Useful links

Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)

Department for Education and Skills

Department covering schools, universities and further education.

Department for Employment & Learning, Northern Ireland

Devolved department for skills, jobs, further education and higher education.

Department for Regional Development, Northern Ireland

Maintains a range of essential infrastructure services and shapes the region's long-term strategic development.

Department for Social Development

It has strategic responsibility for urban regeneration, community and voluntary sector development, social legislation, housing, social security benefits, pensions and child support.

Department for Transport

Covers air, rail, road and sea.

Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department concerned with farmers, the countryside, the rural economy and air and water quality.

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland department whose aims include the development of the agricultural, forestry and fishing industries.

Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure, Northern Ireland

Responsible in Northern Ireland for arts and creativity, museums and libraries, architecture, sport, inland waterways and language diversity.

Department of Education, Northern Ireland

The department responsible for education provision in Northern Ireland.

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment

A department of the Northern Ireland executive.

Department of Finance and Personnel, Northern Ireland

Department that prioritises the use of funds available to the Northern Ireland government.

Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Northern Ireland

The department's mission is to improve the health and social well-being of the people of Northern Ireland.

Department of Trade and Industry

Promotes enterprise, business growth, export and inward investment.

Department of the Environment, Northern Ireland

The Northern Ireland department covering environmental protection, land use planning and local government reform.

DevPlan UK

DevPlan UK provides a development plan monitoring service for firms across the United Kingdom.

Development Trusts Association

The national representative body for development trusts.

Directgov

The central portal for information from the government.

Directory for Social Entrepreneurial Organisations

A databank for, by and about social entrepreneurs in England.

Disability Rights Commission

An independent body created by parliament to promote equality for disabled people. Will be folded into the Commission for Equality and Human Rights in October 2007.

Dundee University - School of Town & Regional Planning

Centre for teaching and professional development in town and regional planning.

Dùthchas Project

The Dùthchas Project was a demonstration project funded by the EU Life Environment Programme from 1998-2001. Focused on the Scottish Highlands and Islands, the Project worked with 3 communities and 22 public agencies to explore ways of sustaining fragile rural areas – the natural heritage, the people and the economy.

East End Partnership Ltd

We pursue this mission with the aims of increasing employment opportunities for local people by continuing to improve the attractiveness of the East End as a place to do business and by helping to improve living and working conditions for both local companies and local residents.

East Midlands Development Agency

Regional development agency.

East of England Development Agency

Regional development agency.

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

Research funding and training agency addressing economic and social concerns.

Edinburgh College of Art

Through its Creative Enterprise Department, eca is actively building links with business. These bridges are designed to enable the College to increase its creative presence throughout the commercial world.

Education Action Zone

Government programme to tackle a range of problems including low educational achievement, truancy, exclusion and youth crime in deprived urban areas.

England's Northwest

Promotional site inviting tourists and investors to the region.

English Heritage

Protects and promotes England's historical environment.

English Partnerships

Focusing on sustainable regeneration, housing, strategic brownfield development and best practice.

Environment Agency

Public body responsible for protecting and improving the environment in England and Wales.

Ethnic Minority Foundation

Addresses the needs of Britain's most marginalised communities through research, lobbying, campaigning and developing community centres.

Euro Info Centre for Scottish Enterprise

European issues and opportunities affecting Scottish startups. Operates as part of the Business Gateway.

Eurohousing

EUROHOUSING has been developed to encourage and help social housing organisations participate in and benefit from European developments. EUROHOUSING is a resource containing up to date information on European policies and funding opportunities, key legislation, and contacts and linkages to others active in the field.

European Commission

Home page of the European Commission

European Council of Spatial Planners

Brings together planning associations from EU member states.

European Foundation for Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

Set up to contribute to the planning and establishment of better living and working conditions, through research and advice.

European Information Network in the UK

A gateway to European information for the UK regions.

European New Towns Platform

Organisation for local governments from new towns.

European Services Strategy Unit

A unit in the Sustainable Cities Research Institute, Northumbria University, committed to social justice through the provision of good quality public services.

European Spatial Planning Research & Information Databas (ESPRID)

Information source for researchers and policy-makers concerned with strategic spatial planning in a European context.

European Telework Online

Welcome to European Telework Online. The Internet portal for teleworking, telecommuting, and related topics.

EvidenceNetwork

A forum for evidence-based policy and practice research in the UK.

Fablevision

Fablevision's programmes allow communities in Scotland elsewhere to tell their stories through a variety of art forms.

Fachverband der Schweizer RumplanerInnen /Federation Suisse des Urbanistes

Swiss planning association.

Falkirk Enterprise Action Trust

Falkirk Council has devolved the delivery of its grant support programme for business start-ups and existing small businesses with growth potential to Business Gateway, administered by FEAT in the Falkirk area, for the year commencing 1 April 2004.

Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens

The representative body for city farms, community gardens and similar community-led organisations in the UK. 

Findhorn Foundation

The Findhorn Foundation is the educational and organisational cornerstone of the Findhorn Community, and its work is based on the values of planetary service, co-creation with nature and attunement to the divinity within all beings.

Flax Trust

The Flax Trust is the largest community regeneration project in the whole of Ireland.