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'''Community Network''' is a registered charity in the [[United Kingdom]],<ref>{{EW charity|1000011|Community Network}}</ref> formed initially in [[Northern Ireland]] in August 1990 as a six-month project to bring people together across the sectarian divide using telecommunications. It went on to become a UK-wide charity using telecommunications for social benefit.
Community Network operated it's own teleconferencing service for 23 years until July 2013 when this operation was deemed non-core to the charity objectives and was transferred to the [[The Phone Co-op]].<ref>Charity Digital News 2013</ref><ref>Phone Coop Press 2013</ref>
Community Network has been working with [[The Silver Line]] since October 2013, a help line for older people established by [[Esther Rantzen CBE]], by providing group calls called "Silver Circles".<ref>Phone Coop News 2013</ref>
== Projects ==
=== Mencap ===
[[Mencap]] have worked in partnership with Community Network since May 2011.<ref>Mencap 2011</ref>
=== Bedford ===
[[Bedford Borough Council]] funded a Community Network project starting in June 2012.
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In 2009, Community Network was awarded the [[Social Enterprise #United Kingdom|Social Enterprise Mark]].
▲Community Network’s day-to-day running costs are partly funded by the income from its teleconferencing service for other charities and not for profits, operated by The Phone Co-op.
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* {{Official website|http://www.communitynetworkprojects.org}}
* {{EW charity|1000011}}
* [http://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2013/08/05/the-phone-co-op-partners-with-community-network Charity Digital News 2013]
* [http://www.thephone.coop/about-us/news-and-press/2013/august/the-phone-co-op-announces-partnership-with-social-teleconferencing-charity-community-network Phone Coop Press 2013]
* [http://communitynetworkprojects.org/2013/10/silver-circles-a-partnership-with-the-silver-line Phone Coop News 2013]
* [http://www.mencap.org.uk/organisations/community-network Mencap 2011]
* [http://www.socialenterprisemark.org.uk The Social Enterprise Mark]
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