MY FAVOURITES: FOOD GROWING CO-OPS OrganicLea - A workers' cooperative growing food on London's edge in the Lea Valley OrganicLea doesn't just grow food, it sells it a farmers markets, via a box scheme, trains community groups in growing and runs the Hornbeam cafe http://www.hornbeam.org.uk/ http://www.organiclea.org.uk/ http://www.organiclea.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/secondary-rules-Jan-2010.doc WHOLEFOOD RETAIL CO-OP Union Grocery http://www.unicorn-grocery.co.uk/ Union Grocery Guide to Starting and Growing a Wholefood Co-op http://www.unicorn-grocery.co.uk/grow-a-grocery/Grow%20a%20Grocery.pdf COMMUNITY BAKERIES Loaf Community Bakery http://www.loafonline.co.uk/bakery/ Dunbar Community Bakery http://dunbarcommunitybakery.org.uk/ The Handbake Bakery http://www.thehandmadebakery.coop/ http://www.thehandmadebakery.coop/courses/community-bakery-course Commmunity Supported Baking http://www.sustainweb.org/realbread/community_supported_baking/ http://www.sustainweb.org/realbread/knead_to_know/ FOOD BUYING CO-OPS Food Co-ops http://www.sustainweb.org/foodcoops/ Food Co-ops Toolkit http://www.sustainweb.org/foodcoopstoolkit/ http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Food_co-ops_toolkit.pdf Organic Food Buying Groups http://www.soilassociation.org/Takeaction/Getinvolvedlocally/Organicbuyinggroups/Resources/tabid/636/Default.aspx COMMUNITY PUBS Community Pubs Foundation http://www.communitypubs.org/advice.htm Pubs and Places: The social value of community pubs http://www.ippr.org/publications/55/1682/pubs-and-placesthe-social-value-of-community-pubs http://www.ippr.org/images/media/files/publication/2011/05/Pubs%20and%20places%20summary_1682.pdf Hudswell Community Pub http://www.richmond.org/community/hudswellpub/ - Rules: http://www.richmond.org/community/hudswellpub/HCP-rules.pdf - Case Study: http://www.co-operative.coop/Campaigns/EnterpriseHub/Pdfs/Hudswell_casestudy.pdf - Prospectus: http://www.richmond.org/community/hudswellpub/Prospectus.pdf Old Crown Pub Britain's first co-operatively owned pub http://www.theoldcrownpub.co.uk/ Star Inn in Salford Britain's first urban co-op pub http://www.staronthecliff.co.uk/ The Butchers Arms Lyvennet Community Pub Remarkery http://remakery.posterous.com/ === TOP COOPERATIVE BUSINESS MODEL THAT ARE WORTH SCALING (AND OPEN SOURCDE APPS TO EMPOWER THEM) === 1. Online Local Food Hub 3. Community-led Veg Box Schemes 6. Forest Garden 14. other food models Food Processing and Storage? Builder/decorators co-ops? === FOOD AND DRINK === FOOD GROWING CO-OPS OrganicLea - A workers' cooperative growing food on London's edge in the Lea Valley OrganicLea doesn't just grow food, it sells it a farmers markets, via a box scheme, trains community groups in growing and runs the Hornbeam cafe http://www.hornbeam.org.uk/ http://www.organiclea.org.uk/ http://www.organiclea.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/secondary-rules-Jan-2010.doc Growing with Grace - worker co-op turned community-owned food projectre http://www.growingwithgrace.org.uk/ WHOLEFOOD WHOLESALE CO-OP Suma Wholefood Co-op http://www.suma.coop/ The Viable Systems Model Guide Case Study 2 (Triangle Food, trading as Suma): http://www.esrad.org.uk/resources/vsmg_3/screen.php?page=2_2cs2 Essential Trading Co-op http://www.essential-trading.co.uk/ Infinity Food Co-op http://www.infinityfoods.co.uk/ WHOLEFOOD RETAIL CO-OP Union Grocery http://www.unicorn-grocery.co.uk/ Union Grocery Guide to Starting and Growing a Wholefood Co-op http://www.unicorn-grocery.co.uk/grow-a-grocery/Grow%20a%20Grocery.pdf COMMUNITY BAKERIES Loaf Community Bakery http://www.loafonline.co.uk/bakery/ Dunbar Community Bakery http://dunbarcommunitybakery.org.uk/ The Handbake Bakery http://www.thehandmadebakery.coop/ http://www.thehandmadebakery.coop/courses/community-bakery-course Commmunity Supported Baking http://www.sustainweb.org/realbread/community_supported_baking/ http://www.sustainweb.org/realbread/knead_to_know/ COMMUNITY SURPPORTED AGRICULTURE Stroud Community Agriculture http://www.stroudcommunityagriculture.org/ Somerset Land and Food - didn't actually manage to raise initial target http://www.somersetcommunityfood.org.uk/index.php?page=somerset-land-food - Business Plan: http://www.wessexca.co.uk/userfiles/file/Somerset%20Land%20for%20Food%20Ltd%20Business%20Plan%20final.doc - Rules: http://www.wessexca.co.uk/userfiles/file/Reinvestment%20Rules%20-%20Community%20Assets%202009%20SLFF.doc - Offer document: http://www.wessexca.co.uk/userfiles/file/Somerset%20Land%20for%20Food%20Offer%20Doc.pdf - Share application form: http://www.wessexca.co.uk/userfiles/file/Share%20application%20form%20SLFF%20Ltd(1).doc The Community Farm, Chew Magna http://www.thecommunityfarm.co.uk/ http://www.peoplefund.it/the-community-farm-chew-magna/ Community Led Food Initiatives: http://www.nef.org.uk/communities/documents/Local_United_Sustainable_Food_Diffusion_Pack_APR2011c.pdf Community Supported Agriculture Action Manual http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Community_Supported_Agriculture_Action_Manual.pdf Community Investment in Community Supported Agriculture http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Community_investment_in_CSA.pdf COOPERATIVE BREWERY East Anglian Brewers Co-op http://www.eastanglianbrewers.com/about.php Hesket Newmarket Brewery http://www.hesketbrewery.co.uk/ FOOD BUYING CO-OPS Food Co-ops http://www.sustainweb.org/foodcoops/ Food Co-ops Toolkit http://www.sustainweb.org/foodcoopstoolkit/ http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Food_co-ops_toolkit.pdf Organic Food Buying Groups http://www.soilassociation.org/Takeaction/Getinvolvedlocally/Organicbuyinggroups/Resources/tabid/636/Default.aspx COMMUNITY PUBS Community Pubs Foundation http://www.communitypubs.org/advice.htm Pubs and Places: The social value of community pubs http://www.ippr.org/publications/55/1682/pubs-and-placesthe-social-value-of-community-pubs http://www.ippr.org/images/media/files/publication/2011/05/Pubs%20and%20places%20summary_1682.pdf Hudswell Community Pub http://www.richmond.org/community/hudswellpub/ - Rules: http://www.richmond.org/community/hudswellpub/HCP-rules.pdf - Case Study: http://www.co-operative.coop/Campaigns/EnterpriseHub/Pdfs/Hudswell_casestudy.pdf - Prospectus: http://www.richmond.org/community/hudswellpub/Prospectus.pdf Old Crown Pub Britain's first co-operatively owned pub http://www.theoldcrownpub.co.uk/ Star Inn in Salford Britain's first urban co-op pub http://www.staronthecliff.co.uk/ The Butchers Arms Lyvennet Community Pub FARMERS MARKETS http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Farmers_Markets/ http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Food/Urban_Farmers_Market_Toolkit.pdf COMMUNITY CAFES Hornbeam - Community Cafe and Environment Centre http://www.hornbeam.org.uk/ Pogo Cafe http://www.pogocafe.co.uk/ COMMUNITY SHOPS Lodsworth Larder (award winning community shop) http://www.lodsworthlarder.co.uk/ Green Valley Grocer http://www.slaithwaite.coop/ http://www.communityshares.org.uk/case_studies/green-valley-grocer Community Shops Network http://www.plunkett.uk.net/info/early-days Community-Owned Village Shops: A Better Form of Business: http://www.plunkett.uk.net/sites/default/files/23/Better%20Business%20Report%202010%282%29.pdf The People's Supermarket http://www.thepeoplessupermarket.org/ - Rules: http://www.thepeoplessupermarket.org/members/members-handbook/ === COOPERATIVE RENEWABLE ENERGY === COMMUNITY WIND FARMS Energy4all - Community Wind http://www.energy4all.co.uk/ COMMUNITY HYDRO H2ope - Community Hydro http://www.h2ope.org.uk/ Community-led Hydro Initiatives: http://www.nef.org.uk/communities/documents/Local_United_Hydro_Diffusion_Pack_Jan2011c.pdf COMMUNITY BIO-GAS Community Renewable Energy - Community Biogas and more http://www.corecoop.net/ Energy Farms - Anaerobic Digestion Diffusion Pack: http://www.nef.org.uk/communities/documents/Local_United_Anaerobic_Digestion_Diffusion_Pack_Jan2011c.pdf COMMUNITY SOLAR The Solar Energy Co-op http://solarenergy.coop/ The Solar Co-op http://solar.coop/ - Rules: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Legal_Structures_etc/Smart_Energy_Co-operative_Limited-Rules.pdf WASTE VEG OIL BIODIESEL CO-OP Sundance Renewables - worker co-op in Carmenthshire in Wales http://www.sundancerenewables.org.uk/ (site not working) Golden Fuels - workers co-op in Oxford http://www.goldenfuels.com/ Good Fuel Co-op - a co-op of co-ops (including the 2 above plus 2 more), but whose website has disappeared http://www.goodfuel.coop http://www.biodienet.eu/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Good-Fuel-Co-operative-D11.pdf http://www.clearlyso.com/company/166/TheGoodFuelCo-op.jsf WOOD FUEL CO-OPS Dartmoor Woodfuel Co-op http://www.dartmoorwoodfuel.co.uk/ COMMUNITY RENEWABLE ENERGY SERVICES Totnes Renewable Energy Society http://www.tresoc.co.uk/ Ouse Valley OVESCO http://www.ovesco.co.uk/ Brighton Energy Co-operative http://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/ Brixton Energy http://brixtonenergy.co.uk/ === FINANCE === COMMUNITY REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS Funding Revolution: a written guide to establishing and running low-carbon community revolving funds. A written guide to establishing and running low-carbon community revolving funds. Forum wrote this guide in collaboration with Bates Wells & Braithwaite solicitors (BWB) to show communities how they can use smart finance to kick-start carbon saving projects like these in their area and make their investments go further. http://www.forumforthefuture.org/project/funding-revolution/overview http://www.forumforthefuture.org/sites/default/files/project/downloads/funding-revolutionsummaryweb.pdf http://www.forumforthefuture.org/sites/default/files/project/downloads/fundingrevolutionfullguide.pdf Sustainable Community loan Fund http://www.nef.org.uk/communities/documents/Local_United_Sustainable_Community_Loan_Fund_Diffusion_Pack_Apr2011c.pdf Rootstock - Rules: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Legal_Structures_etc/rootstock_rules.pdf - Secondary Rules: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Legal_Structures_etc/Rootstock_Secondary_Rules_and_Policies.rtf CREDIT UNIONS Setting up a credit union http://www.abcul.org/credit-unions/setting-up-a-credit-union http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Money_and_Economics/Cooperatives/Credit_Unions/ ABCUL Model Rules http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Money_and_Economics/Cooperatives/Credit_Unions/ABCUL-Credit-Union-model-rules.pdf COMMUNITY INVESTMENT http://www.communityshares.org.uk/resources - Somerset Multistakeholder Cooperative Society Rules http://www.somerset.coop/somersetrules - Wessex Reinvesetment "Community Assets" Model (Community Benefit Society) Rules: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Legal_Structures_etc/Wessex_Reinvestment_Rules-Community_Assets_Model_2010.doc - Wessex Reinvesetment "Enterprise Investment" Model Rules: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Legal_Structures_etc/rootstock_rules.pdf - CoopsUK Community Finance Model Rules: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Legal_Structures_etc/CoopsUK_Community_Finance_Model_Rules.pdf COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCE INSTITUTIONS Fair Finance - affordable personal and business loans and money advice http://www.fairfinance.org.uk/ London Rebuiding Society http://www.londonrebuilding.com/ Aston Reinvestment Trust (ART) http://www.reinvest.co.uk/ Cooperative and Community Finance http://www.coopfinance.coop/ More at: Community Development Finance Association members http://www.cdfa.org.uk/membership/our-members-2/ === TRANSPORT === Lightweight Community Transport http://www.lctltd.co.uk/ COOPERATIVE RAIL GO! Cooperative a cooperative rail company (but also started Swindon Car Club) http://www.goco.coop/ - Rules: http://www.goco.coop/workspace/uploads/files/go!_rules_v3.0.pdf CAR SHARING RIDE SHARING P2P CAR RENTALS CYCLING CO-OPS Oxford Cycle Workshop http://www.ocw.coop/ Cycle Training UK - Workers Co-op http://www.cycletraining.co.uk/ Birmingham Bike Foundry http://www.birminghambikefoundry.org/ CYCLE DELIVERY CO-OPS BIKE SHARING === HOUSING === HOUSING CO-OPS Sanford Housing Co-op oldest and biggest in London, 130 people, eco-refurbished whole street http://www.sanford.coop The Drive London's newest housing co-op, in Walthamstow http://www.thedrive.coop Radical Routes network of co-ops working for radical social change with loads of housing co-op members http://www.radicalroutes.org.uk/ A couple of their many members - Equinox Housing Co-op http://www.eqnx.co.uk/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S32RhMed7cI - Cornerstone http://www.cornerstonehousing.org.uk/ How to set-up a Housing Co-op workshop events in London http://www.housingcoops.org.uk/ Lots of helpful documents http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Money_and_Economics/Cooperatives/Housing_Co-ops/ COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS Community Land Trust Network Step by Step Guide: http://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/step-by-step-guide CDS Model Rules http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Community_Land_Trusts/CDS_CLT_IPS_Model_Rules.doc Land for People Model Rules http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Community_Land_Trusts/Land_for_People_CLT_Model_Rules.pdf Somerset, Devon and Dorset Community Land Trust http://www.wessexca.co.uk/sdcltp_index.html Community Land Trust Fund http://www.cltfund.org.uk/ Wye Community Farms Rules: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Legal_Structures_etc/Wye_Community_Farm_Rules.pdf Fordhall Community Farm http://www.fordhallfarm.com/get_involved_fardhall.php?pid=8 - Rules: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Community_Land_Trusts/Fordhall-Community-Land-IPS-Rules.doc Lot more useful documents http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Community_Land_Trusts/ P2P HOME RENTALS COHOUSING LILAC - Eco Co-housing in Leeds http://lilac.coop/ UK Cohousing Network http://www.cohousing.org.uk/ http://www.cohousing.org.uk/map Cohousing for Seniors - there are a few in development http://www.cohousing.org.uk/taxonomy/term/25 NLSHP http://nlshp.org ECOVILLAGES Lammas Ecovillage in Pembrookeshire, Wales http://www.lammas.org.uk/ecovillage/index.htm Hockerton Housing Project http://www.hockertonhousingproject.org.uk/ Ecovillage Network UK http://www.evnuk.org.uk/ Global Ecovillage Network http://gen.ecovillage.org/ Books to read: http://www.dianaleafechristian.org/finding_community.html http://www.dianaleafechristian.org/creating.html ECOLOGICAL SMALL HOLDINGS Ecological Land Co-op http://ecologicalland.coop - Rules: http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Legal_Structures_etc/Rules_of_the_Ecological_Land_Coop_IPS.pdf SELF-BUILDS === SPORT and LEISURE === COOPERATIVE FOOTBALL CLUB FC United Manchester http://fc-utd.co.uk/ http://fc-utd.co.uk/communityshares http://fc-utd.co.uk/commshares/FCUM_Offer_Document_Final.pdf http://fc-utd.co.uk/commshares/FCUM%20Business%20Plan%20Summary%202010.pdf http://fc-utd.co.uk/commshares/FCUM%20Com%20Use%20Plan%20Summary%202010.pdf http://www.fc-utd.co.uk/documents/FC%20United%20of%20Manchester%20IPS%20Rules%20May%202010.pdf http://www.communityshares.org.uk/case_studies/fc-united-manchester Ebbsfleet United/ MyFootballClub.co.uk http://www.ebbsfleetunited.co.uk/ http://www.myfootballclub.co.uk/ http://files.uniteddiversity.com/Legal_Structures_etc/MyFootballClubRules.pdf Supporters Direct goal is to promote sustainable spectator sports clubs based on supporters' involvement & community ownership. http://www.supporters-direct.org/ COMMUNITY LEISURE CENTRE Oldham Community Leisure - community benefit society http://www.oclactive.co.uk/ Greenwich Leisure http://www.gll.org/ http://www.uk.coop/case-study/gll-greenwich-leisure-limited Gravesham Community Leisure Limited http://www.gcll.co.uk/ === COMMUNICATIONS === COMMUNITY BROADBAND Cybermoor Broadband http://www.cybermoor.org/cybermoor-services/broadband/ http://www.communityshares.org.uk/case_studies/cybermoor Rules - http://91.102.68.231/assets/files/directory/Cybermoor/Cybermoor%20M&A.pdf Bristol Wireless http://www.bristolwireless.net/ Community Broadband Network http://www.broadband.coop/ Independent Networks Cooperative Association http://www.inca.coop/ http://www.inca.coop/big-society-broadband-project Big Society Broadband http://www.bigsocietybroadband.coop/ http://www.bigsocietybroadband.coop/about TELECOMS The Phone Co-op http://www.thephone.coop === WORKSPACE === COWORKING SPACES Open Space Cooperative http://openspace.coop/ Article on Exceptional Coworking Space Models http://www.deskmag.com/en/exceptional-coworking-space-models-217 COMMUNITY STUDIO AND WORKSHOP SPACE Remarkery http://remakery.posterous.com/ COMMUNITY TECH SPACE Remarkery http://remakery.posterous.com/ TECHSHOPS, FABLABS AND 3D PRINTING === COMMUNITY COMPOSTING AND RECYCLING === Brighton Compost http://www.brighton-compost.coop/ Remarkery http://remakery.posterous.com/ === COMMUNITY POST OFFICE Community Post Offices - directory of public post offices operated by and for communities http://communitypo.cflabs.org.uk/ Headley and Ashford Hill Community Shop and Post Office http://www.headleyshop.org.uk/ http://www.plunkett.uk.net/shop/headley-ashford-hill-community-shop Nenthead Community Shop and Post Office 48. children's literacy? === COMMUNITY CRECHE === Cooperative Childcare http://www.uk.coop/system/files/sites/default/files/Legal-Structures---Its-Childs-Play.pdf Rainbow Creche Cooperative http://www.uk.coop/node/6607 Edinburgh Creche Co-op http://www.uk.coop/node/2338 More here: http://www.uk.coop/taxonomy/term/487 50. community powered logistics? last square mile issues? see cycle delivery companies in Transport? Bet something more like what you're thinking exists though. Remember reading about something cool in Denmark or somewhere but can't find the info right now... 51. community social care? old people's 'home' / carers network? Sunderland Home Care http://www.sunderlandhomecare.co.uk/ Wrekin Care http://www.wrekincare.co.uk/ Cooperative Home Care Associates - South Bronx http://www.chcany.org/ Cooperatives in Community Care - Case studies of the above http://www.uk.coop/system/files/sites/default/files/resources/Co-operatives%20and%20Community%20Care.pdf Cohousing for Seniors - there are a few in development http://www.cohousing.org.uk/taxonomy/term/25 Keeping Control of our Lives - Mutual retirement housing for older people proposes two models which involve either a form of commonhold or mutual home ownership http://www.cds.coop/about-us/news/keeping-control-of-our-lives-mutual-retirement-housing-for-older-people/ http://www.cds.coop/about-us/news/keeping%20control%20of%20our%20lives%20b2003.pdf got more links about co-op retirement homes to add here too.. 52. learning adventures / experiences for young people? disabled people? the elderly? Lupine Adventure Co-op http://www.lupineadventure.co.uk/ 53. Community/ Cooperative (Free) School The Swanage School http://www.educationswanage.co.uk/ http://www.educationswanage.co.uk/userfiles/file/ES_SUMMARY.pdf The ON School http://www.onschool.org.uk/ http://www.co-operative.coop/membership/local-communities/co-operative-schools/ http://www.co-operative.coop/Membership/pdfs/Co-operative%20schools%20-%20making%20a%20difference.pdf http://www.co-operative.coop/join-the-revolution/our-plan/Young-People/Co-operative-Schools/ Co-operative Values Make a Difference – In the Curriculum and Governance of Schools http://www.co-op.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/4050_Co_op_leaflet_WEB.pdf Schools Cooperative Society http://www.co-op.ac.uk/schools-and-young-people/co-operative-schools/co-operative-society/ Free School Proposals: http://www.education.gov.uk/freeschools/b0066077/free-school-proposals The 4 that sound most interesting (to me): http://www.education.gov.uk/freeschools/b0066077/free-school-proposals/discovery http://www.education.gov.uk/freeschools/b0066077/free-school-proposals/rivendale-free-school http://www.education.gov.uk/freeschools/b0066077/free-school-proposals/stour-valley-community-school New Schools Network http://newschoolsnetwork.org/ PEARLS Co-op - supplies cheap stuff to schools http://www.co-operative.coop/enterprisehub/case-studies-old/PEARLS/ 54. sexual health / mental health community run support services? 55. ethnic minority stuff .... refugee / immigrant employment? 56. community run festivals 57. Community run markets / fetes Storrington Community Market (a co-op) http://storringtonmarket.co.uk/ 58. community arts centre/ venue? 59. community cinema Curzon showing films since 1912 http://www.curzon.org.uk/ The Regent - Leven Community Cinema http://www.levencommunitycinema.co.uk/ Whirledart studio space and small cinema in Loughborough Junction, London http://www.whirledart.co.uk/ Community Cinemas Mobile cinema, bringing the big screen to you http://www.communitycinemas.com/ 60. community tools bank 61. community time banks - the best ones? Not sure about "best" this one comes to mind 62. Community Toy Library 62. City Farms and Community Gardens East Side Roots a brilliant one at a train station in Bristol http://www.eastsideroots.org.uk/ 63. Make use of dis/underused space ======================================================================================================== 100 Apps to power civic initiatives ACCOUNTING, EXPENSES 4. Bamboo Invoice open source online invoicing http://www.bambooinvoice.org/ PROJECT MANAGEMENT Leaders: 9. BetterMeans Open and Democratic Project Management - Open Source http://bettermeans.com/front/index.html 10. Redmine open source project management (what bettermeans is built on top of) http://www.redmine.org/ Others: 11. OpenAtrium open source drupal power project management http://openatrium.com/ CRM 12. CiviCRM x. vtiger http://www.vtiger.com/ - open source online crm SOCIAL NETWORKING/ SOCIAL MEDIA Things everyone could do with using: . Friendeka - open source http://project.friendika.com/ BUILD YOUR OWN WEBSITE 23. Wordpress hosted service http://wordpress.com http://talkaboutlocal.org.uk/how-set-wordpress/ . Wordpress Self-hosted version http://wordpress.org 24. Drupal http://drupal.org 28. Drupal Gardens Get a hosted Drupal site http://www.drupalgardens.com/ 25. Mediawiki 27. Buddypress http://buddypress.com POWER YOUR LOCAL FOOD BUSINESS 31. local food cooperative software Local Food Hub supports cooperative supply, purchase and distribution of local produce on a regular order cycle. http://www.localfoodcoop.org/ 32. local food hub software http://code.google.com/p/localfoodhub/ RUN A CREDIT UNION . Cuprium RAISING FUNDS PeopleFund.it Goteo.org Catarse P2P Loans DECISION MAKING 42. Adhocracy 43. One click orgs your priorities TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT OpenStreetMap FIND SPACE TO WORK FIND SPACE TO STAY http://www.bewelcome.org/ TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR EMAIL Email clients: 56. Squirrel Mail 16. Horde open source web mail and more http://www.horde.org/ 17. Roundcube open source web mail http://roundcube.net/ 58. Thunderbird x. Evolution . Crystal Mail - 99% GPL based on Roundcube http://www.crystalmail.net/ . Emexis Webmail - open source web mail based on Squirrel Mail http://emexis-webmail.brc.com.br/lang/en/ . AtMail - open source version http://atmail.org/ Mailing lists/ Newsletters: mailman phplist sympa ONLINE MEETINGS 59. Etherpad Etherpad is a hosted web service that allows really real-time document collaboration for groups of users. Etherpad is open source; you can host your own Etherpad by downloading the source code or try Etherpad for free on one of the Public Sites. http://etherpad.org/ 60. BigBlueButton BigBlueButton is an open source web conferencing system built on over fourteen open source components to create an integrated solution that runs on mac, unix, or PC computers. http://bigbluebutton.org/ Mumble 62. Freenode http://freenode.net/ http://webchat.freenode.net/ SELL ONLINE oscommerce zencart magento etc MAKE CHEAP CALLS x. SIPdriod free open source SIP/VoIP client for andriod http://sipdroid.org/ 68. PBXes https://www2.pbxes.com/index_e.php MEDIA Miro - open source http://www.getmiro.com/ VLC - open source http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Songbird - open source http://getsongbird.com/ Audacity - open source http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/ 70. CANstreamer http://www.canstream.co.uk/canstreamer 72. Miro Community The easiest way to make a video website http://www.mirocommunity.org/ x. MediaCore open source media platform http://mediacore.com/ x. Showmee instant video messaging for andriod https://showm.ee/ MIND MAPPING AND DATA VISUALISATION Visual Understanding Environment (VUE) - open source http://vue.tufts.edu/ GET OR BORROW STUFF FOR CHEAP OR FREE 85. COD (Conference Organising Distribution for Drupal) ONLINE PAYMENTS 88. Bitcoin . Web Money Ripple all the other stuff on Community Currency page on p2p wiki FREE OFFICE SOFTWARE x. Open Office - open source http://download.openoffice.org/ . LibreOffice . Feng Office http://www.fengoffice.com TAKE ACTION LOCALLY . Togethr.at social action network http://togethr.at SURVEY TOOLS . LimeSurvey - open source http://www.limesurvey.org/ . Epicollect - open http://www.epicollect.net/ - smart phone data collection GRAPHICS GIMP - open source http://www.gimp.org/ Inkscape - open source http://www.inkscape.org/ RSS TOOLS . Vienna RSS - open source desktopreader for macs http://www.vienna-rss.org/ . RSS Owl - open source desktop reader http://www.rssowl.org/ . RSS Bandit - open source desktop reader http://sourceforge.net/projects/rssbandit/ . BlogBridge - opensource desktop RSS reader for Linux for info-junkies http://www.blogbridge.com/ . SwiftRiver Platform SwiftRiver is an open source platform that aims to democratize access to tools for filtering & making sense of real-time information. http://ushahidi.com/products/swiftriver-platform Hivemined http://hivemined.org/ Status.net OPEN SOURCE BROWSERS . Firefox . Chrome MUST HAVE BROWSER PLUGINS . Adblock Plus . FireFTP . FireBug . Chatzilla INSTANT CHAT . Pidgin - open source http://pidgin.im/ http://adium.im/ . Chatzilla MAPPING . Open Street Map - open data/ open source http://www.openstreetmap.org/ .Ushahidi Platform We built the Ushahidi platform as a tool to easily crowdsource information using multiple channels, including SMS, email, Twitter and the web. http://download.ushahidi.com/ . Crowdmap When you need to get the Ushahidi platform up in 2 minutes to crowdsource information, Crowdmap will do it for you. It’s our hosted version of the Ushahidi platform. http://ushahidi.com/products/crowdmap GOOD SHOPPING GUIDES PETITION SITES CREATE YOUR OWN CURRENCY Timebanks LETS Drupal Mutual Credit DOCUMENT STORAGE/ MANAGEMENT/ COLLABORATION MOBILE APPS SUPED-UP COMMENTS DisqUS http://disqus.com/ ===================================================================================================== OTHER STUFF THAT I IMAGINE BIG SOCIETY INITIATIVES COULD FIND VERY USEFUL Good for Nothing - http://www.goodfornothing.co/ ubuntu SME Server - open source http://wiki.contribs.org/Main_Page FrontlineSMS - open source http://www.frontlinesms.com/ OTHER STUFF THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED SOMEWHERE flattr http://filezilla-project.org/ - ftp server and client open source Vanilla Forums http://vanillaforums.org/ HandBrake - open source DVD ripper http://handbrake.fr/details.php Goteo http://goteo.org PeopleFund.it http://peoplefund.it OpenEyes "OpenEyes is a collaborative, open source, project led by Moorfields Eye Hospital. The goal is to produce a framework which will allow the rapid, and continuous development of electronic patient records (EPR) with contributions from Hospitals, Institutions, Academic departments, Companies, and Individuals." http://www.openeyes.org.uk/ Open Data Kit Open Data Kit (ODK) is a free and open-source set of tools which help organizations author, field, and manage mobile data collection solutions. ODK provides an out-of-the-box solution for users to: 1. Build a data collection form or survey; 2. Collect the data on a mobile device and send it to a server; and 3. Aggregate the collected data on a server and extract it in useful formats. http://opendatakit.org/ OpenMRS OpenMRS is a community-developed, open source, enterprise electronic medical record system platform. We’ve come together to specifically respond to those actively building and managing health systems in the developing world, where AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria afflict the lives of millions. Our mission is to improve health care delivery in resource-constrained environments by coordinating a global community to create and support this software. http://openmrs.org/