InfoRurale http://www.nrec.org.uk/inforurale
Information gateway for rural development, part of the national rural
enterprise council.
Community Work Training http://www.community-work-training.org.uk
Training materials, articles and links from West Yorkshire Community
Work Training Group
Black information link http://www.blink.org.uk
Proving information to bring about improvements in race relations and
to act as a forum where ideas can be freely shared
BICA Voluntarty Sector Directory http://www.communities.org.uk/bica
The results of a project to collect information and links for
community groups in Leicester
Community Development Foundation http://www.cdf.org.uk
Focussing on Social Inclusion, Regeneration, Capacity Building and
the community sector.
DisabilityNet http://www.disabilitynet.co.uk
An information, discussion and news service for disabled people and
those with an interest in disability issues
OneWorld http://www.oneworld.org
An alternative news "supersite". Edited routes into many groups
working for social justice and sustainable development, including
Oxfam, Save the Children and Amnesty International
The Site http://www.thesite.org
An enormous umbrella site for resources for young people on the
web
Local Government
http://www.open.gov.uk/index/filclgov.htm
An official list of local
authorities on the UK Government's open.gov server
Tagish
http://www.tagish.co.uk/local/
Compiled by consultants Tagish Ltd, with
a short report on The State of Local Government on the Web
The Charity Commission http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/
UK Public Libraries on the
Web http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/square/ac940/weblibs.html
by Sheila and Robert Harden has a comprehensive list of resources.
Fundraising UK http://www.fundraising.co.uk/
Information about Grants and Partnerships, Examples or fundraising on
the Net, Events
and Resources
Funderfinder http://www.funderfinder.org.uk/
Extra resources from the providers of the grant-seeking software
Chronicle of Philanthropy http://philanthropy.com/articles.dir/v09.dir/i20.dir/web.htm
including articles, examples and analysis of fundraising for US
non-profits using the Internet
Society of Public Information
Networks (SPIN) http://www.spin.org.uk
Provides a list of member organisations, including many local
authorities providing information electronically
National Council for Voluntary Organisations
http://www.vois.org.uk/ncvo
NCVO News, FAQs, Events, Publications and Services
Learning technology research centre http://www.ultralab.anglia.ac.uk/
Schools, education and technology department at Anglia Polytechnic
University.
National Organisation for Adult Learning in England and
Wales (NIACE) http://www.niace.org.uk
Including discussion list on "The Learning Age" - at http://www.lifelonglearning.co.uk/consult/
ELDIS http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/eldis.htm
Eldis gateway to information sources on environment and development.
An excellent set of resources from the British Library for
Development Studies
NUA http://www.nua.ie
Regularaly updated survey information on use of the Internet
Mailbase http://www.mailbase.org.uk
electronic discussion lists for the UK higher education community,
many of which are open to all
CVSNet www.neilirving.demon.co.uk/cvsnet
A useful mailing lists for CVSs and others with a local voluntary
sector interest.
GreenNet http://www.gn.apc.org/gn/links
Menus of members, environment, progressive, spiritual and government
links and support for these groups
Poptel http://www.poptel.net/sales/
An co-op set up to provide Internet access and publishing services
for non-profits including major trades unions, the UK Labour Party
and voluntary sector organisations.
Charities Aid Foundation web services -
CharityNet www.charitynet.org/index.html
With a search engine listing over 70,000 community groups, links to
Corporate Community Involvement Pages on Company Websites and the
CharityCard Directory
VOIS www.vois.org.uk
Voluntary Organisations Internet Server offers a resource centre, a
volunteers noticeboard and a searchable database
Community.Web http://www.oneworld.org/community.web
Part of the OneWorld site - web publishing for groups in the UK
ChurchNet http://www.churchnet.org.uk/churchnet/
for all Christian churches, groups and organisations in the UK with
resource base, technical training and help
Partnerships Online http://www.partnerships.org.uk/pubs/
How to use IT in the Community and Getting Connected, including
articles on the community uses of the technology from commnunity
practioners
Legal Issues http://www.venables.co.uk/legal/issues.htm
The legal concerns of going online for an organisation
NetActivism : The use of the Internet for campaigning
http://www.ora.com/catalog/netactivism/noframes.html
Activist and community networker Ed Schwartz's book NetActivism: How
Citizens Use the Internet
Benton Communication Best practices toolkit for
non-profits
http://www.benton.org/Practice/Toolkit/
Total Net Value http://www.totalnetval.com/ Advice from the authors of "Making the NetWork", the best guide to getting your organisation online - including a freebies area
New Commmnity Networks - Wired for Change http://www.scn.org/ip/commnet/wired.html
London Advice Services Alliance http://www.lasa.org.uk
"Computanews" factsheets for Vol orgs
Coyote Communications Tip sheets http://www.coyotecom.com/tips.html
The Internet and other computer-based tools
Netskills http://www.netskills.ac.uk/TONIC
A free, online, full tutorial on Internet tools, complete with
exercises, from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne. Lets you work
through in sections, picking up where you left off last time.
The Labour party and the information society http://www.labour.org.uk/views/info-highway/index.html
Universal access to email http://www.rand.org:80/publications/MR/MR650/
As the government and Microsoft move towards universal email, the
RAND group looks at feasibility and societal implications
Panos http://www.oneworld.org/panos/. The implications for the developing world
BT's vision of community networks http://www.labs.bt.com/ourwork/cnet/index.htm
Research from the BT Labs team highlighting connectivity as a key
issue in local commnuity networks
The COMMIT report http://www.uk.ibm.com/community/uk171.html
An Evaluation of Community Based IT Initiatives and social
inclusion
The Net Result: Social inclusion in the information
society http://www.uk.ibm.com/comm/community/uk117.html
A major work warning against social exclusion and covering
far-reaching recommendations and debate around that theme.
Living in the Information Society http://www.uk.ibm.com/comm/community/uk007.html
Further IBM sponsored reports into the social consequences of new
technologies
Community Networking Movement
(http://www.scn.org/ip/commnet/cnm.html)
Links together various organizations in order to be a jumping off
point for information and resources that are available around the
Internet and featuring Doug Schuler's new book
NCExchange Internet Gateway
http://www.ncexchange.org/gateway
Terry Grunwald's draft for a community network gateway model in North
Carolina.
Inventing the Future http://www.communities.org.uk/itf/itfsum.html
Text of a booklet about what the Information Society may mean for
communities, produced by Partnerships for Tomorrow in 1996
Bangemann http://www.ispo.cec.be/infosoc/backg/bangeman.html
See also the Challenge Site http://www.challenge.stockholm.se,
an international competition encouraging use of IT in government. The
participating projects demonstrate how technology can be applied in
the best interest of people and society all over the world.
Electronic
Libraries Online (EARL)
EARL is a consortium of UK Public Library Authorities and other
organisations which aim to make available the advantages of the
Internet to all library users and other members of the public. This
is a list of partners
Government Direct http://www.open.gov.uk/citu/gdirect/greenpaper/index.htm
The green paper suggesting that in future some government information
provision will be solely electonic and attempting to highlight the
issues this raises, including responses.
Information Society Initiative http://www.isi.gov.uk/
The governement project aimed primarily at businesses, but of
relevance to the independent sector.
IT for All http://www.itforall.org.uk/
An initiative promoting the use of IT in society as a whole through
the promotion of local projects
ETO European Telework
Organsiation http://www.eto.org.uk
and
Community Networks and Teleworking http://members.aol.com/telework/netpage.htm
Trevor Locke, UK Host for Teleworking, offers some pointers to links
Teleworking and the community at large
ISPO Information Society Project Office (Europe)
Communities Online
http://www.communities.org.uk
A network for community networkers - Activists around the country
exploring ways in which new communications technologies can be used
for the benefit of local communities.
Partnerships Online http://www.partnerships.org.uk
UK Citizens Online Democracy http://www.democracy.org.uk
Discussion and pilot studies on the use of new technology in the
democractic process
Association For Community Networking (AFCN)
http://bcn.boulder.co.us/afcn
The US branch of the Community Networking movement. Includes a
Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats (SWOT) analysis for
Community Networking and Community Networking area with working
definition, stories, statistics.