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

Believing in the Region Report
The Believing in the Region Report presents the findings of a survey conducted during the autumn of 2005 among faith communities in the West Midlands.The findings provide hard evidence about the participation of faith communities in key aspects of regeneration and renewal in the region. It demonstrates the contribution of faith communities to building social capital across the West Midlands.  The report was put together by the Regional Action West Midlands (RAWM) with funding from Government Office in the West Midlands.

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 West Midlands. 

West Midlands Rural Community Council Network
The Network has been developed in response to the government trend towards regionalisation. It aims to ensure that rural need and issues are represented to regional bodies/agencies in an informed and co-ordinated way. In addition to further joint working between the four RCC’s, the Network will work closely with other local and regional partners in consulting on and reflecting rural issues

West Midlands Faiths Forum
This is an independent body aims to provide a ‘meeting place' for the voices of the diverse faith groups, whereby views can be heard and gathered in a structured manner by regional bodies, including the Regional Assembly.

Advantage West Midlands
This is the Regional Development Agency (RDA) for the West Midlands. Their role is to lead the economic development of the West Midlands, working alongside a wide range of public, private and voluntary sectors partners to help our region to prosper - building upon the area's strengths and addressing its unique challenges.

West Midlands Regional Observatory
We are responsible for helping the region to develop better access to well organised information. We do this to improve the quality of strategy and policy making so that the region can better inform the provision of services.