UK women's organisations

Fawcett Society
1-3 Berry Street, London EC1V 0AA T: 020 7253 2598 info@fawcettsociety.org.uk
Fawcett campaigns to help create greater gender equality for women in Britain, focus on participation in democracy, employment and pay, poverty in retirement and tax and benefit reform.

Microsyster
Box Number 43, 136-138 Kingsland High Street, London E8 2NS
T: 020-7684 3564 microsyster@gn.apc.org
Microsyster provides computer services and training for women's groups and women working in the voluntary and charity. Offers information and skills to enable them to take advantage of the advances in personal computing.

National Council of Women
72 Victoria Rd, Darlington, Co. Durham DL1 5JG T: 01325 367375 ncwgb@danburystreet.freeserve.co.uk
NCW aims to eradicate discrimination against women and to encourage the effective participation of women in the life of the nation. Provides information and advice and makes representations to government, local authorities or anybody that deals with these issues.

National Federation of Women's Institutes
104 New Kings Rd, London SW6 4LA T: 0171 371 9300
Membership organisation with over 8000 WIs, raising awareness and campaigning on issues affecting quality of life, particularly in rural areas.

Older Feminist Network
c/o Astra, 54 Gordon Road, London N3 1EP T: 020 8 346 1900
Membership organisation to counter the negative stereotypes of older women in society. Challenges the combined ageism/sexism which older women suffer. Provides contacts, mutual support and exchange of ideas and information.

Syster Tree
A membership organisation for pagan women. Lots of links to women's, pagan, health and environmental sites.

Townswomen's Guild
Chamber of Commerce House, 75 Harborne Rd, Egbaston, Birmingham B15 3DA
T: 0121 456 3435 pauline@townswomen.org.uk
Aims to advance the level of education of all women. Hosts a national conference to mount a strong political lobby on current issues, which at present include benefits for part-time workers.

Trade Union Congress (Women's Committee)
Congress House, Great Russell St, London WC1B 3LS T: 020 7 636 4030
Promotes womens' interests within the trade union movement, work and society. Produce many publications.

Why Women
The why women? campaign is speaking up for women’s organisations, who do great work for women and society as a whole, but are under threat from lack of funding. We are calling on the government to put gender back on the agenda.

Womenconnect
Supports women’s organisations in England with online resources, organisational development and some equipment.

Womankind Worldwide
2nd floor, 32-37 Cowper St, London EC2A 4AW T: 020 7549 5700 info@womankind.org.uk

Women's Budget Group
c/o Fawcett Society 1-3 Berry Street, London EC1 V0AA T: 020 7253 2598 erin@fawcettsociety.org.uk
The Women's Budget Group is a Think Tank on the relationship between women, men and economics. Throughout their work with various government departments and representatives, the basic principle is to ensure that government first recognizes that economic policies have differential and unequal impact on women.

Women in London
Working for women in london to quickly and easily make their details available via the Internet. Provides useful directory of London based women's organisations.

Women in Rural Enterprise
WiRE helps women in rural areas succeed in business and aims to be a forum for UK Rural Women Entrepreneurs to network, make contacts, promote their businesses.

Women's Resource Centre
Ground Floor East, 33-41 Dallington Street London EC1V 0BB T: 020 7324 3030
WRC is a co-ordinating and support organisation for voluntary and community projects that work for and with women. WRC is a national organisation with a London focus, providing information, training, development support, networking opportunities and policy consultation the non-profit sector.

Women National Commission (WNC)
Level 4, Caxton House, Tothill Street, London SW1H 9NF T: 0171 712 2443
Official advisory body whose responsibility is to ensure that the informed opinions of women are given representation and their due weight in governmental policy deliberations.

Women's Health
52 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8RT Helpline: 0845 125 5254
Library, information and hotline service for women. Produce a newsletter focusing on different issues associated with women's health.

The Women's Unit
10 Great George Street London SW1P 3AE T: 020 7273 8880
The Women's Unit provides a two-way voice between Government and the women of the UK. It works closely with No. 10, Government Departments and others to bring about measurable improvements to the position of women which benefit society generally. In this way the Unit ensures that the concerns of women in the UK are fed directly into policy making across Government.

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