Page Aim
Page 18 will present a roundup of council and other organisations’ S&P initiatives across the subregion, and list the names of all those people involved in them.
Outline Contents
Local S&P Initiatives are listed on an area basis, giving council initiatives first then VCS.
The Local Websites and Who’s Who contents are listed alphabetically.
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Local S&P Initiatives
An alphabetical listing of some of the initiatives featured is given below.
Local S&P Websites
Local S&P Who’s Who
This is an embryonic feature to supplement the Initiatives file. It brings together the names of those people who are currently involved in the subregion’s S&P work.
“Non-governmental organisations… are an essential network for mobilising the sense of common purpose needed for the move to sustainable development, as well as major sources of the expertise and knowledge necessary.
Governments and international organisations need to develop mechanisms to bring NGOs, and networks they have set up themselves, into the decision-making process.
This includes ensuring they have sufficient funding and access to all relevant information.”
Chapter 27, United Nations Agenda 21, 1992.
“In order to most effectively use the tools, freedoms and flexibilities available to local authorities for delivering sustainable development, sufficient guidance and support mechanisms need to be in place. These would ensure local professionals and communities themselves have the capacity to move from a ‘business as usual’ approach to new creative ways of involving the community and meeting local needs in a way that delivers sustainable development.
“The Egan Review emphasised the importance of having the right skills and knowledge at the local level to deliver sustainable communities. The capacity of individuals and organisations to understand and implement sustainable development is therefore critical to success. The provision of guidance, dissemination of best practice, use of well developed appraisal techniques and the development of skills and knowledge is crucial here.”
Taking It On; Developing Sustainable Development Strategy Together. Defra 2004.
Featured Initiatives
Action 21
Bath Place Community Venture
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers
Brunswick Healthy Living Centre
Building Sustainable Neighbourhoods
Cafe Scientifique
Canalside Community Food
Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Studies (national organisation)
charity shops
Climate Change Solutions
Community Transport
Corporate Citizenship Unit
Council for the Protection of Rural England
Coventry Air Quality Action Plan
Coventry Climate Change Strategy
Coventry Cycle Centre
Coventry Green Space Strategy
Coventry Peace Fortnight
Coventry Peace House
Coventry Sustainable Community Strategy
Coventry Waste Strategy
CRACIN
Credit Union groups
Cycle Users Forum
Cycleways
cycling
Diggers and Dreamers
Down to Earth
Dr Bike
Earth Spirit
EcoCongregation (national organisation)
Eco Schools Programme
Environmental Procurement Policy
Fairtrade
Fairtrade Town Trail
farmers markets
Friends of the Earth groups
Gaia
Garden Organic (national organisation)
Global Care (national organisation)
Globe UK
Green Garden Cafe
Green Party branches
Greenbean
Greenpeace
Hill Close Gardens
Holland and Barrett (national organisation)
http://greennuneaton.org.uk
Kenilworth Initiative on Climate Change
Landfill Communities Fund (national organisation)
Liberating Words
LETS groups
Living Streets
Mosaic
Nottingham Declaration
Nuneaton and Bedworth LSP Statement of Principles
Nuneaton and Bedworth LSP Sustainability Policy
Nuneaton, Bedworth and Hinckley Rail Users Group
One World Link
Parks and Countryside Team
Peace Festival
Peace Pledge Union
People and Planet
Practical Action (national organisation)
Prosperity
public transport
RSPB Nature Reserve
Rugby Forward Constitution
2nd Chance
Sent to Coventry
SPAN
Stratford Community Radio
Stratford District Partnership Terms of Reference
Sustainable City Team
Sustainable Rugby
Switch it Off
Third Sector Guidelines
Time Exchange Network
Transition Town Leamington
United Nations Association branches
Warwickshire Biodiversity Partnership
Warwickshire Climate Change Partnership
Warwickshire Federation of WIs
Warwickshire Rural Community Council
Warwickshire Sustainability Commission
Warwickshire Waste Partnership
Warwickshire Wildlife Trust
WaterAid Coventry and Warwickshire
WEAVE
West Midlands Campaign for Better Transport
West Midlands Local Travel Plan
West Midlands Regional Sustainability Forum
West Midlands Federation of WIs
Topic Updates
Action 21
On 11 September Action 21 opened the Sustainability Centre, its new town centre base.
Action 21, Sustainability Centre, East
Lodge, Jephson Gardens, Willes Road, Leamington Spa CV32 4 ER. 01926
453030. www.action21.co.uk info@action21.co.uk
Action 21 Re-Useful Centre, 5 Ramsey
Road, Sydenham, CV31 1PL. 01926 886438.
Action 21 Recycle Warehouse, Recycling
Centre, Princes Drive, Leamington Spa CV31 3PH. 01926 426369.
07903 048199. www.communityfreebay.co.uk/
Voluntary Action Coventry
On 11 October VAC relocated to a self contained building next to St Mary’s Guildhall and by the old Coventry Cathedral.
VAC, 3 Castle Yard, Hay Lane, Coventry
CV1 5RF. 024 7622 0381. www.vacoventry.org.uk info@vacoventry.org.uk
A note to Coventry and Warwickshire’s VCOs
It would really help Links to help other local VCOs network if you could include a hyperlink to sustainabilitylinks.org on your own website.
Please
contact us with any information or feed back:
E-mail - info@sustainabilitylinks.org.uk
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