Green Works
I saw this article on anexpanding social economy project and thought some of you might be interested.
It is about the challenges of growing a social economy business and how to meet them from the Director's perspective (Flash video)
Green Works is a registered charity that recycles office furniture. Materials are removed from the furniture and re-manufactured into other products, which are sold to the private, public and third sector marketplace.
Copy, cut and paste the following link into your browser and have a look.
http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/detail?type=CASE STUDIES&itemId=1081903200&tc=EA009
Groups:
- Facilitators group
- Connecting Calry
- Mayfield Village Community Association
- Strathfoyle Community Association
- Tidal Limited
- Doohamlet District Community Development
- Sixmilecross Enterprise Limited
- PAKT
- Ionad Teampall Chroine
- Hillcrest House Family Centre
- Ardoyne Youth Providers
- Sailortown Regeneration
- First Step Drop in Centre
- Rainbow Parenting Group
- Woman Ahead
- Mallusk Community Action Group
- Whiteabbey Community Group
- Maydown Community Association
- REACT
- PLACE Initiative
- Edgarstown Residents Association
- Links
- Carrowshee Park/Sylvan Hill Community Association
- Clonmany Youth and Community Resource Centre
- Killybegs Women's Group
- South West Donegal Communities Partnership Ltd
- Mullaghmatt/Cortolvin Residents Group
- Comhlacht Forbartha an Tearmainn
- Richard ORawe's blog
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Wed, 2009-05-27 13:59
Thanks Ricky,
Very interesting, here it needs groups with the capacity or perhaps three or four groups as a joint venture with each supplying a component part such as location, volunteers, managememt etc.
food for thought though
Regards
Fred
Tue, 2009-05-26 16:06
HI ALL
Just read up on the green works stuff good reading make you think?
Tue, 2009-05-26 13:27
Thanks Ricky, very interesting.