A-Z of Grant Making Trusts Information on financial resources and other assistance available to help support the development and regeneration of local economies and communities.
Access Funds
Information on sources of funds for the British Charitable and non-profit sector.
Advice Guide
Advice guide gives basic advise and information on your rights. It gives you a broad outline of where you stand and what you can do. If your problem is complicated, you will need more detailed advice, for example from a Citizens Advice Bureau.
Arthritis and Glucosamine Inf.
Information on arthritis and glucosamine, the latest glucosamine research, details on arthritis medications and treatments and tips for effectively managing your arthritis and joint pain.
Audit Commission
This Site gives general information on the commission’s work, copies of reports and its latest press release. It also has a section on performance indicators. The site links into web sites of other organisations, e.g. councils and national health trusts. Best Value Inspection Reports can now be downloaded from the site.
Central Government
Most Government departments now have sites giving press release and statistical information. This is the best site to start at as it has an organisation A-Z index, so most other departments can be accessed via the above address, as well as councils, housing associations and other national organisations.
Chartered Institute of Housing
This site gives information about the CIH and its views on housing issues. It also links to, and gives some general information, about House mark, their best value benchmarking service, but to use this service and some other areas of the site you need to subscribe.
Claims link UK (Ltd)
Information on financial resources and other assistance available to help support the development and regeneration of local economies and communities.
Communities Online
Communities Online aims to address the use of new communications Technologies in Communities and neighbourhoods. The site includes an excellent bulletin board service which you can contribute to.
Community Legal Service
“Need information on a legal Problem? Want to know who and where your local adviser is? Does it cost anything and can you get financial help?”
Community Fund
The National Lottery charities Board has changed its name. Check out their new site for information, application forms and list all organisation who have been given grants.
Crime Reduction The Government’s new websites has information, guidance advice and statistics from crime reduction partners on a host of crime reduction topics and initiatives.
Defend Council Housing “National Campaign involving tenants, trade unionists and local activists opposed to the privatization of council housing and committed to forcing the government to invest in decent, affordable, secure and accountable housing.”
Exchange UK Free Exchange Forum Use the forum to get yourself a property exchange to anywhere in the country council & private house exchange, you will find plentyof exchanges on this site, & also a friendly group of people from all around the UK.
Exchange Online Online forum for people wishing to exchange their council or housing association home.
FERRA The federation of Enfield Residents’ and Allied Associations has for many years represented thousands of borough residents and provides one og the main ways in which people can make their voice heard in Enfield.
Funder Finder Software for UK grant seekers, including “Apply Yourselves”, a software program that helps to write a grant application. This program is free and can be downloaded from the Funder Finder Site.
Funders Online Guide to sources of funding in the UK and Europe. Also Offers a website building toolkit.
H.O.M.E.S Housing Mobility and Exchange Service. Housing Today Weekly housing magazine published by the National Housing Federation. Features fully searchable archives in their total Recall Section.
Housing Resource Guide his site provides lots of information on housing issues. But what is really useful is that it has a page of links to other housing and voluntary organisation sites which is extremely comprehensive and can save users an awful lot of search time. This is the siteto use of you are searching for information on housing issues, as you can get to most other related sites from this one.
Independent Housing Ombudsman Weekly housing magazine published by the National Housing Federation. Features fully searchable archive in their Total Recall Section.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation This site has an archive of all “Findings” going back to August 94, with all new “Finding” being added as they are published. The site also contains general information on JRF and details of how to submit proposals to their research and development programme. You can also order JRF publications from the site.
Local Government Ombudsman The Local Government Ombudsmen investigate complaints of injustice arising from maladministration by local authorities and certain other bodies”. Contact for disputes with the council (Including Housing). See independent housing Ombudsman for HA disputes.
London Borough of Enfield Official Website for the London Borough of Enfield London Housing Unit “Providing Information and analysis on housing in London”.
London Tenants Federation The London Tenants Federation aims to provide a strong voice for London’s council tenants, to facilitate the exchange of ideas, views and experiences and to support joint campaigning on housing issues.
London Housing Unit
.“Providing Information and analysis on housing in London”
National Tenants Resource Centre This Centre is based at Trafford Hall, Chester, Providing training and facilities for community groups.
National Council for Voluntary organisations Covers nearly everything you would need to know about the voluntary sector. Includes press releases, information on their journal, NCVO News, information on their publications and other services their provide. Aims to “become a channel of information between the voluntary sector and the rest of the world”.
Office of the Deputy Primes Minister Housing Site Issues Press Releases and consultation papers. These are in date order so less recent ones can also be accessed as well as the latest. Covers all Central government housing issues and links to other sources of housing information and local authority sites.
Quest Net “The Quest Trust aims to support local activists improving the quality of life in their communities. We do this by enabling people to share information and ideas about successful economic and social regeneration effectively, in particularly to promote and encourage resident-led, local solutions”.
Regen.Net Has been developed for the DETR to offer a gateway of sources of information on regeneration and a means of sharing experience and good practive. Gives details for forthcoming events, recently published material and reports of initiatives. Also has a contacts section and a discussion area.
