Big Lottery Fund - Local Food
The Big Lottery Fund's Local Food scheme

The Big Lottery Fund
The Big Lottery Fund's main site

Tuckers Seeds
seed merchants, agricultural merchants, country stores and Malsters

Allotments Regeneration Initiative (ARI)
Aims to increase allotment uptake by individuals and community groups

Black Environment Network (BEN UK)
Establish to promote equality of opportunity with respect to minority ethnic groups in the preservation, protection and development of the environment

British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV)
Supporting conservation volunteering opportunities throughout the UK and across the globe

Charities Information Bureau
Supports voluntary organisations and community groups in funding their work, information, advice and training

Community Composting Network
The nationwide federation for community associations and similar organisations

Community orchards- How to guide
A useful guide to setting up a community orchard produced by the Department for Communities and Local Government

Community Service Volunteers (CSV)
The UK's largest volunteering and training organisation

Co-operative & Community Finance
Non-profit membership organisation promoting and representing democratic employee owned businesses throughout the UK

Council for Voluntary Service
Help with set up an association; write a contitution; form a business plan (project plan); find out about grants

Development Trusts Association (DTA)
Encouragement and support for community enterprises and development trusts

Directory of Social Change
Publish books and run courses on fundraising, management, trustees, finance etc

Environmental Law Foundation
This London based charity is a network of lawyers specialising in environmental matters and giving free advice

Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens (FCFCG)
Promotes, supports and represents city farms, community gardens and school farms throughout the UK

Funding for community green spaces
A very useful guide produced by the Department for Communities and Local Government, detailing the main sources of grants and funding available for community green spaces.

Garden Food Club
Garden Food Club is a community site to find fresh food direct from your local neighbourhood. Sell any surplus veg from your garden to your neighbours! All food is organically grown and pesticide-free.

Garden Organic (Henry Doubleday Research Association)
Dedicated to researching and promoting organic gardening, farming and food

Groundwork UK
Environmental regeneration charity with a network of local trusts working in partnership with local people

Letslink UK
Support for and information about Local Exchange Trading Systems

Local Food
Local Food is a £57.5 million programme that will distribute lottery grants to a variety of food-related projects to help make locally grown food accessible and affordable to local communities.

National Allotment Gardens Trust (NAGT)
A registered charity aiming to assist in all areas of promotion and allotment regeneration

National Association of Councils for Voluntary Service (NACVS)
A network of Councils for Voluntary Service (CVS) throughout England. Advice, information, publications, training, events, news and resources

National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners (NSALG)
Promotion, protection and preservation of allotment gardening

Northern Ireland Environment Link
Promotes an ecological approach to design of gardens and gardening acitivites

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
Represent and campaign for voluntary organisations, volunteers and communities in Scotland

Soil Association
Campaigning and certification organisation for organic food and farming

Soil Association CSA website
Contains lots of useful resources and case studies to help new and existing CSA's.

The Barefoot Beekeeper- Phil Chandler
This site is about sustainable, low-impact, low-cost, chemical-free, small-scale, 'organic', natural beekeeping, using simple equipment that almost anyone can make at home. If you have not yet heard of 'top bar hives' or 'natural beekeeping', then this is a place to learn about them. Also includes lots of good links to other sites and information.

The Sensory Trust
Advice on inclusive design for public spaces. Projects, examples, publications, services and newsletter

The Wildlife Trusts
Charity educating, informing and empowering women and men who care about the environment

Thrive
National charity whose aim is to enable positive change in the lives of disabled and disadvantaged people through the use of gardening and horticulture

Volunteering England
Works to promote volunteering as a powerful force for change, both for those who volunteer and for the wider community

Wales Council for Voluntary Action
Represent and campaign for voluntary organisations, volunteers and communities in Wales

Women’s Environmental Network
Charity educating, informing and empowering women and men who care about the environment

First Aid Training - Southwest
Derek Robinson provides training in First Aid, Food Hygiene and Licensing.

Food Hygiene Training South West
Level 2 & 3 food hygiene training

Spanglefish
web hosting