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Qualifying organisations are eligible for two hours of research at the British Library Intellectual Property Centre. Click here for more information. (Word document, 89Kb)

Uday contributes to Social Enterprise Magazine on the topic of homelessness. For further information click here.
Third Sector Magazine article How to: Raise capital for a start-up social enterprise with Paul Jump and Uday Thakkar
Top tips on procurement by Uday Thakkar
Free and Libre Open Source Software article by Robet Foster and published in December/January 2006 edition of Social Enterprise Magazine
A comparisson of popular accounting packages by Andy Rich, HW Fisher
Good news on VAT recovery for Charities? by Uday Thakkar
Case Study: East End Community Centre How did Red Ochre help an established community centre operate more efficiently and make the most of revenue opportunities? Robert Foster.
Moment of Truth Can your organisation deliver on every encounter with the public? Uday Thakkar discusses.

Marketing Judo A great book on effective and efficient use of marketing. You can also order this book direct from this page. This review by Uday Thakkar was pubished in the December/January 2006 edition of Social Enterprise Magazine.
Where's my cheese? Read a review of a very accessible management book.
Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results. Read the review and order the book.
Our latest book review is for the excellent book The Naked Leader. You can order the book from here as well as reading our review.

Social Enterprise Start-up Show Presentation Introduction to Social Enterprise. A joint presentation given by Robert Foster and Uday Thakkar on 3rd November 2007. MS PowerPoint presentation approximately 2.2Mb in size.
Uday Thakkar's Social Enterprise Start-up Show Presentation on Structuring Social Enterprises. This was presented on Friday 2nd November 2007 at the Faith Works National Conference. MS PowerPoint presentation approximately 1Mb in size.
Uday Thakkar's Faith Works Conference Presentation. This was presented on Friday 2nd November 2007 at the Faith Works National Conference. MS PowerPoint presentation approximately 1.8Mb in size.
Red Ochre Christmas Card. PDF approximately 124Kb in size.
50 ways to leave your funder. Powerpoint presentation given to BASSAC conference February 2006, Uday Thakkar.
Using web technology to extend social enterprise. Powerpoint presentation given to SEEM conference 2005, Uday Thakkar
Robert's CHASE 2005 presentation "Using DM when you're under the cosh (Direct Marketing in the real world)"
Download Uday Thakkar's CHASE 2005 presentation "Generating Earned" here.

The Institute of Directors The Institute of Directors (IoD) is the leading membership organisation for directors who are responsible for the strategic direction of companies.

The Institute of Chartered Company Secretaries and Administrators a professional body concerend with good governance and transparency

The Inland Revenue is here to ensure that everyone understands and receives what they are entitled to and understands and pays what they owe, so that everyone contributes to the UK's needs.

www.socialenterprise.org.uk The Social Enterprise Coalition is the National body for businesses with a social purpose. The website offers a comprehensive searchable database of resources for social enterprises and businesses including case studies, guidance, events and links.

http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk The Charity Commission is established by law as the regulator and registrar for charities in England and Wales. Go here for initial guidance on charity issues.

Social Enterprise London represents the social enterprise movement among London’s strategic agencies and regional government to ensure the creative growth and expansion of London’s social enterprise sector.

SEO-Online provides a single source of data about social entrepreneurs in England.

www.can-online.org.uk Community Action Network is the UK's leading organisation for the development and promotion of social entrepreneurs. Red Ochre is a CAN Partner organisation.

VolResource Practical resources for people involved in charities, voluntary or community organisations, inc. information on events, contacts, services, specialist sources, briefings and news.

Health and Belief a is a pilot grants programme funded jointly by London Catalyst and the Church Urban Fund (CUF) to support faith based community projects tackling poverty and health inequalities in London. Grants of up to £10,000 for one year are available. The closing date for applications is 30th June. See www.fbrn.org.uk/news for more information.

The Government Funding website Direct access to funding from the following UK governemnt departments DfES, DoH, HO, OotDP, GOftR

Funds for Historic Buildings This site on funding of historic buildings and their restoration may be of interest to some of faith-based or citybased clients

J4B website This is a useful site that points to a vast range of UK and EU business grants and financial support

Access Funds website This is a useful site that points to a NGO and third sector funding sources such as central government, the National Lottery, devolved governing bodies, EU and quangos.

Red Ochre and Easily Internet domain registration page In order to offer a fuller service to our users we have joined up with Easily.co.uk, a UK market leader in domain registration services, to offer you competatively priced, fast and convienent Internet domain services. Click for futher details.

The Institute for Information Law A good resource for legal aspects of information law, based at the University of Amsterdam.