SAVE

SAVE has been described as the most influential conservation group to have been established since William Morris founded the Society for the Protection Ancient Buildings over a century ago. It was created in 1975 - European Architectural Heritage Year - by a group of journalists, historians, architects, and planners to campaign publicly for endangered historic buildings. Through press releases, reports, and exhibitions, SAVE has championed the cause of decaying country houses, redundant churches and chapels, disused mills and warehouses, blighted streets and neighbourhoods, cottages and town halls, railway stations, hospitals, military buildings and asylums.

From the start, SAVE has always placed a special emphasis on the retention and re-use of historic buildings and areas. In a number of cases, SAVE has prepared its own schemes for re-use of threatened buildings. Since 1988 it has compiled a register of Buildings at Risk that are vacant which aims to identify new owners and/or new uses which will secure the buildings' future. SAVE is also very active on the broader issues of preservation policy.

You can support SAVE's work by becoming a Friend and make a direct financial contribution to our work - we suggest Friends contribute a minimum of £15 a year. This brings a discount of 20% on publications and a Friend's Newsletter twice a year.

SAVE Britain's Heritage is a registered Charity No. 269129.

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Soil Association

Mission statement of the Soil Association
The Soil Association has been researching and promoting organic farming as the key to sustainable agriculture since 1946, with its distinctive symbol now widely recognised as the consumer's guarantee of organic quality.
• Our organic expertise has also been applied to developing forestry certification. Thirty thousand members and supporters back our campaign for organic farming and sustainable land use
• We produce two quarterly publications: Living Earth, our membership magazine, and Organic Farming, the premier journal for organic producers read in over 30 countries Activities
• Members and supporters help to fund our activities and are also in the front line of change locally
• Information and education through publications, leaflets and magazines
• Events such as seminars, farm walks, shows and talks
• Partnership working with other organisations
• Influencing and lobbying policy makers and opinion formers
• Advisory work with farmers, manufacturers, local authorities and groups interested in developing sustainable food economies
• Campaigns on areas such as genetic engineering and the use of antibiotics in intensive farming

Organic principles
• Over the past 50 years, the Soil Association has played a leading role in the development of worldwide organic standards. The International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movements is responsible for ensuring that there is a common understanding and practice of organic food production

Organic standards
• The Soil Association has been developing standards for organic food production since 1972. The first standards document was a broad statement of principles and about ten pages in length. Current standards still follow these principles but run 110 pages of detailed best practice. Sections are broken down into recommended, permitted, restricted and prohibited.

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South Wales Porpoise Project

The Project was founded, with financial support from CCW (Species Initiative) fund and Bridgend, Neath Port Talbot, Swansea and Carmarthen Councils.

The project is particularly concerned with the status of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). Since November 2002, we have been co-ordinating the South Wales Porpoise Project, an exciting new initiative to increase our knowledge of this Biodiversity Action Plan priority species: how many use our coasts, where and when do they feed, how far do they travel, do they breed here?

Membership is open and free to all. Anyone who completes a "sightings" form, participates in an organised activity (boat or shore-based watch) or asks to be added to the mailing-list, becomes a member, should they wish.

The South Wales Porpoise Project is run by the Gower Marine Mammals Project.