Sonal Ayurvedic

Indian herbal medical centre, which includes the only woman Ayurvedic doctor in Leicester.

Tel 0116 266 0472

Clarity Translations

Translation, interpreting and word processing services in the major Asian languages.

Tel 0116 221 7276 

World Arts Gallery

Local resource centre on Leicester’s Hinckley Rd, with crafts and gifts from around the world. Website for browsing the gallery and ordering.

Tel 0116 223 5931

Mark Herbalist

Western medical herbalist clinic, treating patients by consultation. Yoga teaching also available.

Tel 0116 255 1412

Khalid Packaging

Co-operative marketing packaging materials.

Corner Plot

Organic suppliers of veg and fruit on a weekly ordered "bag" scheme, based in Thurmaston.

Tel 0116 2697920 Email cornerplot@2boats.freeserve.co.uk

Gleam Team

Contract cleaning services based in Loughborough

Tel 01509 551137

Soil Cycle

Operating from Burton Overy a co-operative providing contracting and consultancy in organic waste disposal and recycling

Tel 0116 259 3446

Excelsior Precision

Precision engineering co-operative based is Barwell Leicestershire

Tel 01455 844 244

Leicestershire Food Links

Community enterprise which promotes and develops farmers markets

Weightill

Sale and maintenance of weighing equipment and cash registers

Tel 01203 312587

Eurotech

Precision engineers based at Hinckley Workspace.

Tel 01455 617770 

This is a CDA initiative. The agency is working in partnership with a range of other agencies including Leicester Energy Advice Centre (LEAC) and City Council to develop the project. Long term aims include developing a farmers’ co-operative producing biomass- crops which can be grown for conversion to energy by combustion. In the shorter term discussions are centering around a proposal to transfer LEAC’s mail order service for home energy saving measures into a co-operative company aiming at expansion into the supply and installation of these devices. This would be through an Intermediate Labour Market creating jobs and training for unemployed. The project also plans to investigate supplying these measures through credit unions via member loans. It is planned to use SRB 6 funding.  

Two industrial chemists are in the process of setting up a co-operative to produce and retail toiletries using the natural ingredients they found on their travels in the Caribbean. They are based at the Moira Craft Workshops and plan to open in Leicester and other areas as well. The project has plenty of job creation possibilities, perhaps providing training and employment to people with learning disabilities.

Sonal now market their own brand of herbal medicines and are involved in a major community health programme aimed at reducing the incidence of diabetes and high blood pressure in the Asian community in Leicester.

Leicester Credit Unions planning merger

Discussions took place this year on the possibility of the 3 credit unions in Leicester merging. Highfields credit union is arranging a feasibility study to develop this. If successful this would make credit union membership available to everyone living or working in the city.

A series of training days Making the Most of Advocacy are being arranged by Just Services a co-operative which is working for justice in health and social welfare. The co-op works with people who use health and social services, and with the provider organizations in the public, private and voluntary sectors. "We provide training, facilitation, consultancy and project evaluation, with the purpose of promoting empowerment. As directors we have a wide range of experience, and I myself am a disabled person with personal experience of using health and social services," said founder member Liz MacKenzie.

Enquiries 0116 233 4726 Fax 0116 254 0914 e-mail lizk@madasafish.com