General
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www.birminghamuk.com - A complete guide to Birmingham and the West Midlands

Business advice & support
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www.advantagewm.co.uk - Advantage West Midlands web site

www.bci.org.uk - Birmingham Chamber of Commerce web site

www.birmingham.businesslink.co.uk - Business Link web site

www.bitc.org.uk - Business in the Community web site

www.businessadviceonline.org - Small Business Service web site

www.businessmonitor.co.uk - Up to date information on UK business and some European and US coverage.

Childcare & Nursery provision
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http://www.childcarelink.gov.uk - A government site for information on Childcare resources.

http://www.daycaretrust.org.uk  - Daycare Trust is the national childcare charity, promoting affordable childcare for all.

www.dfee.gov.uk - The official site for the Department of Education and Employment

http://www.ndna.org.uk - The National Day Nurseries Association site.  You can find information relating to the Working Families Tax Credit on this site.

http://www.earlyears.com  - A website offering free advice, help and information for everyone who lives and works with young children.

www.early-years-nto.org.uk - The Early Years National Training Organisation (Early Years NTO) is a strategic body that represents everyone who works in the UK with children between the ages of 0 - 8.

http://www.ncb.org.uk  - The site for the charity The National Children's Bureau.

http://www.pre-school.co.uk - The official site of the Pre-School Learning Alliance

http://www.nof.org.uk  - The New Opportunities Fund awards grants to health, education and environment projects throughout the UK.

www.ofsted.gov.uk - View the Office of Standards in Education (Ofsted) site, for reports on childcare settings

http://www.qca.org.uk - The Qualifications & Curriculum Authority (QCA) - government funded regulatory body.

http://217.158.45.71/nationalstandards.asp - Ofsted National childcare Standards

Funding
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www.access-funds.co.uk - Sources of funding for the non-profit sector

www.co-financing.co.uk - regeneration funding

www.community-fund.org.uk - National Lottery fund

www.go-wm.gov.uk - Government office West Midlands European funding

www.j4b.co.uk - local and national funding sources

www.reinvest.co.uk - Aston Reinvestment Trust - providers of Loans to Social Enterprises

www.wmeuronet.co.uk - West Midlands European Network

Local organisations
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www.birmingham.gov.uk - Birmingham City Council web site

www.bvsc.org - Birmingham Voluntary Services Council - funding news, training, database

Market Intelligence/research

www.birminghameconomy.org.uk - Ward statistics across Birmingham

www.statistics.gov.uk/neighbourhood/home.asp - Ward statistics across the country

www.upyourstreet.com - Housing prices, School Tables, Crime statistics for every ward in the Country

National & regional organisations
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www.charitycommission.gov.uk - Charity commission site with useful database

www.lsc.gov.uk - Learning Skills Council web site

www.sel.org.uk - Social Enterprise development agency

http://www.socialenterprise-sunderland.org.uk - Social Enterprise development agency

Health & Social Care
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www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/seu - Social Exclusion Unit Homepage -

www.doh.gov.uk -Department of Health

www.nhs.uk - NHS web site

http://omni.ac.uk - A guide to quality Internet resources in health & medicine