BTCV Handbooks Online

Book:	Local Action
Chapter:	Bibliography
Section:	Introduction
Metadata:	Details	Buy this book

Group organisation

Taking action.
>How to turn ideas for land or building improvements into reality. ACTAC Ltd,
>64 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool L3 5SD.
>Tel: 0151 708 7607.
Charities registration pack.
>A pack designed to help groups when registering as a charity, including a model constitution for conservation groups.
>BTCV Enterprises, Tools & Trading, Balby Road, Doncaster, DN4 0RH. Tel: 01302 859522.
Starting a charity, CC21.
Charities and the Charity Commission, CC2.
Responsibilities of Charity Trustees, CC3.
Model constitutions.
Charities - the new law, a trustees' guide to the Charities Acts 1992 & 1993. All free.
>Charity Commissioners for England and Wales, St Albans House, 57-60 Haymarket, London SW1Y 4QX.
>Tel: 0171 210 4477.
Emphasize the positive. A guide to positive action for racial equality, written for community groups.
Getting your message across. B. Lowndes
Ideas Annual. . Community Matters,
>8/9 Upper Street, London N1 0PQ. Tel: 0171 226 0189.
Organising local events. Sarah Passingham
Environmental grants: a guide to grants for the environment from government, companies and charitable trusts. Stephen Wollett, ed.
Publications list. Including books about sources of grants, fundraising, charity contracts, Europe, finance and law, public affairs, and volunteers, trustees and management.
>Directory of Social Change, 24 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2DP.
>Tel: 0171 209 5151. Fax: 0171 209 5049.
Improving the environment, a guide for parish and town councils
Ground Rules, a guide to some of the legal aspects of community land ownership.
> from Acre, Somerford Court, Somerford Road, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 1TW.
>Tel: 01285 653477
Insurance protection - a guide for voluntary organisations.
NCVO publications list. Including books and leaflets on organisation and development, special interests (including environment and volunteering).
>National Council for Voluntary Organisations,
>Regent's Wharf, 8 All Saints Street, London N1 9RL.
>Tel: 0171 7136161. Fax: 0171 713 6300.

Practical conservation work

BTCV handbooks. Laminated books with clear line illustrations and technical instructions, and valuable safety, legal and organisational information for people who are doing practical conservation work.
>Trees and aftercare
>Dry stone walling
>Footpaths
>Fencing
>Hedging
>Sand dunes
>Woodlands
>Waterways and wetlands
>Tool care

Hands-on conservation - a volunteers' guide to practical skills. A pack containing 20 leaflets covering the safe and effective running of conservation projects. Simple 'How to' instructions for each skill and matching leaflets explaining why the work is important. Also includes Hand Tools and Basic Safety leaflets.
Practical conservation - advice for teachers.
>A comprehensive guide to give direction and support to schools which either have or are planning to develop a wildlife garden in their grounds.
Starting a butterfly garden
Starting a wildlife pond
Wildflowers in the garden
Garden for birds
A guide to habitat creation
How to make a wildlife garden
Promoting nature in cities and towns
>BTCV Enterprises, Tools and Trading, Balby Road, Doncaster, DN4 0RH.
>Tel: 01302 859522.
BTCV Code of Practice on chainsaw use. Freely available from you local BTCV contact.
>BTCV Training and Development Unit, Hollybush Farm, Broad Lane, Leeds LS5 3BP.
>Tel: 0113 230 7035. Fax: 0113 230 5274.
Choosing the right minibus. J. Taylor and A. Shore.
A code of good practice - for the operation of minibuses in the voluntary sector.
Your minibus - is it legal?
>Community Transport Association, Highbank, Halton Street, Hyde, Cheshire SK14 2NY.
>Tel: 08707 743586.
Making ways for the bicycle.
>Sustrans, 35 King Street, Bristol BS1 4DZ.
Sentinel fencing handbook.
>TWIL Wire Products, PO Box 119, Shepcote Lane, Sheffield S9 1TY.
Focus on Nature Conservation No. 14 - The Use of Herbicides on Nature Reserves. Out of print. May be available from libraries. ISBN 0 86139 325