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Organizations A - D
Organizations A - D
BAA Gatwick 
Lingfield is right in the flight path to Gatwick, which is the busiest single-runway airport in the world and the second largest airport in Britain. Gatwick is run by British Airports Authority.

Local contact:
Charlotte Barrett,
Community Affairs Executive,
BAA Gatwick,
Room 752, 7th Floor,
South Roof Office Block,
South Terminal,
Gatwick,
West Sussex RH6 0NP
Tel: 01293 507 061
Fax: 01293 503 794
Web site: here

Barclays SiteSavers 
A partnership between Barclays PLC and Groundwork, launched in 1996. The scheme aims to help people build stronger communities and improve their environment, transforming derelict and under-used land for recreational and community use. The scheme is managed by Groundwork, with support from British Trust for Conservation Volunteers and the Wildlife Trusts.

Contact:
Dawn Peace,
Barclays SiteSavers Manager,
Groundwork UK,
85-87 Cornwall Street,
Birmingham B3 3BY
Tel: 0121 236 8565
Fax: 0121 236 7356

Bat Conservation Trust 
This is the only British organisation devoted solely to conserving bats and their habitats. It campaigns in Britain and abroad, and carries out scientific research. The Trust has a network of volunteers, including over 90 local groups, and provides training for them. It runs the national Bat Helpline (see below), which helps and advises people who find bats in their property. Alison Rasey, of the Trust's central office, was one of the speakers at our Friends' evening in March 2003.

Local contact:
Lynn Whitfield,
Secretary,
The Surrey Bat Group,
21 Longmead Road,
Thames Ditton,
Surrey KT7 0JE
Tel: 0208 398 9973

National contact:
The Bat Conservation Trust
15 Cloisters House
8 Battersea Park Road
London SW8 4BG
Tel: 0207 627 2629
UK Bat Helpline: 0845 1300 228 

Blanchman's Farm Community Wildlife Area 
Set up in 1991, this was the first Community Wildlife Area in Tandridge. It covers 25 acres (10 hectares) and includes a restored pond, around 10,000 native trees and paths for the disabled.

Contact:
Mrs Stella Sanders-Hewett,
Honorary Secretary,
Blanchman's Farm Community Wildlife Area,
70 Farleigh Road,
Warlingham,
Surrey CR6 9ED
Tel: 01883 623520

British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV) 
BTCV is Britain's largest volunteer conservation organization. It has 40 years' experience of managing volunteer programmes and employment and training schemes.

Contact:
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV),
Conservation Centre,
163 Balby Road,
Doncaster DN4 0RH
Tel: 01302 572 244
Fax: 01302 310 167

British Wildlife Centre 
A small educational zoo specializing in British mammals. It houses over fifty species in naturalistic settings, from small mice to large deer, including foxes, wildcats, badgers and otters.

The Centre has been imaginatively designed and is sensitively run by David Mills, who gives conducted tours. David kindly gave a presentation on the Centre at our Friends' evening in March 1999.

Contact:
David Mills,
British Wildlife Centre,
Newchapel,
Lingfield
Surrey RH7 6LF
Tel: 01342 834658
Fax: 01342 834669

BT Countryside for All 
BT Countryside for All has produced standards and guidelines on access to the countryside that take disabled people's needs into account. It supports access projects through grants. Theirs is one of the best Web sites for specific information on managing access for all to the countryside.

Contact:
BT Countryside for All,
The Fieldfare Trust,
67a The Wicker,
Sheffield S3 8HT
Tel: 0114 270 1668
Fax: 0114 276 7900
Web: here

Butterfly Conservation 
Britain's main butterfly and moth conservation organization. It has more than 30 branches, covering the whole of the country, and carries out conservation tasks, provides advice and guidance and runs national species recording schemes. It owns and manages nearly twenty reserves.

National contact:
Butterfly Conservation,
Manor Yard,
East Lulworth,
Wareham,
Dorset BH20 5QP
Tel: 01929 400209
Fax: 01929 400210

Local contact (Surrey and SW London)
Martin Ellis,
95 Rosebery Road,
Epsom,
Surrey KT16 6AB
Tel: 01372 272073

Chris Howkins 
Chris is an ethnobotanist, writer, publisher and illustrator. An ethnobotanist researches man's association with plants, including their functional, medicinal and spiritual uses. Chris publishes the results of his researches in a series of books, which he stylishly illustrates. He also gives entertaining and informative talks on the subject. He gave one, entitled Surrey Trees: Fact and Folklore, at our Friends' evening in March 2000.

Contact:
Chris Howkins,
70 Grange Road,
New Haw,
Addlestone,
Surrey KT15 3RH
Tel: 01932 344216

Community Service Volunteers (CSV) 
CSV is the UK’s leading volunteering organization. Each year almost 100,000 people give nearly 1 million hours of their time through CSV to help people in need in the community. CSV has over 100 action bases nationwide and a budget of over £20 million.

Contact:
CSV Head Office,
237 Pentonville Road,
London N1 9NJ
Tel: 0207 278 6601

Council for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) 
CPRE is a national campaigning organization that looks to influence countryside policy making through research-based ideas. Formed in 1926, CPRE has 43 county branches and 200 local groups. Its patron is Her Majesty The Queen.

Local contact:
Mrs Elizabeth Park,
Chairman,
Tandridge Group, CPRE,
Nutfield Park Farm,
South Nutfield,
Redhill,
Surrey RH1 5PA
Tel: 01737 823375
Fax: 01737 822502
National Web site: http://www.cpre.org.uk

Countrylovers 
Marcus Harrison's excellent listings site offers a free entry for voluntary and non-profit organizations and also includes countryside pursuits, accommodation and traders. We're here, three-quarters of the way down the page. The main page is here: http://www.countrylovers.co.uk.

Countryside Agency 
Is the result of merging the Countryside Commission and the Rural Development Commission. The Countryside Agency is the statutory body working "to conserve and enhance the countryside, to promote social equity and economic opportunity for the people who live there" and to help everyone, wherever they live, to enjoy it.

Regional contact:
London Office,
The Countryside Agency,
Dacre House,
19 Dacre Street
London SW1H 0DH
Tel: 020 7340 2900
Fax: 020 7340 2999

Duke of Edinburgh's Awards 
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, a registered charity, is a programme of activities for young people between the ages of 14-25. The aim of the Award is to provide an enjoyable, challenging and rewarding programme of personal development for young people.

Local contact:
Mrs Barbara Broadway,
52 High Street,
Lingfield,
Surrey RH7 6AA
Tel: 01342 836008

South East Region Contact:
10 Station Road,
Chertsey,
Surrey KT16 8BE
Tel: 01932 564800
Fax: 01932 564788
National Web site: http://www.theaward.org