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This list contains the name, address, post code, telephone number and a description of organisations that can provide help, information or advice on environmental conservation, the care of buildings, the care of the landscape, and social and economic renewal.

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ACRE, Somerford Park, Somerford Road, Cirencester GL7 1TW. 01285 653477. Information and grants for local projects.

Arid Lands Initiative, Machpelagh Works, Burnley Road, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. HX7 8AU. 01422 843807. Environmental action on deprived housing estates.

Bioregional Development Group, The Ecology Centre, Honeywood Walk, Carshalton, Surrey SM5 3NX Develops end uses for local crops.

BTCV, British trust for Conservation Volunteers, 36 St Mary’s Street, Wallingford OX10 0EU. 01491 839766. Contacts for local conservation groups and projects.

Camp Hill Trust, Oaklands Park, Newnham, Gloucestershire. Self sufficient communities on a grand scale, with bio-dynamic farming, and reed bed technology. A worldwide sustainable movement.

Catalyst Collective, P.O. Box 5, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0YT. 0870 129 4970 Publish Green Line magasine, and information on collective and co-operative working.

Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth, Powys SY20 9AZ. 01654 702400 Extensive range of leaflets and access to expertise.

Centre for Intermediate Technology, 105-015 Southampton Row, London WC1B 4HH. 0171 436 9761. Information on simple handcrafted methods of building using natural materials.

Centre for Our Common Future, 52 rue de Paquis, 1201 Geneva, Switzerland. Source of much valuable information about Agenda 21, including full and shortened copies of the original document.

Christian Aid, PO Box 100, London SE1 7RT 0171 620 4444. Projects to overcome long term poverty, promoters of "The Feast of Life".

Civic Trust for Wales, 4th Floor, Empire House, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff. 01222, 484606 Provides information and advice on the promotion of civic amenity, and the care of historic buildings.

Common Ground, PO Box 25309, London NW5 1ZA. 0171 2672144. Information on community orchards.

Community Composting, 67 Alexandra Road, Sheffield S2 3EE. 0114 267 2144. Network of schemes throughout the UK.

Community Development Foundation, Keeper’s Cottage, Llandarcy, West Glamorgan SA10 6JD. 01792 321050.

Create Centre, Smeaton Road, Bristol BS1 6XN 0117 9224391 Demonstration site for alternative technology, housing and a range of organisations including the UK eco-village network.

Crofters Commission, 01463 663450 Information on small holdings, crofting and land tenure.

Development Trusts Association, 20 Conduit Place, London W2 1HZ. 0171 706 4951. For community based development organisations.

Ecological Design Association, The British School, Slad Road, Stroud, Gloustershire GL5 1QW 01453 765575 Information on ecological design, and low energy buildings.

Emerson College, Hartfield Road, Forest Row, East Sussex, RH18 5JX. The university of Anthroposophy, courses in permaculture, bio-dynamics, curative art, and social healing.

ENTRUST, 154 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 9TR. 0171 823 4574. Landfill tax creditation scheme regulator.

Environment Wales, 01222 471121. Information and grants for community projects.

Environmental Law Foundation, 01491 839766. Legal advice on environmental projects.

Environmental Task Force, contact Job Centre. One of the ‘New Deal’ options for young unemployed people.

Forum for the Future, 9 Imperial Square, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL50 1QB Tel: 01242 262773 Implementing the work and ideas of Dr. Karl Henrik Robert (the Natural Step)

Forward Scotland, St Vincent’s Crescent, Glasgow G3 8LT. 0141 567 4336. Co-ordinates a programme for sustainable communities in Scotland, dealing with social, economic and environmental well-being.

Friends of the Earth, 26-28 Underwood Street, London N1 7JQ. 0171 490 1555 Information and ideas about future communities.

Going for Green, Elizabeth House, The Pier, Wigan WN3 4EX. 01942 612621. Co-ordinates a sustainable communities programme in England and Wales, based upon ten point ‘Green Code’.

Greenpeace, Cannonbury Villas, 30-31 Islington Green, London N1 2PN. 0171 354 5100. Direct campaign action against environmental threats.

Groundwork, 85-87 Cornwall Street, Birmingham B3 3BY. 0121 236865. Community recovery of derelict land.

Horticultural Therapy, Trunkwell Park, Beech Hill, Reading RG7 2AT. 0118 988 5688. Gardening and gardens for special needs.

HDRA, The Henry Doubleday Research Association, Ryton, Coventry, CV8 3LG. 01203 308211. National organic gardening centre.

Institute for Social Invention, 20 Heber Road, London NW2 6AA 0181 208 2853. Seeks to promote new socially benevolent services, imaginative solutions to age old problems.

Landlife, Court Hey Park, Liverpool L16 3NA. 0151 737 1819. Turning derelict land into wildflower meadows.

Learning through landscapes, 3rd Floor, South Side Offices, The Old Law Courts, Winchester S023 9DL. 01962 846258. School grounds projects.

LET Solutions, 7 Park Street, Worcester WR5 1AA. 01905 352848. Information and advice on the setting up of Local Exchange Trading.

Living Village Trust, GEN Centre, Church Street, Bishops Castle SY9 5AA. 01588 638958. Co-housing type projects.

Local Government Management Board, Layden House, 76-86 Turnmill Street, London, EC1M 5QU. 0171 296 6600. Provides suppport to all local authorities in England and Wales, and produces information and guidance on sustainable development and expectations of local governmentin the process of Agenda 21.

National Federation of City Farms (NFCF), The Greenhouse, Hereford Street, Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 4NA. 0117 923 1800. National network of city farms and gardens.

National Food Alliance (SAFE), 94 White Lion Street, London, N1 9PF. 0171 837 1228. Research and campaigns on quality of natural food.

National Society for Allotments and Leisure Gardeners, 01536 266576. Network of allotment groups throughout the UK.

Neighbourhood Initiatives Foundation, 01952 590777. Advice on ‘Planning for Real’.

New Economics Foundation, 6-8 Cole Street, London SE1 4HY. 0171 4074747. Work, consumption and investment as if people mattered.

NSCA, 136 North Street, Brighton BN1 1RG. 01273 735802. Information on a range of pollution issues.

Peace Child Rescue Mission Headquarters, The White House, Buntingford SG9 9AH Publish books and information on Agenda 21, aimed mainly at, or written by children.

Permaculture Association, BCM Permaculture Assoc. London WC1N 3XX. 01654 712188. The permaculture network in Britain.

Planning Aid Wales, The Maltings, East Tyndal Street, Cardiff 01222 485765. Free advice on planning matters.

Radical Routes, 28 Hampstead Road, Hockley, Birmingham, B19 1DB. 0121 551 1132. A network of co-operatives supporting each other to create a sustainable co-operative world through housing, education and work.

Rootstock, 28 Hampstead Road, Hockley, Birmingham, B19 1DB. 0121 551 1132. A new social investment company, making loans to co-operative ventures working for a socially just and ecologically sustainable society.

Shell Better Britain Campaign, 21a Graham Street, Birmingham B1 3JR Information and small grants for new communities.

Soil Association, 40-56 Victoria Street, Bristol, BS1 6BY. 0117 9142425. Information on organic growing, and register of certified organic growers.

Sustainable Development Unit (DOE) 0171 890 6468.

TCA, Freepost CV2312, WREN Telecottage, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8 2RR. 0800 616008. Information on teleworking and the Teleworker Journal.

The Cheltenham Observatory, Francis Close Hall, Swindon Road, Cheltenham, Glos. GL50 4AZ, Tel:01242 544082 Website at: www.chelt.ac.uk/el/pallies/

The Graigian Society, 10 Lady Somerset Road, London, NW5 1UP. 01485 1646, Remarkable team of non-Christian ‘monks’, who live a unique green lifestyle, campaigning through creative graphics, animation and drama, to protect the natural environment and lead people to spiritual fulfilment..

Tidy Britain Group, The Pier, Wigan, WN3 4EX. 01942 824620. Information and advice on neighbourhood clean-ups.

Treecover, The Greenhouse, 48 Bethel Street, Norwich NR2 1NR. Supports reforestation schemes.

Triodos Bank, Brunel House, 11 The Promenade, Bristol, BS8 3NN 0117 973 9339 The only completely ethical bank that enables investors to take complete control over the way that their money is used to promote social and environmental projects.

Wales Co-operative Development Agency, Llandaff Court, Fairwater Road, Cardiff, CF5 2XP 01222 554 955. Supports and promotes the formation and operation of co-operative and community ventures.

WCVA Wales Council for Voluntary Action, Llys Ifor, Crescent Road, Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan CF8 1XL. 01222 869224. Supports volunteering.

Wildlife Trusts, The Green, Witham Park, Waterside, Lincoln LN5 7JR. 01522 544400. Information and contacts for local Wildlife Trusts.