Babergh Links

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A

• A 2 B Community Travel
• Action for Children
• Action with Communities in Rural England, (ACRE).
• Adobe, Adobe Acrobat software site. You can download (for free) the software to open pdf files from this site.
• Age Concern.
• Air Quality Archive.
• Air Quality Data, current air quality information.
• Alcoholics Anonymous, (AA).
• Anglian Water.
• Ansell Community Centre, Hadleigh, Suffolk.
• Arboricultural Association, information about trees and arboriculture.
• Architectural Heritage Fund, (AHF).
• Arts Council England, national development agency for the arts in England, distributing public money from Government and the National Lottery.
• Association of British Insurers.
• Audit Commission.
• Awards for All, lottery grants aimed at local communities. 

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B

• Babergh Communities Together, advice, guidance and practical help to voluntary and community groups in Babergh. 
• Babergh Tenants' Forum.
• Bacs Payment Schemes, information about Bacs direct credit and direct debit.
• Bat Conservation Trust.
• Broadband Guide.
• Broadband Internet (including changing your broadband supplier).
• Building Conservation Directory.
• Business Link. 

C

• ChildLine.
• Child Support Agency, (CSA).
• Choose Suffolk, information for businesses and tourists.
• Citizens Advice Bureau, (CAB).
• Civic Trust.
• Clear Skies renewable energy grants.
• Commitee on Climate Change (CCC).
• Communities and Local Government, previously known as the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM). 
• Connexions, advice, support and information for 13-19 year olds.
• Consumer Credit Counselling Service, (CCCS), free counselling and debt advice.
• Consumer Direct, advice for consumers.
• CORGI,  the national watchdog for gas safety in the United Kingdom.
• Council for British Archaeology, (CBA).
• Council House Exchange, free Community Council House Exchange website for tenants to find a mutual exchange online.
• Councillor, connecting you with your Councillors.
• Counselling Directory, a support network of UK counsellors and psychotherapists. 
• Creative Arts East, (CAE). 
• Credit Crunch Suffolk, free website packed with help and advice to help people and businesses in Suffolk survive and thrive through the credit crunch.
• Credit Union, Ipswich and Suffolk Credit Union (ISCU).
• Crime Stoppers. 

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D

• Dance East, the national dance agency for the east of England.
• Data Link, voluntary scheme for anyone living at home to ensure essential information is available to the Emergency Services.
• Dedham Vale AONB and Stour Valley Project, (AONB - Area of Oustanding Natural Beauty).
• Dedham Vale Society.
• Department for Culture, Media and Sport, (DCMS).
• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (DEFRA).
• Direct Gov, public services all in one place.
• Directory of conservation research, (DCR).
• Drug Scope.
• Drug Watch, keeping your medication safe. 
• Department for Works and Pensions, (DWP).

E

• East Bergholt and Constable Country.
• East Bergholt Sports Centre.
• East of England Development Agency, (EEDA).
• East of England International, (EEI), International business support agency.
• Eastern Angles, touring theatre company for East Anglia.
• Eatwell , food Standards Agency guidance on eating well to be well, making healthy food choices
• Eden's Project, activities for young people.
• EduBase, schools database. From nurseries through to colleges, EduBase lets you search for establishments by name, location or type.
• Equality and Human Rights Commission, On 1 October 2007 the three equality commissions merged into the new Equality and Human Rights Commission:
  • Commission for Racial Equality (CRE)
  • Disability Rights Commission (DRC)
  • Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC).
• Elecsa, a certification scheme for tradesmen who undertake domestic electrical installation work.
• Energy Saving Trust, (EST).
• English Heritage.
• Environment Agency.
• Envirowise, practice environmental advice for business.
• Essex County Council.
• European Parliament.

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F

• Family Planning Association, (FPA).
• Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group, (FWAG).
• Fenestration Self-Assessment Scheme, (FENSA).
• Find a Surveyor,  - Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) guide to Chartered Surveyors.
• Flagship Housing, partnership of housing organisations.
• Food Standards Agency.
• Forest Heath District Council.
• Foundation East, business loans.
• Freegle, non-profit website to give items away or receive items for free.

G

• Gainsborough's House, Sudbury.
• Georgian Group, the national charity dedicated to preserving Georgian buildings and gardens.
• Get Safe Online, advice to help you protect yourself against internet threats.
• Government Office for the East of England, (Go East).
• Granta Housing Society, charitable housing association.
• Great Waldingfield Village.
• Guides Network, to provide you with free, unbiased information in a simple, user friendly format.

H

• Hadleigh Guildhall and Town Hall.
• Hadleigh High Leisure Centre.
• Hadleigh Town Council.
• Hadleigh United Reformed Church.
• Hanover housing and care solutions, for older people.
• Hastoe Housing Association.
• Haven Gateway, regional economic opportunity promotion.
• Health and Safety Executive, (HSE).
• Health and Safety Executive bookfinder, (HSE) bookfinder.
• Help the Aged.
• Heritage open days.
• Historic Houses Association, (HHA).
• Heritage Lottery Fund.
• Her Majesty's Courts Service, (HMCS).
• Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs , (HMRC), formerly HM Customs and Excise or the Inland Revenue.
• Historic Houses Association, (HHA).
• Home Start, a charity that support families with young children.
• Housing 21, not for profit housing for older people.
• Housing Ombudsman Service.

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I

• Info 4 local, Information for local government from central government.
• Information Commissioner's Office, (ICO).
• Institute of Historic Building Conservation, (IHBC).
• Institute of Revenues Rating and Valuation, (IRRV).
• Images of England.
• Insight East Economic Intelligence for the East of England.
• Insolvency Helpline, (The UK Debt Advice Service).
• Ipswich and Sudbury Enterprise Agency, (IPSENTA).
• Ipswich and Suffolk Council for Racial Equality (ISCRE).
• Ipswich and Suffolk Credit Union (ISCU).
• Ipswich Borough Council
• Ipswich Recycle, non-profit website to give items away or receive items for free.

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J

• Job Centre Plus.

K

• Kentwell Hall.

L

• Land Registry.
• Land Register Online - The Land Registry's online Land Register.
• Life Coach Directory - The Life Coach Directory team is passionate about increasing awareness of the positive benefits life coaching can achieve.
• Local Authority Building Control, (LABC).
• Local Government Association, (LGA).
• Local Government Finance Information for Local Authorities.
• Local Government Ombudsman.
• Long Melford Village.

M

• Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS East)
• Mid Anglian Enterprise Agency, (MENTA), support for small business and the self employed.
• Mid Suffolk District Council.
• Mail Preference Service.
• Multikulti, information, advice, guidance and learning materials in community languages.
• Multi map.

N

• Narcotics Anonymous, (NA).
• National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting, (NICEIC).
• National Probation Service, Suffolk.
• National Land Information Service, (NLIS).
• National Society for the Prevention of Cruely to Children, (NSPCC).
• National Trust.
• Neigbourhood Statistics, (NeSS).
• Neighbourhood Watch - Suffolk.
• NHS Direct, National Health Service (NHS).
• New Opportunities Fund, (NOF), lottery grants.
• Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority, (NSCSHA).

O

• Office of Public Sector Information, (OPSI), previously known as Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO).
• Ofsted, inspect and regulate to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages.
• Oil Firing Technical Association, (OFTEC).
• OneSuffolk.
• Orbit East HomeWorks
• Orbit Housing.
• Ordnance Survey.
• Orwell Housing Association.

P

• Parliament.
• Pension Service.
• Planning Directorate.
• Planning Inspectorate.
• Planning Portal. 

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Q

• Quay Theatre, Sudbury.

R

• Rape Crisis , Rape Crisis Coordinating Group (RCCG).
• ReCycle, Recycling Bicycles.
• Recycled Products Guide.
• Recycle More.
• Recycle Now.
• Reed in Partnership (Breaking down the barriers to employment.)
• Relate, Relationship counselling.
• Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations, (RIDDOR).
• Richmond Fellowship, a provider of mental health care.
• Royal Institute of British Architects, (RIBA). 
• Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, (RICS).
• River Stour Trust.
• Robust Details Ltd, pre-completion house/building sound testing.

S

• Safer Neighbourhood teams.
• Samaritans.
• Sanctuary Hereward, managing homes for Sanctuary, Hereward Housing and Shaftesbury Housing.
• Sanctuary Housing.
• Save Britain's Heritage, campaigning for threatened historic buildings.
• Security Industry Authority, (SIA).
• Serious Fraud Office, (SFO).
• Schools finder, Direct Gov's service to find schools, childcare services and Sure Start Children's Centres.
• Shelter, housing and homelessness charity.
• Simply Switch, reduce your household bills.
• Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, (SPAB).
• Sport England.
• Standards Board for England.
• St Edmundsbury Borough Council.
• Stour and Orwell Estuary Management Group.
• Sudbury and District Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
• Sudbury Scouts.
• Sudbury Scuba Club.
• Sudbury Town Council.
• Suffolk Action with Communities in Rural England, (ACRE).
• Suffolk Car Share.
• Suffolk Chamber of Commerce.
• Suffolk Coastal District Council.
• Suffolk Coast and Heaths.
• Suffolk College, (Suffolk New College).
• Suffolk County Council, (SCC).
• Suffolk Digital Cinema Network.
• Suffolk Housing Society.
• Suffolk Observatory, statistics.
• Suffolk Police.
• Suffolk Real Nappy Network, (SRNN).
• Suffolk Recycling.
• Suffolk Safe Key, scheme run by Suffolk Police.
• Suffolk Safeguarding Children Board.
• Suffolk Scrap Store.
• Suffolk Ski Centre.
• Suffolk society of allotment and leisure gardeners.
• Suffolk stop smoking service.
• Suffolk Strategic Partnership, (SSP).
• Supporting People.

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T

• Talk to Frank, Free and confidential drugs information and advice 24 hours a day.  
• Telework Accociation.
• Tenant Participation Advisory Service, (TPAS).
• Tendring District Council, Essex.
• Timber Research and Development Association, (TRADA).
• Trades Union Congress, (TUC).
• Transport Direct.
• Tree Council.
• Tools with a Mission, (TWAM).
• Twentieth Century Society.

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U

• UK Resilience, preparing for emergencies.
• UK Statistics Authority.
• University Campus Suffolk, (UCS).
• University of Essex.

V

• Valuation Office Agency, (VOA).
• VCA Car Fuel Data, Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) Car Fuel Data.
• Vehicle and Operators Services Agency, (VOSA).
• Victim Support.
• Victorian Society - The Victorian Society.
• Vision Aid Overseas, (VAO).
• Visit Britain.
• Visit Suffolk.

W

• Waste and Resources Action Programme, (WRAP).
• Waste Online.
• Water Guide.
• Water Pollution.
• Waveney District Council.
• West Suffolk Local Strategic Partnership (WSLSP).
• Wildlife Trust.
• Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich.
• Womens Aid, Domestic violence.
• Woodland Trust.

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X,Y & Z

• Yellow Pages.
• Youth Offending Team, (YOT) Suffolk.

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