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National
English Heritage	www.english-heritage.org.uk
Countryside Agency	www.countryside.gov.uk
Environment Agency	www.environment-agency.gov.uk
National Farmers Union	www.nfu.org.uk
Country Land and Business Association	www.cla.org.uk
Transport and General Workers Union	www.tgwu.org.uk
National Federation of Young Farmers	www.nfyfc.org.uk
Rural Development Service, DEFRA	www.defra.gov.uk/erdp/default.htm
Forestry Commission	www.forestry.gov.uk
English Nature	www.english-nature.org.uk/
National Trust	www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/
Rural Stress Information Network	www.ruralnet.org.uk
Learning and Skills Council	www.lsc.gov.uk
CPRE	www.cpre.org.uk
Department for Transport	www.dft.gov.uk/
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister	www.odpm.gov.uk/
Royal Agricultural Society of England	www.rase.org.uk
Wildlife Trust	www.wildlifetrusts.org
FACE	www.face-online.org.uk
Farm Stay UK	www.farmstayuk.co.uk
Soil Association	www.soilassociation.org
FWAG	www.fwag.org.uk
Business Link	www.businesslink.org
Soil Association	www.soilassociation.org
British Horse Industry Confederation	www.bhic.co.uk
Business in the Community	www.bitc.org.uk
DEFRA	www.defra.gov.uk
Food from Britain	www.foodfrombritain.com
English Farming and Food Partnerships	www.effp.org.uk
Action with Communities in Rural England	www.acre.org.uk
Action for Market Towns	www.towns.org.uk/
Cat’s Pyjamas	www.the-cats-pyjamas.com
The Roberts Enterprise Development Fund	www.redf.org
Social Venture Network	www.svn.org
The UK Regeneration Information Panel	www.regeneration-uk.com
Community Action Network	www.can-online.org.uk
Co-operative Futures	www.co-operativefutures.coop
Institute of Social Entrepreneurs	www.socialent.org
Social Enterprise Coalition	www.socialenterprise.org.uk
Countryside Access	www.countrysideaccess.gov.uk
ruralnet\|uk	www.ruralnetuk.org.uk
Local Investment Fund	www.lif.org.uk
Contacts at Regional Level
Rural Team, Government Office for the West Midlands	www.go-wm.gov.uk
Regional Obj 2 and 3 information	www.westmidlandsworkingtogether.org.uk
West Midlands Biodiversity Partnership	www.wmbp.org
National Farmers Union (West Midlands)	www.nfu.org.uk
West Midlands Regional Sustainability Forum	www.birminghamfoe.org.uk/wmrsf/frame3.htm
Advantage West Midlands	www.advantagewm.co.uk
Regional Action West Midlands	www.rawm.org.uk
West Midland Rural Network	www.ruralnetworkwm.org.uk/
Regional Assembly	www.wmra.gov.uk
West Midlands Local Government Association	www.wmlga.gov.uk
West Midlands Rural Development Service	www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/rds/wm
West Midlands in Europe	www.westmidlandsineurope.org
Regional Observatory	www.wmro.org
West Midlands Rural Affairs Forum	www.ruralnetworkwm.org.uk/forum/default.htm
Women in Rural Enterprise	www.womeninruralenterprise.co.uk
Heartwoods	www.heartwoods.co.uk
West Midlands Rural Community Council Network	www.wmrccn.org.uk/
Heart of England Fine Foods	www.heff.co.uk
Visit Heart of England Tourist Board	www.visitheartofengland.com
Directorate of Health and Social Care	www.doh.gov.uk
2WM - West Midlands Business Support Website	www.2wm.co.uk
Farming and Food	www.farmingandfood-westmidlands.org.uk
MEFP	www.mfep.co.uk
On Business	www.onbiz.org.uk
RegenWM	www.regenwm.org
Rural Support Network (West Midlands)	www.ruralsupportwestmids.org/
Harper Adams Centre for Rural Innovation	www.cfri.co.uk
University of Warwick Science Park	www.uwsp.co.uk
The Arthur Rank Centre	www.arthurrankcentre.org.uk
Rural Support Network - West Midlands	www.ruralsupportwestmids.org/
Henry Doubleday Research Association	www.hdra.org.uk
West Midlands Planning Aid	westmidlands.rtpi.org.uk/planaid.html
Vital Villages	http://www.vitalvillages.org.uk
Local Investment Fund	www.lif.org.uk
Contacts at Sub-regional Level
Shropshire
Shropshire Learning and Skills Council	www.lsc.gov.uk
Shropshire Business Link	www.bl-shropshire.co.uk/pages/frameset/frameset.asp
The Shropshire Partnership Team	www.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/shroppart.nsf/
Marches Wood Energy Network	www.mwen.org.uk
Harper Adams College	www.harper-adams.ac.uk
Walford College	www.wnsc.ac.uk
Herefordshire
BusinessLink (Hereford and Worcestershire)	www.hwchamber.co.uk
Church of England Chaplaincy for Agricultural and Rural Life (Diocese of Hereford )	www.hereford.anglican.org/
Herefordshire Partnership	www.herefordshirepartnership.com/
Marches Wood Energy Network	www.mwen.org.uk
Holme Lacy/Pershore College	www.pershore.ac.uk
Worcestershire
BusinessLink (Hereford and Worcestershire)	www.hwchamber.co.uk
C of E Chaplaincy for Agricultural and Rural Life (Diocese of Worcester )	www.cofe-worcester.org.uk/
Pershore College	www.pershore.ac.uk
Worcestershire YFC	www.worcsyfc.org.uk
Staffordshire
Staffordshire Partnership	www.staffpart.org.uk
Staffordshire Rural Economic Forum	www.GetRural.co.uk
Taste of Staffordshire	www.tasteofstaffordshire.com
Rodbaston College	www.rodbaston.ac.uk
Warwickshire
BusinessLink (Coventry and Warwickshire)	www.businesslink.gov.uk
The Chamber (Coventry and Warkwickshire)	www.cw-chamber.co.uk
CSWP Rural Forum Website	www.rural-forum.org.uk
Moreton Morrell College	www.warkscol.ac.uk
Other Rural Organisations
LEAF	www.leafuk.org
Small Woods Association	www.smallwoods.org.uk/
The Wood Shop	www.thewoodshop.biz/
The Deer Initiative	www.thedeerinitiative.co.uk/
MAGIC - web-based interactive map for information on key environmental schemes and designations	www.magic.gov.uk
Farm Retail Association	www.farmshopping.com
Arkleton Centre for Rural Development Research	www.abdn.ac.uk/arkleton
UK Online	www.ufi.com
British Waterways	www.britishwaterways.co.uk
Royal Town Planning Institute	www.rtpi.org.uk
European Council for the Village and Small Town	www.ecovast.org
Food Links Projects
Local Food Works	www.localfood.org.uk
F3 - Foundation for Local Food Initiatives	www.localfood.org.uk
Friends of the Earth	www.foe.org.uk
National Association of Farmers’ Markets	www.farmersmarkets.net
Slow Food Movement	www.slowfood.com
Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming	www.sustainweb.org
Women’s Institute	www.womens-institute.co.uk
Village Retail Services Association (VIRSA)	www.virsa.org
Buying Local Food
Big Barn	www.bigbarn.co.uk
Farm Shopping	www.farmshopping.com
Food Lovers’ Britain	www.foodloversbritain.com
National Association of Farmers’ Markets	www.farmersmarkets.net
The Organic Directory	www.theorganicdirectory.co.uk