Welcome to the GMSEN Social Enterprise Directory
This directory is designed to help customers find social enterprises in Greater Manchester that they can buy from or trade with. It is also intended to help individuals, businesses and organisations find social enterprises they may wish to support according to their social impact.
Social Enterprises can be searched by either key word, or you can use the sector and borough filters. This directory is focused on Greater Manchester and is free to register and use. You may also wish to use Social Enterprise UK’s Buy Social Directory which includes social enterprises from outside Greater Manchester.
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Social mission | Description of SE | Products or services sold | |
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North West Numbers CIC | Supporting social enterprise / voluntary action | Provision of Bookkeeping and Accountancy Services plus training to the Social Enterprise Sector | Bookkeeping, Accounts Preparation, Corporation Tax, Training, Access to a funding directory |
North West Turkish Academy | Arts, heritage, sport and faith, Citizenship and community, Employment, training and education, Family, friends and relationships, Mental health and well-being | We are part of a charity called North West Turkish Community Association, seeking to bring together the Turkish-British community in the North West, to reduce isolation and to increase knowledge and understanding of the Turkish culture and language. | We provide Turkish language lessons in Manchester for children aged 4-15 and adults. |
Northern Lily CIC | Citizenship and community, Conservation of the natural environment, Mental health and well-being, Physical health | Social enterprise providing tailored horticultural workshops suitable for all ages | We provide horticultural workshops, training and support to establish and maintain community growing spaces. We specialise in organic 'no dig' gardening |
Now Then Manchester Magazine | Arts, heritage, sport and faith, Citizenship and community, Mental health and well-being, Supporting social enterprise / voluntary action |
Now Then is a website produced by the social enterprise Opus Independents Ltd that relaunched in 2021 with a new design. Opus published 12 print issues of the Manchester edition of Now Then magazine between 2012 and 2014 before switching to the former magazine-style website design, publishing a new 'issue' each month online. We aim to cultivate choice, voice and... |
We sell marketing packages which currently includes campaigns via our online platforms (website, social media). The aim is to produce print magazines again in the future, which are funded by selling marketing packages that also include advertising space in order to fund the print magazine. As across the rest of our platforms, when selling advertising / marketing packages we only work with independent traders, community groups, charities and local government. |
Oldham Boxing & Personal Development Centre | Arts, heritage, sport and faith, Employment, training and education, Income and financial inclusion, Mental health and well-being, Physical health, Supporting social enterprise / voluntary action | Oldham's only England Boxing-affiliated boxing club, offering boxing tuition and much more! | - Boxing classes at our fully equipped state-of-the-art boxing gym - Fitness and wellbeing classes - Recovery Cafe with full internet access - A range of personal development programmes |