Eastside Sustainability Advisory Group (ESAG) 54-57 Allison Street Digbeth B5 5TH Tel: 0121 678 8851 Email: esag@bvsc.org

Birmingham Friends of the Earth
Birmingham Friends of the Earth works towards local and global environmental justice by local activism, and by involvement in decision making in the Birmingham area. It is part of the global Friends of the Earth network. Birmingham FoE was the coordinator of the "Sustainable Eastside" vision document.

Birmingham Sustainable Energy Partnership
Birmingham Sustainable Energy Partnership (BSEP) develops partnership working to tackle climate change and fuel poverty through energy efficiency and renewable energy. The Partnership was set up in 2003 by Birmingham City Council, Groundwork, Eaga Partnership, Hestia Services, and NEA. BSEP manages the Community Energy Support Programme, which enables community organisations to develop sustainable energy projects of all types. For more information call 0121 262 6408.

Birmingham Women's Advice and Information Service
BWAIC is a women only space where we offer city wide front line services within a women only environment. They offer advice, information, crisis counseling, training and facilitation. They also work for positive change in practice policy and legislation.

Birmingham Voluntary Services Council
BVSC is one of the UK's largest Councils for Voluntary Service, operating at a strategic level in Birmingham to strengthen the voluntary and community sectors in the city. BVSC believes that the voluntary sector should be a voice for the voiceless, on the side of those marginalized in society, committed to social justice, and an opponent of discrimination and poverty sectors in the city.

Environment Agency
It's the Environment Agency's job to look after the environment and make it a better place - for you, and for future generations. This involves regulating waste activities and promoting good practice, managing water resources and protecting us from flooding and by regulating the release of pollutants into air from over 2000 of the larger or more complex industrial processes.

Transport 2000
Transport 2000 is the independent national body concerned with sustainable transport. It looks for answers to transport problems and aims to reduce the environmental and social impact of transport by encouraging less use of cars and more use of public transport, walking and cycling.

Living Streets
Living Streets Birmingham is a branch of the national Living Streets organisation (also known as the Pedestrians Association). Living Streets campaigns locally for better streets and public spaces for people on foot, and wants decision makers to consider the form of the street from the viewpoint of users and residents rather than to design traffic corridors

The University of Birmingham
Funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council the University of Birmingham is carrying out research, in conjunction with the University of Central England, into sustainable urban redevelopment using Eastside as a case study. Aspects of research include: socio-economic issues; the use, availability and feasibility of sustainable technologies and practices; changes in local biodiversity during and after development and the efficacy of mitigation techniques and different management practices in achieving sustainable biodiversity; and open spaces and the built environment.

Birmingham Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV)
BTCV is the UK's largest practical conservation charity. Founded in 1959, we help more than 130,000 volunteers every year take hands-on action to improve both the rural and urban environments. Vision: A better environment where people are valued, included and involved. Mission: To create a more sustainable future by inspiring people and improving places.

Joe Holyoak
Joe Holyoak, architect, urban designer and conservationist. Initiator with Birmingham for People in 1992 of the "Raise the Rea" project. Consultant for the Irish Quarter Concept Study in 2000.

WWF
WWF, the global environment network, takes action to conserve endangered species, protect endangered spaces and address global threats, by seeking long-term solutions.

National Urban Forestry Unit
The National Urban Forestry Unit (NUFU) is a charity working in partnership with central and local government, the corporate sector and other environmental charities. Its main aim is to help create a more tree-rich environment as an important means of improving the quality of life for the millions of people who live and work in towns and cities.

Birmingham and Black Country Wildlife Trust
The Trust is part of a partnership of 47 Trusts throughout the country dedicated to the protection, enhancement and creation of habitat and area for wildlife in both urban and rural areas. They are also involved in delivering education programmes for wildlife in both schools and in local communities within Birmingham and the Black Country.

West Midlands New Economics Group
The WM New Economics Group originated in an attempt to establish a local equivalent of the New Economics Foundation. However, they now follow their own ideas and perspectives in being a voice in regional affairs. WM NEG have been involved in the process of preparing the Regional Planning Guidance that has been adopted this year. They have submitted evidence to Commons select committees on regional and economic issues and have been involved in ESAG from the start.