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Useful Links


Ealing CVS  
Ealing Community & Voluntary Service provides support to local voluntary and community groups in Ealing. They offer a wide range of services from information and advice to group development and fundraising support.

Ealing Community Network 
Ealing Community Network provides a collective voice for voluntary and community groups in Ealing. There are currently 400 groups that are members of the network, many of whom are small local community groups.

Young Ealing
This is the website for young people who live, work or study anywhere in Ealing. Find out about  activities, including performing arts and  sports, look up useful information and  see how to get involved in the community.
There is also a link to Ealing Summer Uni, which provides a wide range of activities including sports, film and media for young people during the summer holidays. The summer uni's activities are for 13 to 19 year olds (up to 25 for young people with learning difficulties) who live or study in the London area. All the courses are free.

bassac 
bassac is the national network of multi-purpose community based organisations, dedicated to tackling the causes and effects of poverty, exclusion and discrimination. As a national umbrella association, they support organisations helping deprived neighbourhoods across the UK.

Neighbourhood Initiatives Foundation 
For almost two decades The Neighbourhood Initiatives Foundation has worked with residents throughout the UK, helping them to play an active part in the regeneration of their neighbourhoods and the development of their communities. Through the use of interactive, hands on tools and techniques, such as "Planning for Real®" and by supporting them individually and collectively as they learned new skills and developed their own assets and strengths, NIF has shown that people can make a real difference.

Priority Estates Project 
PEP is an independent “not for profit” organisation specialising in housing, regeneration and training consultancy. We work with residents, social landlords, regeneration organisations, tenant management organisations, other service providers, and with communities as a whole. PEP is committed to creating cohesive, sustainable communities and tackling social and economic exclusion.

Community Links 
Community Links is an innovative charity running community-based projects in east London. For 30 years we have helped thousands of children, young people, adults and older people in deprived neighbourhoods. Our programme of national work shares the local lessons across the country to widen the impact of our projects and generate lasting social change.

Federation for Community Development Learning 
FCDL develop materials and training resources to support good practice in community work training. They produce regular training bulletins and information sheets and work with our members to publish materials that help share good training practice. Special interest groups within the Federation meet to share practice around particular perspectives and issues, including Ubuntu for Black community development workers and activists.

Community Development Exchange
CDX (the Community Development Exchange) is the UK-wide membership organisation for community development. CDX works to ensure that community development is recognised and supported as a powerful way of tackling inequality and achieving social justice. As an organisation with members from across the UK, CDX reflects a diverse range of interests in community development across all sectors and fields

TPAS
TPAS is a not for profit membership organisation that provides information, consultancy, training and conferences on all aspects of involving tenants in their housing management. TPAS is the leading national tenant participation organisation working to promote tenant empowerment. Their aim is to extend the reach and quality of tenant influence by working with social housing residents and landlords to develop successful partnerships and supporting tenants and community groups to take on a more representative role.

InStep – Information Services for Tenants 
InSTEP provides information and training services to tenants in social housing.  InSTEP is a national service which offers a number of services to help tenants and landlords to work together, to inform and empower residents and to encourage tenant participation.

Communitites and Local Government  
Communities and Local Government  is a government department that sets policy on local government, housing, urban regeneration, planning and fire and rescue. They have responsibility for all race equality and community cohesion related issues in England and for building regulations, fire safety and some housing issues in England and Wales.

National Federation of ALMOs 
The NFA is the representative trade body for arm's-length management organisations (ALMOs). Its primary objective is to promote the ALMO option, and assist existing and prospective ALMOs to operate effectively. Membership is open to ALMOs and local authorities interested in exploring the ALMO option. The NFA aims to secure a long-term financial future for ALMOs, persuade central government to take account of the interests of ALMOs, and establish a vibrant and innovative independent ALMO sector that will provide decent homes, raise standards across the public rented housing sector, achieve excellence in service provision, promote tenant empowerment, and help to deliver broader national and local policy priorities.

Community Matters
Community Matters is the nationwide federation for community associations and similar organisations, with more than 1100 member organisations across the UK. Originally established as the National Federation of Community Associations in 1945, Community Matters has played a key role in promoting and supporting action by ordinary people in response to social, educational and recreational needs in their neighbourhoods and communities.