Animal Welfare
Southampton Animal Concern 01489 584035
Compassion in World Farming www.ciwf.org.uk
Animal Aid www.animalaid.org.uk

Co-operatives
Co-operative Assistance Network, 1 Brunswick Place, Southampton SO15 2AN. 023 8071 0622. www.can.coop
Co-operatives UK www.cooperatives-uk.coop

Environment
Environment Centre, 14-15 Brunswick Place, Southampton SO15 2AQ. 023 8033 6172. www.environmentcentre.com. Practical support for companies, schools, community groups and individuals.
Southampton Sustainability Forum www.southampton-sustainability.org.
Environmental Rock www.environmental-rock.co.uk. A free yearly event held in the spring at the Hobbit pub in Bevois Valley Rd, Southampton, with lots of stalls by environmental groups. October Books have a stall there, selling environmental books, magazines and badges.
South-West Hants Green Party www.swhantsgreenparty.org.uk.
Greenpeace www.greenpeace.org.uk.
Friends of the Earth www.foe.co.uk.
The Green Party www.greenparty.org.uk. October Books sells their magazine - Green World
Southampton Real Nappy Network www.southamptonnappies.com. Promotes washable rather than disposable nappies.
Southampton Seed Swap www.octoberbooks.org/seedswap. Seed swap event in Southampton - sponsored by October Books.
Solar panels www.bockweb.net/alois/solar. Facts and figures by someone living in Chandlers Ford who installed solar panels.
Hampshire Green Book Blog http://hampshiresgreenbook.wordpress.com.

Fair Trade
Vandanamu www.vandanamu.co.uk. Based in Southampton, they supply us with many fair trade goods made in Pondicherry (India). October Books helped them to put together their website.
The Fairtrade Shop (Southampton) Ltd, 106 Shirley High Street, Southampton. Huge range of fair trade foods and household goods. Tel: 023 8076 8356. www.thefairtradeshop.org.uk.
Southampton Fair Trade Group www.fair-trade-southampton.org.uk

Human Rights
Amnesty International www.amnesty.org.

Local Organic Fruit & Veg
Sunnyfields www.sunnyfields.co.uk. 023 8087 1408. An organic farm with a farm shop in Jacobs Gutter Lane, Totton, Southampton. They can also deliver a box of organic fruit/veg to your house weekly.
Riverford www.riverford.co.uk. 01803 762720. They can deliver a box of organic fruit/veg to your house weekly.

Local Arts + Community
Active Arts Community www.activeartists.org.uk. Alternative arts events, mainly at Allsorts Psychic Cafe on Friday and Saturday evenings.
The HubBub www.thehubbub.org.uk. Local art event listings. Supports independent traders and human-scale, locally-run and grassroots organisations.
Bakoji Paintyard local artist, selling artworks as well as delivering a range of art and djembe based workshops for businesses, schools and communiities. www.bakojigallery.co.uk
Portswood.info www.portswood.info - a website with Portswood news and events. Well worth a look - they also have one for Bitterne Park
Southampton and District Woodcraft Folk http://woodcraft.scphillips.com - an educational movement for children and young people. See also their national website: www.woodcraft.org.uk

Politics
Folk Against Fascism www.folkagainstfascism.com.

Poverty
Oxfam www.oxfam.org.uk.
Action Aid www.actionaid.org.uk.
Make Poverty History makepovertyhistory.org.

Radical bookshops in the UK with websites
News from Nowhere, 96 Bold Street, Liverpool, L1 4HY. 0151 708 7270. www.newsfromnowhere.org.uk
Word Power Bookshop, 43 West Nicolson Street, Edinburgh EH8 9DB. 0131 662 9112. www.word-power.co.uk
Frontline Books, 73 Humberstone Gate, Leicester LE1 1WB. Tel: 0116 251 2002. www.frontlinebooks.co.uk
Housmans Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road, London N1 9DX. 020 7837 4473. www.housmans.idps.co.uk
The Basement, 24 Lever St, Manchester. 07753 606723. http://thebasement.clearerchannel.org
Alternative Bookshop Online, www.alternativebookshop.com
Cowley Club, 12 London Road, Brighton, BN1 4JA. www.cowleyclub.org.uk

Recycling
Jamie's Computer Club Unit 33, Mount Pleasant Industrial Estate, Mount Pleasant Road, Southampton. 023 8063 2198. www.jamiescomputerclub.org.uk. Takes unwanted computer equipment from people or companies, refurbishes it, sells it to the public or gives it free to charities or low-income families. Trains homeless and vulnerably-housed people in computer refurbishment.
Southampton Freecycle Group http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/southamptonfreecycle. An internet newsgroup where you can offer items for free that you don't want any more and request items that you want. An excellent way to avoid your unwanted items going to landfill, and to save money. A very active group with lots of new offers every day.
Recycle More www.recycle-more.co.uk. Excellent advice on recycling.

Travel
Chandlers Ford and Romsey Rail Action www.romseyrail.com.