5: Community Building & Support
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We do not give a blanket recommendation for all our members, but advise prospective customers and clients to rely upon their judgement
and exercise due diligence in forming their own trusted relationships with our members.
Where our members have undertaken our Social Responsibility Training you will see the ESTA Logo next to their name.
and exercise due diligence in forming their own trusted relationships with our members.
Where our members have undertaken our Social Responsibility Training you will see the ESTA Logo next to their name.
Beyond Radio
Lancaster and Morecambes community radio station, bringing a unique service to the district via the airwaves and the internet.
Caterfly
We support leaders and coaches of smarter working implementations or company-wide transformations.
CommEnt CIC
Supporting sustainable development by working with individuals, groups and organisations to develop community-based enterprises.
Connect With Compassion
"We offer courses where participants can explore how to establish a quality of compassionate and respectful connection.
Ecoheroes
Leading, changing and inspiring a green generation - the Eco Heroes show how our own behaviour matters and that every action, no matter how small, can make a difference to the Earth and the environment around us. Who cares? We care!
Independent Lancaster
Whether you're a retailer or a customer in the beautiful historic city of Lancaster, you'll know how important it is to support your local businesses.
Institute for Leadership and Sustainability (IFLAS)
A global hub of inquiry, teaching, and dialogue on enabling the transition to more fair and sustainable societies.
Lancaster and Morecambe Makers
The Space* is a modern initiative for the centre of Lancaster offering a unique location for the members of the technological, manufacturing and digital industries to create and collaborate alongside members of the broader community.
Lancaster District Magazine
A quality publication available all over the Lancaster District and beyond packed with over 40 articles in each edition. Read the magazine online here.
LESS CIC
A not-for-profit Community Interest Company set up to provide practical support to help the residents of Lancashire live more sustainably.
Light Aware
LightAware is a registered charity which raises awareness of the effect of artificial lighting on health and wellbeing.
Lancaster Youth For Environment (LYFE)
Today, young people across the globe are rising for their future. LYFE is a social movement in Lancaster (UK) which unites and empowers young people to engage in environmental and political issues locally.
Making Space
Delivering high quality care, support and enablement services for people with a range of physical and/or mental health conditions.
More Music
We believe in the power of music and culture to transform people's lives. We use many art forms with a focus on music and take our work out across the region and country and onto the international stage.
Organic Campaigns
Do you want to run powerful and compelling email lobbying campaigns? Our iparl email campaigning service helps you do this. Broadening your campaigning and fundraising reach.
Outrageous Ambition
We achieve our social objectives by developing high quality goods and services which have real economic worth and then by trading with individuals and organisations which share our social objectives.
Piccadilly Gardens
We offer a range of activities for people with a learning disability, based mainly in a horticultural and recycling environment, along with access to other community based opportunities.
Roots of Life
Roots of Life Events organise Wellness,Mind, Body & Spirit Events. Our aim is to inspire those drawn to a more Holistic approach to health & well-being.
SDG Changemakers
Making Sustainability Profitable: What we do: Make sustainability profitable: Customers, employees, investors and stakeholders want businesses to be socially, environmentally and financially sustainable. Businesses know their long-term profitability depends on it. Innovate using the SDGs: The drivers of innovation and economic development are also the drivers of a zero-carbon and sustainable future. Work with the Global Goals: The UN's 17 Global Goals, are the world's strategy for sustainability. We use the Goals to support innovation and economic development.
Simon Grant
My interests are developing from e-portfolio technology and InLOC, towards technology to support people's development into the collaborative or sharing economy. I find satisfaction from bringing rich, complex and novel ideas from myself and others together, for practical applications.
Social Ballance
Social Balance Consultancy works with social enterprises and other third sector organisations, enabling them to be more effective in fulfilling their values, social aims and business objectives. Services offered include:
The Chamber
Supporting business throughout the Lancaster district. There are many opportunities within the Chamber for you to develop your business. Whether you have an established business, are thinking about relocating to the Lancaster district, or starting a new enterprise.
The Exchange Creative Community CIC
We seek to promote the creative talent that exists within the local area. We sell locally made art, crafts and gifts, exhibiting and raising funds through sales to deliver creative workshops free to access for the local community.
The Lost Art of Living Festival
Lancaster's major anual Health Festival takes place every September as part of UHMBT's Better Care Together program.. Fun, food, and serious conversation as people start shaping a more healthy and satisfying future.
The Open Source Guild
The open source guild is a mechanism that enables freelance workers and micro-businesses with shared values to collaborate and benefit from a larger network. It has been developed by Justin Larner as part of his PhD research at Lancaster University.
The Small Green Cosultancy
Organisational development as if people mattered. The Small Green Consultancy offers creative solutions to social and environmental businesses and organisations to help them reach their potential (rather than simply ‘grow’) whilst operating within an ethical framework.
Trybooking
Streamline your events and sell tickets online with the most affordable event ticketing platform. From small gatherings to large festivals, our easy to use online event booking software has you covered!
Unique Kids and Co
Unique Kidz and Co provides specialist services for disabled children and their families. We now support over 120 children with a range of disabilities, allowing parents and carers to return to work or education, spend time with other family members, or have some much needed respite.
Wellbeing Economy Aliance
A new global collaboration of organisations, alliances movements and individuals - working together to change the economic system. Its time for a wellbeing economy: one that delivers human and ecological wellbeing.
World Health Innovation Summit (WHIS)
Empowering people and communities to improve their health and wellbeing. Based in the heart of Cumbria [UK] WHIS enables people in the community to co-create more holistic and accessible health solutions, in their locality.
Lancaster and Morecambes community radio station, bringing a unique service to the district via the airwaves and the internet.
Caterfly
We support leaders and coaches of smarter working implementations or company-wide transformations.
CommEnt CIC
Supporting sustainable development by working with individuals, groups and organisations to develop community-based enterprises.
Connect With Compassion
"We offer courses where participants can explore how to establish a quality of compassionate and respectful connection.
Ecoheroes
Leading, changing and inspiring a green generation - the Eco Heroes show how our own behaviour matters and that every action, no matter how small, can make a difference to the Earth and the environment around us. Who cares? We care!
Independent Lancaster
Whether you're a retailer or a customer in the beautiful historic city of Lancaster, you'll know how important it is to support your local businesses.
Institute for Leadership and Sustainability (IFLAS)
A global hub of inquiry, teaching, and dialogue on enabling the transition to more fair and sustainable societies.
Lancaster and Morecambe Makers
The Space* is a modern initiative for the centre of Lancaster offering a unique location for the members of the technological, manufacturing and digital industries to create and collaborate alongside members of the broader community.
Lancaster District Magazine
A quality publication available all over the Lancaster District and beyond packed with over 40 articles in each edition. Read the magazine online here.
LESS CIC
A not-for-profit Community Interest Company set up to provide practical support to help the residents of Lancashire live more sustainably.
Light Aware
LightAware is a registered charity which raises awareness of the effect of artificial lighting on health and wellbeing.
Lancaster Youth For Environment (LYFE)
Today, young people across the globe are rising for their future. LYFE is a social movement in Lancaster (UK) which unites and empowers young people to engage in environmental and political issues locally.
Making Space
Delivering high quality care, support and enablement services for people with a range of physical and/or mental health conditions.
More Music
We believe in the power of music and culture to transform people's lives. We use many art forms with a focus on music and take our work out across the region and country and onto the international stage.
Organic Campaigns
Do you want to run powerful and compelling email lobbying campaigns? Our iparl email campaigning service helps you do this. Broadening your campaigning and fundraising reach.
Outrageous Ambition
We achieve our social objectives by developing high quality goods and services which have real economic worth and then by trading with individuals and organisations which share our social objectives.
Piccadilly Gardens
We offer a range of activities for people with a learning disability, based mainly in a horticultural and recycling environment, along with access to other community based opportunities.
Roots of Life
Roots of Life Events organise Wellness,Mind, Body & Spirit Events. Our aim is to inspire those drawn to a more Holistic approach to health & well-being.
SDG Changemakers
Making Sustainability Profitable: What we do: Make sustainability profitable: Customers, employees, investors and stakeholders want businesses to be socially, environmentally and financially sustainable. Businesses know their long-term profitability depends on it. Innovate using the SDGs: The drivers of innovation and economic development are also the drivers of a zero-carbon and sustainable future. Work with the Global Goals: The UN's 17 Global Goals, are the world's strategy for sustainability. We use the Goals to support innovation and economic development.
Simon Grant
My interests are developing from e-portfolio technology and InLOC, towards technology to support people's development into the collaborative or sharing economy. I find satisfaction from bringing rich, complex and novel ideas from myself and others together, for practical applications.
Social Ballance
Social Balance Consultancy works with social enterprises and other third sector organisations, enabling them to be more effective in fulfilling their values, social aims and business objectives. Services offered include:
The Chamber
Supporting business throughout the Lancaster district. There are many opportunities within the Chamber for you to develop your business. Whether you have an established business, are thinking about relocating to the Lancaster district, or starting a new enterprise.
The Exchange Creative Community CIC
We seek to promote the creative talent that exists within the local area. We sell locally made art, crafts and gifts, exhibiting and raising funds through sales to deliver creative workshops free to access for the local community.
The Lost Art of Living Festival
Lancaster's major anual Health Festival takes place every September as part of UHMBT's Better Care Together program.. Fun, food, and serious conversation as people start shaping a more healthy and satisfying future.
The Open Source Guild
The open source guild is a mechanism that enables freelance workers and micro-businesses with shared values to collaborate and benefit from a larger network. It has been developed by Justin Larner as part of his PhD research at Lancaster University.
The Small Green Cosultancy
Organisational development as if people mattered. The Small Green Consultancy offers creative solutions to social and environmental businesses and organisations to help them reach their potential (rather than simply ‘grow’) whilst operating within an ethical framework.
Trybooking
Streamline your events and sell tickets online with the most affordable event ticketing platform. From small gatherings to large festivals, our easy to use online event booking software has you covered!
Unique Kids and Co
Unique Kidz and Co provides specialist services for disabled children and their families. We now support over 120 children with a range of disabilities, allowing parents and carers to return to work or education, spend time with other family members, or have some much needed respite.
Wellbeing Economy Aliance
A new global collaboration of organisations, alliances movements and individuals - working together to change the economic system. Its time for a wellbeing economy: one that delivers human and ecological wellbeing.
World Health Innovation Summit (WHIS)
Empowering people and communities to improve their health and wellbeing. Based in the heart of Cumbria [UK] WHIS enables people in the community to co-create more holistic and accessible health solutions, in their locality.
ESTA works to a 20 Sector Model, which is a modified version of the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) System, to include things that the SIC doesnt yet consider directly such as biosphere restoration, personal development and growth, and the circular economy. The 20 Sector Model also makes the sectors more outcome focussed, moving away from the blind idea of supporting GDP growth (at any cost) and more towards working within the context of a collaborative framework that helps us all reach the goal of a more sustainable and balanced future.
This is more in keeping with our primary goal of building thriving local communites that help everyone reach theri full capacity as human beings whilst helping us live within the carrying capacity of the Planet.
This is more in keeping with our primary goal of building thriving local communites that help everyone reach theri full capacity as human beings whilst helping us live within the carrying capacity of the Planet.
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