North West England Regional Planning
This board works to promote the economic, environmental and social well-being of the North West of England. Their website provides detailed background information on Planning, Transport and Housing issues.

North West local strategic partnerships
Visit this link to find out more about Local Strategic Partnerships (LSP's) in the North West, and the related partnerships, forums and planning strategies.

Capacity Builders - North West
Capacitybuilders is a non-departmental public body (NDPB) set up in 2006 to take over the management of the ChangeUp programme and to work with other funders to build the capacity of the Third Sector. The North West England regional managers are Mark Reading and Corrina McHale.

People and sustainable communities
This link provides information and links to specific North West initiatives.

Churches Together in England
Churches Together in England is the national body set up by the churches in 1990 to bring together people of different traditions to find new ways to work and worship together. There are an increasing number of local Churches Together networks in the North West. For more information click here

The Inter Faith Network for the UK
Clikc on the link to view local inter faith groups operating in the North West.

Faith Northwest
The purpose of Faith Northwest is to help you discover who the faith communities are, what they are doing and how to get in touch with them. It also aims to help faith communities themselves to keep in touch with each other, and discover how best to take advantage of new opportunities to play their part as significant members of civil society. You will also find details of the Northwest Forum of Faiths.