Academy for Sustainable Communities (ASC)
Round Foundry Media Centre, Foundry Street, Leeds, LS11 5QP, UK
t +44 (0)113 394 4630 f +44 (0)113 394 4640
e enquires@ascskills.org.uk
w www.ascskills.org.uk
A national and international centre of excellence for the skills and knowledge needed to create strong, prosperous communities.

Academy of Urbanism
w www.academyofurbanism.org.uk
High level, cross-sector group of individuals from a wide range of disciplines, brought together to champion the cause of good quality urbanism throughout Great Britain and Ireland.

America Speaks
1050 17th Street NW, Suite 701, Washington, DC 20036, USA
t 202-775-3939 f 202-775-0404
e info@americaspeaks.org
w www.americaspeaks.org
Engages citizens in the public decisions that impact their lives. Developing national infrastructure for democratic deliberation that institutionalises the links between decision-makers and citizens in determining public policy. Organisers of '21st Century Town Meeting' programme

American Institute of Architects
1735 New York Avenue, NW, Washington DC, 20006, USA
t +1 (202) 626 7300 f 626 7365
e harta@aiamail.aia.org
w www.aiaonline.com
Promotes design assistance team (DAT) programmes. Has films, tapes, brochures and reports from US events. Supplies addresses of experienced team members and local and state support programmes.

American Planning Association
122 S. Michigan Ave, Suite 1600, Chicago, Illinois, 60603, USA
t :+1-312-431-9100 f +1-312-431-9985
e WebsiteFeedback@planning.org
w www.planning.org
Professional association organized to advance the art and science of planning and to foster the activity of planning. Good range of publications related to community planning.

Architecture Centres Network
70 Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6EJ,
t +44 (0)207 336 7378 w www.architecturecentre.net
Coordinates, supports and advances the work of architecture and related centres. Website includes directory of UK centres.

The Architecture Foundation
30 Bury Street, London, SW1Y 6AU, UK
t +44 (0)20 7839 9389 f 7839 9380
e mail@architecturefoundation.org.uk
w www.architecturefoundation.org.uk
Promotes a range of participatory approaches for contemporary architecture and urban design. Expertise in roadshows, competitions, electronic maps and participatory education programmes. Exhibitions and talks in shopfront gallery.

Association DIALOG
6 Rue de Touraine, 67 100 Strasbourg, France
e dialog.assoc@gmail.com
w www.dialog-France.org
Contacts Eléonore Hauptmann, Urban planner, Chairman
Non profit organisation developing new practices in citizen involvement to improve the relationships between human beings and the environment.

Association for Community Design
c/o Connie Chung, President, P.O. Box 712308, Los Angeles, California, 90071-7308, USA
e connie@communitydesign.org
w www.communitydesign.org
International network of individuals, organisations and institutions committed to increasing the capacity of design and planning professionals to better serve communities. Based on US community design centres.

Azerbaijan Civil Engineering University
5A Sultanova St, Baku 370073, Azerbaijan
t +99412 39 10 19 f 39 07 48
e _fh@azeutotel.com
Contacts Tair Teyubov, Emil Gousseinov.
Useful regional contact point

Baga Toiruu City Government
Governor's Municipality, Baga Toiruu, Mongolia
t +976 1 324 072 f 324 072
Contacts Chogsom Erdene-Ochir.
Useful regional contact point.

Ball State University
Community-Based Projects Program, College of Architecture & Planning, Muncie, Indiana, 47306, USA
t +1 765 285 5868 f 285 1765
e tcostell@bsu.edu
w www.bsu.edu/cbp
Contacts Tony Costello, Scott Truex.
Urban design studio within a university setting. Experience of running charrettes, using mobile studios and producing newspaper supplements. Good website.

BDOR
The Wool Hall, 12 St Thomas Street, Bristol, BS1 6JJ, UK
t +44 (0)117 910 5200 f +44 (0)117 926 0221
e jeff.bishop@bdor.co.uk
w www.bdor.co.uk
Contacts Jeff Bishop Director
Consultancy aiming to ‘design and deliver genuinely collaborative approaches to the development and management of sustainable environments for all’.

British Urban Regeneration Association (BURA)
63-66 Hatton Garden, London, EC1N 8LE, UK
t 0800-0181-260 f 020-7404-9614
e info@bura.org.uk
w www.bura.org.uk
Forum for the exchange of ideas, experience and information for the regeneration sector. Promotes colllaborative processes including ReInvigorate.

Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF)
Memorial Square, Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67 3TU, United Kingdom
t +44 (0)1530 510444 f +44 (0)1530 510332
e bshf@bshf.org
w www.bshf.org
Independent research organisation that promotes sustainable development and innovation in housing through collaborative research and knowledge transfer. Good website with case studies from all over the world. 

Business in the Community
44 Baker Street, London, W1M 1DH, UK
t +44 (0)20 7224 1600 f 7486 170
e information@bitc.org.uk
w www.bitc.org.uk/

Promotes corporate community involvement. Its Professional Firms Group promotes action planning and acts as broker of professional services to community organisations. Bristol office administers annual Community Enterprise Awards scheme. Contact graham Russell: BITC, 165 White Ladies Road, Bristol BS8 2RN, UK.
t 0117 923 8750 f 923 8270 e southwest@bitc.org.uk

Centre for Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP)
Oxford Brookes University, Gypsy Lane Campus, Headington, Oxford, OX3 OBP, UK
t +44 (0)1865 483413 f 483298
w www.brookes.ac.uk/schools/be/cendep/!
Contacts Nabeel Hamdi
Postgraduate programme. Expertise on community planning, particularly in developing countries.

Centre for Disaster Preparedness
Room 304, NCCP Bldg,879 EDSA, Quezon City, Philippines
t +63 2 9240386 f 9240836
e dtp@info.com.ph
Contacts Lorna Victoria
Training courses on community-based urban and rural planning focusing on disaster prevention. Publications and consultancy.

Centre for Environment and Society
University of Essex, John Tabor Labs, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, UK
t +44 (0)1206 873323 f 873416
e jpretty@essex.ac.uk
w www2.essex.ac.uk/ces/
Contacts Jules Pretty
Information on deliberative democracy and participatory governance methods.

Chinese University of Hong Kong
Department of Architecture, Shatin, Hong Kong
t +852 2609 6581 f 2603 5267
e sidener@cuhk.edu.hk
Contacts Jack Sidener
Expertise in design fests.

Chuanshing Publishing Company
10F-3,No.60,SEC. 4, Chung Hsiao E. Road, Taipei, Taiwan
t +886 2 27752207 f 27318734
e chuanshing@ms11.url.com.tw
Contacts Jo Tsai, President : Ming-Cheu Chen
Publications and information. Useful regional contact point.

Civic Practices Network (CPN)
Center for Human Resources, Heller School for Advanced Studies in Social Welfare, Brandeis University, 60 Turner Street, Waltham, MA 02154, USA
t +1 617 736 4890 f +1 617 736 4891
e cpn@cpn.org
w www.cpn.org
A collaborative and nonpartisan project dedicated to bringing practical tools for public problem solving into community and institutional settings across America

Civic Trust
Essex Hall, 1-6 Essex Street, London, WC2R 3HU, UK
t +44 (0)20 7539 7900 f +44 (0)20 7539 7901
e info@civictrust.org.uk
w www.civictrust.org.uk
Charity focusing on the built environment. Organises national environment week programme. Regeneration Unit has expertise in community based regeneration.

Cohousing Network UK
The Community Project, 15 Laughton Lodge, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 6BY, UK
t +44(0)1323 815727 e info@cohousing.org.uk
w www.cohousing.org.uk
Contacts Sarah Berger, Project Manager
Promotes the awareness and development of cohousing and provides support to forming and established cohousing communities. Useful website. 

Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE)
1 Kemble Street, London, WC2B 4AN, UK
t +44 (0)20 7070 6700 w www.cabe.org.uk
The UK government's statutory advisor on architecture, urban design and public space. Useful publications and web resources.

Common Ground
Gold Hill House, 21 High Street, Shaftesbury, SP7 8JE, UK
t +44 (0)1747 850820 f +44 (0)1747 850821
e info@commonground.org.uk
w www.commonground.org.uk
Environmental arts charity linking people and place. Expertise on parish mapping and community orchards and campaigning for Local Distinctiveness. Lovely publications: books, posters and cards. More information also at www.england-in-particular.info.

Communio Kommunikations - und Konfliktberatung
Am Wiesental 40a, 45133, Essen, Germany
t +49 (0) 201 841 9914 f 841 9913
e mettler-meibom@uni-essen.d
Contacts Barbara Mettler v. Meibom
Communications consultancy promoting and implementing co-operation and participation techniques to overcome conflict.

Communities and Local Government
Eland House, Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5DU, UK
t +44 (0)20 7944 4400 f +44 (0)20 7944 4101
e Contactus@communities.gsi.gov.uk
w www.communities.gov.uk
UK government department responsible for housing, local government, regeneration, planning and urban and regional issues.

Communities Online
e info@communities.org.uk
w www.communities.org.uk
Web-based project to encourage community networking using new communications technologies.

Community Architecture Group
c/o Pollard Thomas & Edwards Architects Diespeker Wharf, 38 Graham Street, London, N1 8JX, UK
t +44 (0)20 7336 7777 f 7336 0770
e cag@ptea.co.uk
Contacts Judith Marshall
Network of community architects. Administers Community Projects Fund, raising sponsorship to provide grants for feasibility studies to community groups for small projects.

Community Development Foundation
Unit 5, Angel Gate, 320-326 City Road, London, EC1V 2PT, UK
t +44 (0)20 7833 1772 f +44 (0)20 7837 6584
e admin@cdf.org.uk
w www.cdf.org.uk
Promotes and improves work that strengthens communities. Useful publications and website.

Community Enterprise Awards schemes
BITC, 165 White Ladies Road, Bristol, BS8 2RN, UK
t 0117 923 8750 f 923 8270
e southwest@bitc.org.uk
Contacts Graham Russell

Community Links
4th floor, Furnival House, 48 Furnival Gate, Sheffield, UK
t +44 (0) 114 2701171 f 2762377
Social action and training network promoting good practice in community work. Useful publications.

Community Matters
8/9 Upper Street, London, N1 OPQ, UK
t +44 (0)20 7226 0189 f 7354 9570
e communitymatters@communitymatters.org.uk
w www.communitymatters.org.uk
Charitable federation for community associations. Good publications on setting up and running community organisations and buildings.

Community Technical Aid Centre
Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LE, UK
t +44 (0)161 234 2950 f 234 2969
e info@ctac.co.uk
w www.ctac.co.uk
Contacts Ian Taylor
Local community technical aid centre. Also a contact point for national Association of Community Technical Aid Centres.

CONCERN, Inc
1794 Columbia Rd, NW Washington, DC 20009, USA
t +1 (202) 328 8160 f 387 3378
e concern@igc.org
w www.sustainable.org
Contacts Susan F Boyd
Nonprofit US environmental education organisation focusing on building sustainable communities. Aims to build public understanding of, and support for, programmes, policies and practices that are environmentally, economically and socially sound. Good websites.

Congress for the New Urbanism
The Hearst Building, 5 Third Street, Suite 500A, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA
t +1 415 495 2255 f 495 1731
e cnuinfo@cnu.org
w www.cnu.org
Influential movement for humanising the built environment based on the organisation of charrettes, congresses and task forces.

The Countryside Agency
John Dower House, Crescent Place, Cheltenham, Gloucester, GL50 3RA, UK
t +44 (0)1242 521381 f 584270
e info@countryside.gov.uk
w www.countryside.gov.uk
Information and training on innovative ways of involving people in improving the countryside including village design statements and community forests.

Deicke Richards Architects
PO Box 10047, Adelaide Street, Brisbane, Australia 4000, Queensland, Australia
t +61 7 38394380 f +61 7 38394381
e drarch@petrie.starway.net.au
Experienced practitioners and researchers.

Department for International Development
1 PalaceStreet, London, SW1E 5HE, UK
t 0845 300 4100(local rate call) f 01355 843632
e enquiry@dfid.gov.uk
w www.dfid.gov.uk
UK government department focusing on helping developing countries eliminate poverty.

Deutsche Institut fur Urbanistik
Strasse des 17. Juni 112, 10623 Berlin, Germany
t +49 (0)30 39001 0 f 39001 100
Expertise in action planning in Germany.

Development Alternatives Group
B-32 Tara Crescent, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi, 110016, India
t +91 11 665370 f 6866031
e tara@devalt.org
w www.devalt.org
Contacts Shastrant Patara
Training, consultancy and publications on participatory urban and rural development.

Development Planning Unit
9 Endsleigh Gardens, London, WC1H OED, UK
t +44 (0)20 7388 7581 f 7388 4541
e dpu@ucl.ac.uk
w www.ucl.ac.uk/DPU/
International centre for research, teaching, training and consultancy focusing on Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Development Trusts Association
33 Corsham Street, London, N1 6DR, UK
t +44 (0)845 458 8336 f 458 8337
e info@dta.org.uk
w www.dta.org.uk
National UK umbrella organisation for community-based development organisations. Useful publications, training and information exchange.

Dick Watson Community Projects
14 Riverside, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5JB, UK
t +44 (0)1803 865773 Experienced consultant on stakeholder participation and community project management.

Directory of Social Change
24 Stephenson Way, London, NW1 2DP, UK
t t +44 (0)20 7209 5151 f 7209 5049
e info@dsc.org.uk
w www.dsc.org.uk
Publishes a range of useful fundraising and other directories, aimed at the voluntary sector.

Drought Preparedness Intervention and Recovery Programme (DPIRP)
PO Box 954, Nanyuki, Kenya
t +254 176 31641 f 31640
e dpirp@healthnet.ken.org
Contacts Mike Wekesa
Information on how to integrate community-based livelihood monitoring into local and national development and disaster planning.

Earthscan
8-12 Camden High Street, London, NW1 0JH, UK
t +44 (0)20 7387 8558 f +44 (0)20 7387 8998
e publisher@earthscan.co.uk
w www.earthscan.co.uk
UK based publisher of books on sustainable development.

Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community Program
w www.ezec.gov
US Presidential initiative to empower local communities.

English Partnerships
110 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 9SA, UK
t + 44 (0)20 7881 1600 f + 44 (0)20 7730 9162
w www.englishpartnerships.co.uk/
English Partnerships is the national regeneration agency, helping to support high quality sustainable growth in England.

Environmental Design Research Association
P O Box 7146, Edmond, OK 73083-7146, USA
t +1 405 330 4863 f 330 4150
e edra@edra.org
w www.edra.org
Contacts Janet Singer
International association promoting advancement and dissemination of environmental design research.

Environmental Partnership for Central Europe
Nadaci Partnerstvi, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic
t +420 5 4221 8350 f 4222 1744
e pship@ecn.gn.apc.org
Promotes community planning in central Europe.

Environmental Trainers Network
c/o BTCV Enterprises, Red House, Hill Lane,, Great Barr, Birmingham, B43 6LZ, UK
t +44 (0)121 358 2155 f 358 2194
e entp@dial.pipex.com
w www.btcv.org
Runs training programmes on participatory approaches.

European LEADER Observatory
AEIDL, 260 chaussee Saint Pierre, Bruxelles, B-1040, Belgium
t +32 2 736 49 60 f 736 04 34
e info@aeidl.be
Information on community-based rural regeneration projects.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
500 C. Street S.W., Room 824, Washington, D.C., 20472-0001, USA
t +1 800-480-2520 e info@fema.gov
w www.fema.gov
Independent US disaster agency. Runs 'Project Impact', an initiative to involve citizens, officials and business in actions to make their communities more disaster-resistant. Produce a Project Impact guidebook, a "Mitigation How-to" series, a video and home and community preparedness checklists.

Filipinos for Community Involvement
22 Solar Street, Bel Air III, Makati City, Philippines
t +63 (2) 8965475 f 8959503
e lshahani@mailstation.net
Contacts Leticia Ramos Shahani
Useful regional contact point.

Foros Tecnicos Ltda
Carrera 10 # 65-35, Oficina 402, Bogota, 1, Columbia
t +571 2100480 f 2103149
e forostec@aolpremium.com
w www.gbn.org
Contacts Ines de Mosquera
Useful regional contact point. Consulting firm involved in creation of NGOs, strategic alliances around projects of national Interest, strategic and scenario planning.

Forum for the Future
Overseas House, 19-23 Ironmonger Row, London, EC1V 3QN, UK
t +44 (0)20 7324 3630 w www.forumforthefuture.org.uk/
Partnership of independent experts committed to building a sustainable way of life. Has directory of over 500 sustainable rural initiatives.

Free Form Arts Trust
57 Dalston Lane, London, E8 2NG, UK
t +44 (0)20 7249 3394 f 7249 8499
e contact@freeform.org.uk
w www.freeform.org.uk
Charity specialising in community arts. Maintains register of artists with skills relevant to the built environment. Runs training courses.

Future Search Network
Resources for Human Development Inc, 4333 Kelly Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19129, USA
t +1 800 951 6333 f 215 849 7360
e fsn@futuresearch.net
w www.futuresearch.net
Contacts Sandra Janoff, Marvin Weisbord, Sally Theilacker
Network of future search practitioners. Supplies publications, videos, local practitioner contacts.

Georgian Technical University
Institute of Architecture, Tbilisi, Georgia
t +995 32 33 71 63 f 33 26 25
e urbia@access.sanet.ge
Contacts Vladimir Vardosanidze, Magda Goliadze
Association of Urbanists of Georgia. Useful regional contact point.

The Glasshouse
2a Kingsway Palace, Sans Walk, London, EC1R 0LS, UK
t +44 (0)20 7253 3334 f +44 (0)20 7253 3335
e sophia@theglasshouse.org.uk
w www.theglasshouse.org.uk
Contacts Sophia de Sousa, Chief Executive
UK national service for community-led design. Offers design courses, advice and support to tenants, residents and professionals working in neighbourhoods undergoing change and renewal.

Groundwork
85/87 Cornwall Street, Birmingham, B3 3BY, UK
t +44 (0)121 236 8565 f 236 7356
e info@groundwork.org.uk
w www.groundwork.org.uk
UK network of local trusts working through partnership to improve the quality of life in deprived areas. Sister organisations in Japan and USA. Useful publications and videos.

Habitat Budapest Office
VATI Magyar Regionalis Fejlesztesi Urbanisztikai KHT, Gellerthegy u.30-32, 1016 Budapest, PF 2011253, Hungary
t +361 375 5691 f 356 8003
Contacts Nora Horcher
Useful regional contact point.

Habitat International Coalition
PO Box 34519, Groote-Schuur 7937, Cape Town, South Africa
t +27 21 696 2205 f 696 2203
w www.hic-net.org
Contacts Global forum for NGOs concerned with human settlements.
Global forum for NGOs concerned with human settlements.

Hackney Building Exploratory
Queensbridge Building, Albion Drive, London, E8 4ET, UK
t +44 (0)20 7275 8555 e mail@buildingexploratory.org.uk
w www.buildingexploratory.org.uk
Architecture centre developing innovatory display techniques.

Hastings Trust
35 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HT, UK
t +44 (0)1424 446373 f 434206
e post@htgate.demon.co.uk
w www.hastingstrust.co.uk
Local development trust. Building an international database on Tools for Community Regeneration.

Hertfordshire County Council
Environment Department, County Hall, Pegs Lane, Hertford, SG13 8DN, UK
t t +44 (0) 1992 555231 f 555251
Contacts David Hughes
Experience of using future search to develop whole settlement strategies.

Housing Corporation
Maple House, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7BN, UK
t +44(0)845 230 7000 f +44(0)20 7393 2111
w www.housingcorp.gov.uk

HUD USER
P.O. Box 6091, Rockville, MD 20849, USA
e huduser@aspensys.com
w www.huduser.org
Government department for USA. Information and publications.

Imagine Chicago
910 W Castlewood Terrace, Chicago, Illinois 60640, USA
t +1 773 275 2520 e bliss@imaginechicago.org
w www.imaginechicago.org
Contacts Bliss Brown, President
Innovative project helping people develop their imagination as city creators, based on future search and appreciative inquiry methods. Resource materials available.

InfoRurale
w www.inforurale.org.uk/inforurale/
Internet 'gateway site' with links to rural development resources.

Institute of Cultural Affairs
Rue Amedee Lynen 8, Brussels, B-1210, Belgium
t +32 (0)2 219 00 87 f 219 04 06
e info@ica-international.org
w www.ica-international.org
Global network of private, non-profit organisations concerned with the human factor in world development. Runs courses based on its Technology of Participation (ToP) methodology.

Institute of Development Studies, Brighton
University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9RE, UK
t +44 (0)1273 877263 f 621202
e participation@ids.ac.uk
w www.ids.ac.uk/ids/particip
The Participation Group at IDS has a website which provides access to abstracts of the 4,000 plus documents in their Resource Centre, as well as full text IDS publications and links to other organisations and sources. They also produce a newsletter and operate an email distribution list.

Intermediate Technology Publications
103-105 Southampton Row, London, WC1B 4HH, UK
t +44 (0)20 7436 9761 f 7436 2013
e orders@itpubs.org.uk
w www.developmentbookshop.com/
Publishing arm of the Intermediate Technology Development Group. Material on all aspects of development and appropriate technology including community participation.

International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA)
1330 23rd Street South, Suite C, Fargo, ND, 58103-3705, USA
t +1.701.297.7908 f +1.701.297.7917
e info@iaia.org
w www.iaia.org
Forum for advancing innovation, development, and best practice in impact assessment. International membership promotes development of local and global capacity for the application of environmental, social, health and other forms of assessment in which sound science and full public participation provide a foundation for equitable and sustainable development. Membership only access to most website resources.

International Association for Public Participation (IAP2)
11166 Huron Street. Suite 27, Denver, Colorado, 80234, USA
t +1 (800) 644 4273 +1 (303)451 5945 f +1 (303) 458 0002
e iap2hq@iap2.org
w www.iap2.org
Helps organizations and communities around the world improve their decisions by involving those people who are affected by those decisions. Many resources on website.

The International Association of Public Participation Practitioners
IAP3 Headquarters, PO Box 82317, Portland, Oregon 97282, USA
t 503 236 6630 f 503 233 0772
w www.journalism.wisc.edu/cpn/sections/affiliates/iap3.html
Non-profit corporation aiming to allow practitioners throughout the world to exchange good practice.

International Centre for Participation Studies
Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP, UK
t +44(0)1274 236 044 e info@participationstudies.org
w www.brad.ac.uk/acad/icps/
Academic and applied research unit in the field of participatory politics.

International Institute for Environment and Development
3 Endsleigh Street, London, WC1H ODD, UK
t +44 (0)20 7388 2117 f 7388 2826
e mailbox@iied.org
w www.iied.org
Independent organisation promoting sustainable world development. Its Resource Centre for Participatory Learning and Action has over 2000 documents covering most participatory approaches, focusing primarily on Africa, Asia and South America.

Involve
212 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7BF, UK
t +44 (0) 20 7632 0120 f + 44(0) 20 7836 2626
e info@involving.org
w www.involving.org
Exists to put people at the heart of decision-making. Believes public participation can help solve some of our most pressing challenges and lead to the genuine empowerment of people. Core activities include: influencing decision makers, new thinking, better practice and networking.

IS Maatwerk
Bierkade 1, PO Box 2033,, 1620 EA Hoorn, The Netherlands
t +31(0)229 219 197 e info@ismaatwerk.nl
w www.ismaatwerk.nl
Collective of urban planners and architects, participation and communication specialists committed to bridging the gap between the (local) body politic, (commercial) developers and citizens through Community Planning and other participatory processes. Aims at a high-quality urban environment, empowerment of local communities and balancing the interests of communities, political representatives, decision makers and commercial developers.

Isabel Val de Flor
Architecture, Urbanisme, Ecologie Urbaine, 91 Route de Carrieres, Chatou, 78400, France
t +33 (0) 39 52 96 0 Architect and urbanist promoting community participation and ecology. Useful regional contact.

John Thompson & Partners
Wren House, 43 Hatton Garden, London, EC1N 8EL, UK
t +44 (0)20 7405 1211 f 7405 1221
e jtplon@jtp.co.uk
w www.jtp.co.uk
Contacts John Thompson
Architects, urban designers and community planners with much experience of participatory community planning methods in the UK and Europe.

Joseph Rowntree Foundation
The Homestead, 40 Water End, York, YO30 6WP, United Kingdom
t 01904 629241 f 01904 620072
e info@jrf.org.uk
w www.jrf.org.uk
Charitable Foundation which has supported many research projects on the effectiveness of community engagement. Valuable website.

Kala Karthikeyan, Community Educator
C 1/1, Humayun Road, New Delhi, 110003, India
t +91 11 4632818 & 4632919 e karthi@bol.net.in
Useful regional contact point.

Kobe University
Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Rokkodai Nada, Kobe, 657-0013, Japan
t +81 (0)78 803 6039 e shiozaki@kobe-u.ac.jp
Contacts Yoshimitsu Shiozaki
Research and practical experience in community architecture and planning in Japan including disaster reconstruction.

Living Streets
31-33 Bondway, London, SW8 1SJ, UK
t +44(0)20 7820 1010 f +44(0)20 7820 8208
e info@livingstreets.org.uk
w www.livingstreets.org.uk
UK initiative that campaigns ‘for streets and public spaces to be for people on foot’. Works on practical projects ‘to create safe, vibrant and healthy streets for all’ .

The Local Futures Group
5 Southampton Place, London, WC1A 2DA, UK
e mark.hepworth@lfg.co.uk
w www.lfg.co.uk
Contacts Mark Hepworth, Ian Christie
Specialises in regeneration based on 'joined up'policies and private-public partnerships. Relationship marketing for companies through focus groups, workshops and use of local knowledge databases. Futures analysis of social, economic, political and cultural trends.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Architecture, 77 Mass Avenue, Cambridge, Mass 02130, USA
e wampler@mit.edu
Contacts Professor Jan Wampler
Academic and practical expertise in many countries. Useful publications.

MATCH (MAnaging The CHange)
see Von Zadow

Max Lock Centre
University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5LS, UK
t +44 (0)20 7911 5000 f 7911 5171
e maxlockc@wmin.ac.uk
w www.wmin.ac.uk/builtenv/maxlock/
Research unit based on the civic diagnosis and participatory ideals of the Max Lock Group, supplemented with the archives of John Turner.

Medvode Community
Mayor and City Planning Dept., Cesta Komandanta Staneta 12, Medvode, si-1215, Slovenia
t +386 (0)61 613 600 f 611 686
e obcina@medvode.si
w www.medvode.si/english.htm
Contacts Mayor Stanislav Zagar
Useful regional contact point.

METREX - The Network of European Metropolitan Regions and Areas
Nye Bevan House, 20 India Street, Glasgow, G2 4PF, UK
t +44 (0)141 339 384 f +44 (0)141 339 9703
e secretariat@eurometrex.org
w www.eurometrex.org
Contacts Alastair Wyllie
Exchanges information and practice on spatial planning and development.

Midlands Architecture and the Designed Environment(MADE)
122 Fazeley Street, Birmingham, B5 5RS, UK
t +44 (0)121 633 9333 f +44 (0)121 633 9444
e info@made.org.uk
w www.made.org.uk
Contacts Julia Ellis, Director; Vanessa Brothwell, Projects and Partnerships Manager
Architecture centre for the UK's West Midlands Region. Delivers a wide range of partnership projects which engage people with design and planning processes in urban, suburban and rural areas.

MojeMiasto.org.pl
ul. Zeromskiego 10c/17, 90-711 Lodz, Poland
e mojemiasto@mojemiasto.org.pl
w mojemiasto.org.pl
Non-profit project for popularisation of community participation in urban planning in Poland.

Mount Wise Action Planning
Estate Management Office, 102 Pembroke Street, Plymouth, PL1 4JT, UK
t +44 (0) 1752 607277 Active local group. Supply video and report on action planning.

Murdoch University
Institute for Science and Technology Policy, Murdoch, Perth,, Western Australia 6150, Australia
t +618 9360 2913 f 9360 6421
e istp@central.murdoch.edu.au
Useful research and publications.

National Association of Planning Councils (NAPC)
11118 Ferndale Road, Dallas, Texas 7523, USA
t +1(214)342-2638 e NAPC@communityplanning.org
w www.communityplanning.org
Private, non-profit USA organization which ‘promotes quality community planning and supports its members as they provide leadership for community-based human services and health planning and action’.

National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation (NCDD)
114 W. Springville Road, Boiling Springs, PA 17007, USA
t +1 (717) 243 5144 e ncdd@thataway.org
w www.thataway.org/dialogue/
Contacts Sandy Heierbacher, Director
Brings together and ‘supports people, organizations, and resources in ways that expand the power of discussion to benefit society’.

National Tenants Resource Centre
Trafford Hall, Ince Lane, Wimbolds Trafford, Chester, CH2 4JP, UK
t +44 (0)1244 300 246 f 300 818
w www.traffordhall.com/
Training centre for tenants and other community organisations.

Neighbourhood Initiatives Foundation
The Poplars, Lightmoor, Lightmoor, Telford, TF4 3QN, UK
t +44 (0)1952 590777 f 591771
e nif@cableinet.co.uk
w www.nif.co.uk
Charity specialising in community participation, training and development, often using 'Planning for Real' which is a registered trademark of the Foundation. Has membership scheme, regular newsletter, training courses and useful publications and packs.

Neighbourhood Planning for Community Revitalisation
330 Humphrey Center, 301-19th Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
t 612.625-1551 e nelson@freenet.msp.mn.us
University project providing technical assistance and applied research to local community-based organisations.

New Economics Foundation
Cinamon House, 6-8 Cole Street, London, SE1 4YH, UK
t +44 (0)20 7407 7447  f 7407 6473
e info@neweconomics.org
w www.neweconomics.org
Contacts Perry Walker/Julie Lewis, Centre for Participation
Promotes community visioning, indicators, community finance and social audit. Coordinates UK Participation Network.

Nick Wates Associates
Creative Media Centre, 45 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL, UK
t +44 (0)1424 205446 f +44 (0)1424 205401
e nick@nickwates.co.uk
w www.nickwates.co.uk
Contacts Nick Wates
Community planning specialists. Site editors for this website.

Nishikawa Tetsuya
Hosei University Graduate School of Architecture, 7-16-6 Yanaka Taitoh-ku, Tokyo, 110-0001, Japan
t +81 (0)3 5685 1995? f 5685 1995
Contacts Yanaka Gakko
Experience of community-based development, planning and design.

North Carolina State University
School of Design, Campus Box 7701, Brooks Hall, Pullen Road, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27695, USA
t +1 919 515 2205  f 515 7330
e henry_sanoff@ncsu.edu
w www4.ncsu.edu/unity/users/s/sanoff/www/henry.html
Contacts Henry Sanoff
Expertise in participatory design. Useful publications available.

North-South Research Network
e cehs@eca.ac.uk
Internet-based network of institutions based in the UK involved in human settlements research in the developing world. Includes this handbook with update information and feedback facilities. Hosted by Centre for Environment & Human Settlements, Edinburgh, Scotland (see separate entry).

Novosibirsk State Academy of Architecture and Fine Arts
Krasny Prospect 38, Novosibirsk-99, 630099, Russia
t +7 383 2 225 830 f 222 905
e zhurin@online.nsk.ru
Contacts Nikolai P Zhurin
Useful regional contact point.

OKO-Stadt - Universite de Dortmund
Faculty of Spatial Planning, Paul-Lincke-Ufer 30, Berlin, D10999, Germany
t +49 (0) 30 611 8511 f 611 2320
e oekocity@aol.com
Contacts Prof. Dr. Ekhart Hahn
Private office dealing with model projects and research on urban and spatial ecology.

Open Society Fund
A. Jaksto st. 9, 2600 Vilnius, Lithuania
t +370 2 62 90 50 f 22 14 19
e sarunas@osf.lt
Contacts Sarunas Liekis
Useful regional contact point.

Orton Family Foundation
PO Box 111, 152 Maple Street; Suite 101, Middlebury, Vermont, 05753, USA
t +1-802/388-6336 e info@orton.org
w www.orton.org
Works to build vibrant and enduring communities. Helps small cities and towns articulate, implement and steward their heart and soul assets so that they can adapt to change while enhancing the attributes they value most. Promotes inclusive, proactive decision-making and land use planning by providing guidance, tools, research, capital and other support to citizens and leaders.

Oxford Brookes University
Gipsy Lane Campus, Headington, Oxford, OX3 0BP, UK
t (+44)01865 483400 f (+44)01865 483559
e planning@brookes,ac,uk
w www.brookes.ac.uk
Contacts Department of Planning
Degree, post-graduate and short courses in planning and urban design

Participate
FoE Europe, 29 Rue Blanche, Brussels, B-1060, Belgium
t +32 2 542 0180 f 537 55 96
e mara.silina@foeeurope.org
Contacts Mara Silina
Newletter for the Public Participation Campaign.

Participatory Avenues
e grambaldi@iapad.org
w www.iapad.org
Promotes Participatory 3-D Modeling (P3DM) for merging indigenous technical knowledge and traditional spatial information. Focal point for sharing information on community-based mapping and Public Participation GIS (PPGIS). Excellent website with processes explained and illustrated.

Participatory Design Conference
e pdc@cpsr.org
w www.cpsr.org/conferences/pdc98/background.html
Network based on a biannual conference in North America.

PEP
2 Albert Mews, Albert Road, London, N4 3RD, UK,
t +44 (0)20 7281 0438 f 7281 3587
e admin@pepltd.demon.co.uk
w www.pep.org.uk
Non-profit consultancy and training on locally-based housing services and resident involvement. Useful publications and information sheets.

Permaculture Association
BCM Permaculture Association, London, WC1N 3XX, UK
t +44 (0)7041 390170 e office@permaculture.org.uk
w www.permaculture.org.uk
Can provide details of Permaculture design courses and local contacts.

Places for People
c/o ETP, 9 South Road, Brighton, BN1 6SB, UK
t +44 (0)1273 542660 e streetwise@pobox.com
w pobox.com/~streetwise
Network of the UK National Association for Urban Studies. Publishes Streetwise magazine and useful newsletter.

Planners Network
106 West Sibley Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
t +1 607 254 8890 e pn@plannersnetwork.org
w www.plannersnetwork.org
Association of progressive planners. Useful publications, papers, contacts.

Planning Aid
National Unit (England), Unit 419, The Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Birmingham, B9 4AA, UK
t +44 (0)121 766 5280 e info@planningaid.rtpi.org.uk
w www.planningaid.rtpi.org.uk
Contacts Rajbinder Gill, Programme Officer
Offers free, independent and professional advice on planning to individuals and community groups in England who cannot afford to pay for a consultant. Has regional network covering whole country. Government funded. Website includes contact details for regions and for similar services in Scotland and Wales.

Planning Matters
c/o Darwin House, 236 South Ealing Road, London, W5 4RP, UK
t +44 (0)20 8568 1500 f 8560 6612
e carson@planningmatters.co.uk
w www.planningmatters.co.uk
The Royal Town Planning Institute's Centre for Performance Support. For RTPI members, the website also provides an online CPD log.

Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit
University of York, The King's Manor, York, YO1 2EP, UK
t +44 (0)1904 433959 f 433949
e iaas1@york.ac.uk
w www.york.ac.uk/depts/prdu
Contacts Sultan Barakat
Community planning expertise in post-war situations.

The Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum
15-16 Cornwall Terrace, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4QP, UK
t +44 (0)20 7467 3600 f 7467 3610
e info@pwblf.org.uk
Contacts Ros Tennyson, Learning Programmes
Organises partnership capacity-building events worldwide with focus on the developing world.

The Prince's Foundation
19-22 Charlotte Road, Shoreditch, London, EC2A 3SG, UK
t +44 (0)20 7916 7380 f 7916 7381
e info@princes-foundation.org
w www.princes-foundation.org
Unites and extends HRH The Prince of Wales's initiatives in architecture, building and urban regeneration. Encourages a more holistic and humane approach to the planning and design of communities.

Project for Public Spaces (PPS)
700 Broadway, 4th Floor, (at 4th Street), New York, NY 10003, USA
t +1(212) 620-5660 f +1(212) 620-3821
e pps@pps.org
w www.pps.org
A ‘nonprofit organization dedicated to creating and sustaining public places that build communities’.

Public Participation Campaign
c/o Friends of the Earth, 26-28 Underwood Street, London, N1 7JQ, UK
t +44 (0)20 7566 1687 f 7566 1689
e maryt@foe.co.uk
w www.participate.org
Contacts Mary Taylor, Co-ordinator
Campaign by European non-governmental organisations for transparency and participation in decision-making on the environment. Publishes newsletter, Participate (see separate entry).

Rajyoga Education and Research Foundation National Coordinating Office
25 New Rohtak Road, Karol Bagh, New Delhi, India
t 91 11 752 8516 f 777 0463
e bkshanti@vsnl.com
Contacts Asha Puri
Useful regional contact point.

Removing Unfreedoms Design Associates
Wycke Cottage, St Mary’s Street, Painswick, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL6 6QB, UK
t +44 (0)1452 813151 e contact@removingunfreedoms.org
w www.removingunfreedoms.org
Contacts Jane Samuels, Director
International consultancy with specialist focus on urban governance and the multi-cultural diversity of human settlements. Activities aim to spur dynamic relationships between key formal and informal urban cultures.

Rod Hackney Associates
St Peters House, Windmill Street, Macclesfield, SK11 7HS, Cheshire, UK
t +44 (0)1625 431792 f 616929
e mail@stpeter.demon.co.uk
Experienced community architecture and planning practice.

Roger Evans Associates
59-63 High Street, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 2DN, UK
t +44 (0)1865 377030 f 377050
e urbandesign@rogerevans.com
w www.rogerevans.com
Urban design practice with community planning expertise.

Royal Institute of British Architects
66 Portland Place, London, W1N 4AD, UK
t +44 (0)20 7580 5533 f 7225 1541
e admin@inst.riba.org
w www.riba.org
Runs Architects in Schools programme. Can supply a Schedule of Services for Community Architecture. Clients Advisory Service provides lists of local community architects. Bookshop and library have useful publications.

Royal Town Planning Institute
41 Botolph Lane, London, EC3R 8DL, UK
t +44 (0)20 7929 9494 f +44 (0)20 792
e communityplannning@rtpi.org.uk
w www.rtpi.org.uk
Contacts Louise Waring, Community Planning Development Officer
Promotes public participation in planning through education for sustainabledevelopment, awards schemes, publications and Planning Aid. Manages a Community Planning Project (funded by ODPM) including the development of this website.

Rural Development Network & RuralNet
National Rural Enterprise Centre, Stoneleigh Park, Warwick, CV8 2RR, Warwickshi, UK
t +44 (0)24 7669 6986 f 7669 6538
e ruralnet@ruralnet.org.uk
w www.ruralnet.org.uk
Provides support for grass-roots rural development organisations. See also InfoRurale

Samara State Academy of Architecture and Engineering
Nikitinskaya Square 5/28-19, Samara, 443030, Russia
t +7 846 2 362 119 f 321 965
e academy@icc.ssaba.samara.ru
Contacts Elena Akhmedova
Useful regional contact point.

Sarkissian Associates Planners
PO Box 117, Nimbin, NSW, 2460, Australia
t +61 2 6689 0432 f 6689 0221
e wendy@sarkissian.com.au
w www.sarkissian.com.au
Contacts Wendy Sarkissian
Experienced practitioners and academics. International presentations. Useful regional contact. 

School of Planning and Housing
79 Grassmarket, Edinburgh, EH1 2HJ, UK
t +44 (131) 221 6164 f 221 6163
e cehs@eca.ac.uk
Teaching, training, research and knowledge-based services in planning and housing issues related to developing world. Main focus on best practice in conditions of rapid urbanisation.

Sheep Network
#204 Mejiro House K, 3-25-10 Mejiro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, ZIP171, Japan
t +81 3 3565 4781 f 3565 4061
Contacts Mariko Saigo
Expertise in community architecture and planning. Regional contact.

Shelter Forum, Kenya
PO Box 39493, Nairobi, Kenya
t +254 2 442108 f 445166
e elijah@itdg.or.ke
Contacts Elijah Agevi
Coalition of NGOs in East Africa with research and training programmes about community involvement in urban upgrading.

Shoevegas Arts and Media
Top floor, 24-28 Hatton Wall,, London, EC1N 8JH, UK
t +44 (0)20 7916 6969 f 7916 9977
e studio@shoevegas.com
Multimedia group. Experience with creating electronic maps.

Society for Development Studies
Opp. Pillanji, Sarojini Nagar, New Delhi, 110023, India
t +91 11 6875862 f 6875862
e sds@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in
w www.sdsindia.org
Contacts Vinay D. Lall, Director
Research, training and consultancy institution. Useful regional contact point.

Sofia University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy
1 Smirnensky Blvd, Sofia, 1421, Bulgaria
t +359 2 668 449 f 656 809
e st_popv_far@bcace%.uacg.acad.bg
Contacts Stefan Popov
Useful regional contact point.

SOFTECH Energie, Tecnologia, Ambiente
via Cernaia 1, Torino, 1-10121, Italy
t +39 (0) 11 562 2289  f 540 219
e softech@softech-team.it
Contacts Roberto Pagani
Consultancy integrating technology, economy, public administration and citizen participation in regeneration.

South Bank University
Faculty of the Built Environment, 202 Wandsworth Road, London, SW8 2JZ, UK
t +44 (0)20 7815 7283 f 7815 7366
e nick.hall@sbu.ac.uk
Contacts Nick Hall
Community-based disaster management research. Courses on tenant participation.

Sustainable Development Commission
Ground Floor, Ergon House, Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 2AL, UK
t +44(0)20 7238 4995 f +44(0)020 7238 4981
e enquiries@sd-commission.org.uk
w www.sd-commission.org.uk
UK government’s ‘independent advisory body on sustainable development’.

Sustainable Strategies & Solutions, Inc.
1535 NE 90th Street, Seattle, WA 98115-3142, USA
t +1 (206) 979-9842 f 524-2524
e J_Gary_Lawrence@msn.com
Contacts J. Gary Lawrence
Helps public, private and civic organizations achieve their individual and shared objectives through incorporation of sustainable development theory and practice.

Sustrans
Head Office, NCN Centre, 2 Cathedral Square, College Green, Bristol, BS1 5DD, UK
t +44 (0)117 926 8893 f +44 (0)117 929 4173
w www.sustrans.org.uk
Contacts Daniel Black
Has some of the UK's foremost experts on non-motorised transport infrastructure. Works on travel behaviour change and research, monitoring and evaluation, community-led street design, transport and its relation to health, education and carbon emissions. Low carbon projects give people the choice of traveling in ways that benefit their health and the environment. 

Tallinn College of Engineering
t +372 2 645 0588 f 645 0956
e info@joan.ee
Contacts Aleksander Skolimowsk, Kristi Aija
Useful regional contact point.

Tamagawa, Community Design
House, 2-11-10 Tamagawa Den-en chofu, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
t +81 3 3721 8699 f 3721 8699
e itoxx24@ibm.net
Contacts Yasuyoshi Hayashi
Experienced practitioners.

Tamarack
139 Father David Bauer Drive, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 6L1, Canada
t +1 519 885 5155 f +1 519 885 4454
e tamarack@tamarackcommunity.ca
w tamarackcommunity.ca
Canadian Institute of community engagement. Aims to "help communities take ownership of local issues by making use of proven strategies for community engagement".

Tenants Participatory Advisory Service
Brunswick House, Broad Street, Salford, M6 5BZ, UK
t +44 (0)161 745 7903 f 745 9259
e info@tpas.org.uk
w www.tpas.org.uk
Provides information, advice, training, consultancy, seminars and conferences on involving tenants in their housing management.

Tirana Polytechnical University
Faculty of Engineering, Architecture Dept., Rruga Udhamed Gvolle, shavsha No. 54, Tirana, Albania
t +355 42 332 52 Contacts Nardiola Hoxa
Useful regional contact point.

Tokyo La-Npo
1-6, Akazuthumi 4 Chome, Setagayaku, Tokyo, 156, Japan
t +81 (0)3 3324 4440 f 3324 3444
e BYA17344@nifty.ne.jp
Contacts Misako Arai
Supports local community planning activity in Japan.

Town & Country Planning Association
17 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AS, UK
t +44 (0)20 7930 8903 e tcpa@tcpa.org.uk
w www.tcpa.org.uk
Campaign group for reforming the planning system. Useful publications.

United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat)
Pob 30030, Nairobi, Kenya
t +254 2 624 231 f 624 265/66
e selman.erguden@unchs.org
w www.unchs.org
Focal point for social development.

United Nations Development Programme, Turkey
Zeki Pasa, Apt 12-6, Macka Caddesi, Macka, Istanbul, Turkey
t +90 212 248 3612 f 296 1951
Contacts Uner Kirdar (Secretary for UN Habitat 2 conference, 1996)
Useful regional contact point.

Urban Design Group
70 Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6EJ, UK
t 020 7250 0872 f 020 7250 0892
e admin@udg.org.uk
w www.udg.org.uk
Contacts Rob Cowan
National voluntary organisation that helps set urban design agenda. Its Public Participation Programme promotes good practice through research and publications. Register of experienced professionals and good practice guidance on website.

URBED
26 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8HP, UK
t +44 (0)20 7831 9986 f 7831 2466
e urbed@urbed.co.uk
w www.urbed.co.uk
Contacts Nicholas Falk
Urban regeneration consultants with long experience of community planning. Expertise in round table workshops.

Vision 21
24 Lever Street, The Northern Quarter, Manchester, M1 1DZ, UK
t +44(0)161 200 8000 f +44(0)161 200 8010
e info@visiontwentyone.co.uk
w www.visiontwentyone.co.uk
Contacts Helen Bidwell
Consultancy specialising in research and community consultation.

Vista Consulting
16 Old Birmingham Road, Lickey End, Bromsgrove, B60 1DE, UK
t +44 (0)1527 837930 f 837940
e vistaanne@aol.com
Contacts Ann Brooks
Information and consultancy on critical mass events such as real time strategic change.

VON ZADOW GmbH - JTP Europe
Geschwister-Scholl-Str.. 31 b, D-14548 Schwielowsee, Germany
t + 49 (33209) 20833 f +49 (33209) 20834
e info@vonzadow.de
w www.vonzadow.de
Contacts Andreas von Zadow
Development companions for sustainable development in cities, communities and organisations. 

Wikima
23 Leamington Road Villas, London, W11 1HS, UK
t +44 (0)20 7229 7320 e romys@compuserve.com
Contacts Romy Shovelton
Information and consultancy on open space technology. Useful publications and videos.

Yale Urban Design Workshop
1203 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut, 06511, USA
t +1 203 764-5696 f 764-5697
e alan.plattus@yale.edu
w www.architecture.yale.edu/UDW/
Contacts Alan Plattus, Director
Well established urban design studio at Yale University working with surrounding communities.

Young Foundation
18 Victoria Park Square, Bethnal Green, London, E2 9PF, UK
t +44 (0) 20 8981 6719 f +44 (0) 20 8980 6263
e reception@youngfoundation.org.uk
w www.youngfoundation.org.uk
Devoted to social innovation – ‘finding and developing new and better ways of meeting pressing unmet needs’. Founded in 2005, formed from the merger of the Institute of Community Studies and the Mutual Aid Centre.