Goosemoor Lane Links
(The unofficial links etc page for Goosemoor Lane, Short Heath, Erdington, Birmingham, B23, U. K.)

Monday 16th January 2012 Edition

Additions? Comments? Queries? Corrections? email Gary O'Brien at gary_obrien_99@yahoo.co.uk

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Community Politics Websites In Areas Of Birmingham
Crime Team Erdington Political Representatives Acocks Green
National/City-Wide Crime Websites Stockland Green Ward Councillors Aldridge
Fire/Rescue etc Sutton (Vesey) Political Representatives Alum Rock
Websites Of Local Businesses West Midlands MEP's Aston
Local/Community Newspapers/Magazines Political Organisations/Pressure Groups Balsall Heath
Fleet Street Newspapers Local Government Barnt Green
Grant Givers/Community Help Trade Unions Bartley Green
Assisting Armed Forces Personnel Watchdogs Bearwood
The Elderly/Vulnerable Recycling/Environment Birmingham City Centre
Social Enterprise/The Social Economy Phone Masts Black Country
Utility Websites   Bordesley Green
The Weather   Bournville
Transport Websites   Castle Vale/Pype Hayes
Women   Coleshill
Poles   Cotteridge
Chinese   Cradley Heath
African-Caribbean/Somalis   Digbeth
Irish   Druids Heath
English/St George etc   Edgbaston
Moslems/Pakistanis etc   Erdington/Perry Common
Sikhs   Frankley
Hindus   Great Barr
Albanians   Halesowen
Jews   Hall Green
Gay   Hamstead
Children/Young People etc   Handsworth (Wood)
Health Care   Harborne
Ailments   Highgate
Health Watchdogs/Patient Involvement   Hodge Hill
Disabilities   Jewellery Quarter/Hockley
Mental Health   Kings Heath
Insomnia/Sleeping Disorders   Kings Norton
Alternative Medicine   Kingshurst
Counselling   Kingstanding/Oscott
Cancer   Ladywood
Pregnancy/Parenting   Lee Bank
Addictions   Minworth
Allergies   Moseley
HIV/AIDS   Nechells
Nearby Places Of Worship   Newtown
Other Religion Websites   Northfield
Local Royal Mail Post-Box Locations   Perry Barr
Erdington Post Office - Opening Hours   Quinton
Short Heath Post Office - Closed   Rowley Regis
Local Public Pay-Phone Locations   Sandwell
(Lost) Pet Websites   Selly Oak
Bearings - West By North-West   Shard End
Map/Atlas Websites   Sheldon
Bus Shelter Reference Numbers   Small Heath
    Smethwick
    Solihull
    Sparkbrook/Sparkhill
    Stechford
    Stirchley
    Streetly/Shenstone
    Sutton Coldfield
    Tipton
    Tyseley
    Ward End
    Warley
    Weoley Castle
    West Bromwich
    Winson Green
    Yardley
    Yardley Wood

 

Goosemoor Lane Area Police Crime Team
erdington@west-midlands.police.uk

Erdington Political Representatives
Jack Dromey MP (Labour),
House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA www.jackdromey.org
Cllr Gareth Moore (Tory), C/O Council House, Birmingham B1 1BB
g_moore1805@hotmail.co.uk
Cllr Robert Alden (Tory),
C/O Council House, Birmingham B1 1BB Robert.Alden@birmingham.gov.uk
Cllr Bob Beauchamp (Tory), c/o Council House, Birmingham B1 1BB bob.beauchamp@birmingham.gov.uk

Stockland Green Ward Councillors
Matt Bennett (Tory), C/O Council House, Birmingham B1 1BB
Penny Holbrook (Labour), C/O Council House, Birmingham B1 1BB
Mick Finnegan (Labour),
C/O Council House, Birmingham B1 1BB mick.finneghan@birmingham.gov.uk

Sutton Coldfield (Vesey) Political Representatives (all Tory)
Andrew Mitchell MP, www.andrew-mitchell-mp.co.uk
Cllr
Lyn Collin, C/O Council House, Birmingham B1 1BB
Cllr Malcom Cornish,
C/O Council House, Birmingham B1 1BB

Cllr Alan Rudge, C/O Council House, Birmingham B1 1BB 303 2130 (Group Office) Alan.Rudge@birmingham.gov.uk

West Midlands MEP's
Michael Cashman (Labour), Terry Duffy House, Thomas Street, West Bromwich, http://michael-cashman.eu
Malcolm Harbour (Conservative), Manor Cottage, Manor Road, Solihull, B91 2BL
Manor_Cottage@compuserve.com
Liz Lynne (Liberal Democrat), http://lizlynne.org.uk
Philip Bradbourn OBE (Tory), Radclyffe House, 66-68 Hagley Road, Birmingham, B16 8PF
pbradbourn@torymeps.com

Mike Nattrass, 11 Ladywood Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 2SW www.mikenattrass.co.uk

Nikki Sinclaire, 44 Velsheda Road, Solihull, B90 2JN http://nikkiscampaign.blogspot.com
Anthea McIntyre MEP (Tory) anthea.mcintyre@mcp.co.uk
European Parliament UK Office, www.europarl.org.uk

Other Political Organisations/Pressure Groups
Socialist Alliance, www.socialistalliance.org
West Midlands Liberal Democrats, www.westmidslibdems.org.uk
Birmingham Residents Against Masts, 0121 303 4854
Birmingham People's Party, PO Box 11589, Kings Heath B14 6WH birminghampeoplesparty@yahoo.co.uk
Birmingham Peoples Alliance (muck-raking about the Council), http://birminghampeoplesalliance.blogspot.com
Respect Party, www.voterespect.org
UK Youth Parliament, www.ukyp.org.uk
West Midlands Constitutional Convention, www.wmccweb.org.uk
West Midlands Regional Assembly, www.wmra.gov.uk
United Kingdom Independence Party, www.ukip.org
Red Pepper, www.redpepper.org.uk
Unite Against Fascism, www.uaf.org.uk

West Midlands CND, www.wmcnd.org.uk
IsItfair (reform of the Council Tax), www.isitfair.co.uk
Parliament, www.parliament.uk
The Common Good, www.thecommongood.info
Stop The War Coalition, www.stopwar.org.uk 
Socialist Worker magazine, www.socialistworker.co.uk
Globalise Resistance (anti-globalisation), www.resist.org.uk
The Peace Tax Seven (with-holding the military portion of taxation), www.peacetaxseven.com
Campaign For The Protection Of Rural England, www.cpre.org.uk
Chinese Vote, www.chinesevote.org.uk
Fawcett Society (women's equality), www.fawcettsociety.org.uk
International Socialism magazine, www.isj.org.uk
Socialist Review, www.socialistreview.org.uk
UK Political Blogs, www.voidstar.com/ukpoliblog
Indy Media Brum (local news with a far-Left slant), www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/birmingham
Communist Party Of Great Britain, www.cpgb.org.uk
Power Inquiry (study of democracy in Britain), www.powerinquiry.org
Electoral Commission, www.electoralcommission.gov.uk
Alliance For Workers' Liberty (far-Left),
www.workersliberty.org
Co-op Party, www.party.coop
Tax Payers' Alliance, www.taxpayersalliance.com
Socialist Campaign Group News, www.poptel.org.uk/scgn
Snake Dust (four Sutton students political blog), www.snakedust.com
Banner Theatre (Socialist theatre company), www.bannertheatre.co.uk
Speak Out (re-negotiating the UK's relationship with the EU), www.speakout.co.uk

Come Clean (The WMD Awareness Programme),  www.comeclean.org.uk
Hansard Society (strengthening democracy in the country), www.hansardsociety.org.uk
Socialist Party, www.socialistparty.org.uk
Billy Bragg (musician/political-activist), www.billybragg.co.uk
Our Say, www.our-say.org
The Stirrer (Adrian Goldberg), www.thestirrer.com
Campaign For Real Ale - Birmingham, www.birminghamcamra.org.uk
Fash Watch (anti-Fascist), www.fashwatch.org
"The Thoughts Of A Brummie Thatcherite", http://djodoherty.wordpress.com
Conservative Home (unofficial Tory site), http://conservativehome.blogs.com
Compass (Centre-Left think-tank), www.compassonline.org.uk
West Midlands Labour Party, http://iwc2.labouronline.org/166869/
Birmingham Liberal Democrats, www.birminghamlibdems.org.uk
Military Families Against the War, www.mfaw.org.uk
Defend Council Housing, www.defendcouncilhousing.org.uk

Christine Lee (integration of British-born Chinese into politics), www.christinelee.org.uk
Campaign Against Arms Trade, www.caat.org.uk
Rage National, Relatives Action Group for the Elderly (care home closures), www.ragenational.com
I Want A Referendum (on the EU Constitution), www.iwantareferendum.com
Kimberley Process (campaign against conflict diamonds), www.kimberleyprocess.com
Independent Working Class Association, www.iwca.info
Campaign Against Political Correctness, www.capc.co.uk
Margaret Thatcher Foundation (PM 1979 - 1990), www.margaretthatcher.org
John Major (PM 1990 - 1997. Unofficial site but he has assisted it), www.johnmajor.co.uk
Office Of Tony Blair (PM 1997 - 2007), http://tonyblairoffice.org
Gordon Brown (PM 2007 - 2010), www.gordonbrown.org.uk
Anarchist Federation, www.afed.org.uk
Object (Feminist campaigning group), www.object.org.uk
Protest.net European page (planned UK protests), http://protest.net/Europe/calendrome.cgi
School Students Against War, www.ssaw.co.uk
Independent Asylum Commission, www.independentasylumcommission.org.uk
Birmingham Socialist Party, www.birminghamsocialistparty.org.uk
Hope Not Hate (anti-BNP site), www.hopenothate.org.uk
Strangers Into Citizens (proposing an amnesty for illegal immigrants), www.strangersintocitizens.org.uk
Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (anti-abortion), www.spuc.org.uk
Kingstanding Conservative Party, http://kingstandingconservatives.club.officelive.com
Prolife Alliance (anti-abortion), www.prolife.org.uk
Your Right To Know (freedom of information campaigner), www.yrtk.org
Hodge Hill Liberal Democrats, http://hodgehill-libdems.org.uk

Tescopoly Alliance (anti-Tesco - "Every Little Hurts"), www.tescopoly.org
Labour Home (Party forum), www.labourhome.org
Progress Magazine (Blairite), www.progressonline.org.uk
Birmingham Feminists, http://birminghamfeminists.blogspot.com
Veritas Party (Robert Kilroy-Silk's "straight-talking" political Party), www.veritasparty.co.uk
European Movement (pro-European), www.euromove.org.uk
Anti-Racist Alliance, www.antiracistalliance.org.uk
Migration Watch UK, www.migrationwatchuk.com
British Institute of Human Rights, www.bihr.org.uk
Battle Front (campaigns by young people), http://battlefront.co.uk
Uncaged (animal rights), www.uncaged.co.uk
Birmingham Fems (Feminists), http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bhamfem

Justice For Licensees (pubs),
www.justiceforlicensees.org.uk
Freedom For Pubs,
http://freedomforpubs.com
NO 2 ID (anti-ID Cards), www.no2id.net
Operation Black Vote, www.obv.org.uk
Unlock Democracy (Parliamentary reform etc), http://unlockdemocracy.org.uk
Libertas (UKIP-type political party), www.libertas.eu/united-kingdom
Boycott Israel, www.inminds.com/boycott-israel.php
The Citizen (campaigning for Socialism), www.thecitizen.org.uk
Guido Fawkes' blog, www.order-order.com
Your Right to Know (freedom of information campaign), www.yrtk.org
Spin Watch, www.spinwatch.org
Veterans for Truth Campaign (anti-war group), www.warveteran.co.uk
European Commission, http://ec.europa.eu
Electoral Reform, www.electoral-reform.org.uk
No 2 EU - Yes to Democracy, http://no2eu.com

Socialist Labour Party, www.socialist-labour-party.org.uk
Christian Party/Christian Peoples Alliance, www.votechristian.info
UKIP Watch (dishing the dirt on the United Kingdom Independence Party), www.ukipwatch.org
Say It Louder (free UK Afro-Caribbean political newspaper), http://sayitlouder.co.uk
Saltley Gate Peace Group, www.myspace.com/saltley

The Straight Choice (collecting election leaflets to see who tells the truth!), www.thestraightchoice.org
No-CCTV, (campaign against CCTV), www.no-cctv.org.uk
The New Party, www.newparty.co.uk

The People's United Community, www.tpuc.org
Seniors International and the Senior Citizens Party, www.seniorcitizensparty.org.uk
Jury Team (new fringe Party), www.juryteam.org
P
ink Stinks, (campaign/social enterprise challenging the culture of pink in aspects of girls), www.pinkstinks.co.uk

Republic (wants the Monarchy to be replaced by an elected head of State), www.republic.org.uk
Britain Thinks (opinions site), www.britainthinks.com
Human Rights Watch - UK section, www.hrw.org/en/europecentral-asia/united-kingdom
Cluster Munition Coalition (stopping cluster munitions), www.stopclustermunitions.org
League Against Cruel Sports, www.league.org.uk
The Manifesto Club (campaigns against the hyper-regulation of everyday life), www.manifestoclub.com
Harrison's Law (Harrison Guy Joyce - toddler killed by window blinds. Re-design campaign), www.harrisonslaw.co.uk
Chinese Liberal Democrats, www.chineselibdems.org.uk
Erdington Conservatives - www.facebook.com/people/Erdington-Conservatives/1151875226
Birmingham Green Party, http://birmingham.greenparty.org.uk
Justice For Rover Workers, http://justiceforroverworkers.com

People’s Administration (new political party), www.urbansunrise.co.uk/pa/
Tony Tomkins (Independent candidate), Erdington, www.independenterdington.co.uk
English Democrats Party, www.voteenglish.org
Take Back Parliament (voting reform), www.takebackparliament.com
People's Republic of Birmingham (standing up to the capital-ist Cockneys etc), http://brummierepublic.blogspot.com
Labour Uncut (Sion Simon's blog, Erdington MP 2001 - 2010), http://labour-uncut.co.uk
Social Liberal Forum (exists to foster debate within and beyond the Liberal Democrats), http://socialliberal.net
The Campaign for an English Parliament, www.thecep.org.uk
Sutton Coldfield and Erdington Liberal Democrats, http://suttonanderdingtonlibdems.org.uk
The Justin Campaign (homophobia in football), www.thejustincampaign.com
United Campaign Against Police Violence, http://againstpoliceviolence.blogspot.com
Mikey Powell Campaign For Justice, Handsworth, www.mikeypowell-campaign.org.uk

Network for Police Monitoring (NetPol), http://networkforpolicemonitoring.org.uk
Inquest (deaths in police custody), http://inquest.gn.apc.org
Virago Press (Feminist book publisher), www.virago.co.uk
Low Incomes Tax Reform Group, www.litrg.org.uk
New Left Review, www.newleftreview.org
UK Feminista, http://ukfeminista.org.uk
Coalition Of Resistance Against Cuts And Privatisation, www.coalitionofresistance.org.uk
Ethical Consumer Research Association (ECRA), www.ethicalconsumer.org
Association for Women's Rights in Development, www.awid.org
The Peoples Charter (fringe group), www.thepeoplescharter.org
National Stop High Speed 2 Campaign, www.stophs2.org
High Speed 2 Action Alliance, www.hs2actionalliance.org

Hall Green CND’s  blog (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament), http://hallgreencnd.wordpress.com

The Liberal magazine, www.theliberal.co.uk
Yes To HS 2, www.yestohs2.co.uk

Fair Fuel UK, www.fairfueluk.com
Rail Future (independent organisation campaigning for better rail-services), www.railfuture.org.uk
Heather Brooke (freedom of information campaigner - she exposed the MP's Expenses Scandal), http://heatherbrooke.org
New Hall Conservatives, Sutton, www.newhallconservatives.org
Cllr Philip Parkin (Tory), Sutton Trinity Ward, http://philipparkin.com
Cllr Robert Wright blog (Lib Dems), Selly Oak, http://blog.robertwright.org.uk
Cllr Jerry Evans (Lib Dems), Springfield, http://jerryevans.mycouncillor.org.uk
Cllr Michael Wilkes blog (Lib Dems), Hall Green, http://michaelwilkesblog.blogspot.com
Cllr Mike Leddy (Labour), Brandwood, http://councillormikeleddy.blogspot.com
Longbridge Conservative Party Branch, www.longbridgeconservativebranch.blogspot.com
Equality Trust, www.equalitytrust.org.uk
Jahangir Khan (Lib Dem local election candidate for Sparkbrook), www.jahangirkhan.co.uk
Dignity In Dying (demanding greater choice and control at the end of life), www.dignityindying.org.uk
No Shock Doctrine (against The Cuts), www.noshockdoctrine.org.uk
Robin Hood Tax (proposed idea to tax major financial-transactions to fight poverty), http://robinhoodtax.org
Outrage! (Peter Tatchell's gay-rights group), http://outrage.org.uk
Children Are Unbeatable Alliance (against smacking children), www.childrenareunbeatable.org.uk
British Gazette (Right-wing website - not a newspaper), www.british-gazette.co.uk
Food Commission (campaigns for healthier, safer, sustainable food in the UK), www.foodmagazine.org.uk
Movement for the Abolition of War, www.abolishwar.org.uk
Labour List (blog for open debate about centre-Left issues), www.labourlist.org
Red Rope (Left-wing walking and climbing club), www.redrope.org.uk
Sutton Coldfield Conservative Club, www.suttoncoldfieldconservativeclub.com
Positive Money (campaign for financial reform), www.positivemoney.org.uk

Safer Medicines Campaign (anti animal-testing), www.safermedicines.org
Art Uncut - Artists and Musicians Against The Cuts, www.artuncut.org.uk
Campaign for High Speed Rail, www.campaignforhsr.com

Love Birmingham (anti-Cuts), www.lovebirmingham.eu
Political News And Opinions, www.thousandreasons.org
Women In Public Policy, www.womeninpublicpolicy.org
Yes To Birmingham Mayor, http://yestobirminghammayor.com
Longbridge Labour, www.facebook.com/longbridge.labour
Birmingham Empowerment Forum (Desmond Jaddoo Birmingham mayoral candidacy), www.b-e-f.org.uk
Birmingham Labour Party, http://birmingham-labour.org.uk

Local Government
Birmingham City Council, www.birmingham.gov.uk
Visit Birmingham, www.visitbirmingham.com
Birmingham Neighbourhood Forums Resource Centre, www.banf.org.uk
Birmingham Civic Society, www.birminghamcivicsociety.org.uk
Office Of The Deputy Prime Minister, www.odpm.gov.uk
Local Democracy Week, www.localdemocracyweek.info
Birmingham Strategic Partnership, www.bhamsp.org.uk
Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)
, www.communities.gov.uk
Government Office for the West Midlands, www.go-wm.gov.uk
West Midlands Regional Observatory (statistics about the area), www.wmro.org
West Midlands Local Government Association, www.wmlga.gov.uk
Birmingham City Council Neighbourhood Offices webpage, www.birmingham.gov.uk/neighbourhoodoffices
Council consultation page, www.birmingham.gov.uk/consultation
Local Government Chronicle, www.lgcplus.com
Local Government Channel, www.localgovernmentchannel.com

West Midlands Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership (RIEP), www.westmidlandsiep.gov.uk

Birmingham Resilience Team (preparing for emergencies - give your details to get alerts), www.birminghamprepared.gov.uk

Trade Unions
GMB, www.gmb-westmids.org.uk
Birmingham Trade Union Congress, www.btuc.org.uk
UNISON West Midlands, www.westmids.unison.org.uk
Union Of Shop, Distributive And Allied Workers, www.usdaw.org.uk
Community And Youth Workers' Union, www.cywu.org.uk
Trade Union and Professional Association for Family Court and Probation Staff, www.napo.org.uk
National Union of Journalists, www.nuj.org.uk
Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians, www.ucatt.org.uk
Unite (merger of Amicus and the Transport And General Workers' Union), www.unitetheunion.com
National Union of Students,
www.nusonline.co.uk
Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union, www.bfawu.org
Connect (communications), www.connectuk.org
Catu/Unity (ceramics), www.catu.org.uk
Community, www.community-tu.org
Fighting Unions (campaigning site), www.fightingunions.org.uk
University and College Union, www.ucu.org.uk
UCU Left (further education activists), www.uculeft.devisland.net
Birmingham TUC Centre for the Unemployed, www.e-voice.org.uk/btuccftu
National Farmers' Union, www.nfuonline.com
Birmingham City Students' Union, www.birminghamcitysu.com
Labour Research Department (magazine for trade unionists), www.lrd.org.uk
British Airline Pilots Association, www.balpa.org.uk
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, www.aslef.org.uk
General Federation of Trade Unions, www.gftu.org.uk
Association of Teachers and Lecturers, www.atl.org.uk
Fire Brigades Union, www.fbu.org.uk
Public and Commercial Services Union, www.pcs.org.uk
Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association, www.tssa.org.uk
Association of Professionals in Education and Children's Trusts, www.aspect.org.uk

Audit Commission, www.audit-commission.gov.uk

British Isles Regional Organising Committee of the Industrial Workers of the World, http://iww.org.uk

Independent Democratic Union (the union recognised by the AA - Automobile Association), www.aadu.org.uk
CSLC Union, www.cslcunion.org
British Airlines Stewards and Stewardesses Association, www.bassa.co.uk
Musicians' Union, www.musiciansunion.org.uk
National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers - www.rmt.org.uk

Watchdogs
Standards Board (standards in public-life), www.standardsboard.co.uk
Local Government Ombudsman, www.lgo.org.uk
Press Complaints Commission, www.pcc.org.uk
Advertising Standards Authority, www.asa.org.uk
Post Watch, www.postwatch.org.uk
IDeA Knowledge (councils watchdog), www.idea-knowledge.gov.uk
Food Standards Agency, www.food.gov.uk
Ofcom (TV regulator), www.ofcom.org.uk
Office Of The Telecommunications Ombudsman, www.otelo.org.uk

Icstis - the premium rate services regulator, www.icstis.org.uk

Information Commissioner's Office,
www.ico.gov.uk

Security Industry Authority (SIA) (regulators of the private security industry), www.the-sia.org.uk

Office of the Legal Services Ombudsman, www.olso.org
Passenger Focus (rail watchdog), www.passengerfocus.org.uk
Consumer Protection Association, www.thecpa.co.uk
Consumer Council for Water, www.ccwater.org.uk
Consumer Focus, www.consumerfocus.org.uk
Consumer Forums UK, www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk
Energy Ombudsman, www.energy-ombudsman.org.uk
Office of Rail Regulation (safety and economic regulator for Britain's railways), www.rail-reg.gov.uk
Media Wise (promoting ethical standards for the media), www.mediawise.org.uk
Media Standards Trust (fairness and accuracy etc), www.mediastandardstrust.org

Local Community Contacts (some wider city area's community sites are at the bottom of the page)
 

Erdington/Perry Common
Goosemoor Lane Website, www.goosemoor-lane.com
Erdington Residents Association, 0121 382 8758
Erdington Library, www.birmingham.gov.uk/erdingtonlibrary
Erdington Virtual Network, www.communityzero.com/erdington
Erdington Community Network, www.bcen.net/erdington
Erdington Going Local, www.birmingham.gov.uk/erdington
Erdington Website, www.erdington.org
Birmingham UK, Erdington Page, www.birminghamuk.com/erdington.htm
Erdington High Street, www.birmingham.gov.uk/erdingtontowncentre
Six Ways, www.birmingham.gov.uk/6ways
Perry Common Neighbourhood Forum, www.perrycommon.banf.org.uk
Erdington Anglican Team Ministry, www.erdington-team-ministry.org.uk
Perry Common Library, www.birmingham.gov.uk/perrycommonlibrary
Witton Lodge Community Association, www.wittonlodge.org.uk
Urban Devotion, Perry Common, www.urbandevotion.org
Samantabhadra Buddhist Centre,
38 Silver Birch Road, Erdington, B24 0AS www.meditateinbirmingham.org
Growing Through (divorce etc), Grange Road, www.growing-through.org
Fort Dunlop, www.fortdunlop.com
League Of Friends Of The John Taylor Hospice, Grange Road,  www.johntaylorhospicelof.org.uk
Erdington Council of Christian Churches, www.eccc.org.uk
Alleyne Road Gospel Hall, Alleyne Road, www.cogb.org.uk
Tyburn Road Bus Lane Consultation, www.birmingham.gov.uk/tyburnroad
Rookery House, www.rookery-house.com
Phoenix Centre, Harrison Road (mental health), http://phoenixcentreerdington.blogspot.com
Birches Green Neighbourhood Forum, www.birchesgreen.banf.org.uk
Erdington Neighbourhood Office, www.birmingham.gov.uk/erdingtonno
Perry Common Neighbourhood Office, www.birmingham.gov.uk/perrycommonno
Erdington Abbey Parish Church, www.erdingtonabbey.co.uk
S.A.F.E Community Group, www.safe-group.org
North East Birmingham Access to Employment Group, www.nebirmingham.org.uk
Solo Federation, Erdington branch (widowed, divorced, separated, single people), http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/solofederation
Erdington Arts Forum, Rookery House, http://erdoarts.blogspot.com
North Court Lane Neighbourhood Watch, www.e-voice.org.uk/northcourtlane
Malachi Community Trust (kids counselling), www.malachi.org.uk
Short Heath page on Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Heath,_Birmingham
Y @ Fosseway (youth centre), Fosseway Drive, www.e-voice.org.uk/yfosseway
Highcroft Road area Neighbourhood Watch, www.jewelleryquarter.info/hcnhw.html
St Mary's And St John' Irish Club, Gravelly Hill, www.stmaryandstjohnsbar.com
Oscott Social Club, Witton Lodge Road, www.theoscott.co.uk
Erdington Methodist Church, Station Road, (MINE - Methodists IN Erdington), www.mine.org.uk
Wyrley Birch Community Website, www.wyrleybirch.com
Stockland Green Labour Party, http://stocklandgreenlabour.org.uk
Court Lane Allotments, http://courtlaneallotments.com
Erdington Wikipedia page, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdington
Perry Common Wikipedia page, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Common
Erdington Town Centre Partnership, www.erdingtonhighstreet.co.uk

Osborne Children's Centre ("A Centre Supporting Families and the Community"), Station Road, www.osbornecc.co.uk
Erdington Six Ways Baptist Church, www.erd6waysbc.org.uk
Osborne Adult Education Centre, www.aqua.bham.org.uk/coursefinder/(S(z3ywex55pacv1db4atxur5ff))/vendets.aspx
Bethany Pentecostal Church, South Road, www.bethanypentecostal.com
Flexible Learning Centre, Stockland Green, www.flexiblelearning.org.uk
St Martin's Parent And Toddler group, Perry Common, http://stmartinsparentandtoddler.giving.officelive.com
Spaghetti Junction Wikipedia page, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravelly_Hill_Interchange
Witton Lakes Wikipedia page, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witton_Lakes
Highcroft In Partnership, www.facebook.com/people/Highcroft-In-Partnership/1556837624
Erdington Leisure Centre, Mason Road, www.leisure.birmingham.gov.uk/sites/Erdington/erdington.htm
Erdington Christian Spiritualist Church,
Station Road, www.ecs-church.org
Erdington United Reformed Church, Holly Lane, B24 www.erdingtonurc.org.uk
George Road Baptist Church, George Road, Erdington www.pmwd.co.uk/alan-pike/
Saint Barnabas Church Wikipedia page, High Street, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Barnabas'_Church,_Erdington

St. Martin's Church Centre in Perry Common, 140 Witton Lodge Road, B23 5AP http://stmartins.krioma.net

Reach The People Charity, Fairlie House, www.reachthecharity.org.uk
Barney's Children's Centre, Sixways Baptist Church, Wood End Road, www.barneyschildrenscentre.co.uk
Erdington Conservatives, www.facebook.com/people/Erdington-Conservatives/1151875226
Friendship Hall, Sutton New Road, www.pottershouse.co.uk/ukchurches/uk-west.htm

Tony Tomkins (Independent candidate), www.independenterdington.co.uk
Kingsbury Training Centre, Stockland Green, www.ktc-ltd.co.uk
Birmingham North Local Policing Unit (Erdington/Sutton), www.west-midlands.police.uk/np/birminghamnorth

Sutton Coldfield and Erdington Liberal Democrats, http://suttonanderdingtonlibdems.org.uk
Birmingham Mail Your Communities, Erdington page, www.birminghammail.net/your-communities/birmingham/erdington/
Start Again (encourage and empower young people), www.start-again.co.uk
Erdington Railway Station Wikipedia page, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdington_railway_station
Stockland Green Extended Services, www.stocklandgreenextendedservices.com
Erdington Branch RNLI, www.erdingtonrnli.com
Perry Common Community Hall, www.perrycommoncommunityhall.com
Erdington Arts Forum, www.erdingtonartsforum.co.uk
Kingsbury Neighbourhood Library, www.birmingham.gov.uk/kingsburylibrary
Birches Green Allotments, www.birchesgreenallotments.co.uk

Jack Dromey MP (Labour),
www.jackdromey.org
Erdington Community Information Portal, http://erdington.2day.ws
Birmingham Anxiety Support, Stockland Green, www.birminghamanxietysupport.co.uk
Sgt Simon Hensley, Stockland Green, http://simonhensley.com
Hurstway Care Home (elderly), Perry Common, www.hurstwaycarehome.org.uk

Short Heath Community Church, www.shcchurch.org
Pink North Brum (gay/bi/trans social group for aged 25+), www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=139418012039&v=info
Erdington Cottage Homes, www.facebook.com/pages/The-Gardens-Erdington-Erdington-Cottage-Homes/

Friends Of Brookvale Park, http://friendsofbrookvalepark.co.uk
Poplars Surgery, 17 Holly Lane, Erdington, www.poplarssurgery.co.uk
Long Chen Foundation (Buddhist), Erdington group, www.longchenfoundation.org/Localgroups-Birmingham.html
Stars In The Sky, Erdington (social friendship etc for the learning-disabled), www.starsintheskybirmingham.co.uk

Mount Zion Community Church, www.mze.org.uk

Backing Birmingham, Erdington page - www.backingbirmingham.com/erdington
Sainsburys Erdington (planned supermarket), www.sainsburys-erdington.co.uk

Erdington Industrial Park, www.canmoor.com/canmoor/canmoor_asset_manag/birmingham-erdington

 

Sutton Coldfield
Walmley Residents Association, www.walmleyresidents.co.uk
Sutton Coldfield Community Network, www.bcen.net/suttoncoldfield
Sutton Coldfield Going Local, www.birmingham.gov.uk/suttoncoldfield
Sutton Coldfield News newspaper, http://icsuttoncoldfield.icnetwork.co.uk
Glovers Trust (sheltered housing), Chester Road, www.gloverstrust.org.uk
Boldmere St Michael's Youth Ministry, www.thegatheringonline.org.uk
Cornerstone charity shop (corner of Antrobus Road/Boldmere Road), www.cornerstone.uk.com
Sutton Coldfield Observer newspaper, www.suttoncoldfield-people.co.uk
Whitehouse Common Neighbourhood Forum, www.whitehousecommon.banf.org.uk

Banners Gate And Parklands Community And Neighbourhood Forum, www.gatepost.bannersgate.co.uk
Boldmere Library, www.birmingham.gov.uk/boldmerelibrary
Mere Green Library, www.birmingham.gov.uk/meregreenlibrary
Sutton Coldfield Library, www.birmingham.gov.uk/suttoncoldfieldlibrary
Sutton Coldfield Churches Together, www.suttoncoldfieldchurches.org.uk
Walmley Library, www.birmingham.gov.uk/walmleylibrary
Birmingham UK Sutton Coldfield page, www.birminghamuk.com/suttoncoldfield
Friends of Sutton Park Association, www.fospa.org
Wylde Green United Reformed Church, Britwell Road, B73  http://church.wyldegreenurc.org.uk
Good Hope Hospital, www.goodhope.org.uk
Sutton Park Surgery, Chester Road North, www.suttonparksurgery.co.uk
Sutton Media Radio, www.suttonmedia.co.uk

Sutton Coldfield Baptist Church, www.scbc.org.uk
Holy Trinity Parish Church, www.htsc.org.uk
Sutton Coldfield United Reformed Church, www.suttonurc.org.uk
Sutton Coldfield Vineyard Church, Boldmere Road, www.scv.org.uk
Sutton Coldfield Methodist Church, www.suttoncoldfieldmethodistchurch.co.uk
Saint Michaels Church Boldmere, www.stmichaels.org.uk
Sutton Coldfield Civic Society, www.sccs.freeuk.com
Falcon Lodge Neighbourhood Forum, www.falconlodge.banf.org.uk
Wylde Green Neighbourhood Forum, http://wyldegreen.com
Sutton Coldfield Central Neighbourhood Forum, www.tkline.free-online.co.uk
About My Area - Walmley page, www.aboutmyarea.co.uk/b76

St John's Church, Walmley, www.stjohnswalmley.co.uk
Andrew Mitchell MP (Conservative), www.andrew-mitchell-mp.co.uk
Sutton Coldfield Labour Party, www.suttonmp.org
Sutton Coldfield Ladies Circle, www.freewebs.com/ladiescirclesuttoncoldfield
Sikh Nari Manch (Sikh women), 180 Plantsbrook Road, Walmley, B76 1HL www.sikhnarimanch.com

The Mall Gracechurch shopping centre, www.themall.co.uk/gracechurch
Mere Green Community Site, www.meregreen.net

Four Oaks Methodist Church, www.fouroaksmethodist.org.uk
Sutton Park, www.birmingham.gov.uk/suttonpark
All Saints' Church, Four Oaks, www.allsaintsfouroaks.co.uk
Mere Green Neighbourhood Forum, www.mgnf.eu
Sutton Coldfield Carnival, www.suttoncoldfieldcarnival.co.uk
Sutton Coldfield Neighbourhood Office, www.birmingham.gov.uk/suttoncoldfieldno
Princess Alice Neighbourhood Watch, www.princess-alice.co.uk
Plantsbrook Local Nature Reserve, Sutton, www.birmingham.gov.uk/plantsbrook
Sutton Coldfield (and Tamworth and Lichfield) Business Awards, www.businessawards-sutton.co.uk
All Sutton Coldfield (resources page), www.all-suttoncoldfield.co.uk
Friends of Rectory Park, www.rectorypark.org.uk
North East Birmingham Access to Employment Group, www.nebirmingham.org.uk
Petition to make the junction of Springfield Road/Reddicap Heath Road safer, http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/FalconLodge
Sutton Coldfield Twins Club (young twins), www.suttoncoldfieldtwinsclub.co.uk
Mums Nights Out, www.mumsnightsout.co.uk
Sutton Coldfield Municipal Charities, www.suttoncoldfieldmunicipalcharities.com
Four Oaks Baptist Church, www.fouroaksbaptistchurch.org.uk
Harvest Fields Centre, www.harvestfieldscentre.org.uk
The Blog Club, http://theblogclub.wordpress.com
Sutton Coldfield Natural History Society, www.scnhs.org.uk
Amnesty Sutton Coldfield (human rights organisation branch), http://suttoncoldfield.amnesty.org.uk
Sutton Email (email provider offering @suttoncoldfield.org.uk domains), www.suttoncoldfield.org.uk
African Caribbean Association of Sutton Coldfield, www.acasc.co.uk
Sutton Coldfield Town Hall, www.leisure.birmingham.gov.uk/sites/town_hall/hall.htm
Quaker Religious Society Of Friends, Friends Meeting House, Kenelm Road, www.quaker.org.uk

Youth for Christ, www.yfc.co.uk
Sutton Coldfield Lions Club
www.freewebs.com/suttonlionsclub
Moose International, Sutton Coldfield
www.mooseintl.org.uk
Sutton Coldfield Connection (links page), www.suco.co.uk
Sutton Coldfield Festival of Arts, www.suttonfestivalofarts.co.uk
Residents Against The Sandstone Housing Development On Penns Lane, Sutton, www.pennsbuilding.com
Falcon Lodge Chapel, www.falconlodgechapel.org.uk
Chester Road Baptist Church, www.chesterroadbc.org.uk

Duke Street Chapel, www.dukestreetchapel.org.uk
Four Oaks Womens' Institute, www.freewebs.com/fouroakswi
Walmley Pages (free Sutton magazine), www.walmleypages.com
Sutton Coldfield Wikipedia page, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutton_Coldfield
The Gate Inn (live music venue), www.gateinnsutton.com
SOFT UK, (Patau's Syndrome, Edward's Syndrome etc), Walmley, www.soft.org.uk
Wyndley Leisure Centre, www.leisure.birmingham.gov.uk/sites/Wyndley/wyndley.htm
Sutton Coldfield Town Centre Regeneration Framework, www.birmingham.gov.uk/suttontowncentre
Sutton Central Group (schools and local community groups in partnership), www.suttoncentralgroup.org
Hill Hook Local Nature Reserve, www.hillhooklnr.org
Sutton Coldfield Town Hall Users, www.scthusers.co.uk
Business Referral Exchange - BRX Sutton Coldfield (networking), www.brxsuttoncoldfield.co.uk
Acacia (pre and post-natal Depression), Walmley, www.acacia.org.uk
The Canwell Show, Canwell Park, Sutton, www.canwellshow.co.uk
Home-Start Sutton Coldfield, www.homestartsc.org.uk
Plants Brook Valley, www.connect2birmingham.org
Walmley Social Club, www.walmleysocialclub.org
The Gap (for young people), www.thegap.org.uk
Boldmere Methodist Church, Boldmere Road, Sutton Coldfield, www.boldmeremethodistchurch.org
Carpenter's Arms Community Centre, Boldmere, www.carpentersarmsboldmere.org.uk
Look Local - Sutton Coldfield, www.looklocal.com/sutton-coldfield/
Birmingham North Local Policing Unit (Erdington/Sutton), www.west-midlands.police.uk/np/birmingham

Sutton Coldfield and Erdington Liberal Democrats, http://suttonanderdingtonlibdems.org.uk
Wylde Green Library, www.birmingham.gov.uk/wyldegreenlibrary
Birmingham Mail Your Communities page, www.birminghammail.net/your-communities/birmingham/sutton-coldfield/
B72 Sutton Coldfield, http://b72suttoncoldfield.co.uk
Recommended (Sutton Coldfield magazine/directory), www.recommendeddirectories.co.uk
Sutton Coldfield Blog, http://suttoncoldfieldblog.co.uk
Walmley Is Full, www.walmleyisfull.co.uk
Local Choices (free magazine advertising local services), www.local-choices.co.uk
Heart of Worship Christian Centre, Wylde Green, www.heart-of-worship.org

Brampton Hall Community Centre, New Oscott, www.birmingham.gov.uk/bramptonhall
From Bumps 2 Babies (ante-natal classes), www.frombumps2babies.co.uk
Sutton Coldfield Association of Women Graduates, www.suttoncoldfield.bfwg.org.uk
Salus Fatigue Foundation (ME/CFS), www.salus.org.uk
Foundations (marriage guidance), www.foundations-westmidlands.org.uk
New Hall Valley Country Park, www.newhallvalleycountrypark.org
 

Castle Vale/Pype Hayes
Castle Vale Housing Action Trust, www.cvhat.org.uk
Castle Vale Community Environmental Trust, www.cvcet.org.uk
Castle Vale Library, www.birmingham.gov.uk/castlevalelibrary
Castle Vale Community Housing Association, www.cvcha.org.uk
Castle Vale Tenants And Residents Alliance, www.castlevale.org.uk
Birmingham UK Castle Vale page, www.birminghamuk.com/castlevale.htm
Castle Bromwich Parish Council, www.castlebromwichpc.gov.uk
Switch Radio, www.headlinemedia.org.uk/radio.php
Birmingham City Council Castle Vale webpage,
www.birmingham.gov.uk/castlevale
Castle Vale Neighbourhood Partnership, www.cvnp.org.uk
Castle Vale Business Group, www.cvbg.co.uk
Castle Bromwich Hall and Gardens Trust, www.cbhgt.org.uk
Merlin Venture (social enterprise), www.merlinventure.co.uk
B35, (social enterprise), www.b35.org
Igbo Community Association In The Midlands (Nigerian/African ethnic group), www.ndigboatmidlands.com
Castle Vale Neighbourhood Office, www.birmingham.gov.uk/castlevaleno
Pype Hayes United Reformed Church, Chester Road, Pype Hayes, B24 0BN www.newlifewordalive.org.uk
North East Birmingham Access to Employment Group, www.nebirmingham.org.uk
United Neighbours Residents Association, www.unra.org.uk
Vale Mail (free local newspaper), http://valemail.wordpress.com
About My Area B36 page, www.aboutmyarea.co.uk/West-Midlands/Birmingham/B36
Castle Vale Wikipedia page, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Vale
Pype Hayes Wikipedia page, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pype_Hayes

Castle Bromwich Community Website, www.castlebromwich.net
Eden Court Medical Practice, www.edencourt.org.uk
Chester Road Smart Route Study, www.solihull.gov.uk/chesterroad
Erdington Elim Pentecostal Family Church, Pype Hayes, www.erdingtonelimchurch.org.uk
Castle Vale Community Leisure Centre, www.leisure.birmingham.gov.uk/sites/castle_clc/castle_clc.htm
St Mary's Church, Pype Hayes, www.stmarysb24.org.uk
Parish of St Cuthbert’s Castle Vale, www.stcuthbertsb35.org.uk
The History of the Castle Bromwich Airfield/Spitfire Factory, www.angelfire.com/sd2/spitfirefactory/history.htm
Look Local - Castle Bromwich, www.looklocal.com/castlebromwich/
Spitfire Radio, www.spitfireradio.net
Active Arts, Castle Vale, http://activearts.wordpress.com
B36 Blogger, http://b36blogger.wordpress.com
Water Orton Stop HS2, www.waterortonstophs2.org.uk

Pink North Brum (gay/bi/trans social group for aged 25+), www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=139418012039&v=info
Philip Bates Trust (advances the education of young people under the age of 25 in the Arts), www.philipbatestrust.org.uk
Baptist Church @ Timberley Lane, www.bctl.org.uk
Castle Vale Events Committee, http://cveventscommittee.wordpress.com

 

Kingstanding/Oscott
Council Oscott site, www.birmingham.gov.uk/oscottviews
Elim Church, 120 Warren Road, Kingstanding B44 8QD www.elimkingstanding.co.uk
Oscott North Neighbourhood Forum, www.oscottnorth.banf.org.uk
Brambles (Sure Start),
 www.thebrambles.childrencentre.org
Kingstanding Library, www.birmingham.gov.uk/kingstandinglibrary
Saint Mary's Oscott College, Chester Road, www.oscott.net
North Birmingham Christian Fellowship, www.nbcf.org.uk
Christ the King Catholic Church, www.christ-theking.org.uk
Justin Murphy (fatal road accident victim in 2006), www.piczo.com/R-i-p-Justin

Kingstanding 4u, www.ks4u.blogspot.com
Cameroon Advice and Support Services (ethnic-Africans), www.caassuk.org
New Heights, www.new-heights.org.uk
Kingstanding Neighbourhood Office, www.birmingham.gov.uk/kingstandingno
Kingstanding and North Birmingham Access to Employment Group (AEG), www.kingstandingesp.org.uk
Pink (people experiencing hair loss through chemotherapy), www.pnkuk.com

North East Birmingham Access to Employment Group, www.nebirmingham.org.uk
People’s Learning Centre, www.kingcomdev.com
Kingstanding Leisure Centre, www.leisure.birmingham.gov.uk/sites/Kings/kings.htm
Kingstanding Circle Surgery, http://kingstandingcirclesurgery.co.uk
Kingstanding EiC Education Action Zone, http://e-voice.org.uk/kingstandingeaz
College Road Surgery, www.352collegeroadsurgery.co.uk
Kingstanding E-Group, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kingstanding
Cllr Linnecor's blog, http://keithlinnecor.blogspot.com
Perry Tree Centre, Dovedale Road, www.birmingham.gov.uk/perrytreecentre
Kingstanding Conservative Party, http://kingstandingconservatives.wordpress.com
Kingstanding Wikipedia page, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingstanding
Oscott Wikipedia page, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscott
Full Gospel Centre, www.fgcbirmingham.co.uk
Kingstanding Blog, www.kingstandingb44-uk.blogspot.com

Cool Info (directory of services for the elderly), www.cool-info.org.uk
Acacia (pre and post-natal Depression), www.acacia.org.uk
Saint Luke's Parish Church, www.saintlukeskingstanding.co.uk
Eleanor Hoad (environmental artist), Kingstanding Leisure Centre,
http://artsresidencies.org/eleanorhoad
Bandywood Families Project, www.bandywoodfamiliesproject.co.uk
The Oscott Residents Groups, www.oscottresidents.blogspot.com
The Warriors Club, http://thewarriorsclub.synthasite.com
Birmingham Mail your communities page, www.birminghammail.net/your-communities/birmingham/kingstanding-and-oscott/
Focus On Therapy (counselling), www.focusontherapy.co.uk
Walsall Council Area Manager John Morris (Aldridge/Pheasey Park Farm/Streetly), http://twitter.com/areamanagerjohn
Maryvale Parish community website, www.maryvale.org.uk
Topix Kingstanding online discussion forum, www.topix.com/forum/uk/kingstanding/
Kaleidoscope Club (disabled young people), www.kclub.org.uk

Pink North Brum (gay/bi/trans social group for aged 25+), www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=139418012039&v=info
Heart of Worship Christian Centre, www.heartofworshiplive.webs.com
The B44 blog, http://theb44.wordpress.com
Soul To Sole Holistic Therapy Centre, Kingstanding, www.soultosoleholistictherapycentre.co.uk
Link Church, www.thelinkchurch.org.uk

Aston
Our Story (history), www.mediahub.co.uk/ourstory
Aston Students' Guild, www.astonguild.org.uk
Aston Pride, www.astonpride.com
Street Pastors, www.streetpastors.org.uk
Cleaner Safer Aston, www.cleanersaferaston.co.uk
Aston Reinvestment Trust, www.reinvest.co.uk
Aston Library, www.birmingham.gov.uk/astonlibrary
Barn Social Club, www.thebarnbirmingham.co.uk
Birmingham UK Aston page, www.birminghamuk.com/aston
Shaba, Witton Road (Bangladeshi community), www.shaba.org

Birchfield Residents' Action Group, www.brag.btik.com
Kajans, www.kajans.co.uk
Aston Manor Road Transport Museum, www.amrtm.org

The Drum Theatre, www.the-drum.org.uk
Aston and Erdington Photographic Society, www.aston-erdington.co.uk
Aston Villa Supporters Trust, www.villatrust.org.uk

Centre for the Aston Family, www.e-voice.org.uk/apna
As-Suffa Trust (Islam), www.as-suffa.org

Aston and Nechells Anglican Churches, www.astonnechellscofe.org.uk
Bangladesh Writers Association, www.bwabham.org.uk
Aston Vision (community film-making),
www.astonvision.co.uk
Aston Hall, www.birmingham.gov.uk/astonhall
Clark Bertie (employment for the dyslexic and disabled), www.clarkbertie.co.uk
Birchfield Neighbourhood Office, www.birmingham.gov.uk/birchfieldno
Voice Of Aston (youth initiative), www.voiceofaston.org.uk
Aston FM radio, www.astonfm.net
Aston and North Birmingham Access to Employment Group, www.astonesp.org.uk
City United (helping young people in the city), www.cityunited.org
Chancerygate Trade Centre (regeneration of the old HP Sauce factory), www.astontradecentre.com
Centre for Community Research, www.cfcr.org.uk
Aston Manor Labour Club, www.wmciu.co.uk/westmids_ciu/aston_manor_labour_club.htm
Birmingham Post Office Sports & Social Club, www.birminghamsandsclub.co.uk
Aston University Islamic Society, www.astonisoc.co.uk
Kokni Muslim Association, http://kmab.homestead.com/kmab1.html
Masjid Ul Madani (mosque), www.duroos.net
Aston Wikipedia page, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston
Aston Sports Club, www.astonsportsclub.com
El-Shaddai International Christian Centre, www.elshaddai.org.uk/birmingham.htm
Where's Your Head At (young people's mental health), Aston, http://wheres-your-head-at.org

Conference Aston (meeting place), www.conferenceaston.co.uk
Mohiuddin Trust (Moslems), www.mohiuddintrust.org.uk
Mount Zion Community Church, www.mountzioncc.org.uk
Aston Chinese Students Society, www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6380601883
Madni Masjid (mosque), www.madnimasjid.com
Aston Brook Through Aston Manor (Aston history), http://astonhistory.net
Great Barr/Perry Barr/Aston Local History Society, www.greatbarrhall.co.uk
Birmingham Mail Your Communities page, www.birminghammail.net/your-communities/birmingham/aston-and-nechells/
Aston, Newtown and Lozells Area Action Plan,
www.birmingham.gov.uk/astonaap
Alkhami Arts Academy (young people), Moor Lane, www.alkhami.co.uk
Green Cyc (recycling mobile-phones etc), www.greencyc.co.uk
South Aston United Reformed Church, http://southastonurc.co.uk
Aston Arena, www.astonarena.co.uk
Newtown-Aston Seventh-Day Adventist Church, http://newtown-aston.adventistchurch.org.uk

 
(Some wider city area's community websites are at the bottom of the page)
 

Websites Of Local Businesses etc
Travis Perkins (the Woodyard), 177 Goosemoor Lane B23 5QG www.travisperkins.co.uk
Cookes Furniture, Goosemoor Lane, www.cookesfurniture.co.uk
Azure Photographics/Vince Web Design, www.vinceweb.co.uk
4 Security (alarms etc), Sycamore Road, www.4-security.co.uk
TJD Fashion & Beauty, Station Road, www.tjdresources.co.uk
Acme Toy Store, Station Road, www.solnet.co.uk/acme
Marsh Lane Fish Bar, www.marshlanefishbar.co.uk
Station Kitchens and Bathrooms, Station Road, www.skbb.uktc.com
The Element Man (cooker shop), South Road, www.elementman.com
Pertemps, Gravelly Lane, www.ppdg.co.uk
Hall's Garden Supplies, 211 Chester Road, www.gardensite.co.uk
Denmans Electrical, Gravelly Lane, www.denmans.co.uk
Stylin Station hairdressers, Station Road, www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=33267884145
Kitsons (asbestos removal etc), Gravelly Lane, www.kitsons.co.uk
Fax A Floor, Chester Road, www.fax-a-floor.co.uk
D S Sounds (mobile disco), Jerrys Lane, www.dssounds.co.uk
AA Support (computer shop), Station Road, http://aasupport.co.uk
Sat Vision UK (satellite TV), Gravelly Lane, www.satvision.biz
Ben The Cakeman, Anderson Road, www.benthecakeman.co.uk
Lo Ming Chinese Takeaway, South Road, www.loming.co.uk

Mystical Daze (magic supplies), Jerrys Lane,
www.mysticaldaze.co.uk
A.C. Atwell (funeral directors), Gravelly Lane, www.funeraldirectorsbirmingham.com
Wheelers Timber and Builders Merchants, Short Heath Road, www.wheelerstimber-builders.co.uk
Two Jays Restaurant and Bistro (within Cookes Furniture), Goosemoor Lane, http://twojays.food.officelive.com
Dowry Limited (financial services), 422 Chester Road (by the Beech Road junction), www.dowryltd.com
Lionheart Insurance Services Ltd, 11 Station Road, www.lionheartinsurance.co.uk
Dulux Decorator Centre, 92 Gravelly Lane, www.duluxdecoratorcentre.co.uk/B236LR

Witton Lodge Balti, Witton Lodge Road, www.just-eat.co.uk/restaurants-witton-lodge-balti
Ozone Heating Supplies, Chester Road Station Industrial Estate, www.ozoneheatingsupplies.co.uk
5 Star Driving Academy, Chester Road Station Industrial Estate, www.5stardrivingacademy.co.uk
Alter Ego Beauty (Polish-owned salon), Jerrys Lane, www.alteregobeauty.net
Retrofit Alarmacar, Chester Road Station Industrial Estate, www.retrofit.co.uk
Eastmount Building & Shopfitting Services Ltd, Chester Road Station Industrial Estate, www.eastmount.co.uk
New Oscott Village, Fosseway Drive, www.new-oscott-village-new-oscott-england.aspx
Lets Rent Midlands, Station Road,
www.letsrentmidlands.co.uk
Royal Claims, Summer Road, Erdington, www.royalclaims.co.uk
Darrel And Sue, Aloe Vera business managers, Jerrys Lane, dvince@blueyonder.co.uk
The New Inns pub, Summer Road, www.the-new-inns.co.uk
Walden's Removals, Court Lane, www.waldensremovals.co.uk
Bells Of Erdington (removals), www.bellsoferdington.co.uk
Lettings and Sales Birmingham (housing), Gravelly Lane, www.b73.co.uk
Illusion FX (parties and novelty gifts etc), Gravelly Lane, www.illusionfx.co.uk
Caspian Pizza, 117 Witton Lodge Road, www.caspianpizza.com/branches/branches_kingstanding.html
Star Cars (mini-cabs), Chester Road/Birmingham Road junction, www.starcarsbirmingham.com
Bushwackers Gardening Services, Court Lane, www.bushwackersgardeningservices.co.uk
The Energy Saving Team, Chester Road Station Industrial Estate, www.theenergysavingteam.com
Egon Tattoo Studio, Gravelly Lane, www.tattooegon.co.uk
Skye UK (UPVC windows and doors), 2 Gravelly Lane, www.skyeuk.com
Smart Tecnic (car-mechanics), Johnson Road, www.smarttecnic.co.uk
Wilton Market, Erdington, www.inshopsretail.com/index.php?id=26
SGT Electrical Contractors, Station Road, www.sgtelectrical.co.uk
A & K Solarium, Gravelly Lane, www.aksolariumerdington.co.uk
Central Counties Painters, Court Lane, www.ccpdltd.co.uk
Cube Kitchens, 446 Chester Road, www.seecube.co.uk
Clothes Bank, Flackwell Road, www.clothesbank.co.uk
Aspire Sports Football Centre, Unit 2, Chester Road Station Industrial Estate, www.aspire-sports.co.uk/footballcentre/

 

National/City-Wide Crime Websites
West Midlands Police, www.west-midlands.police.uk
West Midlands Police Authority, www.west-midlands-pa.gov.uk
Home Office, www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Crime Stoppers, www.crimestoppers-uk.org
Birmingham Community Safety Partnership, www.birmingham-csp.org.uk
Birmingham City Watch, www.citywatch.org.uk
Retail Crime Operation, www.shopcrime.org.uk
BBC Crime Page, www.bbc.co.uk/crime
Neighbourhood Street Wardens' Programme, www.neighbourhood.gov.uk
Birmingham Trading Standards, www.birmingham.gov.uk/tradingstandards
Birmingham & Solihull Women’s Aid, www.bswaid.org
Birmingham Young Offenders Scheme, www.birmingham-yot.org.uk
Victim Support, www.victimsupport.org
Suzy Lamplugh Trust, www.suzylamplugh.org
Mothers Against Guns, www.mothersagainstguns.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
Rape Crisis, www.rapecrisis.org.uk
Keg Watch (pub theft), www.kegwatch.org
Preparing For Emergencies (anti-terrorism), www.preparingforemergencies.gov.uk
Smart Justice, www.smartjustice.org
Mobile phone theft (Mobile Equipment Registration Database), www.menduk.org
National Association For The Care And Resettlement Of Offenders, www.nacro.org.uk
National Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Children, www.nspcc.org.uk
Neighbourhood Watch, www.neighbourhoodwatch.uk.com
Neighbourhood Watch Modernisation Project, www.watchconsult.net
Police Reform (Home Office site aimed at raising standards in policing), www.policereform.gov.uk
Taking A Stand, www.takingastand.org
Birmingham Area Child Protection Committee, www.birminghamacpc.org.uk
Prison Phoenix Trust (teaching yoga to prisoners), www.theppt.org.uk
Internet Watch Foundation (report illegal content here), www.iwf.org.uk
Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, www.cica.gov.uk
MI5, www.mi5.gov.uk
MI6, www.mi6.gov.uk
Bully Buster, www.bullybuster.net
Anti-Bullying Network, www.antibullying.net
Bullying Online, www.bullying.co.uk
Identity Theft (Home Office site), www.identitytheft.org.uk
Neighbours From Hell In Britain (NFHiB), www.nfh.org.uk
National Missing Persons Helpline, www.missingpersons.org
Missing Children UK, http://uk.missingkids.com
Runaway Helpline, www.runawayhelpline.org.uk
Priority Alert (crime alert messaging service), www.priorityalert.co.uk
Howard League For Penal Reform (prisons), www.howardleague.org
The Monitoring Group (racial attacks), www.monitoring-group.co.uk
Social Landlords Crime And Nuisance Group, www.slcng.org.uk
One Knife One Life (knife amnesty), www.oneknifeonelife.co.uk
Child Exploitation And Online Protection Centre, www.ceop.gov.uk
Refuge (domestic violence), www.refuge.org.uk
Beat Bullying, www.beatbullying.org
Kid Smart (child safety online), www.kidsmart.org.uk
Criminal Justice System in England and Wales, www.cjsonline.org
Law Society of England and Wales, www.lawsociety.org.uk
British Security Industry Association, www.bsia.co.uk
Mothers Against Murder and Aggression (MAMAA), www.mamaa.org
Stop And Search - Know Your Rights (Home Office site), www.stopandsearch.com
The Hideout (kids affected by domestic violence), www.thehideout.org.uk
Neighbourhood Policing Programme, www.neighbourhoodpolicing.co.uk
Community Engagement In Policing, www.communityengagement.police.uk
Card Watch (credit-card fraud), www.cardwatch.org.uk
West Midlands Mediation and Transformation Service (gun-violence), www.wmmts.org
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Court Administration, www.hmica.gov.uk
Disarm Trust (gun-violence), www.disarmtrust.org.uk
The Violence Initiative, www.tviccv.org
Association of Chief Police Officers, www.acpo.police.uk
Council Anti-Social Behaviour page, www.birmingham.gov.uk/asb
Rizer (young people and crime), www.rizer.org.uk
Trust Mark (scheme to weed out rogue tradesmen), www.trustmark.org.uk
Stop Look Go (domestic violence in the Chinese community), www.stoplookgo-evergreen.org.uk
CIFAS (the UK’s Fraud Prevention Service), www.cifas.org.uk
Fraud Reduction, www.uk-fraud.info
Secure Your Motor (car-crime), www.secureyourmotor.gov.uk
Youth Justice Board for England and Wales, www.yjb.gov.uk
Get Net Wise (Internet safety for kids), www.getnetwise.org
Safe Kids (Internet safety for kids), www.safekids.com
Childnet International (Internet safety for kids), www.childnet-int.org
Safer Students, www.saferstudents.co.uk
Anti Bullying Alliance, www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk
Security Industry Authority (SIA) (regulators of the private security industry), www.the-sia.org.uk
Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board, www.lscbbirmingham.org.uk
Secured By Design (Association Of Chief Police Officers' site about crime-proof design), www.securedbydesign.com
West Midlands Probation, www.westmidlands-probation.gov.uk
Connected (Home Office anti gun-crime initiative), www.connected.gov.uk
National Churchwatch (neighbourhood watch for churches), www.nationalchurchwatch.com
Black Women's Rape Action Project/Women Against Rape, www.womenagainstrape.net
Anti-Bullying Shared, www.abskids.co.uk
Kidscape (bullying/child-abuse), www.kidscape.org.uk
Crime Concern (crime-prevention charity and social business), www.crimeconcern.org.uk
Transparency (anti-corruption), www.transparency.org.uk
Piracy Is A Crime (DVD piracy etc), www.piracyisacrime.com
Council bullying page, www.birmingham.gov.uk/stopbullying
Roofie Foundation (date-rape drug cases), www.roofie.com
Bringing Hope (Church anti-gun/knife initiative), Bordesley Green, www.bringinghope.co.uk
Families For Peace (gun-crime etc), www.familiesforpeace.co.uk
Missing People, www.missingpeople.org.uk
Crime Net (Crimestoppers-type site), www.crimenet.eu
Safer Homes (anti-burglary), www.safer-homes.org
Forum Against Islamophobia and Racism, www.fairuk.org
The Community Security Trust (attacks on the Jewish community in this country), www.thecst.org.uk
United Streets of Birmingham, www.unitedbirmingham.com
Phoenix Chief Advocates (child abuse), www.phoenixsurvivors.org
My Neighbourhood Website (area crime info), www.myneighbourhood.info
Home Office Drug Strategy Directorate, www.drugs.homeoffice.gov.uk
Why Bully?, www.whybully.co.uk
Community Justice (govt initiative), www.communityjustice.gov.uk
Women "Reclaim The Night" - Sandwell, www.myspace.com/reclaimthenightsandwell
Taxi Wise (women getting into illegal taxis and being attacked), www.taxiwise.com
NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service (NHS fraud and attacks on staff etc), www.cfsms.nhs.uk
Kelly Campaign (drunk-driving), www.kellycampaign.com
Jason Spencer Trust (victims of gun and knife crime), www.thejasonspencertrust.org
National Association for People Abused in Childhood, www.napac.org.uk
Survive UK (rape), www.survive.org.uk
Stop It Now (child sex abuse), www.stopitnow.org.uk
Women In Law (women who work in the Justice System), www.womeninlaw.com
Andrea Adams Trust (workplace bullying), www.andreaadamstrust.org
Network for Surviving Stalking, www.nss.org.uk
Standing Together Against Domestic Violence, www.standingtogether.org.uk
Mothers Against Knives, http://mothersagainstknives.tripod.com
Mothers Against Violence, www.mothersagainstviolence.org.uk
Centre For Crime And Justice Studies, www.crimeandjustice.org.uk
Miscarriages of Justice Organisation, http://mojonational.com
No To Knives, www.ntk.org.uk
Knife Crimes (Home Office site), www.knifecrimes.org
West Midlands Arson Task Force, www.wmarsontaskforce.gov.uk
Truck Watch (neighbourhood watch scheme for lorries!), www.truckwatch.co.uk
Child Victims of Crime (set up and run by police on a voluntary basis), www.cvoc.org.uk
Ben Kinsella website (knife murder victim - 2008), www.benkinsella.org.uk
Jane's Police Review magazine, www.policereview.com
End Violence Against Women, www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk
Mens' Advice Line (domestic violence against men), www.mensadviceline.org.uk
Prison Reform Trust, www.prisonreformtrust.org.uk
In Memory Of Sophie (Sophie Lancaster website - murdered for being a Goth), www.myspace.com/inmemoryofsophie
Justice For Women (women who murder violent partners), www.justiceforwomen.org.uk
Churches' Child Protection Advisory Service, www.ccpas.co.uk
Revolving Doors (helping those involved with crime who have mental-health difficulties), www.revolving-doors.org.uk
Freedom Programme (domestic violence), www.freedomprogramme.co.uk

Neighbourhood Watch Discussion Forum, www.mynhw.org.uk

Problem Neighbours, www.problemneighbours.co.uk
Litter Action, www.litteraction.org.uk
Star Project (gun and knife crime etc), www.thestarproject.co.uk
Police Oracle (police news), www.policeoracle.com
National Counter-Terrorism Security Office, www.nactso.gov.uk
End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and the Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes UK, www.ecpat.org.uk
It Doesn't Have To Happen (knife-crime), www.bebo.com/itdoesnthavetohappen
Educational Action Challenging Homophobia (EACH - preventing anti-gay attacks etc), www.eachaction.org.uk
Support Help and Advice for Relatives and friends of Prisoners (SHARP), www.s-h-a-r-p.org.uk
Action for Prisoners’ Families, www.prisonersfamilies.org.uk
Broken Rainbow (gay domestic violence), www.broken-rainbow.org.uk
National Anti Youth Violence prevention, www.antiyouthviolence.com
Cyber Sentinel (cyber-sitter software), www.cybersentinel.co.uk
Support After Murder And Manslaughter, www.samm.org.uk
Help Me Find (tracing missing people/lost relatives etc), www.helpmefind.co.uk
Clinks (helping offenders and their families), www.clinks.org
Apex Trust (helping ex-offenders), www.apextrust.com
Crown Prosecution Service, www.cps.gov.uk
Families United (victims of crime), www.familiesutd.com
Safer Birmingham Partnership, www.saferbirmingham.org.uk
Cyber Mentors (cyber-bullying), www.cybermentors.org.uk
The Missing List (police appeals for info - input your postcode), www.themissinglist.co.uk
Trail Blazers (mentoring young offenders), www.trail-blazers.org.uk
Lucy Faithfull Foundation (LFF - child protection charity), http://lucyfaithfull.org
Rob Knox (London knife-crime victim 2008 - anti knife campaign), www.robknox.co.uk
White Ribbon Campaign (domestic violence), www.whiteribboncampaign.co.uk
Abused Babies and Children Foundation, www.abcfoundation.co.uk
Gun Control Network (unofficial site which details firearms offences across the country), www.gun-control-network.org
E-Victims (assisting crime-victims), www.e-victims.org
Pansy Project (homophobic crime), www.thepansyproject.com
Think Jessica (postal scams), www.thinkjessica.com
Action Fraud (preventing fraud), www.actionfraud.org.uk
STOP (Trafficking UK), trafficked people, www.stop-uk.org
Police Community Support Officer forum, www.policecommunitysupportofficer.com
Mankind (domestic violence against men), www.mankind.org.uk
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (policing), www.hmic.gov.uk
Prisons.org.uk (resources page for prisoners), www.prisons.org.uk
National Centre for Domestic Violence, www.ncdv.org.uk
HM Prison Service, www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk
Inside Time (national newspaper for prisoners), www.insidetime.org
Women In Secure Hospitals (WISH), www.womenatwish.com
Mothers In Pain (supporting victims and families of gun, knife and gang crimes), www.mothersinpain.org.uk
National Stalking Helpline, www.stalkinghelpline.org
Doli Project (stopping forced-marriages), www.thedoliproject.net
Karma Nirvana
(stopping forced-marriages), www.karmanirvana.org.uk
Prison Radio Association, www.prisonradioassociation.org
Veterans In Prison, www.veteransinprison.org.uk
Through Unity (united voice of bereaved families to get guns/knives etc off the streets), www.throughunity.com
Problem Neighbours UK, www.problemneighbours.co.uk
Birmingham Crisis Centre (refuge for domestic violence victims), www.birminghamcrisis.org.uk
Who Is Watching Me (helping CCTV systems comply with the Data Protection Act), www.whoiswatchingme.org
Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization), www.interpol.int
Drive Safe Stay Safe (road and community safety), www.drivesafe-staysafe.co.uk
Anthony Walker Foundation (hate crime), www.anthonywalkerfoundation.com
Care of Police Survivors (COPS - helping families of police officers killed in the line of duty), www.ukcops.org
Alternatives to Violence Project (conflict resolution), www.avpbritain.org.uk
The Griffins Society (working with women in prison etc), www.thegriffinssociety.org
Prison Fellowship England and Wales, www.prisonfellowship.org.uk
Internet Eyes (monitoring CCTV online to gain rewards for spotting crimes!), http://interneteyes.co.uk
Chance UK (reducing youth-crime by mentoring children aged 5-11 with behavioural difficulties), www.chanceuk.com
Birmingham Racial Attacks Monitoring Unit, www.bramu.info
Serious Organised Crime Agency (UK equivalent of the FBI), www.soca.gov.uk
Community Payback (the replacement for Community Service), www.communitypayback.com
SAMM (Support After Murder and Manslaughter Abroad), www.sammabroad.org
Roshni (for Asian women who have suffered from domestic violence), www.roshnibirmingham.org.uk
Women In Prison, www.womeninprison.org.uk
No Way Trust (turning young people away from crime),
www.pmnw.co.uk
Partners of Prisoners and Families Support Group (POPS), www.partnersofprisoners.co.uk
Inside Out Trust (works with offenders in prison), www.inside-out.org.uk

Focus Prisoner Education, www.fpe.org.uk
Fine Cell Work (teaches needlework to prison inmates and sells their products), www.finecellwork.co.uk
Prisoner's Families Helpline, www.prisonersfamilieshelpline.org.uk
Affect (for families and friends of offenders facing possible “life”/long prison sentences), www.affect.org.uk
Prison Reform, www.prisonreform.org
Action for Prisoners’ Families, www.prisonersfamilies.org.uk
Mind Your Street (local crime info), www.mindyourstreet.com
Association of Members of Independent Monitoring Boards (monitoring the prison system etc), www.amimb.org.uk
Birth Companions (prison births), www.birthcompanions.org.uk
Churches' Criminal Justice Forum, www.ccjf.org
Circles of Support and Accountability (working to reduce sex-offending), www.circles-uk.org.uk
New Bridge Foundation (creates links between offenders and the community), www.newbridgefoundation.org.uk
Prison Advice and Care Trust (Pact), www.prisonadvice.org.uk
Prisoners' Advice Service (PAS), www.prisonersadvice.org.uk
Prisoners' Education Trust, www.prisonerseducation.org.uk
Prisoners’ Families and Friends Service, www.pffs.org.uk
RAPt (the Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners Trust), www.rapt.org.uk
Restorative Justice Council, www.restorativejustice.org.uk
Working Chance (helping women offenders find jobs), www.workingchance.org
Criminal Justice Alliance, www.criminaljusticealliance.org
Domestic Violence Intervention Project, www.dvip.org
Dubliner T.K.O (Taking Knives Out), Digbeth, www.facebook.com/pages/THE-DUBLINER-TKO-/494887890470
Europol (European Law Enforcement Agency), www.europol.europa.eu
Criminal Cases Review Commission (set up to investigate possible miscarriages of justice), www.ccrc.gov.uk
Hounds For Heroes (assistance dogs for injured UK armed forces/emergency services), www.houndsforheroes.com
Birmingham Violence Against Women Board, www.bvawb.org
Blue Lamp Foundation (assisting the emergency services who are criminally injured on duty), www.bluelamp-foundation.org
West Midlands Against Injustice (local miscarriages on justice), www.innocent.org.uk/wmai/WestMidlands.html
The Supreme Court, www.supremecourt.gov.uk
Nelson Williams Foundation (anti gang violence), www.nelsonwilliamsfoundation.com
Prison Chat UK, www.prisonchatuk.com
Selly Watch (Selly Oak anti-burglary project), www.guildofstudents.com/sellywatch
Hacked Off (campaign for a public-inquiry into phone-hacking), http://hackinginquiry.org
Respect (domestic violence), www.respect.uk.net
Witness Confident (acts against a 'walk on by' culture which fuels violence and feeds fear etc), www.witnessconfident.org
E-petitions (you can create an e-petition about government policy), http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk
Local Streetwatch schemes (Edgbaston, Highgate, Moseley), www.kedgeweb.co.uk/streetwatch/schedules/westmidlands/
Communities Against Guns, Gangs And Knives Fund, www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crime/knife-gun-gang-youth-violence/
Rape and Abuse Line (RAL), www.rapeandabuseline.co.uk
High Street Fund (financial help to small-businesses that suffered the riots of August 2011), www.thehighstreetfund.co.uk
Kiyan Prince Foundation (knife-crime), www.kiyan.org
Always A Chance (preventing violent crime amongst the nation's youth), www.alwaysachance.org.uk
Penny Beale Memorial Fund (domestic violence), www.pennybealememorialfund.org
Protection Against Stalking, www.protectionagainststalking.org
5 Days In August (commission into the riots in August 2011), www.5daysinaugust.co.uk
Redline UK (human-trafficking), www.redlineuk.org

Fire/Rescue etc
West Midlands Fire Service, www.wmfs.net
West Midlands Arson Task Force, www.wmarsontaskforce.gov.uk
Chief Fire Officers Association, www.cfoa.org.uk
National Association of Retired Firefighters, Erdington, www.narfire.org.uk
Fire Brigades Union, www.fbu.org.uk
Fire-Fighters' Charity, www.firefighterscharity.org.uk
Fire Kills, http://firekills.direct.gov.uk

Royal Life-Saving Society, www.lifesavers.org.uk
Northfield Lifesaving Club,
www.northfieldlsc.org.uk
Frazer Amiss Memorial Trust (Underwater Search Unit), Sutton, www.famt.org.uk
Central Rescue UK (water rescue), Shard End,
www.centralrescue.co.uk
Hounds For Heroes (assistance dogs for injured UK armed forces/emergency services), www.houndsforheroes.com
Blue Lamp Foundation (assisting the emergency services who are criminally injured on duty), www.bluelamp-foundation.org

Local/Community Newspapers/Magazines
IC Birmingham (Birmingham Mail) http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk
Desi Xpress (UK Asian newspaper), www.desixpress.co.uk
Asian Times (UK Asian newspaper), www.asiantimesonline.co.uk
Eastern Eye (UK Asian newspaper), www.easterneye.eu
Caribbean Times (UK Afro-Caribbean newspaper), www.caribbeantimes.co.uk
New Nation (UK Afro-Caribbean newspaper), www.newnation.co.uk
Birmingham Independent newspaper, www.birminghamindependent.co.uk
UK Chinese Times newspaper www.ukchinese.com
Community Care magazine, www.communitycare.co.uk
Polish Express (magazine for UK ethnic Poles), www.polishexpress.co.uk
Epoch Times UK (Chinese newspaper), www.dajiyuan.co.uk
Nex-Generation (UK African-Caribbean community magazine), www.nex-generation.com
New Start (community regeneration magazine), www.newstartmag.co.uk
Local Links (magazine for Sutton and Erdington), www.locallinks.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
Asian Today, www.theasiantoday.com
Irish Post, www.irishpost.co.uk
Muslim News, www.muslimnews.co.uk
Epoch Times (UK Chinese newspaper - English language edition), www.theepochtimes.com
Wispa Magazine, Aston www.wispamagazine.com
Eastern Voice (free UK Asian newspaper), www.easternvoice.co.uk
The Sikh Times (UK Sikh newspaper), www.thesikhtimes.co.uk
Fusion Magazine (free magazine for Central Europeans - Poles etc - in the UK), www.fusionmagazine.co.uk
Mann Jitt Weekly (UK free Punjabi newspaper), www.mannjittweekly.co.uk
The Voice (UK African-Caribbean newspaper), www.voice-online.co.uk
Jewish Chronicle (UK newspaper), www.thejc.com
Middle East International (UK newspaper), www.meionline.com
Cooltura (UK Polish magazine), www.cooltura.co.uk
Goniec Polska - The Polish Times (UK printed),
www.goniec.com
Great Barr Observer newspaper, www.thisisgreatbarr.co.uk
Great Barr Chronicle newspaper, www.yourchronicle.com
Solihull Times newspaper, http://icsolihull.icnetwork.co.uk
Sutton Coldfield News newspaper, http://icsuttoncoldfield.icnetwork.co.uk
Forward (Birmingham City Council's free newspaper),
www.birmingham.gov.uk/forward
Ethnic Media (publisher of several ethnic magazines), www.ethnicmedia.co.uk
Filipino International, www.the-pinoy.com
The Vine (Midland community magazine), www.thevinepublication.com
Eurobangla (UK Bangladeshi newspaper), www.eurobangla.co.uk
Children Now, www.childrennow.co.uk
Young People Now, www.ypnmagazine.com
Islamic Times (free UK Moslem newspaper), www.islamictimes.co.uk

ABPL Group (publishers of Gujarat Samachar and Asian Voice), www.abplgroup.com
Netbirds (free UK Chinese newspaper), www.netbirds.com
Bangla Kagoj (UK Bangladeshi newspaper), www.bangla-kagoj.blinkz.com
Nasz Kontakt (free UK Polish newspaper), www.naszkontakt.co.uk
Harlequin magazine, Harborne, www.harlequinmag.co.uk
Prasa (free UK Polish magazine), www.prasa.org.uk
Planet Philippines (free newspaper printed in London), www.planetphilippines.com
Asian Trader (free newspaper for Asian shop-keepers etc), www.theasiantrader.co.uk
NewstrAid (helping retired newsagents etc), www.newstraid.org.uk
Sahib Panjabi (free UK Sikh magazine), www.sahibpanjabi.com
One Voice UK (free Birmingham newspaper serving Inner City areas), www.onevoiceuk.com
Dziennik Polski, (UK Polish newspaper), www.dziennikpolski.co.uk
Kashmir Post (free Birmingham newspaper printed in Urdu), www.kashmirpost.co.uk
Nowy Czas (free UK-Polish newspaper), www.nowyczas.co.uk
Community Times Great Barr magazine, www.ctgreatbarr.co.uk
E-Korea News (free ethnic Korean newspaper), www.eknews.com
Solihull Observer, http://solihull.observertoday.co.uk
Chinese Business Gazette (free UK newspaper), www.cbg88.com
Sing Tao (UK Chinese newspaper), www.singtao.com
Kasmo (UK Somali newspaper), http://kasmonewspaper.com
Small Steps magazine (free parenting magazine), www.smallstepsonline.co.uk
Laif (free UK Polish lifestyle newspaper), www.laif.co.uk
One Philippines (free UK Filipino newspaper), www.onephil.com
International Business Service (UK ethnic newspaper service), www.ibservice.co.uk
Ikonz magazine (UK Asian magazine), www.ikonzmag.com
Emel magazine (UK Moslem lifestyle magazine), www.emel.com
Urdu Times UK, www.urdutimesuk.com
Metropolia (free UK Polish business magazine), www.metropolia.co.uk
Resurgence (Green/ethical magazine), www.resurgence.org
Am Thai (UK Thai newspaper), www.amthai.co.uk

Veritas (UK Polish free Catholic newspaper), www.veritas-london.co.uk
Birmingham Life magazine, www.archantlife.co.uk/search-the-site-birmingham-life-magazine--17531
Fresh Direction (free student magazine), www.freshdirection.co.uk
Vale Mail (free local newspaper), Castle Vale, http://valemail.wordpress.com
Canada Post (free newspaper for Canadians living in Britain), www.canadapost.co.uk
Gazeta Albania (free UK Albanian newspaper), www.gazetaalbania.co.uk
Poland Street (free UK Polish Newspaper), www.polandstreet.org.uk
Zycie Na Wyspach (UK Polish newspaper), http://zycienawyspach.com
Youthwork Magazine (for Christian youth workers), www.youthwork.co.uk
Podaj Dalej (free UK Polish classified ads magazine), www.podajdalej.co.uk
The Irish World (UK Irish newspaper), www.theirishworld.com
Sunpost (free UK Chinese entertainment newspaper), www.sunpost.co.uk
Somali Eye (free UK Somali magazine), http://somalieye.co.uk
Headliners (UK-wide news agency for and by young people),
www.headliners.org
Children And Young People Now magazine, www.cypnow.co.uk
Catholic Herald, www.catholicherald.co.uk
The Baptist Times, www.baptisttimes.co.uk
The Church Times, www.churchtimes.co.uk
The Methodist Recorder, www.methodistrecorder.co.uk
The Church Of England newspaper, www.churchnewspaper.com
Freemasonry Today magazine, www.freemasonrytoday.com
New Humanist (Rationalist Association), http://newhumanist.org.uk
New Trade Publishing (magazines for newsagents etc), www.newtrade.co.uk
Persian Weekly (UK newspaper for ethnic-Iranians), www.persianweekly.co.uk
African Echo (free UK newspaper for Africans in the UK), www.africanecho.co.uk
Brazilian News (UK newspaper for expat Brazilians), www.braziliannews.uk.com
Walmley Pages (free Sutton magazine), www.walmleypages.com
New Epoch Weekly (UK Chinese newspaper), www.epochweek.com
Polish Zone (free UK Polish magazine), www.polishzone.co.uk
Wonderful Times/Chinese Times (free UK Chinese newspaper), www.hczb.org
UK Life News (free UK Korean magazine), www.uklifenews.com
Edgbaston And Harborne Observer newspaper, www.edgbastonandharborneobserver.com
The Express And Star newspaper, Black Country, www.expressandstar.com
Inforama (free UK Polish magazine), www.inforama.co.uk
The Big Eye (UK Afro-Caribbean newspaper), www.bigeyenews.com
Angliya (free UK Russian newspaper), www.angliya.com
Londono Zinios (Latvian London newspaper which does circulate in Birmingham), www.londonozinios.com
Advertus (free UK Polish ads magazine), www.advertus.co.uk
Pulse UK (free UK Russian newspaper), www.pulse-uk.org.uk
Crux Magazine (Christian lifestyle magazine), www.cruxmagazine.tv
Abingdon House (publisher of community-awareness magazines like Safeguard), www.abingdonhouse.co.uk
Street Brand (Christian youth culture magazine), www.streetbrand.com

Local Government Chronicle, www.lgcplus.com
Newspaper Society (represents/promotes the interests of Britain's regional and local media), www.newspapersoc.org.uk
Asian World (free Asian newspaper), www.asianmediapress.co.uk
Say It Louder (free UK Afro-Caribbean political newspaper), http://sayitlouder.co.uk
Tiesa (aka Ti£sa - free UK Lithuanian newspaper), www.tiesa.com
Des Pardes Weekly (UK Punjabi/Sikh newspaper), www.despardesweekly.co.uk
Teenage Magazine Arbitration Panel, www.tmap.org.uk
Now Birmingham (free newspaper), www.now-birmingham.co.uk
Positive News Publishing Ltd, www.positivenews.org.uk
New Wine (free Christian magazine), www.new-wine.org
Inside Time (national newspaper for prisoners), www.insidetime.org
Asian Lite (free UK Asian newspaper), www.asianlite.co.uk
Chinese In Europe (free newspaper), www.chineseineurope.com
The Given (free Birmingham lifestyle magazine), http://thegiven.co.uk
Bureau of Investigative Journalism, http://thebureauinvestigates.com
Virago Press (Feminist book publisher), www.virago.co.uk
Recommended (Sutton Coldfield magazine/directory), www.recommendeddirectories.co.uk

New China Times (free UK Chinese newspaper), www.newchinatimes.co.uk
British Asian Paper (free newspaper), www.britishasianpaper.co.uk

The South African (free newspaper), http://london.thesouthafrican.com

Prime News UK (free Urdu newspaper), www.primenewsuk.com

Local Choices (free magazine advertising local services), www.local-choices.co.uk

Invazian (free magazine which aims to make Birmingham trendy!), www.invazian.co.uk
The Polish Observer (free UK Polish newspaper), www.thepolishobserver.co.uk
The Afro News (free UK Afro-Caribbean newspaper), www.theafronews.eu
Ziarul Romanesc Weekly (free UK Romanian newspaper), www.ziarulromanesc.net
Kurier (free UK Polish magazine), www.kurier.org.uk
Vesti Britanii (free UK Russian newspaper), www.vestibritanii.co.uk
The Chinese Weekly (free UK Chinese newspaper), www.thechineseweekly.com
Phoenix Newspaper (free newspaper), Birmingham, www.thephoenixnewspaper.com
Kurier Polski Midlands (free UK Polish newspaper), www.kurierpolski.co.uk
The East (UK east Asian free business newspaper), www.theeast.org

The Birmingham Advertiser (free newspaper), www.birminghamadvertiser.net
The Jewish News, www.totallyjewish.com
Black Country Bugle, www.blackcountrybugle.co.uk

The Sunday Mercury, Birmingham, www.sundaymercury.net

The Birmingham Post, www.birminghampost.net

EU Chinese Journal (free UK Chinese newspaper), www.euchinese.co.uk
Newspaper Marketing Agency, www.nmauk.co.uk

The Universe (UK Catholic newspaper), www.totalcatholic.com
Travellers' Times (free UK magazine for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities), www.travellerstimes.org.uk
Soho Times (community newspaper for the Soho Road, Handsworth, and Dudley Road), www.sohofoundation.org.uk

Birmingham Observer (free newspaper - covers mainly Harborne and Edgbaston etc), www.ehobserver.com

First News (national newspaper for kids),
www.firstnews.co.uk

G3 (free UK lesbian lifestyle magazine),
http://g3mag.co.uk

Bromsgrove Standard newspaper, www.bromsgrovestandard.co.uk

The Oldie magazine, www.theoldie.co.uk
Saga Magazine, www.saga.co.uk/saga-magazine/
Redbrick (University Of Birmingham student newspaper), www.redbrickpaper.co.uk
Good News (UK free Christian newspaper), www.goodnews-paper.org.uk
The 3rd I Magazine (UK magazine for entrepreneurial women), www.the3rdimagazine.co.uk
Harmony (free Birmingham community newspaper), www.harmonynews.co.uk
B7 Living (free Sutton magazine), www.b7living.com
Japan Update Weekly, www.japanupdate.co.uk
Japan Journals (free newspaper), www.japanjournals.com
China Daily Europe (free English-language newspaper), http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn

Australian Times (free newspaper), www.australiantimes.co.uk
City AM (free financial newspaper), www.cityam.com

El Iberico (free UK Spanish newspaper), www.eliberico.com
Live Magazine (free magazine for young people), www.live-magazine.co.uk

Business Mums' Journal, http://businessmumsjournal.com
Oushi Net (free pan-European Chinese newspaper), www.oushinet.com

Fleet Street Newspapers
The Sun, www.thesun.co.uk, News Of The World, www.newsoftheworld.co.uk
Daily Star, www.dailystar.co.uk
Daily Mirror, www.mirror.co.uk, Sunday Mirror, www.sundaymirror.co.uk
Morning Star, www.morningstaronline.co.uk
Daily Express, www.express.co.uk
Daily Mail, www.dailymail.co.uk
The Guardian, www.guardian.co.uk
Daily Telegraph, www.telegraph.co.uk
Independent, www.independent.co.uk
The Times, www.timesonline.co.uk, Sunday Times, www.thesundaytimes.co.uk
Financial Times, www.ft.com
Sunday People, www.people.co.uk
Observer, http://observer.guardian.co.uk
Metro (free newspaper usually given away on buses in Birmingham),
www.metro.co.uk

Grant Givers/Community Help
Quest Trust (fund community sites and newsletters etc), www.quest-net.org
Birmingham Foundation, www.bhamfoundation.co.uk
Pilgrim Trust, www.thepilgrimtrust.org.uk
Tudor Trust, www.tudortrust.org.uk
Phoenix Bursaries, www.phoenixbursaries.org.uk
Barrow Cadbury Trust, www.bctrust.org.uk
Funder Finder, www.funderfinder.org.uk
Awards For All, www.awardsforall.org.uk
Big Lottery Fund, www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
Sutton Trust (not about Sutton Coldfield), www.suttontrust.com
Living Spaces, www.living-spaces.org.uk
Community Matters, www.communitymatters.org.uk
Human City, www.humancity.org
Leap Linx, www.leaplinx.com
Communities Taking Control, www.communitiestakingcontrol.org
Birmingham Usenet newsgroup, uk.local.birmingham
Local Works, www.localworks.org
BBC iCan, www.bbc.co.uk/dna/ican
Time Bank (volunteer work), www.timebank.org.uk
Futurebuilders, www.futurebuilders-england.org.uk
Professionals 4 Free (voluntary service), www.professionals4free.org.uk
Allen Lane Foundation, www.allenlane.org.uk
Yapp Charitable Trust, www.yappcharitabletrust.org.uk
Community Foundation Network, www.communityfoundations.org.uk
FCH, www.fch.org.uk
British Red Cross, www.redcross.org.uk
Heritage Lottery Fund, www.hlg.org.uk
United Nations Association UK, www.una.org.uk
Do It (volunteering), www.do-it.org.uk
Ask Your Neighbour (help site), www.askyourneighbour.co.uk
Cranfield Trust (volunteer service), www.cranfieldtrust.org.uk
Regen WM (West Midlands regeneration project), www.regenwm.org
People For Action, www.pfanet.org.uk
Amnesty International, www.amnesty.org.uk
Celebrating Sanctuary (Birmingham refugee site), www.celebrating-sanctuary.org.uk
British-Russian Society In The Midlands, www.britishrussian.org.uk
Developments (magazine of the Department For International Development), www.developments.org.uk
Public Service Compact (co-operation in the public services), www.publicservicecompact.org
Active Citizenship Centre (Home Office initiative), www.active-citizen.co.uk
Birmingham Tribunal Unit (welfare rights), www.btu.org.uk
Birmingham Greek Club, www.icgreekclubbham.co.uk
Runnymede Trust (ethnic minorities), www.runnymedetrust.org
International Organization For Migration (voluntary repatriation), www.iomlondon.org
Caritas (Catholic social justice site), www.caritas-socialaction.org.uk
Regional Action West Midlands, www.rawm.net
Communities Online (making use of technology to sustain communities), www.communities.org.uk
Federation Of Private Residents Associations, www.fpra.org.uk
Federation Of Stadium Communities (living near sports grounds), www.f-s-c.co.uk
Joseph Rowntree Foundation, www.jrf.org.uk
Living Streets, www.livingstreets.org.uk
Making The `Net Work (using the Internet to aid communities), www.makingthenetwork.org
Mediation UK (mediation in the community), www.mediationuk.org.uk
Urban Forum, www.urbanforum.org.uk
Birmingham - It's Not Shit, www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk
Prime Focus, www.focus.co.uk
Circles Network (building inclusive communities), www.circlesnetwork.org.uk
Grant Finder, www.grantfinder.co.uk
Refugee Council, www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
BVSC, Digbeth (volunteering), www.bvsc.org
Volunteering England, www.volunteering.org.uk
Charities Direct, www.charitiesdirect.com
Charity Commission, www.charitycommission.gov.uk
Advice HQ, www.advicehq.co.uk
Books For Change, www.booksforchange.org.uk
Office Of The Immigration Services Commissioner, www.oisc.org.uk
Birmingham Development Agency, www.birmingham-da.org
Together We Can, www.togetherwecan.info
The Princes Trust, www.princes-trust.org.uk
Hedgeline (nuisance high garden hedges), www.hedgeline.org
Citizenship Foundation, www.citizenshipfoundation.org.uk
Birmingham Open Spaces Forum, www.bosf.org.uk
First Bosnians (Bosnians in the UK), www.firstbosnians.co.uk
CSV (volunteering), www.csv.org.uk
Funders Online (search facility), www.fundersonline.org
Telephone Helplines Association, www.helplines.org.uk
Right Start Foundation, (helping minority communities to integrate), www.rightstart.org.uk
Centre On Migration Policy and Society,  www.compas.ox.ac.uk
Residents For Regeneration, www.r4r-europe.com
The National Trust, www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Equal Opportunities Commission, www.eoc.org.uk
West Midlands European Network, www.wmeuronet.co.uk
Paul Hamlyn Foundation, www.phf.org.uk
Directory of Social Change, www.dsc.org.uk
National Council for Divorced and Separated, www.ncds.org.uk
Social Exclusion Unit, www.socialexclusion.gov.uk

Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, www.jcwi.org.uk
Institute for Citizenship, www.citizen.org.uk
The Equalities Review (investigating discrimination), www.theequalitiesreview.org.uk
Queen's Award For Voluntary Service, www.queensawardvoluntary.gov.uk
Access Funds, www.access-funds.co.uk
UK Fund Raising, www.fundraising.co.uk
BBC Action Network, www.bbc.co.uk/dna/actionnetwork
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk
Charity Choice (encyclopaedia of charities on the Internet), www.charitychoice.co.uk
Common Purpose, www2.commonpurpose.org.uk
Community Kit (community website builder), www.communitykit.co.uk
Asylum and Immigration Tribunal, www.ait.gov.uk
National Council for Voluntary Organisations, www.ncvo-vol.org.uk
Birmingham Citizens, www.birminghamcitizens.org.uk
National Association for Voluntary and Community Action, www.navca.org.uk
ITC Hub (computers for voluntary organisations), www.icthub.org.uk
Development Trusts Association (regeneration), www.dta.org.uk
Digbeth Trust, www.digbethtrust.org.uk
Inner City Guidance, www.innercityguidance.org

Connections for Development (UK ethnic-minorities seen in a wider Commonwealth context),
www.cfdnetwork.co.uk

Birmingham New Communities Network, www.bcen.net/bncn
Grants Net, www.grantsnet.co.uk
Government Funding (resources page), www.governmentfunding.org.uk
Grants Online, www.grantsonline.org.uk
Neighbourhood Management Network, www.renewal.net/NNMN
Charity Commission, www.charitycommission.gov.uk
Institute of Race Relations, www.irr.org.uk
Commission for Racial Equality, www.cre.gov.uk
Increase The Peace (community action), www.increasethepeace.org
Charity Awards, www.charityawards.co.uk
Open Communities, www.opencommunities.org
Birmingham Funeral Directors' Guild, www.bfdg.co.uk
Association Of Chief-Executives Of Volunteer Organisations, www.acevo.org.uk
Manual For Streets (street layout designs), www.manualforstreets.org.uk
Digital Links (computer recycling), www.digital-links.org
The Compact (agreement between government, voluntary and community sector), www.thecompact.org.uk
Council regeneration services webpage, www.birmingham.gov.uk/regeneration
Regenerate, www.regenerate-uk.org
Association of Directors of Social Services, www.adss.org.uk
Community Development Foundation, www.cdf.org.uk
Bstrong, www.birmingham.gov.uk/bstrong
Fairbridge (helping deprived areas), www.fairbridge.org.uk
European Social Forum, www.ukesf.net
Emergency Social Services Association, www.essauk.com
Guide Star (charity search-engine), www.guidestar.org.uk
Get On Board (becoming a charity trustee), www.getonboard.org.uk
Culture West Midlands, www.culturewm.org.uk
BT Community Connections (helping community groups get online), www.btcommunityconnections.com
National Refugee Integration Forum, www.nrif.org.uk
Alternative Dispute Resolution, www.adrnow.org.uk
Council Plan 2006, www.birmingham.gov.uk/councilplan
Multi Kulti (translation services), www.multikulti.org.uk
Birmingham Peoples Panel, www.birmingham.gov.uk/peoplespanel
Fresh Ties (community networking), www.freshties.com
Oddfellows (community networking society), www.oddfellows.co.uk
Toc H (community development), www.tochparticipation.co.uk
Independent Review Service for the Social Fund, www.irs-review.org.uk
Chamberlain Forum, Balsall Heath, http://chamberlainforum.org
b:Rap (Race equality in Birmingham), www.brap.org.uk
Street Champions, www.streetchampions.org.uk
European Social Fund, www.esf.gov.uk
Duke of Edinburgh's Award, www.theaward.org
Millennium Volunteers, www.mvonline.gov.uk
Social Affairs Unit (think-tank), www.socialaffairsunit.org.uk
Camelot Foundation (grants), www.camelotfoundation.org.uk
Family Welfare Association, www.fwa.org.uk
Birmingham Community (list of community websites),  www.e-voice.org.uk/birmingham
E-Voice (free websites for community groups etc), www.e-voice.org.uk
British Urban Regeneration Association, www.bura.org.uk
Urban Living (regeneration in the city), www.urbanliving.org.uk
College for International Citizenship, Birmingham, www.cfic.org.uk
Gone Too Soon (tributes to the dead), http://gonetoosoon.co.uk
Official Website Of The British Monarchy, 
www.royal.gov.uk
UK Village Community Kitty, www.communitykitty.co.uk
One Midlands Organisation, www.onemidlands.org
Centre For Social Justice, www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk
Asylum Support And Immigration Resource Team, Small Heath www.asirt.org.uk
Community Resource And Information Services, Northfield, www.communityresource.org.uk
Immigrants Advisory Service, www.iasuk.org

National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns, www.ncadc.org.uk
Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland, www.ribi.org
Council equalities page, www.birmingham.gov.uk/equalities
Inheritance Project (mixed-race people), www.inheritanceproject.org.uk
Talk Like A Brummie Day ("bostin - I give it foive"), http://talklikeabrummieday.co.uk
Birmingham Millennium Volunteers, www.bhammv.co.uk
Public Open Space in New Residential Developments, www.birmingham.gov.uk/publicopenspace
The Fundraising Company, www.thefundraising.co.uk
Connecting Histories, www.connectinghistories.org.uk
Your Icons (Midland icons), www.youricons.macrojuice.com
Community Integration Partnership, Edgbaston, www.cip-uk.org.uk
Birmingham Heritage, www.birminghamheritage.org.uk
Seeds for Change (training and support for grassroots campaigners), www.seedsforchange.org.uk
Institute For Public Policy Research (think-tank), www.ippr.org
Up Yer Brum (promoting the city), http://upyerbrum.com
Department for Children, Schools and Families, www.dfes.gov.uk
Crash IT (refurbishing computers for the benefit of the community), Bartley Green, www.crash-it.org
Global Ideas Bank (social interaction innovations), www.globalideasbank.org
Independent Monitoring Board (for immigration removal centres), www.imb.gov.uk
Vietnamese Development Centre, Handsworth, www.vdc.org.uk
British Asian Hafta (celebrating British Asian achievements), www.britishasianhafta.com
Birmingham And Midland German Club, Selly Oak, www.julesmail67.biz.nf/german/home.htm
Refugee Action, Nechells, www.refugee-action.org
Common Ground (assisting community projects), www.commonground.org.uk
Ethical Junction (database of ethical companies), www.ethical-junction.org
Act (assisting community projects), www.act-uk.org.uk
National Council for Voluntary Youth Services, www.ncvys.org.uk
Made (architecture centre for the entire West Midlands region), www.made.org.uk
Birmingham Anglo-French Society, www.anglo-french.co.uk
Visible Communities (supporting community groups), www.visiblecommunities.co.uk
Professional Institute Network West Midlands (networking between professionals), www.pinwm.co.uk
English Heritage, www.english-heritage.org.uk
Waterloo Residents Association (Waterloo Housing Association Residents), www.wra.org.uk
Friends Of Birmingham, www.friendsofbirmingham.org
Fix My Street (sorting local problems), www.fixmystreet.com
Russell House Publishing (various social-themed publications), www.russellhouse.co.uk
New Philanthropy Capital (assisting charities with research and grants etc), www.philanthropycapital.org
Grant Net (database of community project funders), www.grantnet.com
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation, www.trusthousecharitablefoundation.org.uk
Governance Hub (governance in the voluntary and community sector
), www.governancehub.org
Who Do We Think We Are? (Project to explore Britishness"), www.wdwtwa.org.uk
UK Memoriam (tributes to the dead), www.ukmemoriam.com
Spaghetti Gazetti (West Midlands news and issues etc), www.spaghettigazetti.com
Centre For Social Cohesion (think-tank), www.socialcohesion.co.uk
Beacon Fellowship Charitable Trust, www.beaconfellowship.org.uk
Birmingham Japan Society, www.eiwakai.org
Centre for Community Research, Aston, www.cfcr.org.uk
Aspire (assisting asylum-seekers), Birmingham, www.aspire-birmingham.org.uk
Birmingham Future (networking site for young professionals), www.birminghamfuture.co.uk

Federation for Community Development Learning, www.fcdl.org.uk
National Secular Society (defending non-believers rights from religious power-seekers), www.secularism.org.uk
Forward Partnership (equality and diversity), www.forwardpartnership.org.uk
Computers For Charities (recycling old ones), www.computersforcharities.org
Walk Talk (encouraging different communities to interact), www.walktalk.org.uk
Birmingham Lithuanian Community, http://bhamlietuviai.org
Association for Research in the Voluntary and Community Sector, www.arvac.org.uk
Race Equality Foundation, www.reu.org.uk
UK Online Centres (input your postcode to find free Internet facilities), www.ukonlinecentres.com
UK Japan Society, www.japansociety.org.uk
Tibet Society of the UK, www.tibetsociety.com
Charity Appeals, www.charityappeals.com
Small Charities Coalition, http://smallcharities.blogspot.com
Refugee Legal Centre, Birmingham, www.refugee-legal-centre.org.uk
Community Legal Advice, www.communitylegaladvice.org.uk
Street Wire (enter your postcode for local news), www.streetwire.org
British Association of Social Workers, www.basw.co.uk
Restore (Birmingham Churches Supporting Refugees), www.restore-uk.org
British Sociological Association, www.britsoc.co.uk
Action For Charity, www.actionforcharity.co.uk
Supporting Others Through Volunteer Action, www.sova.org.uk
Every Voice Counts West Midlands (strengthening community involvement and engagement etc), www.evcwm.org.uk
Campaign For Courtesy, www.campaignforcourtesy.org.uk
Equalities National Council, www.equalitiesnational.org.uk
Mentoring and Befriending Foundation (MBF), www.mandbf.org.uk
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (helping the disadvantaged), www.gulbenkian.org.uk
Centre for Equality & Diversity (CfED), Dudley, www.cfed.org.uk
Building Blocks - West Midlands Police Charitable Trust (gives grants to projects), www.buildingblockscharity.co.uk
Abingdon House (publisher of community-awareness magazines like Safeguard), www.abingdonhouse.co.uk
Get Fair (UK poverty), www.getfair.org.uk
Sustainable Communities Trust, www.suscomms.org.uk
International Association for Community Development, www.iacdglobal.org
Birmingham Online, www.birminghamonline.org.uk
Action for Market Towns, http://towns.org.uk
Big Challenge (community projects), www.bigchallenge.org.uk
Welcome To Birmingham (for asylum-seekers etc), www.welcometobirmingham.org.uk
Fiesta SA Birmingham-Midlands (Filipinos in Birmingham), www.pinoyevents.co.uk/birmingham
Young Foundation (social innovation), www.youngfoundation.org.uk
Turn 2 Us (helping people find money grants and benefits), www.turn2us.org.uk
National Institute of Economic and Social Research (think-tank), www.niesr.ac.uk
Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund, www.modernisationfund.org.uk
Funding Central, www.fundingcentral.org.uk
Association of Charity Officers, www.aco.uk.net
Institute Of Ideas (Left-wing think-tank), www.instituteofideas.com
Back The Birmingham Bid (2018 World Cup), www.backthebirminghambid.com
Birmingham Change Up Consortium (spectrum of voluntary and community organisations), www.changeupbirmingham.org
Inside Government (forums/events for people working in the public, private and 3rd sectors), www.insidegovernment.co.uk
Remember A Charity (bequeathing money), www.rememberacharity.org.uk
Third Sector Research Centre, Edgbaston, www.tsrc.org.uk
Capacity Builders (supporting volunteer groups), www.capacitybuilders.org.uk
National Development Team for Inclusion, www.ndti.org.uk

Race on the Agenda (Race Relations), www.rota.org.uk
Reach The People Charity, Fairlie House, Trident Close, Erdington, www.reachthecharity.org.uk
Know How Non-Profit (community ideas networking), www.knowhownonprofit.org
Access to Volunteering Fund (increasing the number of disabled people volunteering), www.accesstovolunteering.org
Care For The Family, www.careforthefamily.org.uk
Resident University (‘resident experts’ - people who live/work in neighbourhoods in the city), http://residentuniversity.net
Kerry Gold Community Awards, www.kerrygoldcommunityawards.co.uk
Jimmy Mizen Foundation, www.jimmymizen.org
Community Builders Fund, www.communitybuildersfund.org.uk
Birmingham Salon (online forum for public debate), www.birminghamsalon.org
Respublica (think-tank), www.respublica.org.uk
Lloyds TSB Foundation, www.lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk
E-Gov Monitor (Policy Dialogue think-tank, facilitates open dialogue re Governance), www.egovmonitor.com
Birmingham Forum, www.birminghamforum.co.uk

Birmingham Conservation Trust (preserving it's old buildings, not really a Green site), www.birminghamconservationtrust.org
Victorian Society - Birmingham & West Midlands Group (preserving old buildings), www.victorian-society-bham.org.uk
Orange Rock Corps (gig tickets in return for community work), www.orangerockcorps.co.uk
UK Landscape Award, www.uklandscapeaward.org
West Midlands Strategic Migration Partnership (for migrants, asylum-seekers etc), www.welcometowestmidlands.org.uk
Lunar Society, Birmingham (forum to influence change through ideas, debate and action), www.lunarsociety.org.uk
Birmingham and Edgbaston Debating Society, www.birminghamdebates.org

Civitas (think-tank, Institute for the Study of Civil Society), www.civitas.org.uk
Centre Forum (think-tank), www.centreforum.org
Birmingham Is Our Home (positive contributions which migration can make to our city), www.birminghamisourhome.org.uk
Race Online 2012 (getting everyone online), http://raceonline2012.org

The Big Society (PM David Cameron's big social-policy initiative), www.thebigsociety.co.uk
Centre For Cities (think-tank), www.centreforcities.org
Pride Of Britain Awards, www.prideofbritain.com

Aviva UK Local Heroes, www.avivatellusyourstory.co.uk
St Christopher's Fellowship (care, accommodation, education, to children/vulnerable adults etc), www.stchris.org.uk
Substance (social research company working in the youth, sport and positive activities sector),  www.substance.coop
Adam Smith Institute (think-tank, innovator of free-market economic and social policies), www.adamsmith.org
Neighbourhood Resource Centre for Central England, Darlaston, www.nrcce.org.uk

Talk Talk Digital Heroes Awards (those who use digital technology for positive social change), www.talk-talk.mirror.co.uk
Redeeming Our Communities - Birmingham (Christians engaging with police etc), www.redeemingourcommunities.org.uk
Community Network 4 Birmingham, http://cn4b.net
Charities Aid Foundation, www.cafonline.org
Shop for Change (helping Birmingham organisations find products/services via social-enterprises), www.shopforchange.info
Anglija (for Lithuanians in the UK), www.anglija.lt
First Email Project (the 1st generation with email ever-present, meeting the last generation with no email), http://firstemail.me
Commission for Rural Communities, http://ruralcommunities.gov.uk
Transforming Cities (
people who are passionate about improving where they live), www.transformingcities.co.uk
Social Media Surgery (using the Web to communicate or collaborate etc on social-projects), www.socialmediasurgery.com
Supporting a Stronger Civil Society (consultation on improving civil society organisations), www.strongercivilsociety.org.uk
My Neighbourhoods (enter postcode for local community info), www.myneighbourhoods.co.uk
Institute For Government (think-tank working to increase government effectiveness), www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
People's Postcode Trust (grants), www.postcodetrust.org.uk
Migrants' Rights Network, www.migrantsrights.org.uk
Gemma Louise Newman Memorial Fund, www.gemmanewman.co.uk
Locality (network of settlements, development trusts, social action centres, community enterprises), http://locality.org.uk
Royal Commonwealth Society (promoting international understanding across The Commonwealth), www.thercs.org
St Vincent de Paul Society (Christian voluntary organisation tackling poverty and disadvantage), www.svp.org.uk
Novas Scarman (support services), www.novasscarman.org
Russian-British Cultural Centre, Handsworth, www.rubric.org.uk
Fare Share (providing food for the homeless and disadvantaged etc), www.fareshare.org.uk
In Kind Direct (redistributes surplus goods from manufacturers/retailers to charities at home/abroad), www.inkinddirect.org
The Elders (global leaders who support peace, address human suffering, promote shared interests etc), www.theelders.org
The Bilderberg Group (leading citizens on both sides of the Atlantic), www.bilderbergmeetings.org
Birmingham Skeptics In The Pub (guest-speakers/social-gatherings), www.brumskeptics.blogspot.com
Community Catalysts (providing solutions to social issues and care needs), www.communitycatalysts.co.uk

Gypsy Association, www.gypsy-association.co.uk
Robert C Jones (Birmingham community-activist), www.robertcjones.co.uk
Birmingham Italian Speakers Meetup Group, www.meetup.com/birminghamitalian
Birmingham German Meetup Group, www.meetup.com/german-meetup-birmingham/
Kyra (promoting ethnic minority future leaders), Birmingham, www.kyrabirmingham.org.uk
Foreigners In UK, www.foreignersinuk.co.uk
Lunar Society (forum for change through ideas, debate and catalysing action), Birmingham, www.lunarsociety.org.uk
Glass House (working to help people make better buildings, homes and neighbourhoods etc), www.theglasshouse.org.uk

Assisting Armed Forces Personnel
Ministry Of Defence, www.mod.uk
Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association, www.ssafa.org.uk

War Widows' Association of Great Britain,
www.warwidowsassociation.org.uk
Royal B
ritish Legion, www.britishlegion.org.uk

Service Personnel and Veterans Agency, www.veterans-uk.info
Veterans for Truth Campaign (anti-war group), www.warveteran.co.uk

British Red Cross, www.redcross.org.uk

Merchant Navy Association, Tyseley, www.mna.org.uk
Troop Aid, www.troopaid.info
Afghan Heroes, http://afghanheroes.org.uk
Help For Heroes (those wounded in Britain's current conflicts), www.helpforheroes.org.uk
Operation Shoebox (sending gifts), www.operationshoebox.co.uk
Purple Salute, www.purplesalute.org
Support Our Soldiers, www.supportoursoldiers.co.uk
St Dunstans (disabled war veterans), www.st-dunstans.org.uk
Armed Forces' Christian Union (AFCU), www.afcu.org.uk
Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, www.rafbf.org
Talking 2 Minds (post traumatic stress disorder with ex-police and armed forces), www.talking2minds.co.uk
Combat Stress, www.combatstress.org.uk
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, www.ptsd.org.uk
Forces Childrens' Trust (helping children who've lost a parent serving in the armed forces), www.forceschildrenstrust.org
The Soldiers’ Charity (Army Benevolent Fund), www.soldierscharity.org
Military Families Against the War, www.mfaw.org.uk
UK National Defence Association (campaigns for sufficient, appropriate and fully funded Armed Forces), www.uknda.org
Veterans In Prison, www.veteransinprison.org.uk
British Armed Forces Federation (independent professional staff association for all HM forces personnel), www.baff.org.uk
Armed Forces Day, www.armedforcesday.org.uk
Armed Forces Day, Birmingham, www.birmingham.gov.uk/armed-forces-day
Veterans' Aid (homeless war-veterans), www.veteransaid.net
Veterans International Aid, www.v-i-a.org.uk
British Forces Resettlement Services (for ex-armed forces transitioning from military to civilian life), www.bfrss.org.uk

Services Sound and Vision Corporation (entertaining/informing Britain's Armed Forces around the world),
www.ssvc.com
Gurkha Justice Campaign, www.gurkhajustice.org.uk
British Limbless Ex-Service Men's Association, www.blesma.org
Gurkha Welfare Trust, www.gwt.org.uk
Gurkhas.com, www.gurkhas.com
Yardley Ex-Servicemen's Club, www.yardleyexservicemensclub.com
Tickets For Troops (free tickets to events), www.ticketsfortroops.org.uk
British Forces Foundation, www.bff.org.uk
Ride To The Wall (motorcyclists gathering at the National Memorial Arboretum in tribute), www.rttw.org
Fallen Heroes - Sky News tribute site, http://news.sky.com/skynews/Interactive-Graphics/fallenheroes
Army Of Angels, www.armyofangels.org.uk
British Forces Sweethearts (for women with an association with HM armed forces), www.britishforcessweethearts.co.uk
Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association (reuniting old shipmates etc), www.rneba.org.uk

HOW - Help Our Wounded (supporting wounded Royal Marine Commandos), www.facebook.com/HelpOurWounded
Army Widows Association, www.armywidows.org.uk
Household Cavalry Operational Casualties Fund, www.operationalcasualtiesfund.co.uk
Birmingham Mail Badge Of Honour award, www.birminghammail.net/tags/badge-of-honour/
British Inspiration Trust (“young people facing adversity” including wounded soldiers etc), www.britishinspirationtrust.org.uk
Force Select (recruitment consultancy for ex-armed service personnel), www.forceselect.com
Joint Armed Forces Legal Advocacy Service, www.freewebs.com/alanblacker2/
Rum Ration - The Navy Network (unofficial online Royal Navy forum), www.navy-net.co.uk
Army Rumour Service (unofficial), www.arrse.co.uk
E-Goat (unofficial RAF Rumour Network), www.e-goat.co.uk
Royal Marines Online (unofficial forum), www.royalmarinesonline.com
Pilgrim Bandits, www.pilgrimbandits.com
Irish Guards Appeal, www.irishguardsappeal.com
Ride Of Respect (bikers raising money), www.rideofrespect.co.uk
Hounds For Heroes (assistance dogs for injured UK armed forces/emergency services), www.houndsforheroes.com
Hound Hike For Heroes (Sutton Coldfield fund-raiser for Hounds For Heroes above), www.houndhikeforheroes.org
Royal Naval Benevolent Trust (Royal Naval ratings/Royal Marines other ranks and partners/kids etc), www.rnbt.org.uk
3 Mercian Regiment Wristband Appeal, www.3mercian.co.uk
Single Persons Accommodation Centre for the Ex Services, www.spaces.org.uk
Haig Homes (provider of rental housing for ex-armed service people), www.haighomes.org.uk
Army Families Federation, www.aff.org.uk
49 Squadron Association, www.49squadron.co.uk
Confederation of Service Charities, www.cobseo.org.uk
Heroes Return (allowing WW2 veterans from the UK to visit the sites on which they served), http://heroesreturn.org
Military And Civilian Health Partnership Awards, www.militarycivilianhealthawards.org
Warrior Programme, www.warriorprogramme.org.uk
Walking With The Wounded, http://walkingwiththewounded.org.uk
National Annual Heroes Day, www.heroesday.org.uk
The Sun Newspaper Military Awards (The Millies), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sun_Military_Awards
Dec Aid, www.decaid.co.uk
Scotty’s Little Soldiers (supporting the children of men and women killed in action), www.scottyslittlesoldiers.co.uk
Airborne Engineers Association, www.airbornesappers.org.uk
Felix Fund (supports bomb-disposal experts and their families and funds therapeutic breaks), www.felixfund.org.uk
Bromsgrove Armed Forces Memorial Fund (BAFMF), www.bromsgrovememorialfund.co.uk
Shoulder To Shoulder (counselling), city centre, http://timebank.org.uk/shoulder-to-shoulder
Veterans Council, www.veteranscouncil.org.uk
Soldiers Off The Street (for homeless ex-soldiers etc), www.soldiersoffthestreet.com
Birmingham Military Tattoo, www.birminghamtattoo.co.uk
Race To 100 (ex-soldier Simon Buckden raising funds for post-traumatic stress disorder - PTSD), www.raceto100.co.uk

The Elderly/Vulnerable
Age Concern, www.ageconcern.org.uk
Grandparents Plus (rights group), www.grandparentsplus.org.uk
Future Health & Social Care,
www.futurehsc.com
Betel, www.betel.org
Father Hudson's, www.fatherhudsons.org.uk
Anchor, www.anchor.org.uk
Advance, www.advanceuk.org
Broadening Choices For Older People, www.bcop.org.uk
Carr Gomm, www.carr-gomm.org.uk
Hanover, www.hanover.org.uk
Smile UK, www.smileukcharity.com
Stonham (housing), www.stonham.org.uk
Mature Times (newspaper), www.maturetimes.co.uk
Retired Magazine, www.retiredmagazines.co.uk
Birmingham Retirement Council, www.brcseminars.org.uk
Information For Mature People, www.imp.sh
Seniors Network, www.seniorsworld.co.uk
National Pensioners' Convention, www.npcuk.org
Help The Aged, www.helptheaged.org.uk
Yardley Great Trust, www.yardley-great-trust.org.uk
Better Caring (care home directory), www.bettercaring.co.uk
Counsel And Care, www.counselandcare.org.uk
Contact The Elderly, www.contact-the-elderly.org
Grandparents Association, www.grandparents-association.org.uk
Housing Care (housing for the elderly), www.housingcare.org
Relatives And Residents Association, www.relres.org
National Association Of Widows, www.widows.uk.net
MHA Care Group, www.mha.org.uk
The Pension Service, www.info4pensioners.gov.uk
Nursing Home Abuse (no win/no fee lawyer service), www.nursinghomeabuse.co.uk
Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association, www.ssafa.org.uk
Age Exchange, www.age-exchange.org.uk
United Kingdom Home Care Association, www.ukhca.co.uk
Birmingham Older People's Empowerment Network, www.bcen.net/open
Action on Elder Abuse (AEA), www.elderabuse.org.uk
Registered Nursing Home Association, www.rnha.co.uk
Abbeyfield Society (housing), www.abbeyfield.com
Silver Surfer (elderly users of The Internet), www.silversurfer.org.uk
Extend (aerobics for older people), www.extend.org.uk
War Widows' Association of Great Britain,
www.warwidowsassociation.org.uk
Royal B
ritish Legion, www.britishlegion.org.uk

Age Positive (promoting the elderly in the workforce), www.agepositive.gov.uk
Centre for Policy on Ageing, www.cpa.org.uk
Sitra (standards in the housing, care and support sector), www.sitra.org.uk
Caring Matters, www.caringmatters.org.uk
Valuing Age and Experience, www.valuing-age.org.uk
Home Heat Helpline, www.homeheathelpline.org
Girlings (retirement homes), www.girlings.co.uk

Birmingham Health Promotion for Older People, www.olderpeople.bham.nhs.uk
Council supporting people page, www.birmingham.gov.uk/supportingpeople
Council Careline, www.birmingham.gov.uk/careline
Better Government for Older People, www.bgop.org.uk
Cinnamon Trust (elderly and their pets), www.cinnamon.org.uk
Heat Project (grants for home insulation etc), www.heatproject.co.uk
Perry Tree Centre, Dovedale Road, Kingstanding, www.birmingham.gov.uk/perrytreecentre
Service Personnel and Veterans Agency, www.veterans-uk.info
National Association of Retired Firefighters, Erdington, www.narfire.org.uk
Digital Unite (brings digital literacy to Britain's older people), www.digitalunite.net
Norman Power Care Centre, Ladywood, www.birmingham.gov.uk/normanpowercentre

Anchor (housing for the elderly), www.anchorhousing.co.uk

Veterans for Truth Campaign (anti-war group), www.warveteran.co.uk
Advocacy Information, (changes to proposed Council residential/day services), www.advocacyinformation.org
Cool Info (directory for Perry Barr, Handsworth Wood, East Handsworth and Lozells and Oscott), www.cool-info.org.uk
Sheltered Housing UK Association,
www.shelteredhousinguk.com
Elderly Accommodation Counsel,
www.eac.org.uk
Older People's Advocacy Alliance, www.opaal.org.uk
Tax Volunteers (TOP - Tax help for Older People), www.taxvol.org.uk

Seniors International and the Senior Citizens Party, www.seniorcitizensparty.org.uk
Grandparents Apart (grandparents split from grandchildren), http://grandparentsapart.co.uk

Campaign Against Retirement Leasehold Exploitation, www.carlex.org.uk

Housing 21, www.housing21.co.uk
Age and Employment Network (creating a labour market which serves the elderly, employers, economy), www.taen.org.uk
Not Dead Yet, www.notdeadyet.co.uk
St Peters Housing Association (elderly), Saltley, www.stpetershousing.org.uk
Lench's Trust (elderly), www.lenchs-trust.co.uk
Independent Age, www.independentage.org.uk
Campaign To End Loneliness (ending loneliness/creating connections in older age), www.campaigntoendloneliness.org.uk
United for All Ages (bringing older and younger people together), www.unitedforallages.com
National Federation of Occupational Pensioners, http://nfop.org.uk
Ricability (research and information for older and disabled people), www.ricability.org.uk
McCarthy And Stone (housing), www.mccarthyandstone.co.uk
Elderly Parent Responsibility Stress Syndrome (for adults with elderly parents), www.elderlyparents.org.uk
Hurstway Care Home, Perry Common - Erdington, www.hurstwaycarehome.org.uk
UK Pensioners Forum, www.pensionersforum.co.uk
Homes With Care (information on assisted living facilities with extra care/independent living etc), http://homeswithcare.com

The Oldie magazine, www.theoldie.co.uk
Saga Magazine, www.saga.co.uk/saga-magazine/
Friends of the Elderly, www.fote.org.uk
Grey Pride, www.greypride.org.uk
Evacuees Reunion Association, www.evacuees.org.uk
Birmingham Safeguarding Adults Board, www.bsab.org
Agewell Sandwell (the borough's older people),
www.agewellinsandwell.org.uk

Social Enterprise/The Social Economy
SoBiz, www.sobiz.org.uk
West Midlands Minority Ethnic Business Forum, www.minorityfourbusiness.co.uk
Co-Enterprise, www.coenterprise.co.uk
Street UK Foundation (community loan scheme), www.street-ukfoundation.com
Tomorrows People (community work scheme), www.tomorrows-people.co.uk
3b (Black Business in Birmingham), www.3b.org.uk
City Save Credit Union, www.citysave.org.uk
National Group on Homeworking, www.ngh.org.uk
Association Of Convenience Stores, www.thelocalshop.com
Birmingham Economy, www.birminghameconomy.org.uk
Mail Preference Service, www.mpsonline.org.uk
Direct Marketing Association, www.dma.org.uk
Telephone Preference Service, www.tpsonline.org.uk
Christians Against Poverty (personal debt not Third World), www.capuk.org
Business In The Community, www.bitc.org.uk
Post Office, www.postoffice.co.uk
Business over Breakfast Clubs (BoB clubs), www.bobclubs.com
Network 2 Connect, www.network2connect.com
North Birmingham Community Credit Union, Sutton New Road www.nbccu.org.uk
Business Startup, www.bstartup.com
My Shop Is Your Shop (small retailers), www.myshopisyourshop.co.uk
Federation of Small Businesses, www.fsb.org.uk
Employability Forum (employment for refugees), www.employabilityforum.co.uk
West Midlands Collaborative Commerce Marketplace, www.wmccm.co.uk
Arrow Fund (loans for small businesses),  www.arrowfund.co.uk
Business Development Service, www.bds-uk.co.uk
Small Business Bureau, www.smallbusinessbureau.org.uk
Institute of Asian Businesses, www.iab-birmingham.org.uk
Birmingham Chamber Of Commerce, www.birmingham-chamber.com
Ad Asia (sort of UK Asian business yellow pages), www.adasia.co.uk
Business Insight, www.bestforbusiness.com
Locate in Birmingham (for businesses wanting to come here), www.locatebirmingham.com
Oink! (free financial newspaper for kids), www.piggybank.co.uk
Birmingham And Solihull Social Economy Consortium, www.bssec.org.uk
School For Social Entrepreneurs, www.sse.org.uk
Colebridge Trust (Solihull), www.colebridge.net
Initiative for Social Entrepreneurs, www.i-se.co.uk
UnLtd, www.unltd.org.uk
Fair Trade Foundation (Third World trade), www.fairtrade.org.uk
Association Of Charity Shops, www.charityshops.org.uk
Department for International Development (money wiring guide for ethnic communities), www.sendmoneyhome.org
Birmingham Local Exchange And Trading Scheme, www.brumlets.org.uk
Bridges Community Ventures, www.bridgesventures.com
Community Development Finance Association, www.cdfa.org.uk
Shell Livewire (helping young entrepreneurs), www.shell-livewire.org
National Federation of Enterprise Agencies, www.nfea.com
Disabled Entrepreneurs Network, www.disabled-entrepreneurs.net
Community Action Network, www.can-online.org.uk
I Sold It Online ("middle man" for E-Bay), www.isolditonline.co.uk
Disabled Workers Co-operative,
www.disabledworkers.org.uk
Social Market Foundation (think-tank), www.smf.co.uk

South Birmingham Community Credit Union, www.communisave.co.uk
Safe Enterprise, www.safe-enterprise.co.uk
The Enterprise Zone, www.theenterprisezone.co.uk
The Shoppers' Bible, www.theshoppersbible.com
Local Web B23 businesses listing, www.thelocalweb.net/postdistrict/B23
Social Enterprise Coalition, www.socialenterprise.org.uk
Plunkett Franchise Models (agriculture), www.plunkettfranchisemodels.org.uk
Cooperatives Europe, www.coopseurope.coop
Brilliant Futures (consultancy), www.brilliantfutures.org
Go Woman, www.go-woman.com
West Midlands Business Council, www.wmbusinesscouncil.org.uk
Social Audit Network, www.socialauditnetwork.org.uk
Proving And Improving, www.proveandimprove.org
New Economics Foundation, www.neweconomics.org
Social Firms UK (employment for disabled people), www.socialfirms.co.uk
Creative Launch Pad, www.creativelaunchpad.co.uk
East European Business Club, (Polish shop-keepers etc in the UK), www.eebclub.eu
Aston Reinvestment Trust, www.reinvest.co.uk
Camp Lane Development Company, www.camplanetraining.co.uk
Black Business Association, www.bbassoc.org.uk
Forum of Private Business, www.fpb.org
Institute of Business Advisers, www.iba.org.uk
Association of Business Recovery Professionals, www.r3.org.uk
Business Link Birmingham & Solihull, www.businesslinkbirmingham-solihull.co.uk
Society of Turnaround Professionals, www.stp.org.uk
Fax Preference Service, www.fpsonline.org.uk
Prime Initiative (helping the aged 50+ start up in business), www.primeinitiative.org.uk
British Retail Consortium, www.brc.org.uk
Unfairpak (the fallout from the Farepak Scandal), www.unfairpak.co.uk
Penalty Charges, (fighting bank charges), www.penaltycharges.co.uk
Consumer Action Group, www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk
Department Of Trade And Industry, www.dti.gov.uk
Birmingham Freecycle (unwanted goods on offer), http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birmingham_freecycle
Bull Ring Markets, http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/markets
Athena Network (business networking for women), www.theathenanetwork.com
Prowess (launching women in business), www.prowess.org.uk
Birmingham North Business Directory, www.thebestof.co.uk/birminghamnorth
Young Enterprise West Midlands, www.yewm.org.uk
Wedge Card (loyalty card for use in small shops etc), www.wedgecard.co.uk
Bacon, Eggs & Entrepreneurs Limited, www.business9am.co.uk
Birmingham Asian Business Association, http://users.powernet.co.uk/baba
Asian Trader (free newspaper for Asian shop-keepers etc), www.theasiantrader.co.uk
Recycle (getting rid of unwanted stuff), www.recycle.co.uk

Entrepreneur Channel, www.ec.tv
Sandwell Women's Enterprise Development Agency, www.sweda.org.uk
Birmingham Money Advice and Grants, www.b-mag.org.uk
The Rag Market, City Centre www.ragmarket.com
Association of British Credit Unions, www.abcul.coop
Merlin Venture, Castle Vale, www.merlinventure.co.uk
Ecycle (getting rid of unwanted goods), www.expressandstar.co.uk/classifieds/ecycle
Talking Drums, www.talking-drums.co.uk
Xceed Xpectations, Jewellery Quarter, www.xceedxpectations.org
B35, Castle Vale, www.b35.org
The Asian E-foundation,
www.theasian-efoundation.com

Women’s Business Development Agency, www.wbda.co.uk
Equanomics - Economics of Colour (social economy in the black community), www.equanomics.org.uk
Nishkam Centre (Sikhs), Handsworth, www.ncauk.org
Crime Concern (crime-prevention charity and social business), www.crimeconcern.org.uk
SPM Midlands (assisting ethnic-Pakistani businesses in the city), www.spmmidlands.ltd.uk
Ebico (energy company), www.ebico.co.uk

Birmingham Area Investment Prospectuses, www.birmingham.gov.uk/aip
M6-IT (IT company), www.m6-it.org

British Franchise Association, www.thebfa.org
Gay Business Association, www.gba.org.uk
Sutton Coldfield (Tamworth and Lichfield) Business Awards, www.businessawards-sutton.co.uk
East Birmingham North Solihull Regeneration Zone, www.ebns.co.uk
Metropolia (free UK Polish business magazine), www.metropolia.co.uk

West Midlands Regional Womens' Enterprise Unit, www.rweu.co.uk
Local Investment Fund, www.lif.org.uk
Advantage Business Angels, www.advantagebusinessangels.com
Friday Business Club (networking), www.fridaybusinessclub.com
Refugees Into Business, www.refugeesintobusiness.org.uk
Business Referral Exchange - Birmingham North (networking), www.brxnet.co.uk/birminghamnorth
Franchise Gator, www.franchisegator.com
Aspirations (launching women in business), www.aspirationswc.org.uk
UK Money Transmitters Association (money-wiring services), www.ukmta.org
Acu Women (launching women in business), http://acuwomen.com
Handsworth Breakthrough Credit Union Limited, www.e-voice.org.uk/hbcu

Justice Williams, Hockley, www.e-voice.org.uk/behindthedreams
Mums Club (launching mums in business), Sheldon, www.mumsclub.co.uk
West Midlands Woman, (launching women in business), www.westmidlandswoman.co.uk
Jumble World (kids E-Bay type site with relevant safeguards), www.jumbleworld.com
Financial Inclusion Partnership, www.birmingham.gov.uk/financialinclusion
Localise West Midlands (social enterprise), www.localisewestmidlands.org.uk
Bangladesh Caterers Association UK (BCA), www.bca1960.com
Guild of Bangladeshi Restaurateurs, www.gbruk.org.uk
Bangladesh-British Chamber of Commerce, www.bbcc.org.uk
Local car-boot sales, www.eboot.co.uk
British Polish Chamber of Commerce, www.bpcc.org.pl
Best Chances, Edgbaston, www.bestchances.org.uk
Jericho Community Business, Balsall Heath, www.jcp.org.uk

Local Exchange Trading and Complementary Currencies Development Agency (bartering), www.letslinkuk.org
Carboot Junction (database), www.carbootjunction.com
Sandie's Business Start-Up Club, Birmingham, www.sandiesbizstartupclub.co.uk
Mothers Who Work, www.motherswhowork.co.uk
National Federation of Retail Newsagents, www.nfrnonline.com
New Trade Publishing (magazines for newsagents etc), www.newtrade.co.uk
Association of Chinese Financial Professionals, www.acfpu.org.uk
Social Enterprise Magazine, www.socialenterpriselive.com

My Lost Account (dormant back accounts), www.mylostaccount.org.uk

Financial Mail Women's Forum, www.fmwf.com
Pinke (gay business enterprises), www.pinke.biz
The East (UK east Asian free business newspaper), www.theeast.org
Student Cashpoint (financial info for students), www.studentcashpoint.co.uk
Build Enterprise (networking for entrepreneurs), www.buildenterprise.co.uk
Social Enterprise West Midlands, www.socialenterprisewm.org.uk
Small Heath Business Association, www.shba.org.uk
Striding Out (young entrepreneurs), www.stridingout.co.uk
The Bank Of England, www.bankofengland.co.uk
Small Business.co.uk, www.smallbusiness.co.uk
Consumer Protection Association, www.thecpa.co.uk
Stop Tout (ethical trading in tickets for events), www.stoptout.com
Every Woman (female entrepreneurs), www.everywoman.com
Debtors Anonymous UK, www.debtorsanonymous.org.uk
Business Referral Exchange - BRX Sutton Coldfield (networking), www.brxsuttoncoldfield.co.uk
Mum And Working, www.mumandworking.co.uk
Colmore Business District - BID, city centre, www.colmorebusinessdistrict.com
New Sector (social enterprise magazine), www.newsector.co.uk
Community Enterprise (consultancy), www.communityenterprise.co.uk
Cooperatives UK, www.cooperatives-uk.coop
Co-operative And Community Finance (loan company), www.co-opandcommunityfinance.coop
Birmingham Young Professional of the Year, www.birminghamyoungprofessional.co.uk
G-Nation (young people's social enterprise), www.g-nation.org.uk
Fair Finance Consortium, www.fair-finance.net
Social Return on Investment Network, www.sroi-uk.org
Community Interest Companies' Regulator, www.cicregulator.gov.uk
National Market Traders Federation, www.nmtf.co.uk
Inshops Retail (markets), www.inshopsretail.com
Business and Professional Women UK, www.bpwuk.co.uk
National Institute of Economic and Social Research (think-tank), www.niesr.ac.uk
She's Ingenious (The Association of Women with New Products and Inventions), www.shesingenious.org
Institute Of Directors, www.iod.com
Birmingham Forward (business networking), www.birminghamforward.co.uk
Campaign for Community Banking Services (halting bank closures on high streets etc), www.communitybanking.org.uk
Let's Talk Business (entrepreneurs), www.letstalkbusiness.biz
UK European Consumer Centre Network (watchdog for cross border consumers), www.ukecc.net
Mum's The Boss (business networking for businesswomen who are mothers), www.mumstheboss.co.uk
Midlands Car-Boot Sales, www.midlandscarbootsales.co.uk
Moseley Exchange, www.moseleyexchange.com
Mail Users’ Association (seeking improvement in the effectiveness of the postal service), www.mailusers.co.uk
COPIE (resource centre on inclusive entrepreneurship), www.copie.esflive.eu
Tax Volunteers (TOP - Tax help for Older People), www.taxvol.org.uk
Freeconomy Community (skills bartering service), www.justfortheloveofit.org
Common Unity (social-enterprise by the Black community in the West Midlands), www.common-unity.com
Pink Stinks, (campaign/social enterprise challenging the culture of pink in aspects of girls), www.pinkstinks.co.uk
Social Investment Business, www.socialinvestmentbusiness.org
Business Mum's Magazine, www.businessmumsmagazine.co.uk
Mumpreneur Guide (mothers in business), www.themumpreneurguide.co.uk

Royal Society For The Encouragement Of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA),
www.thersa.org

Resolution Foundation (think-tank assisting low-earners), www.resolutionfoundation.org
Backing Birmingham from recession to recovery, www.birmingham.gov.uk/backingbirmingham
Pentecostal Credit Union (savings/loans to those with continuous/active links with Pentecostal Churches), www.pcuuk.com
Veuve Clicquot Award (business women), www.veuveclicquotaward.com
Go Car Boot Sales In The Midlands, www.gocarbootsales.com
Studley Car Boot Sale, Warks, www.studleycarbootsale.co.uk
Internet Advertising Bureau, www.iabuk.net
Full Gospel Businessmen's Fellowship International, www.fgbmfi.org.uk
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, www.bis.gov.uk
Fyshnet (entrepreneurs, professionals and graduates from the British Bangladeshi community), www.fyshnet.co.uk
Midlands Family Business Awards, www.familybusinessawards.co.uk
Say No To 0870 (alternative cheaper lines to premium-rate phone-calls), www.saynoto0870.com
Payments Council (overseeing payment systems like the Cheque or Money Transfer etc), www.paymentscouncil.org.uk
National Federation of Meat & Food Traders, www.butchers-online.net/html/butchers_west_midlands.html
West Midlands Women in Business Association, www.wiba.co.uk
Birmingham Business Breakfast Club (networking), www.bbbc.biz
Asian Business Council UK, www.asianbusinesscouncil.co.uk
Remote Worker Awards, www.remoteworkerawards.com
Savvy Woman (finance from a female perspective), www.savvywoman.co.uk
Women in Business Network, www.wibn.co.uk
Everywoman (supporting female entrepreneurs), www.everywoman.com
Stirchley Community Market, http://stirchleycommunitymarket.wordpress.com
Getting British Business Online (free websites for businesses), www.gbbo.co.uk

Women Returners (for women who decide to return to work after having children),
www.women-returners.co.uk

South Birmingham Food Co-operative, Stirchley, http://bhmfoodcoop.wordpress.com

Unity Trust Bank, (specialist bank for social enterprises, charities and trade unions), www.unity.co.uk
Gangmasters Licensing Authority, www.gla.gov.uk
B-Hive (nurturing Birmingham’s creative and marketing talent
), www.bhive-creative.com
Low Incomes Tax Reform Group, www.litrg.org.uk

British Shops and Stores Association (BSSA), www.british-shops.co.uk

Kobieta Sukcesu UK (promoting mainly female Polish entrepreneurs in the UK), www.kobietasukcesuuk.co.uk
Ideas 2 Business, Digbeth, www.ideas2business.co.uk
Debt Advice Foundation, www.debtadvicefoundation.org

Money Advice Trust (MAT), www.moneyadvicetrust.org
Student Loans Company (administers government-funded loans/grants to students), www.slc.co.uk
Shop for Change (helping Birmingham organisations find products/services via social-enterprises), www.shopforchange.info
Global Entrepreneurship Week UK (Enterprise United Kingdom), www.gew.org.uk

Cobweb (publisher of information for business start-ups etc), www.cobwebinfo.com
Car Boot & Market Calendar, www.carbootcalendar.com
The Grocer magazine, www.thegrocer.co.uk

Churches Industrial Group Birmingham (Christianity in the workplace), Harborne, www.cigb.org.uk

Mind Your Business Magazine, www.mybmagazine.co.uk

Moseley Farmers' Market, http://moseleyfarmersmarket.org.uk

Future Melting Pot (budding entrepreneurs - mainly black/minority ethnic), www.thefuturemeltingpot.co.uk

Money Matters Action (debt counselling), Great Barr, www.moneymattersaction.co.uk

The Business Woman, www.thebusinesswoman.co.uk

National Pawnbrokers Association, www.thenpa.com
Local Enterprise Partnership for Birmingham/Solihull, East Staffordshire etc, www.birmingham.gov.uk/lep

Bridging to the Future (supporting entrepreneurs), Birmingham, www.bridgingtothefuture.co.uk

Hockley Heath Car Boot Sale and Market, Solihull,
www.hockleyheathcarboot.com

Independent Commission On Banking, http://bankingcommission.independent.gov.uk
Federation of Licensed Victuallers Associations (pub landlords), www.flva.co.uk

Midlands Business News - West Midlands section, www.midlandsbusinessnews.co.uk/west-midlands-business-news.aspx

Association of Town Centre Management, www.atcm.org

British Beer and Pub Association,
www.beerandpub.com
Justice For Licensees,
www.justiceforlicensees.org.uk
Freedom For Pubs,
http://freedomforpubs.com

Birmingham Beer Festival,
www.birminghambeerfestival.co.uk

British Institute of Innkeeping - West Midlands Region, http://bii.bii.org/regions/West-Midlands
Federation of Licensed Victuallers Associations (pub landlords),
www.flva.co.uk
International Monetary Fund, www.imf.org

World Bank, www.worldbank.org

National Association of Student Money Advisers,
www.nasma.org.uk

Positive Money (campaign for financial reform), www.positivemoney.org.uk

Network Of Aspiring Women (in business), http://networkofaspiringwomen.com

Birmingham Freegle (give away your unwanted stuff to those wanting it), http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birminghamfreegle

Women in Rural Enterprise, www.wireuk.org

Loaf Social Enterprise (promoting real food/health and building communities via food), Cotteridge, www.loafonline.co.uk
UK Insolvency Helpline, www.insolvencyhelpline.co.uk
Keep Birmingham Working (business start-ups etc), www.keepbirminghamworking.co.uk
Action Network magazine, www.actionmag.org
New Deal of the Mind, www.thecreativesociety.co.uk
The Wilton Market, Erdington, www.inshopsretail.com/index.php?id=26
National Association of British Market Authorities, www.nabma.com

The 3rd I Magazine (UK magazine for entrepreneurial women), www.the3rdimagazine.co.uk
High Street Fund (financial help to small-businesses that suffered the riots of August 2011), www.thehighstreetfund.co.uk
Urban Harvest (harvests surplus fruit in Birmingham back gardens and public land), www.urbanharvestbham.org
Birmingham Entrepreneurs, www.entrepreneursbirmingham.com
Diverse Entrepreneur Network, city centre, http://entrepreneurmastermindnetwork.com
Backing Birmingham, www.backingbirmingham.com
Aldridge Village Loyalty Card, www.aldridgeloyaltycard.co.uk

Save Our Savers, www.saveoursavers.co.uk
Enterprise Nation, www.enterprisenation.com

City AM (free financial newspaper), www.cityam.com

Women in Wealth, www.womeninwealth.co.uk
Business Mums' Journal, http://businessmumsjournal.com
Erdington Industrial Park, www.canmoor.com/canmoor/canmoor_asset_manag/birmingham-erdington
Financial Services Compensation Scheme, www.fscs.org.uk

Utility Websites
British Gas, www.gas.co.uk
M.E.B., www.meb.co.uk
Severn Trent Water, www.stwater.co.uk
Energy Watch (energy watchdog), www.energywatch.org.uk
N Power, www.npower.com
National Energy Action, www.nea.org.uk
Council for Registered Gas Installers, www.corgi-gas-safety.com
Home Heat Helpline, www.homeheathelpline.org

U Switch (switching banks or gas/electricity providers etc), www.uswitch.com
Corgi (gas safety), www.trustcorgi.com
Ecotricity (Green electricity company), www.ecotricity.co.uk
Central Midlands Energy Efficiency Advice Centre, www.savenergy.org
Energy Saving Trust, www.est.org.uk
Good Energy, www.good-energy.co.uk
National Energy Foundation, www.nef.org.uk
Green Energy UK, www.greenenergy.uk.com
Ebico (social-enterprise energy company), www.ebico.co.uk
Energy Saving Advice, www.energysavingadvice.co.uk
Water Wise, www.waterwise.org.uk
Consumer Council for Water, www.ccwater.org.uk
Water UK (working on behalf of the water industry towards a sustainable future), www.water.org.uk
Electrical Safety Council, www.esc.org.uk
Energy Helpline (price comparison service), www.energyhelpline.com
CO Be Alarmed (carbon monoxide poisoning), www.co-bealarmed.co.uk
Water Guide (the UK water industry and the companies operating within it), www.water-guide.org.uk
Gas Safe Register (official body for gas safety in Great Britain and the Isle of Man), www.gassaferegister.co.uk
National Joint Utilities Group (trade association for roadworks issues), www.njug.org.uk
Top-Up Safe (energy industry campaign warning to buy electricity top-ups only from official outlets), www.top-upsafe.com
Heat Project (grants for home insulation etc), www.heatproject.co.uk
Energy Ombudsman, www.energy-ombudsman.org.uk
Department of Energy and Climate Change, www.decc.gov.uk
Energy UK (communications unit for the leading gas and electricity companies), www.energy-uk.org.uk

 

The Weather
Met Office, Birmingham weather www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/wm/birmingham_forecast_wind.html
Tornado And Storm Research Organisation, www.torro.org.uk

BBC weather page, www.bbc.co.uk/weather
The Weather Club, www.theweatherclub.org.uk

Transport Websites (see Games Page for competitive cycling too)
Travel West Midlands, www.travelwm.co.uk
Arriva Bus Company, www.arrivabus.co.uk
Centro, www.centro.org.uk
Brum Link (public transport), www.brumlink.co.uk
Central Trains (Cross-City Line), www.centraltrains.co.uk
West Midlands Special Needs Transport website, www.wmsnt.org
Mega Bus (Birmingham - London for £1), www.megabus.com
Highways Agency, www.highways.gov.uk
Zak's Buses, www.zaksbuses.com
Community Transport, www.communitytransport.com
Birmingham International Airport, www.bhx.co.uk
Sustrans, www.sustrans.org.uk
Parking Ticket Appeal Service, www.ticketbusters.co.uk
Appeal Now (parking ticket appeals), www.appealnow.com
Network West Midlands, www.networkwestmidlands.com
M6 Toll Road, www.m6toll.co.uk
Help 2 Travel, www.help2travel.co.uk
Cycling England, www.nationalcyclingstrategy.org.uk
Road Peace (support for road accident victims), www.roadpeace.org
Transport Direct (route planning), www.transportdirect.info
A47 Heartlands Spine Road car-sharing lane trial, www.birmingham.gov.uk/carsharelane
Council Abandoned Vehicle page, www.birmingham.gov.uk/abandonedvehicles
Council Highway Services,
www.birmingham.gov.uk/highways
Council Parking page,
www.birmingham.gov.uk/parking
Council Transport page,
www.birmingham.gov.uk/transport
West Midlands Casualty Reduction Partnership, www.wmsafetycameras.co.uk

Tyburn Road Bus Lane Consultation, www.birmingham.gov.uk/tyburnroad
Bus Users UK, www.bususers.org
Roundabouts Of Great Britain, www.roundaboutsofbritain.com
Park At My House (novel solution to finding parking spaces), http://uk.parkatmyhouse.com
Railcards (train travel discounts),
www.railcard.co.uk
Hog Street (road-safety for kids), www.hedgehogs.gov.uk

National Rail Enquiries, www.nationalrail.co.uk
Brake (road safety charity), www.brake.org.uk
Community Travelwise, www.communitytravelwise.org.uk
Council roadworks webpage, www.birmingham.gov.uk/roadworks
Council Public Rights Of Way consultation, www.birmingham.gov.uk/rightsofway
National Express, www.nationalexpress.com
Lift Share (pairing up motorists with passengers), www.liftshare.org
Confederation of Passenger Transport (trade body for public transport companies), www.cpt-uk.org
Snooper UK (detecting speed-cameras), www.snooperuk.com
Better Driving Please (reporting bad drivers), www.betterdrivingplease.com

Petrol Prices (enter your postcode to find the cheapest garage), www.petrolprices.com
Council dropped kerbs page, www.birmingham.gov.uk/droppedkerbs
Road Safety in Birmingham, www.birmingham.gov.uk/roadsafety
Transport 2000 (national environmental transport body), www.transport2000.org.uk
Car Share Birmingham, http://carsharebirmingham.org.uk
Car Travel Games (ideas and products to stop kids getting bored),
www.car-travel-games.co.uk
Oil Bank Line (where to recycle oil locally - enter your postcode), www.oilbankline.org.uk
Alliance Against Urban 4x4s ("Chelsea tractors"), www.stopurban4x4s.org.uk

Taxi Wise (women getting into illegal taxis and being attacked), www.taxiwise.com
Airport Watch (environmental), www.airportwatch.org.uk
Carbon Footy Print (Green travel to football games), www.carbonfootyprint.com
Environmental Transport Association, www.eta.co.uk
Free Wheelers (car sharing), www.freewheelers.com
You Can Park (unused garages/driveways for commuter hire etc), www.youcanpark.com
Share A Car (lift-sharing), www.shareacar.com
Campaign for Better Transport, www.bettertransport.org.uk
Green Car Guide, www.green-car-guide.com
Traveline, www.traveline.org.uk
Passenger Focus (rail watchdog), www.passengerfocus.org.uk
British Parking Association (car-park trade association), www.britishparking.co.uk
Secured Car Parks (database of security-approved car-parks), www.securedcarparks.com
West Midlands Local Transport Plan, www.westmidlandsltp.gov.uk
Walk To School website, www.walktoschool.org.uk
Traffic Radio (traffic news), www.trafficradio.org.uk
Safe Drive, www.safedrive.org.uk
Road Haulage Association, www.rha.net
Freight Transport Association, www.fta.co.uk

Truck Watch (neighbourhood watch scheme for lorries!), www.truckwatch.co.uk
Make Roads Safe (Commission For Global Road Safety), www.makeroadssafe.org

Regional Driving Assessment Centre, Saltley (assisting disabled drivers),
www.rdac.co.uk

Womens' International Motorcycle Association GB, www.wimagb.co.uk
British Airline Pilots Association, www.balpa.org.uk
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, www.aslef.org.uk
Young Person's Transport Conference, Birmingham, www.birmingham.gov.uk/yptc
Mind That Gap (preventing train platform accidents), www.mindthatgap.com
Birmingham Young People’s Transport Steering Group, http://brumtransport.co.uk
Air Transport Users Council, www.auc.org.uk
Civil Aviation Authority, www.caa.co.uk
Birmingham Road Safety Partnership, www.brsp.org.uk
Walk It (direction guide for walking around UK cities), www.walkit.com
No Messin (railway line safety for kids), www.no-messin.com
Motorcycle Action Group, www.mag-uk.org
Net WM (input your postcode to find local bus stops), www.netwm.mobi
Free Parking Space (find where to park for free), www.freeparkingspace.co.uk
Get On (promoting motorcycling), www.geton.co.uk
Taxi Driver Online (issues in that industry), www.taxi-driver.co.uk
Wheels (nostalgic present journeys on old Midland Red buses etc), www.wheels.co.uk
Lightweight Community Transport (re-commissioning existing railway freight lines for passenger use), www.lctltd.co.uk
Association of British Drivers, www.abd.org.uk
Birmingham Harley Owners Group (motorbike club), www.birminghamhog.co.uk
Institute of Advanced Motorists, www.iam.org.uk
Child Car Seats advice, www.childcarseats.org.uk
Children's Traffic Club (road safety), http://trafficclub.co.uk
Road Safety GB, www.roadsafetygb.org.uk
Potholes.co.uk, www.potholes.co.uk
Coleshill Parkway train station, www.coleshillparkway.co.uk
National Air Traffic Control Service, www.nats.co.uk
Birmingham Airport anti-Noise Group (BANG!), www.bhamantinoise.org.uk
BEN - Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent Fund, www.ben.org.uk
Birmingham Advanced Motorcyclists, www.b-a-m.org.uk
British Airlines Stewards and Stewardesses Association (union), www.bassa.co.uk
Central Buses, www.centralbuses.com
Council Greener Driving guide, www.birmingham.gov.uk/greenerdriving
Brum By Cycle, www.brumbycycle.info
Push Bikes,
www.pushbikes.freeserve.co.uk
Cycling In Birmingham,
www.birmingham.gov.uk/cycling
Midland Cycle Hire,
www.midlandcyclehire.co.uk
Campaign for the Cole Rea Link (proposed cycling path), Kings Heath,
www.e-voice.org.uk/cole-rea-link
Bike Ability (cycling tests),
www.bikeability.org.uk
Bike 2 Work Scheme,
www.bike2workscheme.co.uk
Birmingham Cyclist,
http://birminghamcyclist.ning.com
Cycle Training West Midlands (CTWM),
www.cycletrainingwestmidlands.co.uk
Bike For All,
www.bikeforall.net

Brum By Cycle, www.brumbycycle.info
Road Safety Foundation, www.roadsafetyfoundation.com
Drive Safe Stay Safe (road and community safety), www.drivesafe-staysafe.co.uk

Midland Bus, Wednesfield, www.midlandbus.net
Sky Scanner (cheap flight-finder database), www.skyscanner.net
Association of British Travel Agents, www.abta.com
Road Users' Alliance, www.rua.org.uk
Sikh Sports Car Mela (car rally), www.sikhsportscar-mela.com
Streets Ahead on Safety (road safety), www.birmingham.gov.uk/streetsahead
The Shiny Side Up Partnership (motorcycle safety), www.shinysideup.co.uk
The Green Bus (school transport), www.thegreenbus.co.uk
Chiltern Railways, www.chilternrailways.co.uk
London Midland Trains, www.londonmidland.com
Virgin Trains, www.virgintrains.co.uk
Network Rail (maintains Britain’s railway tracks), www.networkrail.co.uk
Is Anyone Going To? (Car share scheme), www.isanyonegoingto.com
Rail News magazine, www.railnews.co.uk
High Speed 2 West Midlands (proposed
rail-line from London to Birmingham), www.highspeed2westmidlands.co.uk
National Stop High Speed 2 Campaign, www.stophs2.org
High Speed 2 Action Alliance, www.hs2actionalliance.org

National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers - www.rmt.org.uk
Yes To High Speed 2, www.yestohs2.co.uk

Fair Fuel UK, www.fairfueluk.com
Office of Rail Regulation (safety and economic regulator for Britain's railways), www.rail-reg.gov.uk
Rail Future (independent organisation campaigning for better rail-services), www.railfuture.org.uk
Gay Classic Car Group, www.gccg.org.uk
Diamond Buses, www.diamondbuses.com
Aviation Environment Federation (environmental effects of aviation), www.aef.org.uk
Midland Free Wheelers (motorcyclists carrying blood/human-tissue/records/x-rays etc), www.midlandfreewheelers.co.uk
Lift Provider (car-sharing), www.liftprovider.com
National Alliance Against Tolls, www.notolls.org.uk
Rail Safety and Standards Board, www.rssb.co.uk
High Speed Rail - Consultation, http://highspeedrail.dft.gov.uk
Campaign for High Speed Rail, www.campaignforhsr.com
Association of Train Operating Companies, www.atoc.org
Tyre Safe (the dangers of defective or illegal tyres), www.tyresafe.org
Go-HS2 (a group aiming to promote the many benefits HS2 will bring), www.go-hs2.com
Give Up Your Car, www.giveupyourcar.com

Women
Fawcett Society (women's equality), www.fawcettsociety.org.uk
Women's Environmental Network, www.wen.org.uk
Refuge (domestic violence), www.refuge.org.uk
Stop Look Go (domestic violence in the Chinese community), www.stoplookgo-evergreen.org.uk
Well Being Of Women (female health issues), www.wellbeingofwomen.org.uk
Birmingham Women’s Health Care NHS Trust, www.bwhct.nhs.uk
Osteo Women (postmenopausal osteoporosis), www.osteowomen.co.uk
Girls Xpress (self-harm by young women), www.myspace.com/girlsxpress
Positively Women (HIV), www.positivelywomen.org.uk
Streetly Evening Womens' Institute, www.streetlywie.ik.com
Sikh Nari Manch (Sikh women), Walmley, www.sikhnarimanch.com
Birmingham and Solihull Women’s Aid, www.bswaid.org
Womens' Royal Voluntary Service, www.wrvs.org.uk
Soroptimist International (womens' fraternity group, "Awareness, Advocacy and Action"), www.soroptimist-gbi.org
Inspired Sisters (womens' group), www.inspiredsisters.org
Handbag (women's gossip website), www.handbag.com
Women And Equality Unit, www.womenandequalityunit.gov.uk
Asian Women of Achievement Awards, www.awaawards.com
Women’s Resource Centre, www.wrc.org.uk
Women Acting In Today's Society, www.waitsaction.org
Townswomen's Guilds, www.townswomen.org.uk
West Midlands Federation of Women's Institutes, http://hometown.aol.com/valjodag
Athena Network (business networking for women), www.theathenanetwork.com
Prowess (launching women in business), www.prowess.org.uk
Go Woman (business), www.go-woman.com
Sandwell Women's Enterprise Development Agency, www.sweda.org.uk
Sutton Coldfield Ladies Circle, www.freewebs.com/ladiescirclesuttoncoldfield
Hall Green Ladies Circle, www.freewebs.com/ladiescirclearea4/hallgreen.htm
Moseley Ladies Circle, www.nalc-moseley200.ik.com
Knowle And Dorridge Ladies Circle, www.freewebs.com/ladiescirclearea4/knowledorridge.htm
Shirley Ladies Circle, www.freewebs.com/shirleyladiescircle
Breast Feeding, www.breastfeeding.nhs.uk
Miscarriage Association, www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk
Net Mums (for new mothers), www.netmums.com
National Childminding Association, www.ncma.org.uk
One Parent Families, www.oneparentfamilies.org.uk
Gingerbread (lone parents), www.gingerbread.org.uk
Daycare Trust, www.daycaretrust.org.uk
Cry-sis, (constantly crying babies), www.cry-sis.org.uk
Home Start, www.home-start.org.uk
Midwives Online, www.midwivesonline.com
Mothers Apart From Their Children, www.matchmothers.org
La Leche League Great Britain (breastfeeding), www.laleche.org.uk
Breastfeeding Network, www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk
Ante-natal Results and Choices, www.arc-uk.org
Association of Breastfeeding Mothers, www.abm.me.uk
Active Birth Centre, www.activebirthcentre.com
Independent Midwives Association, www.independentmidwives.org.uk
Birmingham Early Years and Childcare, www.birminghamchildcare.co.uk
Early Support, www.earlysupport.org.uk
Home-Start Winson Green & Handsworth, www.homestartwgh.org.uk
Nursing and Midwifery Council, www.nmc-uk.org
Bad Mothers Club (satire), www.badmothersclub.co.uk
Equalities Review (investigating discrimination), www.theequalitiesreview.org.uk
Suzy Lamplugh Trust, www.suzylamplugh.org
Mothers Against Guns, www.mothersagainstguns.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
Rape Crisis, www.rapecrisis.org.uk
Mothers Against Murder and Aggression (MAMAA), www.mamaa.org
Black Women's Rape Action Project/Women Against Rape, www.womenagainstrape.net
Ectopic Pregnancy Trust, www.ectopic.org
An-Nisaa Group (Moslem women, Walsall), www.an-nisaa.org.uk
Tree Hugger Mums (Green parenting), www.treehuggermums.co.uk
Association for Post Natal Illness (depression), www.apni.org
Threshold Women (mental health charity based in Brighton but has a national support line), www.thresholdwomen.org.uk
Mums Nights Out, Sutton, www.mumsnightsout.co.uk
National Childbirth Trust, www.nct.org.uk
Express Yourself Mums, www.expressyourselfmums.co.uk
Roofie Foundation (date-rape drug cases), www.roofie.com
Council supporting people page (domestic violence), www.birmingham.gov.uk/supportingpeople
Pakistani Professional Women's social, cultural and literary initiative, www.aaghee.co.uk
Women Connect Regions (Midlands community networking for women), www.womenconnect-regions.org.uk
Beat (Beating Eating Disorders), www.b-eat.co.uk
Eating Disorders Association, www.edauk.com
Mothers' Union, www.themothersunion.org
Womens' Help Centre, Handsworth, www.womenshelpcentre.co.uk
Women’s Business Development Agency, www.wbda.co.uk
Rights Of Women, www.rightsofwomen.org.uk
Womens' Health Concern, www.womens-health-concern.org
Menopause Matters, www.menopausematters.co.uk
National Women’s Register - Solihull Branch, www.nwr-solihull.org
Breast Cancer Care, www.breastcancercare.org.uk
Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Aware, www.fasaware.co.uk
National Association for Premenstrual Syndrome, www.pms.org.uk
Moan About Men, www.moanaboutmen.co.uk
Perinatal Illness UK (depression related to pregnancy), http://pni-uk.smartchange.org
Breakthrough Babes, Sutton Coldfield (breast cancer), www.breakthroughbabes.org.uk
Eve Appeal (ovarian cancer), www.eveappeal.org.uk
Breakthrough Breast Cancer, www.breakthrough.org.uk
Breast Cancer Campaign, www.breastcancercampaign.org
Jo's Trust (cervical cancer), www.jotrust.co.uk
Lynn's Bowel Cancer Campaign (Lynn Faulds-Wood), www.bowelcancer.tv
Women "Reclaim The Night" - Sandwell, www.myspace.com/reclaimthenightsandwell
Group B Strep Support (Group B Streptococcus - GBS), www.gbss.org.uk
Ladies Who Socialise, Solihull, www.ladiesallsorts.co.uk
Taxi Wise (women getting into illegal taxis and being attacked), www.taxiwise.com
Single Parent Fun, www.singleparentfun.com
West Midlands Regional Womens' Enterprise Unit, www.rweu.co.uk
Tell Her (cervical cancer), www.tellher.com
Psychologies (UK female mental health/psychology magazine), www.psychologies.co.uk
Acacia, Walmley (pre and post-natal Depression), www.acacia.org.uk
Aspirations (launching women in business), www.aspirationswc.org.uk
Acu Women (launching women in business), http://acuwomen.com
UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening, www.ukctocs.org.uk
Mums Club (launching mums in business), Sheldon, www.mumsclub.co.uk
Survive UK (rape), www.survive.org.uk
West Midlands Woman, (launching women in business), www.westmidlandswoman.co.uk
Muslim Womens' Sport Foundation, www.mwsf.org.uk
Women For Women (assisting pregnant women), www.women-for-women.org
West Midlands Cervical Screening Programme, www.pants.nhs.uk
Brilliant Women (networking site), www.brilliantwomen.org
Women In Law (women who work in the Justice System), www.womeninlaw.com
Women In Secure Hospitals (WISH), www.womenatwish.com
Object (Feminist campaigning group), www.object.org.uk
What House Work? (craftclub for women), http://whathousework.co.uk
Standing Together Against Domestic Violence, www.standingtogether.org.uk
Birth Choice UK (giving women more choice over where to give birth), www.birthchoiceuk.com
National Council of Women of Great Britain, http://fp.ncwgb.f9.co.uk
National Association Of Women's Clubs, www.nawc.org.uk
Mothers Against Knives, http://mothersagainstknives.tripod.com
Mothers Against Violence, www.mothersagainstviolence.org.uk
Bournville Townswomen's Guild, www.e-voice.org.uk/bournville-townswomen-s-guild
Mother's Voice (pre and post-natal Depression), www.mothersvoice.org.uk
Depression In Pregnancy, www.depression-in-pregnancy.org.uk
End Violence Against Women, www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk
Women's Institute, www.womens-institute.co.uk
F Word (UK Feminist site), www.thefword.org.uk
Justice For Women (women who murder abusive partners), www.justiceforwomen.org.uk
Freedom Programme (domestic violence), www.freedomprogramme.co.uk
Saheli Womens' Group (Asian), Balsall Heath, www.saheliwg.org.uk
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, www.rcog.org.uk
Mothers Who Work, www.motherswhowork.co.uk
Womens' International Motorcycle Association GB, www.wimagb.co.uk
Women And Theatre, Highgate, www.womenandtheatre.co.uk
I Village UK (networking and info), www.ivillage.co.uk
Birmingham Feminists, http://birminghamfeminists.blogspot.com
Financial Mail Women's Forum, www.fmwf.com
Full Time Mothers, www.fulltimemothers.org
Mums Net, www.mumsnet.com
Mother At Work, www.motheratwork.co.uk
Lone Parent Helpline, www.loneparenthelpline.info
Women's Counselling Centre, Bromsgrove, www.thewomenscounsellingcentre.co.uk
Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Trust, www.iogt.org.uk
Guild of Pregnancy and Postnatal Exercise Instructors, www.postnatalexercise.co.uk
Home Birth Reference Site, www.homebirth.org.uk
AIMS For A Better Birth, www.aims.org.uk
Birmingham Fems (Feminists), http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bhamfem
Hen Pals (an online club for women), www.henpals.com
Ovarian Cancer Action, www.ovarian.org.uk
Target Ovarian Cancer, www.targetovarian.org.uk
Ovacome (ovarian cancer), www.ovacome.org.uk
Martha's Oasis (the health and well-being of women), www.marthasoasis.org
Every Woman (female entrepreneurs), www.everywoman.com
Wow Awards - Women On Their Way, www.womenontheirway.co.uk
Verity (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome), www.verity-pcos.org.uk
Way Foundation (widowed young), www.wayfoundation.org.uk
National Association Of Widows, www.widows.uk.net
War Widows' Association of Great Britain, www.warwidowsassociation.org.uk
Mum And Working, www.mumandworking.co.uk
Doula UK, www.doula.org.uk
British Doulas, www.britishdoulas.co.uk
British Federation of Women Graduates, www.bfwg.org.uk
Business and Professional Women UK, www.bpwuk.co.uk
Women's National Commission, www.thewnc.org.uk
She's Ingenious (The Association of Women with New Products and Inventions), www.shesingenious.org
NHS Cord Blood Bank (placenta blood transplanting), http://cord.blood.co.uk
Birth Trauma Association (post-traumatic stress disorder which occurs after childbirth), www.birthtraumaassociation.org.uk
Home-Start Sutton Coldfield, www.homestartsc.org.uk
Breast Friends (cancer), Sutton, www.breastfriends.org.uk
Trefoil Guild (adults assisting Girl Guiding), www.trefoilguilduk.org.uk
National Black Womens' Network, www.nbwn.org
Mum's The Boss (business networking for businesswomen who are mothers), www.mumstheboss.co.uk
Coppa Feel (breast cancer), www.coppafeel.org
Women In Leadership Forum (global), www.wilforum.com
White Ribbon Campaign (domestic violence), www.whiteribboncampaign.co.uk
Lactation Consultants of Great Britain (breast-feeding), www.lcgb.org
Guild of Pregnancy and Postnatal Exercise Instructors, www.postnatalexercise.co.uk
Caesarean Birth and VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Caesarean) Information, www.caesarean.org.uk
Pink Stinks (campaign/social enterprise challenging the culture of pink in aspects of girls' lives), www.pinkstinks.co.uk
Business Mum's Magazine, www.businessmumsmagazine.co.uk
Mumpreneur Guide (mothers in business), www.themumpreneurguide.co.uk
Mums Like You, www.mumslikeyou.com
Casting For Recovery (angling holidays for women with breast cancer), www.castingforrecovery.org.uk
West Midlands Regional Infant Feeding Group, www.infantfeedingwm.org.uk
Vulval Health Awareness Campaign, www.vhac.org
Pre-Eclampsia site (complication of pregnancy - a defect in the placenta) www.pre-eclampsia.co.uk
National Centre for Domestic Violence, www.ncdv.org.uk
Veuve Clicquot Award (business women), www.veuveclicquotaward.com
Kings Heath Baby Cafe (breast-feeding), www.thebabycafe.org
M.A.D. (Making a Difference) Friends (female charity fund-raising group), www.madfriends.co.uk
Mothers In Pain (supporting victims and families of gun, knife and gang crimes), www.mothersinpain.org.uk
Doli Project (stopping forced-marriages), www.thedoliproject.net
Karma Nirvana (stopping forced-marriages), www.karmanirvana.org.uk
Post Natal Depression and Puerperal Psychosis, www.puerperalpsychosis.org.uk
Ladies Fighting Breast Cancer, www.ladiesfightingbreastcancer.org.uk
Muslim Women's Network UK, www.mwnuk.co.uk
Be A Star (breast-feeding), www.beastar.org.uk
West Midlands Women in Business Association, www.wiba.co.uk
National Muslim Women’s Advisory Group , www.ourchoices.org.uk
Birmingham Crisis Centre (refuge for domestic violence victims), www.birminghamcrisis.org.uk
New Mother, www.newmother.co.uk
National Association of Tangent Clubs (social-networking organisation for ladies aged over 40), www.tangentclubs.org
Nursing Matters (breast-feeding), www.nursingmatters.org.uk
Savvy Woman (finance from a female perspective), www.savvywoman.co.uk
Women in Business Network, www.wibn.co.uk
Everywoman (supporting female entrepreneurs), www.everywoman.com
Genesis UK (breast-cancer), www.genesisuk.org
Virago Press (Feminist book publisher), www.virago.co.uk
Meet A Mum Association (friendship and support for mothers and mothers-to-be), Sutton, www.mama.co.uk
Women Returners (for women who decide to return to work after having children), www.women-returners.co.uk
Kobieta Sukcesu UK (promoting mainly female Polish entrepreneurs in the UK), www.kobietasukcesuuk.co.uk
Women's Networking Hub, Birmingham, www.womensnetworkinghub.com
UK Feminista, http://ukfeminista.org.uk
Association for Women's Rights in Development, www.awid.org
Women for Women International (assists women survivors of war etc), www.womenforwomen.org
Against Breast Cancer, www.againstbreastcancer.org.uk
Breast Cancer UK, www.breastcanceruk.org.uk
No More Breast Cancer, www.nomorebreastcancer.org.uk
Pink Events (breast cancer), www.pinkevents.org.uk
Uncovered Magazine (womens' mental-health), www.uncoveredmagazine.co.uk
From Bumps 2 Babies (ante-natal classes), Sutton/Solihull, www.frombumps2babies.co.uk
Shape What’s To Come, http://en.shapewhatstocome.com
Sutton Coldfield Association of Women Graduates, www.suttoncoldfield.bfwg.org.uk

Wise Women Awards (recognising the contribution Christian women make),