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Voluntary Sector North West
St. Thomas Centre
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Tel: 0161 276 9300
Fax: 0161 276 9301
Email: info@vsnw.org.uk
North West Environment Link
North West Environment Link (NWEL) is a partnership of environmental voluntary organisations representing over 1 million people in the North West.
Latest news from NWEL
► Read CPRE South East's briefing on the new Localism Act
► Read our joint response to the National Planning Policy Framework
► Get details of the inputs, outputs and responses to our Big Society and the Environment conference
►The Right Lines – a Charter for an efficient, high speed rail system.
► NWEL's 2011/12 Action Plan agreed with member organisations, Environment Agency, Natural England and VSNW. Read it here.
► "Future North West: Our Shared Priorities - NWEL Response (October 2010)
► NW Climate Change Adaptation Framework - see summary of Framework and NWEL'sresponse.
► Find out all about The Government's Localism Bill - excellent briefing from CPRE SE Regional Group.
► CPRE briefing on useful RSS policies that should be taken forward into Local Development Frameworks.
NWEL's objectives are:
- To ensure that environmental issues are taken seriously in regional decision making
- To provide a collective, strategic environmental perspective on major regional policy initiatives, programmes and projects
- To raise awareness of environmental issues among key regional decision makers
- To enable environmental Non-Governmental Organisations to develop consensus on major regional environmental issues.
► Download the NWEL constitution
► Read the NWEL bulletin
► Access information about NWEL meetings
NWEL's membership represents key environmental players from the voluntary and community sector in the North West:
And includes, as associate members, the following key agencies:
The Environment Agency
Natural England
English Heritage
ENCAMS (Keep Britain Tidy)
- Engage volunteers
- Run campaigns
- Provide life long learning activities and educational programmes
- Provide training to long term unemployed
- Support local communities in rural and urban areas
- Employ a significant number of people in the environmental sector
- Own and manage some of the finest land for biodiversity, heritage, landscape and community engagement.
Contact
Tel: 01524 389 915
Featured Event
Open Public Services - Passage of a bill workshop
This VSNW/Parliamentary Outreach Service event will explore the stages that the bill would go through, their relative importance and ways to engage and influence
Latest News
Transforming Local Infrastructure Fund results announced
The beneficiaries of the £30 million fund to help transform and modernise local charity support services have been announced by Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society.
North West Operational Programme - Call for projects
The European Regional Development Fund 2007-13 is announcing a Priority 4 and Priority 5 call for project applications.
Events & Trainings
VSNW’s list of events & training opportunities for VCS groups in the North West
