Local Websites
Citizens Connection	Citizens Connection
Invest in Southampton	www.invest-in-southampton.co.uk
Sea City	www.seacity.co.uk
Southampton City Council	www.southampton.gov.uk
Southampton City Primary Care Trust	www.southamptonhealth.nhs.uk
Southampton Partnership	www.southampton-partnership.com
Southampton Sustainability Forum	www.southampton-sustainability.org
The Federation of Southampton's Tenants & Residents Associations	www.tenantsfedsouthampton.org
Thornhill Plus You	www.thornhillplusyou.co.uk
Age Concern Southampton	www.ageconcernsouthampton.org.uk
Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust	wwwsuht.nhs.uk

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National and Regional Umbrella Organisations
BASAC (The British Association of Settlements and Social Action Centres)	www.bassac.org.uk
Community Matters	www.communitymatters.org.uk
NAVCA (National Association Voluntary & Community Action)	www.navca.org.uk
NCVO (National Council for Voluntary Organisations)	www.ncvo-vol.org.uk
RAISE (Regional Action and Involvement South East)	www.raise-networks.org.uk
SAVAGE (Southern Association of Voluntary Action Groups for Europe)	www.savage-europe.org.uk
Urban Forum	www.urbanforum.org.uk
National Blood Service	www.blood.co.uk/

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Government Websites
Active Communities Directorate	www.homeoffice.gov.uk/comrace/active/index.asp
Charity Commission	www.charity-commission.gov.uk
Criminal Records Bureau	www.crb.gov.uk
Companies House	www.companieshouse.gov.uk
Direct Gov	www.direct.gov.uk/Homepage/fs/en
European Social Fund	www.esf.gov.uk/index.asp
European Union	www.europa.eu.int/index_en.htm
GOSE (Government Office for the South East)	www.go-se.gov.uk
Home Office	www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Neighbourhood Renewal Unit	www.neighbourhood.gov.uk
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister	www.odpm.gov.uk
SEEDA (South East England Development Agency)	www.seeda.co.uk

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Other Council's for Voluntary Service (CVS) in Hants and the IoW
Portsmouth, Southampton, Hampshire & Isle of Wight CVS Network	www.hampshireiwcvs.org.uk
Basingstoke Voluntary Services	www.voluntaryservices.com
Community Action Hampshire	www.action.hants.org.uk
Community First, New Forest	www.cfnf.org.uk
One Community (Eastleigh)	www.1community.org.uk
Fareham Community Action	www.farehamaction.org.uk
Gosport Voluntary Action	www.gva.org.uk
Hart Voluntary Action	www.hartvolaction.org.uk
Havant Council of Community Service	www.havantccs.org.uk
Isle of Wight Rural Community Council	www.iwrcc.org.uk
Portsmouth Council of Community Service	www.portsmouthccs.org.uk/
Rushmoor Voluntary Services	www.rvs.org.uk
Test Valley Community Services	www.tvcs.org.uk
Winchester Area Community Action	www.waca.org.uk

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Training/Learning
European Social Fund	www.esf.gov.uk/index.asp
Ladder4learning	www.ladder4learning.org.uk/
Learn Direct	www.learndirect.co.uk
Learning and Skills Council	www.hampshire-iow-lsc.org.uk
Link 2 Learn	www.link2learn.co.uk/
National Grid for Learning	www.ngfl.gov.uk/
Partnership 4 Learning	www.p4l.org/
Southampton Knowledge Centre	www.invest-in-southampton.co.uk
ABC School of Polish	www.learn-polish.pl
Mount Pleasant Media Workshop	www.mpmw.co.uk
Brockenhurst College	www.brock.ac.uk

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Funding/Fundraising Resources
Association of Charitable Foundations Links Page	www.acf.org.uk/linkstrusts.htm
Big Lottery Fund (formerly the Community Fund)	www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/
Charities Information Bureau	www.cibfunding.org.uk/
Directory of Social Change	www.dsc.org.uk
Funder Finder	www.funderfinder.org.uk
Funders Online	www.fundersonline.org/
Funding Caring	www.fundingcaring.co.uk/home.htm
Futurebuilders	www.futurebuilders-england.org.uk/
Grants Net	www.grantsnet.co.uk/
Government Funding	www.governmentfunding.org.uk
SVS Guide to Small Grants information	SVS' Guide to Small Grants 2010

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Volunteering
Active Communities Directorate	www.homeoffice.gov.uk/comrace/active/index.asp
Community Service Volunteers	www.csv.org.uk
Do-It	www.do-it.org.uk
Millennium Volunteers (MV)	www.millenniumvolunteers.gov.uk
New Communities	www.sotonnewcom.org.uk/adviceservices.html
Timebank	www.timebank.org.uk
Volunteering England	www.volunteeringengland.org.uk

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Equal Opportunities

Commission for Racial Equality www.cre.gov.uk/

Disability Rights Commission www.disability.gov.uk

Equal Opportunities Commission www.eoc.org.uk/

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Homelessness
Homeless Pages	www.homelesspages.org.uk/
Southampton City Council - Homelessness Page	www.southampton.gov.uk/housing/homelessness

National Organisations:
    Shelter, 88 Old Street London EC1V 9HU.
    Tel: 0808 800 4444. http://www.shelter.org.uk
    Homes for Homeless People, 6 Union Street, Luton.
    LU1 3AN. Tel: 0800 243 675.
    Homeless Helpline, Tel: 0800 243 675.
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Parents, Families & Children
SCC Children's Information Service - http://www.southampton.gov.uk/education/earlyyears/
BECTA - http://www.becta.org.uk/
Department for Education & Skills - http://www.dfes.gov.uk/
OfSTED - http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/
National Grid for Learning - http://www.ngfl.gov.uk/
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Useful Links
Small Business Rate Relief - business.rates@southampton.gov.uk
Business Link - www.businesslink.gov.uk
South Coast Money Line - www.part.org.uk
Train to Gain - www.traintogain.gov.uk
Solent Business Centre - www.solent-business-centre.co.uk
Empty Property relief - business.rates@southampton.gov.uk
The environment Centre - http://www.environmentcentre.com/helping_Business.php
Broaden your Horizons - http://www.eiscltd.eu
UK Self Help Links - http://www.ukselfhelp.info/links/
Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust - www.suht.nhs.uk