Social Enterprise

The South London Wood Recyling Centre

We are the leading re-use charity in South Wales; we collect household items like furniture and electrical appliances that are toogoodtowaste from local residents for free. 

“Build it Green NYC” is a non-profit retail outlet for salvaged and surplus building materials. Its reuse centers in Queens and Brooklyn have everything from panel doors to high end refrigerators, window shutters to reclaimed lumber. BIG!NYC’s aim is to reduce impacts by keeping these materials out of the landfill, while offering deep discounts on their resale. All proceeds help support BIG!NYC and CEC's environmental initiatives around the city, including BIG!Compost, BIG!Blooms, materials for raised garden beds at community gardens, and is is a rich source for green jobs and training, offering internships for students, volunteers and continuing education classes.

GreenBristol won funding from the European Commission's Lifelong Learning Programme for a Partnership project with Berlin, Budapest and Bistrita (Romania). The project commenced by GreenBristol welcoming participants from all three partner cities to the first Study Visit in Bristol in October 2009. We are working with Knowle West Media Centre as our local partner in this project. See the project website: https://4bshive.wordpress.com  (tip - open it in a new window by right clicking)

Oxfam is a charitable organisation that aims to eradicate poverty across the world. Oxfam believes no one should go without basic human rights such as food, shelter, and education. 

A thriving community center with bakery, shop, workshop and ebike hire.

Website: www.growfunding.be

Siempre Verde Community Garden

Located in South Glasgow in the Strathbungo area, Merry-Go-Round is a registered charity & social enterprise, supporting local families by offering..

A non-profit, with all proceeds benefiting the Glasgow School of Art Students' Association, Victoria Café & Bar at The Art School is part of the art school & is adjacent to the Reid Building of the Glasgow School of Art, opposite the historic & famous Mackintosh Building.

With three screens exclusively showing specialised cinema, Glasgow Film Theatre is Glasgow’s centre for film-lovers. Built in 1939, originally called the Cosmo, GFT is a time-capsule of Art Déco architecture & an era when Glaswegians attended the cinema an average of one time per week. At the same time, through renovations & refurbishment, GFT is today a thoroughly modern venue.

Charity shop whose proceeds benefit the Oxfam organisation, offering a wide variety of secondhand books. From fiction to non-fiction to vintage books, Oxfam bookshops are famous for their amazing finds!

Located just to the north of Glasgow City Centre, the Lambhill Stables Community Garden is bordered by the historic Forth & Clyde Canal on one side & Possil Marsh Nature Reserve on the other.

Located just to the north of Glasgow City Centre, on the banks of the Forth & Clyde Canal & the Forth & Clyde Towpath (includes a bike path!), & very near to Possil Marsh Nature Reserve, Lambhill Stables bike hub is part of the social enterprise Lambhill Stables, which also includes a café, community garden, & numerous classes & group-meetings.

Located just to the north of Glasgow City Centre, on the banks of the historic Forth & Clyde Canal, the award-winning Lambhill Stables Café at the Canal is the heart of Lambhill Stables, & is run almost entirely by a team of loyal & dedicated volunteers. They focus on providing simple yet healthy food at accessible prices & they use fruit & vegetables from their extensive community garden, whenever possible.

Situated in Milngavie just outside of Glasgow city, Gavin's Mill is a social enterprise (supporting Gavin's Mill Community Project) offering a Fairtrade & zero-waste shop, as well as a vegetarian café with vegan & gluten-free options (for more on the café, please go to the separate listing here on Glasgow Green Map - link below!) completely run by volunteers, & a series of events (everything from live music to art-making). Outdoor covered terraces to enjoy a light lunch or delicious baking.

Situated in Milngavie just outside of Glasgow city, Gavin's Mill is a social enterprise (supporting Gavin's Mill Community Project) offering a vegetarian café with vegan & gluten-free options, a Fairtrade & zero-waste shop, as well as (for more on the shop, please go to the separate listing here on Glasgow Green Map - link below!) completely run by volunteers, & a series of events (everything from live music to art-making).

A social enterprise, Locavore is a local, organic grocery store & veg-box delivery service. Food supplied is sourced from Locavore's own land, as well as from other local growers & ethical producers. In-store there is a refill point, ethical groceries, & also a café - all with the aim & practice of working together to build better local-food systems!

A not-for-profit cooperative secondhand clothing shop in Glasgow's Southside, supporting the work of the Glad Foundation (link below) - which is also supported by the Glad Café, a separate listing here on Glasgow Green Map (link also below!)

Food bank for pets run by Canine Campus Rescue. Collects & distributes to pets in need of additional food support in Scotland, collecting food treats & bedding for rescue dogs & dogs whose owners are experiencing crisis.

Pre-loved children's clothes, toys, & baby goods.

A social enterprise, registered charity, Fair Trade retailer, & educator - "trading fairly in Renfrewshire since 2002." The Rainbow Turtle's Paisley shop (staffed almost exclusively by a dedicated team of volunteers) offers a wide variety of fairly-traded food & drinks, along with an extensive range of ecological household products. Many of these are available to be refilled, thereby reducing waste packaging. They also stock a great range of fairly traded gifts & crafts from around the world, including cards, stationery, jewellery, & fashion accessories, clothing for adults & children, cookware, kitchenware, toys - &, last but not least, pocket-money items for children.

A queer yiddish anarchist pay-what-you-can café. There is also a free fridge and pantry just outside.