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A collection of resources that make it easier to list your agency or organisation, and to find others.

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Beyond The Radar
www.btr11.civicrowd.com
Beyond the Radar began with a one-day event on 8th July 2011, held by the Third Sector Research Centre and Barrow Cadbury Trust, to explore how ‘below the radar’ community activity can maximise its impact. This site is a space to continue the conversation, to champion ideas and support the ideas of others.

Birmingham Change Up Consortium [Inform Directory]
www.changeupbirmingham.org/directory
A useful resource for finding organisations by theme, activity and location. Birmingham ChangeUp Consortium is a broad spectrum of voluntary and community organisations providing support services to the voluntary and community sector.

Birmingham Signposting Service [Sports]
www.signposting.org.uk
Birmingham Signposting Service is funded by Birmingham City Council and run by The National Youth Advocacy Service. Signposting provides a friendly point of contact for the young people of the City, aged up to 19 (and up to age 25 in some circumstances), who require advice and information.

BVSC Third Sector Database
www.bvscthirdsectordatabase.org
Developed by Birmingham Voluntary Services Council. Find a third sector organisation and let your organisation be found!

Equip Information system
www.bivo.nhs.uk
EQUIP – Electronic Quality Information for the Public is an NHS gateway to quality health and social care information for the West Midlands public. EQUIP only links to websites that have been checked for the quality of their information. There are links to information resources in almost 100 languages.

Find It In Birmingham
www.finditinbirmingham.com
finditinbirmingham, the online portal that aims to boost business activity throughout the region by bringing you real business opportunities. The contracts and tenders advertised on this site come from both public and private sectors and appeal to tier one suppliers down to sole traders. We also actively encourage you to post your opportunities enabling you to build up a local supply chain that saves you time and money.

GuideStar UK
www.guidestar.org.uk
GuideStar UK is the best place on the Web to find information about all registered charities in England and Wales. Featuring information from annual reports, the Charity Commission extract, and scanned images of every Trustees Annual Return filed, GuideStar UK is the most accessible source of information available today. Powered by a state-of-the-art search engine, users can find charities of interest according to location, program, size, and grant-making practice.

Police.uk
www.police.uk
Police.uk allows you to look at crime data by place, name, postcode or address, so really handy if you are looking to move, but also quite a handy content idea for your Hyperlocal website.

WatzWat Direct
www.watzwat.net
WatzWat Direct is a development by Naphtali & Associates and First Stop Web Design to provide a listing information service for community & voluntary organisations, social enterprises and businesses providing services to, or run and/or developed by members of, the African-Caribbean and other Black & Minority Ethnic (BME) communities in Birmingham and the West Midlands.