Manchester's Campaigners

This is the comprehensive contacts list of campaigning groups in Manchester. Please contact the Networking Newsletter Project with amendments

Regional, national and international groups are listed separately.

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• Action for Ferals
  Action for Ferals, 11 Troughgate, Hollins, Oldham. Tel: 626 0642.

• Act Now Stop War End Racism (ANSWER)
  c/o 22a Beswick St. M4 7HR. Richard Searle (07760 224 580). Email: ANSWERmanchester@aol.com

• Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Archive
  See Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Archive

• Albert Kennedy Trust
  Advice and support to lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans young people up to the age of 25
  4th floor, Princess House, 105-107 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 6DD. Tel: 0161 228 3308, fax: 0161 228 3309, email: manchester@akt.org.uk

• ALL Community Group Network
  A network for voluntary and community groups in the Ardwick, Longsight and Levenshulme areas.
  Studio 21, Imex Business Park, Hamilton Road, Longsight, Manchester M13 0PD. Tel/fax: 0161 248 4248, email: info@allnet.org.uk

• ALL FM
  ALL FM is a community radio station, serving Ardwick, Longsight and Levenshulme. The station broadcasts a wide variety of different music styles and community programs.
  6 Newton Avenue, Longsight M12 4EW. Office: 0161 273 4072, fax: 0161 273 8581, on air: 0161 273 7030, email: info@allfm.org

• Hebden Bridge Alternative Technology Centre
  Hebble End Mill, Hebden Bridge HX7 6HJ. Tel: 01422 842 121, fax: 01422 84 31 41, email: info@alternativetechnology.org.uk

• Bolton Alternative Fuels Co-operative
  Bio-diesel buyers group
  c/o Bolton Green House

• Greater Manchester Alternatives to Violence Project
  6 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS. Tel: 0161 832 3660, email: sean@avpgmr.org.uk

• Amer Ratiq Defence Campaign every Weds, 7pm Slade Lane Neighbourhood Centre, Longsight.

• Manchester Amnesty International
  Meets 1st Wednesday of month, 7:30pm, Cross Street Chapel, Cross Street.
  Tel: 0161 962 2012.

• Ananda Marga Manchester
  Ananda Marga is a worldwide network of local volunteers, motivated by the ideals of social service and the ancient spiritual practices of meditation and yoga. Social service projects aim to provide all with their basic needs and create a society free from exploitation. Meditation and yoga give self-inspiration and the strength to live our ideals.
  Prema Sa'gar Rose, 42 Keppel Rd, Chorlton, Manchester, M21 0BW. Tel: 0161 282 9224, email: anandamarga.mcr@gmx.net

• Anarchist Federation in Manchester
  Meets every fortnight, various venues.
  PO Box 127, Oldham OL4 3FE. Email: anarchist_federation@yahoo.co.uk

• Manchester Anarchist Youth
  Meets 3pm, Cafe Pop every 2nd Sunday and then onto "Sinclairs" public house, Exchange Square.
  Tel: 07816 420 391, email: mancanarchistyouth@yahoo.com

• Animal Aid [Manchester]
  Tel: Rita Bright 0161 225 2073.

• Manchester Animal Protection (MAP)
  Meets 1st Wednesdays of month, 7:30pm (vegan food from 7pm), The Basement, 24 Lever Street, Manchester.
  PO Box 155, Manchester M60 1FT. Tel: 0845 456 2492, email: info@mapsoc.org.uk

• Animal Rights Coalition (ARC)
  PO Box 339, Wolverhampton, WV10 7BZ. Tel: 01902 711 935, email: james@arcnews.co.uk

• Animal Rights group
  Manchester Metropolitan University Students Union, Mandela House, 99 Oxford Road, Manchester M1 7EL

• Animals in Distress
  1 Rippington Avenue, Withington, Manchester M20 9FX. Tel: 0161 434 4276.

• Asylum Seekers
  See Manchester Committee to Defend Asylum Seekers

• Atmospheric Research & Information Programme
  Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester M1 5GD. Tel: 0161 247 1593, fax: 0161 247 6332, email: aric@mmu.ac.uk

• Baha'i Centre
  360 Wilmslow Road, Fallowfield M14 0AB. Tel 0161 224 6490.

• Bangladeshi Women's Project - see below under "W"

• The Basement
  A social centre in Central Manchester with a vegan cafe,library, bookshop, computer hub and exhibition space. The Basement is a place for all those who are sick of Manchester's polluted streets and corporate takeover, angered by wars, environmental damge, animal abuse and mainstream media lies. People who want to turn the world upside down to start making things better. We are a not for profit space where everyone gives their time and skills for free in order for The Basement to be a hub away from capitalism.
  24 Lever Street M1 1DW. Tel:  0161 237 1832.

• South Lancs Bat Group
  Steve Parker, tel: 0161 764 8850, email: enquiries@slbg.org.uk

• Beal Valley Action Group
  1b Hebron Street, Heyside, Oldham OL2 6LU. Tel: 01706 841 074.

• Beyond TV
  Independent Video and Audio media
  Email: mickfuzz@rocketmail.com

• Big Issue in the North
  Helping the homeless to help themselves, particularly by selling "The Big Issue" magazine
  135-141 Oldham St, Manchester M4 1LN. Tel: 0161 834 6300, fax: 0161 832 3237

• Bike Links
  Initiative helping community groups set up cycling relating initiatives
  CPNW, 1 Enterprise Park, Agecroft Road, Pendlebury M27 8WA. Tel: 0161 736 6366, email: bikelinks@cycling.org.uk

• Bike Right!
  Aiming to ensure that all children in Greater Manchester have access to cycle training and to encourage cycling as a healthy form of transport
  37 Zetland Road, Chorlton M21 8TJ. Tel: Chris or Liz on 0161 861 7181, email: info@bikeright.net

• BiPhoria
  Bisexual social-support group. Meets first Tues of month, 7:30pm, Manchester Lesbian and Gay Foundation. Info: 07941 811 124

• Black Environment Network
  Saleem Obal, 304 Chetham Mill Road, Manchester M8 0PL. Tel: 0161 205 6414, email: saleem@ben-network.org.uk

• Black Health Agency
  Stretford Road, Hulme. Tel: 0161 226 9145.

• Black Women for Wages for Housework
  Tel: 0161 344 0758.

• Bolton Greenwood Group
  Tel: Ian Brown, 0161 437 7040.

• Bridge 5 Mill (formely "MERCi")
  22a Beswick Street, Ancoats, Manchester M4 7HS. Tel: 0161 273 1736, fax: 0161 274 4598, email: merci@bridge-5.org

• Bridgewater Canal Campaign
  Tel: Keith Reynolds on 0161 283 6723 or Dave Johns on 0161 434 3952. Email bcc@kandb.demon.co.uk

• British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV)
  • Main office: c/o NW Water Ltd, Davyhulme Wastewater Treatment Works, Rivers Lane, Urmston M41 7JB. Tel: 0161 608 0498.
  • Bolton: Rick Parker 01942 817 302.
  • Bury: Lawrence Kitchenson 0161 796 6404.
  • Sale & Altrincham: Shelagh Aston 0161 860 6910.
  • Whitefield: Barn Countryside Centre, Philips Park, Whitefield M45 7QJ. Tel: 0161 796 6404, fax: 0161 796 8846.

• British Trust for Ornithology
  Tel: Judith Smith, 01942 712 615

• Manchester Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT)
  32 Astor Road, Manchester M19 2LX. Tel:  0161 224 6042, email: mkavanagh@astor.demon.co.uk

• Campaign Against Depleted Uranium (CADU)
  Campaign Against Depleted Uranium was launched in 1999 to focus specifically on trying to achieve a global ban on the manufacture, testing, and use of depleted uranium weapons. CADU aims to fight for recognition by the MoD that these weapons are connected with illnesses among Gulf War veterans and civilians in Iraq and elsewhere and to put pressure on governments who use DU to take responsibility for environmental de-contamination of areas where it has been used.
  Bridge 5 Mill, 22a Beswick Street M4 7HR. Tel: 0161 273 8293, fax: 0161 273 8293, email: info@cadu.org.uk

• Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq (CASI)
  Now known as Iraq Solidarity Campaign

• Campaign Against State Terrorism in Sri Lanka (CASTIS)
  c/o Church of the Ascension, Royce Road, Hulme M15 5FQ.

• Campaign Against the Child Support Act
  Tel: 0161 344 0758.

• Campaign for a Hydrogen Economy
  22a Beswick Street M4 7HR. Tel: 0161 273 8595

• Campaign for Planning Sanity
  Tel: 0161 959 0999, email: info@planningsanity.co.uk

• Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND)
  • Bolton: Meets 2nd Thurs of month, 7:30pm, Friends Meeting House, Silverwell Street.
    Malcolm Pittock (01204 522 839), email: cnd@bolton.tc
  • Greater Manchester and District (ie main contact/group)
    Bridge 5 Mill, 22a Beswick Street M4 7HR. Tel: 0161 273 8283, fax: 0161 273 8293, email gmdcnd@gn.apc.org
  • Manchester: Meets 2nd Wednesday of month, 7:30pm, Manchester Town Hall.
    Info: John Cutts (0161 494 8468)
  • Prestwich and Whitefield: Meets 1st Thurs of month, 7:30pm.
    Betty, 0161 773 0868
  • Salford: Meets 3rd Weds of month, Broad Walk library.
    Info: Barry Woodling (0161 793 5122) or 0161 737 2388
  • Stretford
    0161 865 2942

• Campaign for the Accountabilty of American Bases (CAAB)
  8 Park Row, Otley LS21 1HQ. Tel/fax no: 01943 466405/01482 702033, email: anniandlindis@caab.org.uk

• Campaign to End Rape
  28 Eaton Road, Sale M33 7TZ.

• Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE)
  Local group of national campaign that protects open spaces, primarily by influencing the planning process. Meets every second Wednesday, every other month, beginning January, start 7pm in the Town Hall Tavern, Manchester. Thus the pattern for rest of 2006 is 12 July, 11 September, 8 November.
  Manchester CPRE, Bridge Five Mill, 22a Beswick Street, Manchester M4 7HR. Tel. 0785 437 6788. Fax. 0161 274 4598. email: man_cpre@hotmail.co.uk

• Car Club
  Car Club is people in the community organising to provide themselves with affordable access to reliable vehicles. It is a vehicle pool, and members own a share in the vehicle they choose
  c/o Rob Squires, 0161 227 8750, rob@redbricks.org.uk

• Care Leavers' Association
  We are a national organization, based in Manchester, run by care leavers for care leavers. We provide advice and information on a range of issues, such as leaving care and accessing records. We also work to address the stigma attached to people from care and to improve care services for current and future generations.
  St Thomas Centre, Ardwick Green North, Manchester M12 6FZ. Tel: 0161 275 9500, email: info@careleavers.com

• Central America Solidarity Campaign
  c/o Latin America Information Centre, Tel: 0161 708 9240.

• Centre for Voluntary Organisation (CVO) [GM]
  St Thomas Centre, Ardwick Green North, Manchester M12 6FZ. Tel: 0161 227 1000, minicom: 0161 272 7775, fax: 0161 273 8296, email: gmcvo@gmcvo.org.uk
  Also see: CVS

• Cetacea Defence
  PO Box 78, Shaftesbury. Email: cetaceadefenceuk@yahoo.co.uk

• Chernobyl Children's Project
  Kinder House, Fitzalan Street, Glossop SK13 7DL. Tel: 01457 863 534, fax: 01457 857 169, email: linda@ccprojectuk.fsnet.co.uk

• Chorlton Wholefoods
  64 Beech Road, Chorlton M21 9EG. Tel/fax: 0161 881 6399.

• Christian Aid
  22 Froghall Lane, Warrington, Cheshire WA2 7JR. Tel: 01925 241222, fax: 01925 241648, email: warrington@christian-aid.org

• The Christie Group
  Aims to form a partnership of organisations with an interest in sustainable development in order to share knowledge, best practice and explore linkages of mutual benefit; to develop as a regional source of influence to help position sustainable development at the heart of the region and to work together creatively
  Davina Gilmore, University of Manchester (0161 275 2627, davina.m.gilmore@man.ac.uk)

• Church Action on Poverty
  Central Buildings, Oldham Street, Manchester M1 1JT. Tel: 0161 236 9321 fax: 0161 237 5359

• Manchester Civic Society
  PO Box 436, Manchester M60 2AJ. Tel: 0161 236 0051, fax: 0161 228 3442, email: info@manchestercivic.org.uk

• Stockport Cloth Nappy Network
  0161 485 4430. (See also Real Nappy Association)

• Greater Manchester Coalition Against Sanctions and War
  Email: mcr_coalition@yahoo.co.uk

• Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade
  PO Box 38, Manchester, M60 1NX. Tel: 0845 330 7955/07761 533 152, email caft@caft.org.uk

• Committee Against Repression and for Democratic Rights in Iraq (CARDRI)
  (No contact details)

• Common Purpose Greater Manchester
  Connecting a growing network of leaders with the information and inspiration needed to change the world
  c/o CCI, 4th floor, 113-115 Portland Street M1 6DW. Tel: 0161 237 3439, fax: 0161 295 5880, email: manchester@commonpurpose.org.uk

• Commonword
  6 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS. Tel: 0161 832 3777, fax: 0161 832 2929, email: enquiries@commonword.org.uk

• Manchester Communities Against Toxics
  c/o Val Rawlinson, 2 Hobson Street, Higher Openshaw Manchester Mll lHT. Tel: 0161 370 9745

• Community Chest
  "Easily accessible and fast track funding" (but lots of admin from our experience... ed)
  Tel: 0161 234 2905, fax: 0161 234 2912.

• Community Employment Partnership
  Green Fish Resource Centre
  46-50 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE. Tel: 0161 234 2913.

• Community Exchange
  MMU Student Union, 99 Oxford Road, Manchester M1 7EL. Tel: 0161 247 6543. Email info.communityexchange@mmu.ac.uk

• Community Foundation for Greater Manchester
  Beswick House, Beswick Row, Manchester M4 4LE. Tel: 0161 214 0940, fax: 0161 214 0941, email: enquiries@communityfoundation.co.uk

• Community Network for Manchester (CN4M)
  Implementing Manchester's Local Strategic Partnership (LSP)
  Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE. Tel: 0161 234 2916, email: info@cn4m.info
  • South Central Community Network: Tel: 0161 232 1919

• Community Pride
  Working with communities to enable them to have a better say in the running of their neighbours and cities
  Mill Street Venture Centre, 491 Mill Street, Openshaw M11 2AD. Tel: 0161 231 4111, fax: 0161 231 4555, textphone: 0161 231 4570, email: david@communitypride.org.uk

• Community Technical Aid Centre (CTAC)
  CTAC provides technical aid to community groups, specializing in voluntary sector support services; particularly involved in urban regeneration initiatives and partnerships in Manchester.
  Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE. Tel: 0161 234 2950, email: info@ctac.co.uk

• Community Transport Association
  Highbank, Halton Street, Hyde, Cheshire SK14 2NY. Tel: 0161 351 1475, email: CTAUK@CommunityTransport.com

• Compassion in World Farming
  • Altrincham: Edwina Fysh, The Oaks, 57 Moss Lane, Timperley, Altrincham, WA15 6LQ. Tel: 0161 980 3091
  • Wigan: Martin Hughes, 13 Cleveland Avenue, Winstanley, Wigan WN3 6DT. Tel: 01942 225 650

• Sale and Altrincham Conservation Volunteers
  Meets 2nd/3rd Monday of month. Details from Shelah on 0161 860 6910 or 0161 275 3146, or John Ross on 0161 928 9927.

• Stockport Conservation Group
  Volunteers wanted for regular practical conservation tasks, usually on a Sunday. No experience needed.
  Info: Brian Evans (01663 744 322)

• Stockport Conservation Volunteers
  Info: 0161 477 4492.

• Council for Voluntary Service (CVS)
  • Bolton CVS: Bridge House, Pool St South, Bolton, BL1 2BA. Tel: 01204 369011, fax: 01204 373 694, email: boltoncvs@zen.co.uk
  • Bury CVS: Tel: 0161 764 2161, email: mike@burycvs.demon.co.uk
  • Manchester: see Voluntary Action Manchester
  • Oldham Development Agency for Community Action: Unit 12, Manchester Chambers, West Street, Oldham OL1 1LF. Tel: 0161 633 6222, fax: 0161 624 7451, email: information@odaca.net
  • Salford CVS: The Old Town Hall, off Irwell Place, Eccles, M30 OEJ. Tel: 0161 787 7795, email: office@salfordcvs.co.uk
  • Stockport CVS: Russell Morley House, 8-16 Lower Hillgate, Stockport SK1 1JE. Tel: 0161 477 0246, fax: 0161 477 8585, email: info@stockportcvs.co.uk
  Also see: GMCVO

• Counter Culture Collective
  Tel: Ruth/Paddy on 0161 227 9223.

• Creative Recycling
  Handcrafted crafts by recycling.
  42 St Hilda's Road, Old Trafford M16 9PQ. Tel: 0161 848 0488, email: creativerecycling@advanceuk.com

• Creative Support Users Group
  16 Tariff Street, Fourways House, Manchester M1 2EP. Tel: 0161 228 3896.

• Crisis Line
  Mental health help line
  9pm-2am, Fri-Sun. Tel: 0161 835 2007.

• Cuba Solidarity Campaign
  Campaigns for an end to the US blockade of Cuba through education, lobbying and material aid projects. Part of a national campaign. Meets 7:30pm, 1st Monday of month upstairs room of the "Hare and Hounds" pub.
  37 Chandos Rd South, Chorlton, Manchester M21 0TH. Tel: 0161 881 6887, email: csc.mcr@pop3.poptel.org.uk

• Manchester City Council Cycle Forum
  Rob Griffin, Manchester Town Hall (0161 234 4068, R.Griffin@notes.manchester.gov.uk)

• Wigan Council Cycle Forum
  Meets 5:30-7:30pm, European/Commonwealth Suite, Robin Park Arena, Loire Drive, Wigan WN5. Last Weds of Sept?
  Info: Damian Garner (d.garner@wiganmbc.gov.uk)

• Greater Manchester Cycling Campaign (formerly "Sprocket")
  Representing the needs of cyclists and campaigning for better facilities and rights for cyclists. Meets 2nd Monday of month, 7:30pm, Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street.
  c/o 68-70 Dickenson Road, Rusholme, Manchester M14 5HF. Tel: 0161 224 3843, membership@gmcc.org.uk

• Stockport MBC Cycling Officer
  Richard Wood. Tel: 0161 474 4394, email: richard.wood@stockport.gov.uk

• Cycling Project North West
  Unit 1, Agecroft Enterprize Park, Agecroft Road, Pendlebury M27 8UW. Tel: 0161 795 9099, fax: 0161 795 9088, email: cpnw@cycling.org.uk

• Cyclists Touring Club South Manchester

• Manchester Deaf Club
  Oxford Road. Tel: 0161 273 6699

• Deaf Team
  Staylbridge Resource Centre, Waterloo Road, Stalybridge SK15 2AU. Tel: 342 2577 (textphone), fax: 342 2580, email: bslmanchestermarch@btinternet.com

• Development Education Project (DEP)
  801 Wilmslow Road, Didsbury, Manchester M20 2QR. Tel: 0161 445 2495, fax: 0161 445 2360, email: depman@gn.apc.org

• Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People
  See GMCDP

• North West Disabled Writers' WorkshopMeets fortnightly, 1-3pm, Commonword, 6 Mount Street.

• Disability Stockport
  16 Meyer Street, Cale Green, Stockport SK3 8JE. Tel: 0161 480 7248.

• Manchester Disabled People's Access Group
  Business Employment Venture Centre, Aked Close, Ardwick, Manchester M12 4AN. Tel/textphone: 0161 273 5033, fax: 0161 273 2637, email: admin@mdpag.org.uk

• DoSummat
  Aiming to bring everyone who wants to reclaim our city from corporate and government control, together. we hope to share ideas.. inspiration.. skills.. experience and knowledge in order to really make things happen, continuously, in Manchester and create something really amazing...
  Email: dosummat@shortcutz.org.uk

• Earth Cafe
  Buddhist Centre, 16-20 Turner Street M4

• Manchester Earth First!
  Meets 7:30pm, 2nd and 4th Wednesday of month, various venues.
  Dept.29, 22a, Beswick Street, Ancoats, Manchester M4 7HS. Tel/fax: 0161 226 6814. Email mancef@nematode.freeserve.co.uk

• East Manchester Community Forum
  Mill Street Venture Centre, 491 Mill Street, Openshaw M11 2AD. Tel: 0161 223 3418/230 6313. Email: support@eastmanchestercommunity.net

• Elefriends [G. Manchester]
  Helen Lyth, 1 Solway Close, Clifton, Manchester M27 2PR or ring Susan Bellas on 0161 707 6170.

• EMERGE Recycling
  Community recycling business
  Units E1-E4, New Smithfield Market, Whitworth Street East, Higher Openshaw, Manchester M11 2WJ. Tel: 0161 223 8200, fax: 0161 231 2141, email: office@emergemanchester.co.uk

• Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities
  Employment Opportunities is a national charity helping people with disabilities find and retain work. We also provide a wide range of support and advice to employers on disability and employment issues.
  c/o North Area College, Buckingham Road, Heaton Moor SK4 4RA. Tel/fax: 0161 431 8889, email: eopps.manchester@btinternet.com

• Enough
  Manchester Anticonsumerism Group
  Tel: Paul on 0161 226 6668, email: mail@ethicalconsumer.org

• Bury Environmental Forum
  Tel: George Heron, 0161 798 8762.

• Manchester Environment Forum
  Email: enviro_forum@yahoo.co.uk

• Environment Network 4 Manchester
  Non-profit voluntary network dedicated to supporting the work of environmental groups, projects and initiatives throughout the city of Manchester, providing a mechanism for sharing information, skills and resources among the network and raising awareness of sustainable development to the public.
  Bridge 5 Mill, 22a Beswick Street, Ancoats M4 7HR. Tel: 0161 273 1736, email: en4m@merci.org.uk

• University of Manchester Environmental Sustainability Society
  A society to make a sustainable environment by changing present student values and patterns of production and consumption
  MUSU, Oxford Road M13. Adabella Van Der Zand, email: avdzand@cs.com

• Equine Market Watch
  Lynn Pruden Tel: 0161 643 847, email: emw@hapenny.fsnet.co.uk

• ERIC (Manchester Environmental Resource and Information Centre)
  Technical Library, Central Library, St Peter's Square. Tel: Clare Foley on 0161 234 4583.

• Ethical Consumer Research Association (ECRA)
  Unit 21, 41 Old Birley Street, Manchester M15 5RF. Tel: 0161 226 2929, fax: 0161 226 6277, email: mail@ethicalconsumer.org

• Exchange Directory
  A local publication, listing offers and requests of goods and services for individuals, organisations and businesses in central districts of Manchester, aiming to stimulate local trade and support community organisations
  c/o Rob Squires Tel:0161 227 8750, email:exchange.directory@letsystem.info)

• Fairfield Composting
  The Cabin, adj. E22, New Smithfield Market, Whitworth Street East, Manchester M11 2WJ. Tel: 0161 231 2139

• Fair Trade Towns
  • Altrincham
  • Bolton - directory of fair trade outlets in Bolton
  • Manchester
  • Trafford Fair Trade Steering Group: formed to support Trafford Council resolution to become a Fair Trade Council, meets lst Monday of month, 7.30pm, Altrincham Town Hall.
    Info: Colin Graham (0161 941 2338, jgjuniper@aol.com)

• Food Not Bombs
  c/o Tammy Britton, Flat 1, 572 Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester M20 3DB. Tel: 0161 448 8929.

• 42nd Street
  Community resource for 15-25 yr olds
  Swan Buildings, 40 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JW. Tel: 0161 832 0170 (voice and minicom).

• Forward North West
  Ethnic minorities network
  c/o Progress Trust, Manchester TEC, Lee House, 90 Bridgewater Street M1 5JW. Tel: 0161 237 4093.

• Manchester Free Software
  Fighting for freedom and liberty for computer users.

• Manchester Free Tibet Campaign
  Meets 2nd Weds of month, Friends Meeting House, Mount St.
  Info: Helen (07793 713 845, freetibetmanchester@yahoo.co.uk)

• Friends Meeting House
  6 Mount Street (behind Central Library), Manchester M2 5NS. Tel/fax: 0161 834 5797, email: office@manchesterquakers.org.uk

• Friends of Fallowfield Loop
  Cycling and walking greenway round South Manchester based on old railway line between Chorlton and Debdale Park. Meets third Monday of alternate months (19 July etc), 7:30pm, Union Chapel, Wellington Road, Fallowfield.
  Cos Harnasz, 217 Burton Road M20 2NA. Tel: 0161 283 7548, email: charnasz@easynet.co.uk, or Dick (0161 224 3843, richard.venes@which.net)

• Friends of Palestine
  Friends of Palestine is a Manchester University Students' Union society committed to educating people about the realities of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands, and we campaign hard for the human rights of all those living and suffering there. We host talks, lively debates and various events to raise awareness of the issue.
  c/o MUSU, Oxford Road, Manchester M13. Tel: 07971 071 195. Email: friends_of_palestine@hotmail.com

• Friends of the Earth (FoE)
  • Bolton: Phil Newsham, 23 Kirklands, Harwood, Bolton BL2 4LU. Tel: 01204 366913. Email: phil@kirklands40.freeserve.co.uk
  • Bury:David Archer, 2 Kendal Road, Ramsbottom, Bury BL0 9SP. Tel: 01204 883544. Email: darcherbury@hotmail.com
  • Manchester: Meets 2nd Tuesday & 4th Wednesday of month, 7pm, Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street.
    6 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS. Tel: 0161 834 8221. Email: office@manchesterfoe.org.uk
  • Oldham: Meets 2nd Tuesday of month, 7pm, Oldham One World Centre, King Street, Oldham.
    Andrew Shaw, 6 Glenavon Drive, High Crompton, Oldham OL2 7LQ. Tel: 01706 844 199, email: andrew@shaw8132.fsnet.co.uk
  • Stockport: c/o Les Leggett, Co-ordinator, 1 Mill Hill Avenue, Poynton, Stockport, SK12 1EQ. Email: enquiries@stockportfoe.co.uk

• Friends of Victoria Baths
  Meets last Monday of month, 7.30pm, St Lukes Church on Stockport Road (Guidepost Square).
  Studio 20, Imex Business Park, Hamilton Road, Longsight, M13 0PD. Tel: 0161 224 2020 (day), 0161 224 8437 (eve), email: info@victoriabaths.org.uk.
  Stop Press: baths win Restoration

• The Furniture Station
  Collects and re-distributes good quality unwanted household furniture, cookers, freezers, fridges and other white household applicances
  Hazel Grove Baptist Church, Station Street, Hazel Grove SK7 4EX. Tel: 0161 456 0717, fax: 0161 483 9420.

• George House Trust
  HIV charity
  77 Ardwick Green North, Manchester M12 6FX. Tel: 0161 274 4499, email: ght@ght.org.uk

• Ghana Cultural Heritage Centre
  Mama Adjoa Botsoe, tel: 0161 273 6228

• Glebelands Organic Market Gardening
  Non-profit co-operative involved in the development of a site for providing locally grown food for local retailers and communities.
  Adam York, 24 Athol Road, Whalley Range, Manchester M16 8QN. Tel: 0161 862 9732, email: glebelands@ntlworld.com

• Global Climate Change Information Program
  c/o Atmospheric Research & Information Programme, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester M1 5GD. Tel: 0161 247 1593, fax: 0161 247 6332, email: aric@mmu.ac.uk

• Globalise Resistance Manchester
  John (07732 103 291) or Chris (07814 355 106, chris@sunshinestate.fslife.co.uk). Emailing list: http://www.shimwa.com/gr

• Going for Green
  Elizabeth House, The Pier, Wigan WN3 4EX. Tel: 01942 612 621, fax: 01942 824 778, email: davids@tidybritain.org.uk

• GO Manchester
  Gaddum House, 6 Gt. Jackon St., Manchester M15 4AX. Tel: 833 0245, fax: 833 0371, email: gomanchester@csv.org.uk

• Greater Manchester Cares
  Regular volunteering opportunities from turning print into Braille and improving footpaths to taking less able-bodied people shopping and helping out teachers
  Janice Watson on 0161 245 2575 or Karen on 0161 245 2631, email: greatermanchester@bitc.org.uk

• Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People (GMCDP)
  BEVC, Aked Close, Ardwick M12 4AN. . Tel: 0161 273 5153/4 (voice/text), fax: 0161 273 4164, email: info@gmcdp.com

• Greater Manchester Pedestrians Association
  3 Wood Grove, Whitefield M45 7ST.

• Greater Manchester Transport Action Group (GMTAG)
  See under "T" for transport

• Greater Manchester Voices
  A network with the aim of enabling the voluntary and community sector in Greater Manchester to engage more effectively with policy processes at local, district, regional and national levels.
  Judy Robinson/Mike Faulkner, GMCVO (0161 277 1000, gmcvo@gmcvo.org.uk)

• Green Fish Resource Centre
  46-50 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE.

• Bolton Green House
  Green community resource centre, including alternative fuel co-op and wholefood co-op
  2 Northwood Crescent, Bolton BL3 5DS. Tel: 01204 657732, email: boltongreenhouse@hotmail.com

• Green Manchester
  Tracking Manchester City Council's progress on delivering their promise of making the city the land's "greenest".

• Green Party
  • Manchester: Meets third Thursday of month, 7:30pm various locations, usually in Hulme.
    Vanessa Hall (0161 227 9014, mcrgreenparty@redbricks.org.uk)

  • Tameside: Tameside Nine Towns Green Party covers Ashton-under-lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Hyde, Longdendale, Mossley and Stalybridge. The local Green Party has grown from small beginnings in the early 1990s to a thriving and active group of members and supporters. We stand candidates in local and parliamentary elections, and are attempting to build our profile within the diverse communities which make up the borough. We have campaigned in the past on issues affecting local residents, including the preservation of green spaces and routes as well as the siting of mobile phone masts. The area is moving on from its industrial past and in our small way we are trying to ensure that people and their communities within Tameside make that move in a sustainable way. Tameside Green Patry meet every third Tuesday of the month. Currently we are meeting at Q Bar, Stalybridge.
    7 Crowhill Cottages, Taunton Road, Ashton-Under-Lyne OL7 9DU. Tel: 0161 330 3503

• Greenpeace
  • Greater Manchester Campaigns Groups: Meets last Thursday of month, 7:30pm, Friends Meeting House, Mount Street.
    Tel: Sharon Evans (0161 494 7272, 07985549192), email: sharon@greenpeacestockport.org.uk

• Grumpy
  Library, information service and resources for play activities.
  Planet Grumpy, Vaughan Street, West Gorton M12 5DU. Tel: 0161 223 9730

• Manchester Guantanamo & Belmarsh Campaign
  Meets alternate Tuesdays, 7:30pm, Jaffa Cafe, Wilmslow Rd, Rusholme.
  Info: (07973 780 305)

• Hamilton Road Area Community Association
  Local residents' group, including environmental sub-group.
  6 Clitheroe Road, Longsight M13 0GE. Tel: 0161 225 2913

• Greater Manchester Hazards Centre
  23 New Mount Street, Manchester M4 4DE. Tel: 0161 953 4037, fax: 0161 953 4001, email: gmhazards@hotmail.com

• Health Action Project
  Unit 11, St Wilfrid's Enterprise Centre, Royce Road, Hulme M15 5BJ. Tel: 0161 226 5566/227 8492, fax: 0161 229 8493, email: hapteam@healthactionproject.org.uk

• Housing Projects Advisory Service (HPAS)
  Turner House, 56 King Street, Leigh WN7 4LJ. Tel: 01942 682 620.

• Hulme Green Spaces Campaign
  Hulme Green Spaces Campaign is being launched to try to stop development on the tree-lined piece of land on Stretford Road; from opposite the shops to the Arch.
  Email: hulmegreenspaces@yahoo.co.uk

• Greater Manchester Humanist Group
  Meets 2nd Weds of month, 7:30pm, Friends Meeting House, Mount St.
  Info: Niall Power (0161 286 5349, niallpower@supanet.com)

• Humanist Movement
  124 Northmoor Road, Manchester M12 5RS. Tel: Steven Knight/Tristram Lake on 0161 224 0749.

• North West Hunt Saboteurs Association
  Local group taking direct non-violent action against all blood sports. Supporters welcome.
  PO Box 239, Manchester M14 7XB. Tel: 07960 038 230, email: info@nwhsa.org.uk

• Hydrogen Energy Association of UK & Ireland
  Bridge 5 Mill, 22a Beswick Street M4 7HR. Tel: 0161 273 8595, email: mike.koefman@hydrogen-heauki.org

• Immigration Aid Unit
  400 Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester M8 7EL. Tel: 0161 740 7722.

• IndyMedia Manchester
  An alternative channel for Social Change news and Information
  Email:&imc-manchester @ lists.indymedia.org

• Institute of Cultural Affairs
  PO Box 171, Manchester M15 5BE. Tel/fax: 0161 232 8444 email: ica@ica-uk.org.uk

• Intermediate Technology (GM Supporters Group)
  Tel: Margaret 0161 224 8910 or Richard 0161 224 3843.

• Iraq Solidarity Campaign
  Meets third Wednesday of month, Friends Meeting House, Mount Street M2.
  c/o Bridge 5 Mill, 22a Beswick Street, Ancoats, Manchester, M4 7HR. Tel: 0161 882 0188, 07946 783 801, email: mcr_coalition@yahoo.co.uk

• Manchester Jewish Socialist Group
  58 High Lane, Chorlton, Manchester M21 9DZ. Tel/fax: 0161 860 4869.

• Jubilee Debt Campaign
  Email: news@jdc-manchester.org.uk

• Justice for Women
  Tel: 0161 969 7712.

• Kickstart Cafe
  Squat cafe - see article in issue #50
  Tel: 0794 962 0505, email: kickstart@riseup.net

• Kurdistan Solidarity
  Tel: 0161 881 2928.

• Labour Against the War
  Richy Carrothers (richy_gpmu@hotmail.com)

• Labour Behind the Label
  Jess Mock, tel: 0161 225 7321(h)/0161 247 1760(w)

• Latin America Information Centre
  PO Box 24, Manchester M7 4EX. Tel: 0161 236 5906, fax: 0161 236 5907, email: laic@globalnet.co.uk

• Manchester Legal Support Group
  Tel: 07850 787 182

• Lesbian and Gay Centre
  Unity House, 15 Pritchard Street, Manchetser M1 7DA. Tel/fax: 0161 235 8000, email: info@lgfoundation.org.uk

• Lesbian and Gay Foundation
  Tel: 0161 236 7600, fax: 0161 236 7611, email: info@lgfoundation.org.uk

• Lesbian and Gay Youth
  Meets every Tues, 7:30-10pm and Sats 3-7pm at Manchester Lesbian and Gay Centre.
  Info: 0161 274 4664.

• Lever Park Action Group
  Meets Thursdays, 7:30pm "Crown Inn", Horwich.
  Tel: 01942 513 792.

• Libearty
  Fundraising for campaigns to highlight abuse for "entertainment" in bear parks, exotic food etc.
  Graham Austin, 17 Reddish Close, Harwood, Bolton, BT2 4BT. Tel. 01204 302 040

• Libertarian Socialist Discussion Group
  Meets first Wednesday of month, 7-8:30pm, "Hare and Hounds" pub, Shude Hill.
  Tel: Martin (0161 707 9652), email: northernvoices@hotmail.com

• British Libyan Solidarity Campaign
  A campaign group that is working with Libyans throughout the UK who have suffered because of the 37 year old dictatorship under Gaddafi; campaigning against the British Government's Memorandum of Understanding with Libya and the arms deals that this government is in the process of setting up.
  The British Libyan Solidarity Campaign, P.O. Box 136, Manchester, M19 2UZ, email: [email protected], tel: Lucinda (07974 254668)

• Lifeline
  101 Oldham Street M4 1LW. Tel: 839 2054.

• Lifeshare
  Preventing and breaking the cycle of homelessness.
  23 New Mount Street, Manchester M13 4DE. Tel: 0161 953 4069, fax: 0161 953 4058, email: office@lifeshare.co.uk

• Manchester Light Rail Transit Assoc
  Meets last Thurs of month, 7:30pm, Friends Meeting House, Mount St.
  Info: Tony Williams (0161 962 1979)

• Limited Resources
  Unit 3, Brook Street, Higher Hillgate, Stockport SK1 3HS. Tel: 0161 477 2040.

• Living Land Project
  25a Stanley Road, Whalley Range, Manchester M16 8HS. Tel: 0161 232 9094.

• M15 Exchange Network
  Hulme-based LETS
  c/o Rob Squires, 0161 227 8750, enquiries@letsystem.info

• Manchester Against Casualisation Campaign
  Many workers have experienced the misery of working for a job agency, a misery that nets £12-14 billion a year for agency bosses. Few industries are unaffected although the majority of agency workers are in service industries like IT, telesales, call centres and clerical work. Casual, insecure work isn't limited to agency workers. All jobs are less secure in the drive for a "flexible labour market". Short and fixed-term contracts are becoming the norm with casual workers employed beside "permanent" workers as the bosses try to divide and rule. Recent statistics suggest there are now around 1.8 million temporary workers in Britain. All workers - whether students or unemployed; temporary or permanent; low paid or long serving - can only gain from a campaign against casualisation. Such resistance has the potential to extend to a more general fightback around issues like health and safety, and can ultimately help to bring back some sorely needed workplace organisation
  PO Box 29, S.W. PDO, Manchester, M15 5HW. Tel: 07984 675 281, email: macc@manchestersf.org.uk

• Manchester Against Genetic Experiments (MAGE)
  Dept.29, 22a, Beswick Street, Ancoats, Manchester M4 7HS. Tel: 0161 226 6814, email: MAGE@nematode.freeserve.co.uk

• Manchester Animal Protection (MAP)
  See Manchester Animal Protection

• Manchester Area Resource Centre (MARC)
  28 Edge St, Manchester M4 1HN. Tel: 0161 839 0839, fax: 0161 839 0840, email: info@marctheprinters.org

• Manchester City Centre Women's Network
  Tel: 0161 248 5354.

• Manchester Committee for Peace in the Balkans
  93 Ewan Street, Gorton M18 8NS. Tel: 0161 223 4470, email: r.withecombe@zen.co.uk

• Manchester Committee to Defend Asylum Seekers
  Meets 1st Monday of month, 7-30pm, Friends Meeting House, Mount Street M2.
  1 Delaunays Road, Crumpsall, Manchester M8 4QS. Tel: Mark on 07765 122 829, email: krantz.mark@googlemail.com

• Manchester Community Information Network (MCIN)
  Tel: 203 4422. Email: info@mcin.net

• Manchester Council for Community Relations (MCCR)
  141-143 Princess Road, Moss Side, Manchester M14 4RE.

• Manchester Environment Education Network (MEEN)
  Bridge 5 Mill, 22a Beswick Street M4 7HR. Tel: 0161 273 8881, fax: 0161 273 1736, email: meen@gn.apc.org

• Manchester Environmental Resource Centre Initiative (MERCi)
  22a Beswick Street, Ancoats, Manchester M4 7HS. Tel: 0161 273 1736, fax: 0161 274 4598, email: merci@bridge-5.org

• Manchester Freedom Network
  236 Claredon Street, Hulme, Manchester. Tel: 0161 226 9904.

• Manchester International Arts
  3 Birch Polygon, Manchester M14 5HX. Tel: 0161 224 0020, fax: 0161 248 9331.

• Manchester Progressive Enterprise Network
  c/o MERCi, 22a Beswick Street, Ancoats, Manchester M4 7HS. Tel: 0161 273 1736. Email: mpen@bridge-5.org

• Manchester Wildlife
  Meets 3rd Tuesday of month, 7:30pm "The Old Monkey", Portland St.
  Bridge 5 Mill, 22a Beswick Street M4 7HR. Tel: 0161 437 7040.

• Manic Depression Fellowship
  23 New Mount Street, Manchester M4 4DE. Tel: 0161 953 4105, fax: 0161 953 4001.

• Mast Sanity
  20 Outwood Road, Radcliffe M26 1AQ. Tel: 08704 322 377, email:lisa.oldham@jadeworld.co.uk

• Medjugorje International Relief
  We are very much a grass roots, prayer centred charity; the emphasis being on participation and sharing of skills and time, in the service of refugees and the poor. For example volunteers have included mechanics servicing and repairing vehicles for the convoys, journalists publicising our work, typists preparing literature, everyone packing food and blankets, hospital workers securing second hand equipment and supplies, and numerous others using their contacts to obtain the necessary aid and financial support.
  c/o 13 Erlington Ave, Old Trafford M16 0FN. Tel: Steve, 0161 881 5664, email: MIR_medjugorje@yahoo.co.uk

• Medlock & Tame Valley Conservation Association
  c/o Mrs Mildred Burlinson, 3 Oaken Clough Terrace, Ashton OL7 9NY. Tel: 0161 330 2721.

• Mersey Basin Campaign
  28th Floor, Sunley Tower, Piccadilly Plaza, Manchester M1 4BT. Tel: 0161 242 8200, email: campaign@merseybasin.org.uk

• Mersey Basin Trust
  Bridge 5 Mill, 22a Beswick Street, Ancoats, Manchester, M4 7HR. Tel: 0161 273 4207, fax: 0161 273 4206, email: merseybasintrust@hotmail.com

• Mersey Valley Wardens
  Chorlton (0161 881 5639); Sale (0161 905 1100)

• Manchester and Salford Methodist Mission
  27 Norwood Road, Stretford M32 8PN. Tel: 0161 865 6064

• Mind in Manchester
  23 New Mount St. M4 4DE. Tel: 0161 953 4006, fax: 0161 953 4001, email: info@mind-in-manchester.org.uk

• Mines Advisory Group
  47 Newton Street, Manchester M1. Tel: 0161 236 4311.

• Misty's
  Vegetarian cafe
  Longsight. Tel: 0161 256 3355, email: phil@mistys-cafe.fsnet.co.uk

• Multicultural Resource Centre
  PO Box 298, Bolton BL2 6FU. Tel: 01204 366 868, fax: 01204 381 976

• Mothers Against Violence
  Meets last Wednesday of month, 6:30pm, Moss Side Leisure Centre, Moss Lane East.
  Tel: 0161 266 1209/0161 953 4073/07985 490333

• Manchester National Civil Rights Movement
  Meets every second Tuesday evening, Kath Locke Centre, Moss Side.
  Info: 07957 777 372, 0161 256 1401 or 0161 248 5190

• National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns (NCADC)
  400 Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester M8 9LE. Tel: 0161 740 8206, fax: 0161 740 7113, email: ncadc-nw@ncadc.org.uk

• Networking Newsletter
  Email: info@networkingnewsletter.org.uk

• Network Opposed to Nuclear Encroachment (NONE)
  Tel/fax: 0161 344 0758

• No Borders!
  Meets last Tuesday of the month, 7:30pm, 24 Lever Street.

• Northern Arts Tactical Offensive (NATO)
  A collective resurgence of radical art
  Email: tacticalarts@yahoo.co.uk

• Northern Friends Peace Board
  Victoria Hall, Knowsley Street, Bolton BL1 2AS UK Tel: 01204 382330/0845 458 3095, email: nfpb@gn.apc.org

• North Manchester Against Wars
  A group in North Manchester to oppose the war against Iraq. They have organised a series of demostrations against the war (3000 people marched from Cheetham Hill in March 2003 - biggest march from Cheetham Hill since the 1930s) and a series of big public meetings on asylum, Palestine, Iraq and the future of the anti war movement.
  Matthew (0771 707 7097)

• North West Development Agency
  PO Box 37, Renaissance House, Centre Park, Warrington WA1 1XB. Tel: 01925 400 100.

• No Sweat! (Manchester)
  1 Cundiff Road, M21 8FS. Tel: 07753 865 585, email: manchester@nosweat.org.uk

• N.W. Campaign Against Bloodsports
  PO Box 155, Manchester M60 1FT. Tel: 0161 283 6104/07931 586 826/0961 113 084, email: north_west_campaign_against_bloodsports@hotmail.com

• N.W. Veggies
  PO Box 38, Manchester M60 1NX.

• Nuclear Free Local Authorities
  Town Hall, Manchester M60 3NY. Tel: 0161 234 3244, fax: 0161 234 3379, email: office@nuclearpolicy.info

• Oldham Borough Environment Forum

• Oldham United against Racism
  c/o Oldham Law Centre, Archway House, 3 Bridge Street, Oldham OL1 1ED

• Oldham One World Centre
  King Street, Oldham. Tel: Marion Nuttall on 0161 287 3371.

• Altrincham/Hale One World Group
  Meets 2nd Monday of each month, 7:30pm, 97 Hale Road, Hale WA15.
  Info: Basil Wakefield (0161 962 3243, bwake@telinco.co.uk)

• On the 8th Day
  109 Oxford Road, Manchester M1 7DU. Tel: 0161 273 4878.

• Bolton Gathering of Organic Growers
  2 Northwood Crescent, Bolton. Tel: 01942 819933 (evenings), email: alan.brown@bolton.nhs.uk

• Manchester Organic Gardeners
  Works for the preservation and improvement of the environment, and the cultivation of healthy living by the use of whole foods grown without poisonous pesticides or harmful chemical fertilisers. Meets 1st or 2nd Saturday of month (September to June), 2-4pm, St Elizabeth's Church Hall, Lomond Road, Peal Hall, Manchester.
  c/o Jane Barkess, 8 Lower Clowes, Townsendfold, Rawtenstall, Rossendale BB4 6EN. Tel: 01706 211 377, email: janeeblowerclowes@tiscali.co.uk or jane@lowerclowes.org.uk

• Oxfam
  Oxfam works with others to find lasting solutions to poverty and suffering. Meets 1st Monday of the month at the Manchester Oxfam Campaigns Office.
  Sarah Blakemore, Green Fish Resource centre, 46-50 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE. Tel: 0161 234 2793, email SBlakemore@Oxfam.org.uk

• Palestine Solidarity Campaign
  • Bolton: 07931 983 318
  • Manchester: Meets 1st Wednesday of the month, 7pm, Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street M2 5NS.
    0781 785 9202, 07958 990 910 or 0161 226 7381, email: contact@psc-manchester.org.uk
  See also: Friends of Palestine

• Pankhurst Centre
  60-62 Nelson Street, Manchester M13 9WP. Tel: 0161 273 5673. Email: pankhurst@zetnet.co.uk

• Parrs Wood Centre for Rural Education
  The Cottage, Parrs Wood Lane, Didsbury, Manchester M20 5NZ. Tel: 0161 445 4566.

• Partners of Prisoners Families Support Group, Suite 4b, Building 1, Wilson Park, Monsall Road, Newton Heath, Manchester M40 8WN. Tel: 0161 277 9066

• Stockport Peace Forum
  Aims to increase understanding of the causes of conflicts and tensions, both locally and in the wider world, and to bring together people and groups from all backgrounds to promote understanding, peace and harmony in our community
  Email: committee@stockportpeaceforum.org.uk

• Ashton Peace Group
  91 Manchester Rd, Audenshaw M34 5HZ.

• Littleborough Peace Group/Rochdale Stop the War Coalition
  Meets 1st Tues of month.
  Info: Rae (01706 378 043) or Pat (01706 370 117)

• Manchester Peace Group
  Meets 2nd Tuesday of the month, 7:15pm, Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street M2 5NS.

• Saddleworth Peace Movement
  Meets 4th Tuesday of month, 8pm "White Lion" pub, Delph.
  Steve Roman (01457 876 013)

• Peace Prisoner Support (PPS)
  16 Sholebroke Avenue, Leeds LS7 3HB. Tel: 0113 262 9365. Email cornerstone@gn.apc.org

• Peak and Northern Footpaths Society
  The Secretary, Taylor House, 23 Turncroft Lane, Offerton, Stockport SK1 4AB. Tel: 0161 480 3565, fax: 0161 429 7279, email: mail@peakandnorthern.org.uk.

• People and Planet Society
  People and planet aims to raise awareness of global issues
  University of Manchester Union, Oxford Road, Manchester. M13 9PL. Email: spikeypeep@yahoo.com, beccaingram@talk21.com

• People's Dispensary for Sick Animals
  Warwick Rd South, Old Trafford. Tel: 0161 881 0222.

• Manchester Permaculture Group
  c/o 111 Princess Road M14 4RB. Tel: 0161 227 8750, email: permaculture@redbricks.org.uk

• Primal Seeds
  Email: mail@primalseeds.org

• Psychology Politics Resistance
  Discourse Unit, Elizabeth Gaskell Campus, Hathersage Rd M13 0JA. Email: Ian Parker, i.a.parker@mmu.ac.uk

• Pump House People's History Museum
  Left Bank, Bridge Street, Manchester M3 3ER. Tel: 0161 839 6061, email: info@peopleshistorymuseum.org.uk

• Quakers
  • Bolton: wkd20932@aol.com
  • Manchester: Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street (behind Central Library), Manchester M2 5NS. Tel/fax: 0161 834 5797, email: office@manchesterquakers.org.uk

• Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Archive
  Founded specifically to combat racist ideas abut black people, contains leaflets, books & videos based on the lives and experiences of black people the world over.
  Ground Floor, Devonshire House, Precinct Centre, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. Tel: 0161 275 2920, email: rrarchive@man.ac.uk

• Radio Regen
  Community radio.
  12 Hilton St M1 1JF. Tel: 0161 237 5012. Email: info@radioregen.org

• Stockport Ramblers
  Terry Barnes 0161 477 5803, Phil Featherstone 0161 485 3159 or Irene Lamb 0161 429 0186

• Rape Crisis Line
  PO Box 336, Manchester M60 2BS. Tel: 0161 834 8784 (2-5pm Tues/Fri, and 6-9pm Weds/Thurs/Sun)

• Rathbone
  Charity to help young people and adults with special educational or training needs.
  Churchgate House, 56 Oxford Street, Manchester M1 6EU. Tel: 0161 228 0616.

• Manchester Real Nappy Association
  0161 862 9731. (See also Stockport Cloth Nappy Network)

• Greater Manchester Real World Coalition
  c/o Save the Children Fund, North West Programme Officer, 195 Fog Lane, Didsbury, Manchester, M20 0FJ. Tel: 434 8337, fax 445 9408.

• Recycling: please see the Resources - Recycling for more information.

• Red Rose Forest (building community forests)
  Jan Whitaker (0161 872 1660).

• Manchester Red Rope
  Socialist mountaineering/walking
  Julia Wickett, 51 Thornton Road, Rusholme M14 7NU. Tel: 0161 248 7968.

• Manchester Refugee Action
  35 Dale Street M1 2HF. Tel: 0161 233 1200, fax: 0161 236 4285

• Manchester Refugee Support Network
  St James Centre, 95a Princess Road, Moss Side, Manchester M14 4TH. Tel: 0161 232 7420 or 0161 226 6134, fax: 0161 226 1332, email: mail@mrsn.org.uk.

• Rising Tide
  Tel: 0161 226 6814, email: climatechaos@yahoo.com

• Rite2No
  "A right to say no!" and "a right to know" to/about climate change
  Phillip Sherwood, tel: 0161 225 4294, email: phillipsherwood9000@hotmail.com

• Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
  • Bolton: Tel Tony Johnson on 01294 468 850
  • Manchester: Tel Simeon Rydz on 0161 434 2720
  • Stockport: Tel Tony O'Neil on 0161 223 8987

• Salford Women's Centre
  Halton Bank, Langworthy Road, Salford M6 7AB. Tel: 736 3844.

• Save Free Education
  To campaign for free and fully funded state education at all levels.
  49 Mauldeth Road West, Manchester, M20 1AA. Tel: Hugh, 0161 434 2615, email: manc_sfe@hotmail.com

• Save the Children Fund
  Emery House, 195 Fog Lane, Didsbury M20 6FJ. Tel: 434 8337.

• Save Spodden Valley
  Tel: 01706 647969, 01706 354543, email: SaveSpoddenValley@hotmail.com

• Shared Interest
  A cooperative society in the UK, whose members provide funds to help finance fair trade organisations, particularly cooperative producers in developing countries.
  Geoff Hall. Tel: 01625 536270, email: geofdhall@hotmail.com

• Shelter
  NW Housing Aid Centre, Swan Buildings, 20 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JW. Tel: 0161 834 4809 (advice line open 9:30am-1pm, weekdays except Wednesday)

• Shortcutz
  This society is a network of students fighting for positive social change and freedom of expression... reclaim your world!
  Email: mail@shortcutz.org.uk

• Manchester Social Enterprise Forum
  A forum of support agencies for social enterprise in Manchester.
  The Enterprise Centre, 14a Rochdale Road, Manchester, M4 4JR. Tel: 0161 839 9033, email: anna@msef.org.uk

• Social Forum
  • Manchester: A common space to plan common actions. Meets every Thursday, 7.30pm, Friends Meeting House, Mount Street M2 5NS.
    Email: mcrsocialforum@hotmail.co.uk, mailing list: manchestersocialforum-subscribe@lists.riseup.net

  • South Manchester: Informal talks on issues such as housing/ESF, to discuss local and global issues and actions, new ideas welcome! Meets every Tuesday, 7:30pm, Sultan Cafe, Levenshulme.
    Tel: Sam (07729 467148)

• South Manchester Socialist Alliance
  Meets every 2nd Wednesday of each month, 7.30pm, Withington community centre, Burton Road, Withington.
  PO Box 111, Chorlton, Manchester M21 0YU. Tel: 07801 549 285 or Denise (07801 549 285)

• Greater Manchester Socialist Environment Research Association (SERA)
  Lydia Meryll (Tel: 0161 249 0943, L.Meryll@mmu.ac.uk), Mike Franks (0161 225 5328, mikec.franks@btopenworld.com), Lucy (0161 223 8200)

• Socialist Health Association [Greater Manchester]
  Blairista Vista, 22 Blair Road, Fallowfield, Manchester M16 8NS. Tel: 0161 286 1926. Email admin@sochealth.co.uk

• Socialist Movement
  4 High Lane, Chorlton M21 9DF. Tel: 0161 860 6033, fax: 0870 161 7247 Email desheila@utopias.demon.co.uk

• Manchester Socialist Party
  Meets every Tues, 7pm, Friends Meeting House, Mount Street M2.
  Tel: Hugh, 0161 718 2970, 07769 611 320, email manc_sfe@hotmail.com

• Socialist Party of Great Britain
  Meets two Mondays a month, 8pm, "Hare and Hounds" pub, Shudehill, City Centre.
  Paul Bennett, 6 Burleigh Mews, Hardy Lane, Chorlton, Manchester M21 7LB. Tel: 0161 860 7189. Email: spgb@worldsocialism.org

• Socialist Voice
  PO Box 9, Eccles M30 7HL.

• Manchester Socialist Workers' Party
  • Tel 07946 413 763, email: esme@choonara.fsnet.co.uk
  • Manchester University Students' Union Socialist Workers c/o MUSU, Oxford Road, Manchester M13.

• Society for Abandoned Animals
  We rescue, care for and rehome cats, dogs and rabbits. We also have 3 charity shops - Timperley village, Barlow Moor Rd in Chorlton, and Levenshulme High Street. We are always desperate for volunteers too! On average we rehome 500 cats a year, 80 dogs and 60 rabbits - we are really quite a large sanctuary and always have loads of animals waiting for adoption. We are also unique in that we do homechecks for all the dogs and rabbits, and conduct thorough interviews on people wishing to adopt cats. We also keep animals for life if a suitable home can not be found - we only ever euthanise an animal under veterinary advice.
  The Peggy Henderson Animal Sanctuary, Mosely Acre Farm, Barfoot Bridge, off Dane Road, Stretford M32 9UP. Registered charity 245426. Tel: 0161 973 5318, email: carrot.chronicle@btopenworld.com

• Manchester Solidarity Federation
  Anarcho-syndicalist, part of International Workers' Association. Meets 1st Wednesday of month, 8;30pm, upstairs, "Hare and Hounds" public house, Shude Hill.
  PO Box 29, Manchester M15 5HW. Tel: 0161 232 7889, email: manchestersf@manchestersf.org.uk

• Southern Voices
  St. Peter's House, Precinct Centre, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9GH. Tel: 0161 273 2228, fax: 0161 273 2754, email: southernvoices@pop3.poptel.org.uk

• South Manchester Against Incineration
  Tel: Lance/Barbara on 0161 998 1888

• Sprocket
  Group is now known as Greater Manchester Cycling Campaign

• Stockport Animal Protection
  Box 38, Manchester M60 1NX.

• Stockport MBC Nature Development Team
  Tel: 0161 474 4552

• Stop the Acholi Clearances
  c/o George Heron, 17 Parksway, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0JE. Tel: 0161 798 8762, fax: 0870 056 8811, email: george@parksway.demon.co.uk

• Stop the War Coalition
  • Student group
    MUSU, Oxford Road, Manchester M13, email: paxmanc@yahoo.co.uk
  • Bolton Stop the War:Meets second Thursday of month, 7:30-9pm, Friends Meeting House, Silverwell Street.
    Info Bolton Stop the War Coalition
  • Greater Manchester Coalition to Stop the War: Meets every Tuesday, 7pm Friends Meeting House, Mount St M2.
    Tel: 07760 224 580, email: info@manchesterstopthewar.org
  • Oldham Stop the War Coalition: Meets third Tues of month, 7:30pm, One world Centre Connaught St, off King Street, Oldham
  • Rochdale: see Littleborough Peace Group or Tel: 01706 378 043
  • Tameside: Tony Wilson, Tameside Stop the War (07786 530146)
  Latest on anti-war campaign

• Student Action For Refugees
  Star organises projects aimed at improving the standard of life for refugee children and young people in Manchester
  MUSU, Oxford Road, Manchester M13, email: star@umu.man.ac.uk

• Students Against War (SAW)
  Tel: 07816 420 391

• Subversion

• Survivors' Poetry
  Meets every Monday, 2-4pm, Commonword, 6 Mount Street.
  Info: 0161 832 3777.

• Women's Survivors' Poetry
  Meets every Thursday, 1-3pm, Pankhurst Centre, 64 Nelson St.
  Info: 0161 881 5743
• Manchester City Council Sustainability Group
  Tel: 0161 234 4629.

• Sustainability North West
  Giants Basin, Potato Wharf, Castlefield, Manchester M3 4LA. Tel: 0161 834 8834, fax: 0161 819 1102.

• Time off for women
  Tel: 0161 344 0758.

• South Manchester Tools for Self Reliance
  Malcolm Sargent, 9 Raynham Avenue, Didsbury M20 6BW. Tel: 0161 445 0361, email: msarge@surfaid.org

• Trade Justice Movement
  c/o John Logan, Christian Aid. St Peters House, Precinct Centre, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9GH. Tel 0161 273 3647, email: news@tjm-manchester.org.uk

• Greater Manchester Transport Action Group (GMTAG)
  Email: gmtag@hotmail.com

• Greater Manchester Transport Consultative Committee (GMTCC)
  c/o John Hannen, Transport Resource Unit (see below)

• Longsight Transport Project
  Working on a wide range of local transport issues, please get in contact if you would like to get involved or find out more.
  Graeme Sherriff, c/o MERCi, 22a Beswick Street, Ancoats, Manchester M4 7HS. Tel: 07905 790 426, email: info@transportlongsight.org.uk

• Transport Resource Unit
  Involved in community transport planning and policy; can advise and assist with the development of community transport schemes; has a library of resources; and produce a bimonthly newsletter.
  c/o GMCVO, St. Thomas Centre, Ardwick Green North M12 6FZ. Tel: 0161 277 1013, fax: 0161 273 8296, email: john.hannen@gmcvo.org.uk

• UHC Collective
  c/o PO BOX 23, Bridge 5 Mill, 22a Beswick Street, Ancoats, Manchester M4 7HR.
  Tel: 0161 238 8523, email: mail@uhc-collective.org.uk

• Unicorn Grocery
  89 Albany Road, Chorlton. Tel: 0161 861 0010, fax: 0161 861 7675, email: office@unicorn-grocery.co.uk

• UNISON Manchester
  3-5 St John Street, Manchester M3 5DN. Tel: 0161 254 7500, fax: 0161 254 7515, email: branch@unisonmanchester.org

• Vegan Ecology Group
  Campaigning and conservation activities
  25a Stanley Road, Whalley Range M16 8HS. Tel: Alison on 0161 232 9094.

• Vegan Organic Horticultural Agricultural Network (VOHAN)
  This is now Vegan Organic Trust

• Vegan Organic Trust
  See Issue #53
  Patrick Browne, 161 Hamilton Road, Longsight M13 0PQ. Tel: 0161 928 3614, email: veganorganic@riseup.net

• ManVeg: Manchester Vegans and Vegetarians
  Meets 2nd Thurs of month, 7:30-10pm The Basement, 24 Lever Street.
  Tel: Helen 0161 743 1872 or Janet Harbottle (01925 728786, janet.harbottle@ntlworld.com)

• Vegan Society [Manchester]: Anne Barr
  11 Upper Moss Lane, Hulme, Manchester M15 9DZ. Tel: 0161 232 1294(h)/01204 380 692(w)

• North Manchester Vegetarian Information Centre
  Elizabeth Harfleet, 12 Gwendor Avenue, Crumpsall M8 4LE. Tel: 0161 740 5917, fax: 0161 740 4747, email: harfleet@easynet.co.uk

• Vegetarian Society
  Parkdale, Dunham Road, Altrincham, Cheshire WA14 4QG. Tel: 0161 925 2000, fax: 0161 926 9182, email: info@vegsoc.org
  Local groups:
  • ManVeg (Manchester Vegetarians & Vegans): Janet Harbottle (01925 728 786)

• Friends of Victoria Baths
  See Friends of Victoria Baths

• Victorian Society
  c/o Mavis Bennett, 3 Ferngate Drive, Withington M20 4AH. Tel: 0161 445 8746.

• Vision 21
  Community consultation
  16 Tib Street, Manchester,M4 1LR. Tel: 0161 839 0385, fax: 0161 839 0390, email: info@visiontwentyone.co.uk

• Visions Community Design
  Visions Community Design, c/o Community Regeneration Ltd, Canada House, 3 Chepstow Street, Manchester M1 5FW. Tel: 0161 228 2973, fax: 0161 228 2974.

• Voluntary Action Manchester (VAM)
  City of Manchester's CVS (Council for Voluntary Service) (Other CVS)
  Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE. Tel: 0161 234 2929, fax: 0161 234 2934, email: vam@vamanchester.org.uk

• Voluntary Community Action Trafford
  Organisation working in partnership and aims to support and develop the existing voluntary and community sectors in Trafford by: providing support and guidance to both established and new groups; encouraging the development of the voluntary sector by taking initiatives and ensuring the sector is a partner with policy makers; serving information and advice needs; increasing opportunities to network and take part in training, skill development and the gaining of knowledge; securing volunteering opportunities allowing communities to meet their own needs; and ensuring the sectors have access to resources by setting up a resource base
  Park House, 73 Northenden Road, Sale M33 2DG. Tel/fax: 0161 905 2414, email: vcat@vcatrafford.org

• Voluntary Sector North West
  Tel: 0161 276 9300, fax: 0161 276 9301, email: info@vsnw.org.uk

• Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)
  Avril Corbett, 22 Haddon Grove, Sale M33 7TT. Tel: 0161 374 5948

• Volunteering Helpline
  For those seeking & offering volunteering opportunities
  Tel: 0161 236 5073 (Mon-Weds, 9:30-12:30pm), email: help@vamanchester.org.uk

• Manchester Student Volunteers
  Links students from University of Manchester and UMIST with the community.
  Caroline Birch. Tel: 0161 275 2853, fax: 0161 275 2850, email: info@manchesterstudentvolunteers.org.uk

• Wages for Housework Campaign
  Tel/fax: 0161 344 0758.

• South Manchester Waste Action Group
  Tel: Lance/Barbara on 0161 998 1888, email: catslab@tiscali.co.uk

• North West Waste Forum
  Meets last Tues of every second month, various venues.
  c/o EMERGE Recycling, Barnhill Studios, Westwood Street, Moss Side M14 4SW. Tel: Emma, 0161 232 8014, email: NWWF@emergemanchester.co.uk

• Wesley Community Furniture Project
  56-58 Lloyd Street, Fallowfield M14 7HT. Tel: 226 9051, email: wesley_furniture@postmaster.co.uk

• Western Sahara Campaign
  Oxford Chambers, Oxford Place, Leeds LS1 3AX. Tel/fax: 0113 245 4786.

• Wildlife Liaison Ranger
  Tel: 0161 429 6663

• Chesire Wildlife Trust
  Tel: 01270 610 180

• Wildlife WATCH [S. M/c]
  bottom flat, 15 Stanley Road, Whalley Range, Manchester. Tel: 0161 434 0362/446 1068.

• Bolton Wholefood Co-operative
  Monthly order of wholefoods
  c/o Bolton Green House

• Oldham Women Against Racism
  c/o Oldham Law Centre, Archway House, Bridge Street, Oldham OL1 1ED. Tel: 0161 627 0925

• Moss Side & Hulme Women's Action Forum
  97 Pricess Road, Moss Side, Manchester M14 4TH. Tel: 0161 232 0545, fax: 0161 232 0546

• Oldham Women Against Racism
  c/o Oldham Law Centre, Archway House, Bridge St, Oldham, OL1 1ED. Tel: 0161 627 0925

• Central Manchester Women's Aid
  Providing safe accommodation and support to women and their children experiencing domestic violence and abuse.
  PO Box 10, Manchester M13 0RJ. Tel: 0161 273 4366/0161 226 7638, fax: 0161 248 8849, email: info@cmwa.org.uk

• Salford Women's Centre
  Halton Bank, Langworthy Road, Salford M6 7AB. Tel: 0161 736 3844

• Manchester Women's Drop In & Advice
  Every Thursday, 11am-2pm, Pankhurst Centre, 60 Nelson Street.
  Info: Pankhurst Centre (0161 273 5673, pankhurst@zetnet.co.uk)

• Women's Environmental Network [GM]
  Val Rawlinson, 2 Hobson St, Higher Openshaw M11 1HT. Tel: 0161 370 9745

• South Manchester Women's Group
  Meets fortnightly on Weds. Venue info: Linda Pepper (0161 861 0789)

• Black and Asian Women's Helpline
  Tel: 833 1200 (Weds 9am-12noon only).

• Manchester Women's Local Authority Network
  Enterprize House, 15 Whitworth Street West, Manchester M1 5WG. Tel/fax: 0161 237 5077.

• Asian Women's Project
  Meets every Monday, 2-4pm, Kath Locke centre, 123 Moss Lane East, Hulme.
  Info: 455 0277

• Bangladeshi Women's Project, 360 Dickenson Road, Longsight M13 0NG. Tel: 0161 257 3867.

• Wood Cottage Wildlife Sanctuary
  Alkrington Woods, Middleton M24 1WE. Tel: 0161 654 8278.

• Wooden Canal Boat Society
  Chris Leah, 5 Oaken Clough Terrace, Ashton OL7 9NY. Tel: 0161 330 2315.

• Working Class Movement Library
  51 The Crescent, Salford M5. Tel: 0161 736 3601, email: enquiries@wcml.org.uk

• Workers' Educational Association
  Eddie Little (0161 273 7652)

• World Development Movement (WDM)
  c/o Dave Pearce (0161 428 9929, wdm-manchester@jdc-web.org.uk). Email forum: wdm-southman-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

• Manchester World Without Wars
  124 Northmoor Road, Manchester M12 5RS. Tel: 224 0749, fax: 257 3686, email 100415.2750@compuserve.com

• World Wide Fund for Nature [Trafford]
  c/o Frank Lomas, 66 Stapleford Close, Newall Green, Wythenshawe M23 8SJ. Tel: 0161 945 1044.

• Manchester World Without Wars
  124 Northmoor Road, Manchester M12 5RS. Tel: 224 0749, fax: 257 3686, email: 100415.2750@compuserve.com

• Wythenshawe Community Farm

• Young People's Forum
  Meets every Monday, Trinity House Family Centre, Grove Close, Rusholme.
  Tel: 0161 225 1064

• Young Disabled People's Forum
  Maureen Green, c/o Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People (GMCDP), BEVC, Aked Close, Ardwick M12 4AN. Tel: 0161 273 5153/4 (voice/text), fax: 0161 273 4164.

• Youth Support
  Meets every Wednesday, 6-7pm Booth Centre, Manchester Cathedral

• Zion Arts Centre
  A creative space for young people
  335 Stretford Road, Hulme M15 5ZA. Tel:  0161 226 1912, email: info@zionarts.com

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