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Project network and/or umbrella organizations (i.e. organizations supporting Social Enterprises) at national and regional level. ... in UK

School for Social Entrepreneurs Supports individuals to set up new charities, social enterprises and social businesses across the UK. http://www.the-sse.org/

School for Startups - The UK's leading provider of business training for entrepreneurs. Provides accelerated business training that helps entrepreneurs launch more successful startups and run more successful businesses. http://www.schoolforstartups.co.uk/

Action Hampshire helps social entrepreneurs in Hampshire to develop their ideas and businesses by providing information, training, advice and support. We help social entrepreneurs to be the best they can be. http://actionhampshire.org/
The Social Enterprise Mark Social Enterprise Mark CIC is the UK certification authority for social enterprise. The Social Enterprise Mark independently proves when a business or organisation puts profits towards social or environmental good. The Social Enterprise Gold Mark is the route to social enterprise excellence http://www.socialenterprisemark.org.uk/

Social Firms UK is the national membership and support organisation for the development of the Social Firmand Work Integration Social Enterprise (WISE) sector in the UK. These are employability-focussed social enterprises that believe that everyone has the right to be employed and support those furthest from the labour market. A Social Firm is a market-led social enterprise set up specifically to create good quality jobs for people severely disadvantaged in the labour market. A Work Integration Social Enterprise (WISE) focuses on improving employment prospects for those furthest from the labour market though a wider range of work-based opportunities. The mission is to support, strengthen and grow the Work Integration Social Enterprise sector so that more people facing the most significant barriers to work can gain employment. http://www.socialfirmsuk.co.uk/about-us

Co-operatives UK is the national body that campaigns for co-operation and works to promote, develop and unite co-operative enterprises. The role it is to promote the co-operative alternative across many sectors of the economy from high street consumer-owned co-operatives to pubs and football clubs, healthcare to agriculture, credit unions to community owned shops. http://www.uk.coop/

Social Enterprise UK is the national body for social enterprise - business with a social or environmental mission. Their mission is to run effective campaigns for its members and to lobby on the sector's behalf, to carry out robust and respected research to help paint a picture of the UK's social enterprise movement, to build networks between social enterprises and to raise the profile of people and social enterprises in the sector. http://www.socialenterprise.org.uk/

The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) champions and strengthens volunteering and civil society, with over 11,000 members, from the largest charities to the smallest community organisations in order to help voluntary organisations and volunteers make the biggest difference they can. http://www.ncvo.org.uk/about-us