART Business Loans
Faraday Wharf
Holt St
Innovation Birmingham Campus
Birmingham
B7 4BB
sTel: (0121) 3592444
Fax: (0121) 3592333
Email: art@artbusinessloans.co.uk
Website: http://www.artbusinessloans.co.uk

Banking, Insurance and Finance Union
Sheffield House
1b, Amity Grove
Raynes Park
LONDON, SW2 0LG
Tel: (0181) 9469151
Fax: (0181) 8797916

Barchester Green Investment
Barchester House
45-49, Catherine Street
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP1 2DH
Tel: (01722) 331241
Fax: (01722) 414191

BASSAC - see International Federation of Settlements below

Birmingham Credit Union Development Agency
Second Floor
City Gate House
25, Moat Street
Birmingham
B5 6BH
Tel: (0121) 6221062
Fax: (0121) 6227042

Birmingham Settlement
318, Summer Lane
Birmingham
B19 3RL
Tel: (0121) 3593562
Fax: (0121) 3596357

British Columbia Co-operative Development Program
Fourth Floor
1405, Douglas Street
P.O. Box 9800
Stn Prov Govt
Victoria
British Columbia
V8W 9W1
Canada
Tel: (250) 3875998
Fax: (250) 3568948
Website: http://www.co-op.sb.gov.bc.ca/index.html

Business in the Community
44, Baker Street
LONDON, W1M 1DH
Tel: (0171) 2241600
Fax: (0171) 4861700
Website: http://www.bitc.org.uk/

Charities Aid Foundation
Head Office
Kings Hill
West Malling
Kent
ME19 4TA
Tel: (01732) 520000
Fax: (01732) 520100
E-mail: enquiries@caf.charitynet.org

Christian Ethical Investment Group (CEIG)
90, Booker Avenue
Bradwell Common
Milton Keynes
MK13 8EF
Tel: (01908) 677466

Community Links
Website: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~cl/

The Co-operative information superhighway
Website: http://www.coop.org/

Co-opNet
E-mail: co-opnet-on@total.tcp.co.uk
Archive website: http://www.poptel.net/links/co-opnet/maillist.html

The Co-operative Bank
P.O. Box 101
1, Balloon Street
Manchester
M60 4EP
Tel: (0161) 8323456
Fax: (0161) 8294475
Website: http://www.co-operativebank.co.uk

The Co-operative Party
Victory House
10-14, Leicester Square
LONDON, WC2H 7QH
Tel: (0171) 4390123
Fax: (0171) 4393434
E-mail: co-op-party@geo2.poptel.org.uk
Website: http://www.business.u-net.com/~varos/news.htm

The Co-operative Group (CWS) Limited
PO Box 53
New Century House
Manchester M60 4ES
Tel: (0161) 8341212
Website: http://www.co-op.co.uk/

Corporate Community Involvement (CCI)
Website: http://www.charitynet.org/CCInet

Developing Strathclyde Ltd - The Glasgow Regeneration Fund
30, George Square
Glasgow
G2 1EQ
Tel: (0141) 2215454
Fax: (0141) 2213244

Development Trusts Association (DTA)
20, Conduit Place
LONDON, W2 1HZ
Tel: (0171) 7064951
Fax: (0171) 7068447
E-mail: 100607.542@compuserve.com
Website: http://www.dta.org.uk

The Ecology Building Society
18, Station Road
Cross Mills
nr. Keighley
BD2 7EH
Tel: (01535) 635933
Fax: (01535) 636166

Ethical Consumer Magazine
Unit 21
Old Birley Street
Manchester
M15 5RF
Tel: (0161) 2262929
Fax: (0161) 2266277
E-mail: ethicon@mcr1.poptel.org.uk

Ethical Investment Research Service (EIRIS)
504, Bondway Business Centre
71, Bondway
LONDON, SW8 1SQ
Tel: (0171) 7351351
Fax: (0171) 7355323

Eurostat
Website: http://europa.eu.int/en/comm/eurostat/serven/

The Foundation Center
79, Fifth Avenue
New York
NY 10003-3076
Tel: (212) 6204230
Fax: (212) 6911828
E-mail: mfn@fdncenter.org
Website: http://fdncenter.org/index.html

Friends Provident
UK House
Castle Street
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP1 3SH
Tel: (01722) 413366
Fax: (01722) 325753
E-mail: stewardship@friendsprovident.co.uk
Website: http://www.FriendsProvident.co.uk

Global Co-operative Movement
Website: http://www.peg.apc.org/~coopsnsw/links.htm

Industrial Common Ownership Finance Limited (ICOF)
115, Hamstead Road
Handsworth
Birmingham
B20 2BT
Tel: (0121) 5236886
Fax: (0121) 5547117
E-mail: icof@icof.co.uk
Website: http://www.icof.co.uk

Industrial Common Ownership Movement Limited (ICOM)
Vassalli House,
20, Central Road,
Leeds,
LS1 6DE
Tel: (0113) 2461737 / 2461738
Fax: (0113) 2440002
E-mail: icom@icom.org.uk

Info Center for Responsible Investment
Stalden 30
CH-1700 Fribourg
Switzerland
Tel: (+41) 37220614
Fax: (+41) 37223962

The International Association of Investors in the Social Economy (INAISE)
E-mail: inaise@inaise.org
Website: http://www.inaise.org

The International Co-operative Alliance
15, Route des Morillons
1218 Grand-Saconnex
Geneva
Switzerland
Tel: (+41) 022 9298888
Fax: (+41) 022 7984122
E-mail: ica@coop.org
Website: http://ica.coop.org/

ICA Virtual Community
Website: http://www.coop.org/menu/communitysite.html

International Development Co-operation
Website: http://alcazar.com/wwwvl_idc/

International Federation of Settlements (IFS)
British Association of Settlements and Social Action Centres (BASSAC)
First Floor
Winchester House
11, Cranmer Road
LONDON, SW9 6EJ
Tel: (0171) 7351075
Fax: (0171) 7350840
E-mail: BASSAC@mcr1.poptel.org.uk
E-mail: ifs@mcrl.poptel.org.uk
Website: http://www.ifsderby.demon.co.uk/

Lancashire Co-op Development Agency
Charter House
20, Winckley Square
Preston
Lancashire
PR1 3JJ
Tel: (01772) 203693
Fax: (01772) 888203

Local Investment Fund (LIF)
44, Baker Street
LONDON, W1M 1DH
Tel: (0171) 2241600
Fax: (0171) 4861700

Malcolm Lynch Solicitors
19, High Court Lane
The Calls
Leeds
LS2 7EU
Tel: (0113) 2429600
Fax: (0113) 2342082
E-mail: law@malcolmlynch.com

Mondragon Corporacion Cooperativa (MCC)
Website: http://www.mondragon.mcc.es:80/menuing.html
Website: http://incolor.inetnebr.com/dennis/mondragn.shtml

National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)
Regents Wharf
8, All Saints Street
LONDON, N1 9RL
Tel: (0171) 7136161
Fax: (0171) 7136300
E-mail: 106007.1315@compuserve.com
Website: http://www.NCVO-vol.org.uk/

New Economics Foundation
First Floor
Vine Court
112-116, Whitechapel Road
LONDON, E1 1JE
Tel: (0171) 3775696
Fax: (0171) 3775720
E-mail: info@neweconomics.org

Nottinghamshire CDA Ltd
Dunkirk Road
Dunkirk
Nottingham
NG7 2PH
Tel: (0115) 9705700

Opportunity Trust
103, High Street
Oxford
OX1 4BW
Tel: (01865) 794411
Fax: (01865) 791343
E-mail: impact@opportuk.demon.co.uk

Out of this World (Creative Consumer Co-op)
52, Elswick Road
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE4 6JH
Tel: (0191) 2721601
Fax: (0191) 2721615

Partnerships Online
E-mail: david@partnerships.org.uk
Website: http://www.partnerships.org.uk/connect/index.html

Radical Routes
Cornerstone Housing Co-op
16 Sholebroke Avenue
Leeds
LS7 3HB
Tel: (0113) 262 9365
E-mail: cornerstone@gn.apc.org
Website: http://www.radicalroutes.org.uk

School for Social Entrepreneurs
Institute of Community Studies
18, Victoria Park Square
Bethnal Green
LONDON, E2 9PF
Tel: (0181) 9806263
Fax: (0181) 9816719
E-mail: michael.young@which.net

Shared Interest
31, Mosley Street
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE4 1HX
Tel: (0191) 2615943
Fax: (0191) 2618759
E-mail: Postmaster@shared-interest.com
E-mail: mgh@shared-interest.co.uk
Website: http://www.shared-interest.com/

The Society for Co-operative Studies
c/o Co-operatives UK
Holyoake House
Hanover Street
Manchester
M60 0AS
Tel: (0161) 2462900
Fax: (0161) 8317684
E-mail: coop studs@fastmail.fm
Website: http://www.co-opstudies.org

The Soil Association
Bristol House
40-56, Victoria Street
Bristol
BS1 6BY
Tel: (0117) 9290661
Fax: (0117) 9252504
Website: http://www.earthfoods.co.uk/

Triodos Bank
Brunel House
11, The Promenade
Clifton
Bristol
BS8 3NN
Tel: (0117) 9739339
Fax: (0117) 9739303
Website: http://www.triodos.com/
Website: http://www.triodos.co.uk/

UK Communities Online
Website: http://www.communities.org.uk/

The UK Co-operative Council
c/o The Co-operative Bank
P.O. Box 101
1, Balloon Street
Manchester
M60 4EP
Tel: (0161) 8295355
Fax: (0161) 8327849

UK Social Investment Forum
Suite 308
16, Baldwin Gardens
LONDON, EC1N 7RJ
Tel: (0171) 4041993
Fax: (0171) 4041994
E-mail: uksif@gn.apc.org
Website: http://www.bath.ac.uk/Centres/Ethical/UKSIF/uksif.htm

Unity Trust Bank
4, The Square
111, Broad Street
Birmingham
B15 1AR
Tel: (0121) 6312743
Fax: (0121) 6312365

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