Useful Links

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A

• Acorns Children’s Hospice
• Adam Smith Institute – Think-tank
• Advanced Housing Association
• Age UK – Charitable & Voluntary Organisation
• Anchor Trust

B

• Barnardos – Charitable  & Voluntary Organisation
• St. Basils – Charitable & Voluntary Organisation
• Behavouralist
• Big Society Capital – what is and what are the benefits of social investment.
• Greater Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
• Visit Birmingham
• Birmingham City Council – Be Heard Consultation Hub – Consultation Database
• Birmingham City Council – Big City Plan
• Birmingham City Council – Budget
• Birmingham City Council – Business Plan
• Birmingham City Council – Committee Meetings – in date order
• Birmingham City Council – Consultation principles guidance
• Birmingham City Council – Economic Strategy – Leaders policy statement
• Birmingham City Council – Leader of Birmingham
• Birmingham City Council – Newsroom
• Birmingham City Council – How we Monitor Our Performance
• Birmingham City Council – Policy Community – Code of Conduct
• Birmingham City Council – Prospectus – 2014 and 2016
• Birmingham City Council – Birmingham Skills Investment Plan
• Birmingham City Council – Strategy Map
• Birmingham City Council – Webcasts
• Greater Birmingham  & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership – GBSLEP
• Birmingham City Mission – Charitable & Voluntary organisation
• Birmingham City University
• Birmingham Civic Society
• The Birmingham Compact – a framework for relations between the Birmingham Strategic Partnership and the voluntary and community sector
• Birmingham Food Council
• Birmingham Friends of the Earth
• Birmingham Heritage Forum
• Birmingham Link
• Birmingham Mail Communities page
• Birmingham Partners – informal group of people from different sectors of the city, wanting to link together for the betterment of Birmingham.
• Birmingham Vision
• Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF) – Think-tank
• Bournville Village Trust
• The Bow Group – Think-tank
• British Institute of International and Comparative Law – Think-tank
• Broadening Choices for Older People
• Bromford Housing Group
• Bromsgrove District Housing Group
• Bruges Group – Think-Tank
• Business Balls
• BVSC

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C

• Care Quality Commission
• Catalyst – Think-tank
• Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) – Think-tank
• Centre for Cities – think tank dedicated to understanding and improving city economies
• Centre for the Economics of Education(CEE) – Think-tank
• Centre for Economic Policy Research – Think-tank
• Centre for Enterprise – Think-tank
• Centre for European Policy Studies – Think-tank
• Centre for Study of Financial Innovation – Think-tank
• Centre for Policy Studies – Think-tank
• Centre for Social Justice(CSJ) – Think-tank
• Centre for Strategic Research and Analysis  – Think-tank
• The British Chamber of Commerce
• The Challenge – Charitable & Voluntary Organisation
• The Chamberlain Files
• Chamberlain 20: A Fairer Deal for Working People – report
• Chatham House – Think-tank
• The Children’s Society – Charitable & Voluntary Organisation
• Circle Housing
• Citizens Advice
• Citizens UK Birmingham
• City4Age EU Project
• City Metric
• CIVITAS – Think-tank
• The Community Housing Group
• Compass – Think-tank
• The Constitution Unit – Think-tank
• Core Cities
• Coventry City Council – West Midlands Combined Authority
• Crick Centre

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D

• Demos
• Digital Birmingham
• Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council – West Midlands Combined Authority

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E

• Institute of Economic Affairs
• New Economics Foundation – Think-tank
• The Education Foundation – Think-tank
• Education Policy Institute – Think-tank
• Envision – Charitable & Voluntary Organisation
• EU Council Press

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F

• Fabian Society – Think-tank
• Faith and Climate Change
• Families Relief
• Find it in Birmingham
• Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS – Think-tank
• Fischer Family Trust (FFT) – provides data and analyses to all schools and LAs in England
• Fortis Living
• Forum for the Future – Think-tank
• Friendship Care and Housing Association
• Fry Housing Trust

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G

• Institute for Government – Think-tank
• Government website – Publications
• Grid Reference Finder
• The Guardian – Cities

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H

• Health & Safety Executive
• Heantun Housing Association
• Home Choice Plus – Social Housing across West Midlands
• Homes & Communities Agency
• Home Group
• Chartered Institute of Housing
• Housing and Care 21
• The Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN), formerly responsible for managing the Department of Health’s (DH) Extra Care Housing capital programme
• National Housing Federation
• Human City Institute

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I

• Impact Pathways West Midlands – maps facilities such as food banks and provides advice on how to register with local services – including, for example, dentists. You can search by postcode or by issue. It also auto-translates into a range of languages.  
• Innovation Unit – Think-tank
• Inside Housing
• International Longevity Centre UK  – Think-tank
• Involve  – Think-tank

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J

• The Jericho Foundation – Charitable & Voluntary Organisation
• Joseph Rowntree Foundation – Think-tank

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K

• King’s Fund – Think-tank
• KPMG – Reimagine Government insights

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L

• The Legatum Institute
• Local Government – Combined Authority
• Local Government Association – E-bulletins
• Local Government ‘First’   is LGA’s membership magazine received by 18,000 councillors and 400 chief executives monthly. If you would like an article or letter to be considered for publication, please email first@local.gov.uk
• Local Government Information Unit (LGiU) – the Local democracy think-tank
• Local Government Association – Publications
• Local Web List
• Localis – Think-tank

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M

• Manager Tools
• Midland Heart
• Mutuo – Think-tank

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N

• National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA)
• National Housing Federation
• New Local Government Network  Think-tank
• New Start Magazine – the magazine for making better places
• Nuffield Trust – Think-tank

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O

• Open Europe
• Orbit Group

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P

• Parliament Street
• Parliament UK : Bills
• Parliament UK : What’s on Calendar
• Policy Connect – Think-tank
• Policy Exchange – Think-tank
• New Policy Institute – Think-tank
• Policy Lab Blog
• Internal Policy Network – Think-tank
• PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Princes Trust
• Progress – Think-tank
• Project Smart
• Institute for Public Policy Research
• Public Service Digital

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Q

• Quilliam Foundation

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R

• The RAND Corporation
• Re-Define
• Reform
• Riverside Group
• Rooftop Housing Group
• Royal Voluntary Service

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S

• Sanctuary Group
• Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council – West Midlands Combined Authority
• Sense – Charitable & Voluntary Organisation
• The Smith Institute
• Solihull Care Housing Association
• Solihull Community Housing Association
• Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council – West Midlands Combined Authority
• Stonewater
• Stratford Upon Avon District Council
• Street Map

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T

• Think Tanks – Public Affairs Networking
• Independent Transport Commission – Think-tank
• Trident Housing Association

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U

• UK Authority Local Digital
• Unlock Democracy – Think-tank

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V

• Viridian Housing
• Von Hugel Institute

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W

• Walsall Council – West Midlands Combined Authority
• Warwickshire Rural Housing Association
• Waterloo Housing Group
• West Midlands Combined Authority
• West Midlands Housing Group
• City of Wolverhampton Council – West Midlands Combined Authority
• Worcester County Council
• Worcester City Council

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