| Association of British Credit Unions Ltd |
A credit union is a financial co-op, which is owned and controlled by its members. Members savings can be used to make low interest loans to other members. |
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International Voluntary Service |
IVS GB is a peace organisation working for the sustainable development of local and global communities throughout the world. |
| British Nutrition Foundation |
Promotes the nutritional well being of society through the impartial interpretation and effective dissemination of scientifically based nutritional knowledge and advice |
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Land Registry |
Land Register Online enables interested parties and specifically members of the general public to search for the register and title plan information of registered properties in England and Wales. |
| Camphill |
Camphill Communities of Britain and Ireland
Communities where those with developmental disabilities can live, learn and work with others in an atmosphere of care and respect. |
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Learning through Landscapes |
The National School Grounds Charity. We work with schools, early years settings, organisations and individuals across the country to help them improve and develop their grounds. |
| Co-Op Bank |
The Co-Op is the only high street bank with an ethical investment policy |
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LETS (Local Exchange Trading System) |
LETS, or Local Exchange Trading Systems, are local community trading groups where members exchange their goods and services with each other in a spirit of harmony and a genuine desire to help each other. |
| Corporate Watch |
A research and publishing group which undertakes research on the social and environmental impact of large corporations |
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Lower Shaw Farm |
Weekend breaks, and learning holidays for individuals, groups, and families, as well as opportunities for volunteering in the organic garden. |
| Customs & Excise |
The site for any VAT & duty related queries |
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National Statistics Online |
You'll be surprised at the range of statistics on offer here. |
| DEFRA |
the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Does exactly what it says on the tin, a huge information resource |
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New Economics Foundation |
NEF is an independent think-and-do tank that inspires and demonstrates real economic well-being. |
| Easytide |
Free High and Low tide information for the whole of the UK |
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Ofsted |
Find your local schools plus a host of other information. |
| Eatkind.net, your key to eating ethically |
Directory of ethical food sellers and producers, worldwide. |
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People and Planet |
The largest student network in Britain campaigning to alleviate world poverty, defend human rights and protect the environment. |
| Eatwild.com |
Facts, information and products relating to safe, healthy, natural and nutritious grass-fed beef, lamb, goats, bison, poultry, pork and dairy products. |
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Planning Portal |
Use this site to: Learn about the planning system, Apply for planning permission, Find out about development in your area, Appeal against a planning decision, Research the latest government policy. |
| Eco-logic books |
Online bookshop selling "books that provide practical solutions to environmental problems" - everything from building your own bread oven to woodland burials (not in the same book though, one hopes). A very good range of titles. |
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Redfield Community |
Redfield Community: 'Living in Communities' weekends three times a year - talks, tours, slide-shows, accommodation and food. |
| Ecology Building Society |
A mutual building society dedicated to improving the environment by promoting sustainable housing and sustainable communities |
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Rootstock |
A new social investment society set up as an initiative of the Radical Routes network of co-operatives. |
| Essential List: UK public sector directory |
The Essential List is Tagish's directory of UK public sector information sources covering UK central and local government (including parish and town councils), UK healthcare providers, and UK universities. |
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Rural Payments Agency |
The single paying agency responsible for CAP schemes in England and certain schemes throughout the UK. |
| Ethical Investment Research Trust |
A leading European provider of independent research into the social, environmental and ethical performance of companies |
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ruralnet|uk |
A rural regeneration charity which promotes a living and working countryside and finds new ways to help rural communities improve and strengthen their local economies. |
| Ethical Investors |
Ethical investment from the Ethical Investors Group |
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Save Our Seas |
This group are focussed on two main projects: the Harbour Porpoise Action Plan, and the Centre for Marine Awareness. |
| Fieldfare Trust |
Fieldfare works with people with disabilities and countryside managers to improve access to the countryside for everyone. |
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Sensory Trust |
The Sensory Trust promotes and implements inclusive environmental design and management to ensure that opportunities for environmental education, access and participation are available to everyone, regardless of disability, age or background. |
| Food Ethics Council |
Reports on ethical issues in food and agriculture |
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Smile |
The Internet banking arm of the Co-Op. |
| Food Standards Agency |
An independent food safety watchdog set up by an Act of Parliament in 2000 to protect the public's health and consumer interests in relation to food |
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Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming |
We advocate food and agriculture policies and practices that enhance the health and welfare of people and animals, improve the working and living environment, enrich society and culture and promote equity. |
| Gaia Eco-villages Network |
Founded in 1987 with the objective of promoting a global consciousness that experiences the whole planet as a living organism and Mankind as part of that whole. |
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Svanholm |
An intentional community located near the village of Skibby, 60km from Copenhagen. |
| Grassroots Action on Food and Farming |
We use our research to inform campaigns to challenge this control and help facilitate new networks and alliances between farmers, environmentalists and others both in the UK and globally. |
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The Charity Commission |
Our aim is to provide the best possible regulation of charities in England and Wales in order to increase charities' effectiveness and public confidence and trust. |
| Green & Away |
Europe's only tented conference centre – a fully serviced event venue, in the form of an inspirational and environmentally sustainable village - available for hire. |
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The Council For The Protection of Rural England |
Lots of rural issues represented. |
| Highland Cattle Society |
The breed society for one of the UK's most recognisable and ancient breeds. |
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The Federation of Egalitarian Communities |
The Federation of Egalitarian Communities is a network of communal groups spread across North America. |
| Hockerton Housing Trust |
The Hockerton Housing Project is the UK's first earth sheltered, self-sufficient ecological housing development. |
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The Federation of Small Businesses |
The UK's largest organisation lobbying on behalf of and working for small businesses. |
| Industrial Common Ownership Finance |
Provides loan finance for co-operatives, employee owned businesses and social enterprises raising the money to do so primarily by public share issue. |
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The Land Is Ours |
TLIO campaigns peacefully for access to the land, its resources, and the decision-making processes affecting them, for everyone, irrespective of race, gender or age. |
| International Communal Studies Association |
A multidisciplinary organization providing a common framework for scholarly exchange regarding communes, intentional communities, collective settlements and kibbutz throughout the world. |
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The Nutrition Society |
Our aim is to advance the scientific study of nutrition
and its application to the maintenance of human and animal health |
