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Help for organisations in developing skills and expertise from support networks.

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Big Society Network
www.thebigsociety.co.uk
The Big Society Network exists to develop, support and champion new ways of enabling people to give and engage. The network are committed to making it easier and more rewarding for people to give their time, expertise and money to good causes.

British Association of Settlements & Social Action Centres [bassac]
www.bassac.org.uk
Located in areas of deprivation, bassac members are united by a common goal – to tackle the causes and effects of poverty, exclusion and discrimination. bassac helps its members to build thriving communities by supporting, advising and representing their organisations in key policy debates, by sharing information and resources and developing the multi-purpose approach at international, national and local levels.

Birmingham Association of Neighbourhood Forums [BANF]
www.banf.org.uk
Neighbourhood forums are community groups run by and for local people. They provide an opportunity to discuss and influence the issues that affect local communities, such as community safety and crime education, environmental issues, health and social issues, housing, local economy and transport.

B.STRONG
www.birmingham.gov.uk/bstrong
B.STRONG is a Birmingham city-wide organisation initiated and supported by the Community & Play section Birmingham City Council’s Local Services directorate. B.STRONG provides organisational development support and capacity building training to voluntary organisations and community groups based in Birmingham.

BVSC, the centre for voluntary action
www.bvsc.org
BVSC offers support to VCOs by providing help in setting up a new organisation, providing a payroll service, handling finances, giving specialist HR advice, providing professional conference rooms, practical tools to help manage finances, prove the value of your work and to access further support.

ChangeUp
www.changeupbirmingham.org
Birmingham ChangeUp Consortium is a broad spectrum of voluntary and community organisations providing support services to the voluntary and community sector. Part of a national capacity building programme for the 3rd sector

Community Matters
www.communitymatters.org.uk
Community Matters is the National Federation for Community Organisations. We currently have 1162 member organisations across the UK and have been supporting community associations and similar organisations since 1945.

Development Agencies Network
www.birmingham-da.org
Development agencies are locally based and well established voluntary organisations in Birmingham with the experience, knowledge and skills to share with less established locally based voluntary and community organisation. Although each Development Agency is unique, they all offer support, guidance, training opportunities and learning resources, either on a one to one basis or otherwise.

Development Trust Association West Midlands [DTAWM]
www.dta.org.uk
The DTA is a network of community practitioners. We help people set up development trusts, and we help existing trusts learn from each other and work effectively. We also influence government and others at national and local level, to build support and investment for our movement.

The Digbeth Trust
www.digbethtrust.org.uk
The Digbeth Trust is a source of development funding and support for grass roots voluntary and community organisations in Birmingham and the West Midlands seeking to develop community facilities and services.

Moseley Community Development Trust
www.moseleycdt.com

The aim of Moseley Community Development Trust is to lead the regeneration of the neighbourhood through social, economic and environmental projects for Moseley’s diverse communities. It also aims to be financially sustainable. Its Vision is for Moseley to be a creative neighbourhood, valued and sustained by its community.

Muath Welfare Trust
www.muathtrust.org
Muath Welfare Trust (MWT) plays a leading role in Birmingham in the efforts to help communities live in harmony with one another by developing the skills and capacity of long ignored communities, which live on the margins of British society by addressing the basic needs of these communities to access education and training, social and recreational opportunities.

National Council for Voluntary Organisations [NCVO]
www.ncvo-vol.org.uk
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) is the umbrella body for the voluntary sector in England. It works to support the voluntary sector and to create an environment in which voluntary organisations can flourish. Membership is free to VCOs with turnover under £10,000 and they have access to services at discounted rates.

North Smethwick Development Trust
www.nsdt.org.uk
North Smethwick Development (NSDT) began in 1989 initiated by a group of residents. Led Rev Janet Full James to successfully challenge a Compulsory Purchase Order on local housings and received grants from Barrow Cadbury and Tudor Trust to employ a community development worker.

Resident University
www.residentuniversity.org
A learing and capacity building programme for residents and community groups in Birmingham.

St Paul’s Community Development Trust
www.stpaulstrust.org.uk
The provision of facilities for education and recreation and other leisure-time occupation for children, young people and families.

Third Sector Assembly
www.assembly3.org.uk
The Third Sector Assembly is a long-term association of existing and future third sector networks. It is brought together by BVSC to improve communication across the sector, to grow its ability to influence and to improve relationships with the public sector.