The Rural Voice

Contact Information

Caroline Beddell
Regional Director - West Midlands
Country Land and Business Association
Knightley
Woodseaves
Staffordshire
ST20 OJW

Tel: 01785 284722
Fax:01785 284733
caroline.bedell@cla.org.uk

Links

Please see the table below of the weblinks relating to the following themes:

If you would any other cateogories or organisations included, please contact us

Government /Agencies / Departments  

GOWMwww.gos.gov.uk/gowm 
Advantage West Midlandswww.advantagewm.co.uk 
DEFRAwww.defra.gov.uk 
Department of Health, West Midlands Public Health Groupwww.gos.gov.uk/gowm/PublicHealth 
English Heritagewww.english-heritage.org.uk 
Environment Agencywww.environment-agency.gov.uk 
Environment Food & Rural Affairs Select Committeewww.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees 
Equality & Human Rights Commissionwww.equalityhumanrights.com 
Forestry Commissionwww.forestry.gov.uk 
Natural Englandwww.naturalengland.org.uk 
Regional West Midlands Select Committeewww.parliament.uk/business/committees 

Local Government

Coventry, Solihull & Warwickshire Partnershipwww.cswp.org.uk 
EU Connectswww.euconnects.org 
Herefordshire Association of Local Councilswww.halchereford.gov.uk 
Herefordshire County Councilwww.herefordshire.gov.uk 
Herefordshire Partnershipwww.herefordshirepartnership.com 
Local Government Associationwww.lga.gov.uk 
National Association Local Governmentwww.nalc.gov.uk 
Shropshire Partnershipwww.2shrop.net/shropshirepartnership 
Staffordshire Rural Partnershipwww.staffsmoorlands.gov.uk 
Telford & Wrekin Councilwww.telford.gov.uk 
West Midlands Leaders Boardwww.wmleadersboard.gov.uk 
Worcestershire County Councilwww.worcestershire.gov.uk 

Organisations / Memberships

Alison McLean Consultingwww.ruralcommunities.gov.uk/people/alisonmclean 
Commission for Rural Communitieswww.ruralcommunities.gov.uk 
Country Land & Business Associationwww.cla.org.uk 
National Farmers Unionwww.nfuonline.com 
National Federation of Young Farmers & Youth Issueswww.nfyfc.org.uk 
Staffordshire Rural Support Networkwww.ruralsupport.co.uk 
The National Trustwww.nationaltrust.org.uk 
Transport & General Workers Unionwww.tgwu.org. 
West Midland Association of Parish & Town Councilswww.walc.org.uk 
West Midlands Biodiversity Partnership & Sustainabilitywww.rspb.org.uk
www.shropshirewildlifetrust.org.uk 
West Midlands Regional Sustainability Forumwww.localisewestmidlands.org.uk/wmrsf 
West Midlands Rural Community Action Networkwww.wmrcan.org.uk 
West Midlands Woodland & Forestry Forumwww.growingourfuture.org.uk 

Voluntary Sector & Community

Chaplaincy for Agricultural and Rural Lifewww.cofe-worcester.org.uk/work_of_the_diocese   
Commission for Rural Communitieswww.ruralcommunities.gov.uk 
Regional Action West Midlandswww.rawm.org.uk 
Rural Hubs West Midlandswww.ruralhubswm.org.uk 
Rural Services Networkwww.rsnonline.org.uk 
Staffordshire Rural Support Networkwww.ruralsupport.co.uk 
The Rural Forumwww.rural-forum.org.uk 
West Midland Association of Parish & Town Councilswww.walc.org.uk 

Advice / Guidance

Business Link West Midlandswww.BusinessLink.gov.uk      
LANTRAwww.lantra.co.uk 
Planning Aidwww.planningaid.rtpi.org.uk 
Rural Hubs West Midlandswww.ruralhubswm.org.uk 
Rural Services Networkwww.rsnonline.org.uk 
The Rural Forumwww.rural-forum.org.uk 
Toolkit for Sustainable Rural Communitieswww.ruraltoolkit.org.uk 
West Midlands Chamber of Commercewww.britishchambers.org.uk/find-your-local-chambers/west-midlands 

Education / Learning

Andrew Tyley – Walford and North Shropshire Collegewww.wnsc.ac.uk 
LANTRAwww.lantra.co.uk 
Planning Aidwww.planningaid.rtpi.org.uk 
Prof Brian Revell – Harper Adams University Collegewww.harper-adams.ac.uk 
Toolkit for Sustainable Rural Communitieswww.ruraltoolkit.org.uk 

Environment

Environment Agency www.environment-agency.gov.uk 
Forestry Commissionwww.forestry.gov.uk 
Natural Englandwww.naturalengland.org.uk 
West Midlands Biodiversity Partnership & Sustainability West Midlandswww.rspb.org.uk
www.shropshirewildlifetrust.org.uk 
West Midlands Regional Sustainability Forumwww.localisewestmidlands.org.uk/wmrsf 
West Midlands Woodland & Forestry Forumwww.growingourfuture.org.uk 

Agriculture / Farming

National Farmers Unionwww.nfuonline.com 
National Federation of Young Farmers & Youth Issueswww.nfyfc.org.uk 
ForFarmers.com (a marketplace for buying and selling new and used farm machinery,
equipment, seeds, crops, livestock and a wide range of services including job opportunities.)		www.forfarmers.com

Economy

Advantage West Midlandswww.advantagewm.co.uk 
Business Link West Midlandswww.BusinessLink.gov.uk      
Commission for Rural Communitieswww.ruralcommunities.gov.uk 
Country Land & Business Associationwww.cla.org.uk 
Rural Development Programme for Englandwww.defra.gov.uk/rural/rdpe 
Rural Hubs West Midlandswww.ruralhubswm.org.uk 
Rural Regeneration Zonewww.ruralregenerationzone.co.uk 
Rural Services Networkwww.rsnonline.org.uk 
Staffordshire Rural Support Networkwww.ruralsupport.co.uk 
The Rural Forumwww.rural-forum.org.uk 
West Midland Association of Parish & Town Councilswww.walc.org.uk 
West Midlands Chamber of Commercewww.britishchambers.org.uk/find-your-local-chambers/west-midlands 
West Midlands Rural Community Action Networkwww.wmrcan.org.uk 

Regional Rural Affairs Forum

East Midlands www.ruralaffairs.org.uk 
East of Englandwww.eerf.org.uk 
North Eastwww.ne-ruralaffairsforum.org.uk 
North West No working link
South EastNo working link
South WestNo working link
Yorkshire & Humberwww.yhraf.org.uk 

Emergency Services

Herefords & Worcester Fire Servicewww.hwfire.org.uk 
Shropshire Fire Servicewww.shropshirefire.gov.uk 
Staffordshire Fire Servicewww.staffordshirefire.gov.uk 
Staffordshire Policewww.staffordshire.police.uk 
Warwickshire Fire Servicewww.warwickshire.gov.uk/fireandrescue 
Warwickshire Policewww.warwickshire.police.uk 
West Mercia Policewww.westmercia.police.uk 

Parliament

Environment Food & Rural Affairs Select Committeewww.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees 
Find your MPwww.findyourmp.parliament.uk 
Regional West Midlands Select Committeewww.parliament.uk/business/committees 
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