The Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens is a charity that supports, promotes and represents city farms and community gardens throughout the UK. City farms and community gardens are community-managed projects working with people, animals and plants. They range from tiny wildlife gardens to fruit and vegetable
plots on housing estates, from community polytunnels to large city farms. They exist mainly in urban areas and are created in response to a lack of access to green space, combined with a desire to encourage strong community relationships and an awareness of gardening and farming.

General information visit www.farmgarden.org.uk, click on "our links" page for direct links to member farms and gardens that you may be able to support or help. For a database of Federation projects in your area telephone 0117 9231 800

English Heritage is funded in part by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and in part from revenue earned from their historic properties. It works in partnership to conserve and enhance the historic environment, broaden access and increase people's understanding of the past. It maintains a register of England's most significant historic buildings, monuments and landscapes including a photo archive and cares for over 400 historic buildings on behalf of the nation. It also administers grants and has learning resources for teachers and others.

For more information visit www.english-heritage.org.uk or telephone 0870 333 1181

The Wildlife Trusts partnership is the UK’s leading conservation charity exclusively dedicated to wildlife. Their network of 47 local Wildlife Trusts, alongside a junior branch, Wildlife Watch, work together to protect wildlife located not just in the countryside but also within towns. The Wildlife Trusts care for over 2,560 nature reserves including urban wildlife havens. With more than 413,000 members, they lobby for better protection of the UK's natural heritage and are dedicated to protecting wildlife for the benefit of future generations. A wide range of publications are available to order or you can volunteer to practically secure the future of precious habitats and species, enabling them to thrive again.

For further information visit www.wildlifetrusts.org or telephone 0870 0367711

The RSPB is a wildlife conservation charity with more than a million members, 9,000 volunteers and 170 nature reserves. It works to preserve the environment for birds and wildlife, believing that the health of bird populations is indicative of the health of the planet, on which the future of the human race depends. Members of the public can volunteer to help in conservation or other projects for more information telephone 01767 680551.

For general information visit www.rspb.org.uk

Living Spaces provides grants to help people improve open spaces in their neighbourhood and create valuable places for the whole community to enjoy. It can help you create and improve a huge range of spaces such as play areas, local parks, community gardens, courts and squares and city farms. As long as your space is open to the public and near to where people live you could benefit from a grant of up to £25,000. If you have a good idea but need a little help to put your plan together, a network of trained Living Spaces Enablers are on hand to assess your application and help turn your ideas into reality.

Funding is currently fully allocated but for latest announcements visit www.living-spaces.org.uk