LAGs and other organisations managing INNS

Local Action Groups cover over 60% of the land area in Britain. Browse the list below to find a group near you. Please contact the Local Action Group Coordinator if you would like your project to be added or can't find a group local to you and would like to set up your own.

Map of Local Action Groups in Great Britain

Map of Great Britain with yellow, green and purple shading covering most of the land area to represent the presence of a Local Action Group. Parts of western Scotland, the west midlands, north west, and the central south coast are unshaded indicating that no Local Action Groups operate in these areas,

Key to map

Yellow = regional groups or large LAGs larger than a county
Green = several LAGs operating within a county
Purple = individual LAG

List of LAGs

Label on map	Local Action Group(s) operating within the area shown on the map	Region
BCS	Bewdley Civic Society	West Midlands
Cheshire	Bollin Environmental Action and Conservation (BEACON) Bollin Valley Partnership Cheshire Wildlife Trust	North West
Cumbria	Derwent Invasive Partnership Eden Rivers Trust South Cumbria Rivers Trust West Cumbria Rivers Trust (WCRT) Northern Red Squirrels and associated groups	North West
CVF	Bourn Free Cam Upper Reaches Action Team Cam Valley Forum Waterlife Recovery Trust East	East of England
Derbyshire	Derbyshire Wildlife Trust Water Vole Recovery Project	East Midlands
DVSC	Dedham Vale and Suffolk Coast National Landscapes	East of England
Essex	Chelmer Canal Trust Essex Wildlife Trust Waterlife Recovery Trust	South East
FRT	Forth Rivers Trust	Scotland
Hampshire	New Forest Non-native Plants Project Test and Itchen Invasive Non Native Species Project Winterbourne and Watercress Volunteers Solent Forum	South East
Hertfordshire	Colne CAN Community Connections Projects CIC Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust River Beane Restoration Association Waterlife Recovery Trust	South East
ICP	Irwell Catchment Partnership	North West
Isle of Wight	Natural Enterprise / Island Rivers Partnership Solent Forum	South East
Kent	Kent High Weald Countryside Management Partnership Kentish Stour Countryside Partnership Medway Swale Estuary Partnership Medway Valley Countryside Partnership North West Kent Countryside Management Partnership Whitecliffs and Romney Marsh Countryside Management Partnership	South East
Leicestershire	Leicestershire Invasive Non Native Species Initiative	East Midlands
London	London Invasive Species Initiative Quaggy Waterways Action Group Ravensbourne Catchment Three Rivers Clean Up River Lee and Stort Floating Pennywort work South East Rivers Trust London Catchments Thames 21 Wandle INNS Group Waterlife Recovery Trust	South East
Norfolk	Norfolk Non-native Species Initiative Waterlife Recovery Trust	East of England
North East	Naturally Native Tees Rivers Trust Tyne Rivers Trust Wear Rivers Trust Northern Red Squirrels and associated groups	North East and Yorkshire
Nottinghamshire	Nottinghamshire Invasive Non-Native Species Initiative Water Vole Recovery Project \| Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust	East Midlands
PDNP	Peak District National Park Authority and Peak Park Volunteers	North East and Yorkshire
Scottish Islands	Biosecurity for LIFE - keeping the UK's seabirds safe Hebridean Mink Project \| NatureScot Orkney Native Wildlife Project	Scotland
Shropshire	Shropshire Invasive Non-native Species Initiative	West Midlands
SISI	Scottish Invasive Species Initiative (SISI)	Scotland
SOP	Sussex Ouse INNS Project	East of England
Staffordshire	Cannock Chase National Landscape Staffordshire Wildlife Trust	West Midlands
South West	Avon Invasive Weeds Forum Cornwall Invasive Species Forum Dartmoor Invasive Species Project Devon Invasive Species Initiative (DISI) Dorset Wildlife Trust, Exmoor Non Native Invasive Species Project Lower Severn Vale Invasive Species Initiative Red Squirrel South-West River Char Project Tamar Invasives Group South West Lakes Trust South West Invasive Species Forum	South West
SVP	Sherborne Valley Project
TF	Tweed Invasive Species Project	North East and Yorkshire
TVW	Tame Valley Wetlands
UBO	Upper Bedford Ouse Catchment Partnership Waterlife Recovery Trust East	East of England
Wales	Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Eryri National Park, Snowdonia Society The Upper and Middle Dee Invasive Species Management Project Wales Resillient Ecological Network (WaREN) Wye Valley National Landscape	Wales
Wiltshire	Blackwater Conservation Group Wiltshire Wildlife Trust South West Invasive Species Forum	South West
WLP	River Wey Landscape Partnership National Trust Local floating pennywort projects	South West
WLRT	Waterlife Recovery Trust	East of England
WV	Wye Valley National Landscape	Wales and South West
Yorkshire	Aire Rivers Trust Calder Rivers Trust Don Catchment Rivers Trust East Yorkshire INNS Group River Holme Connections Riverlution (River Stewardship Company) Yorkshire Crayfish Forum Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust Yorkshire Derwent Catchment Partnership Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Yorkshire Invasive Species Forum	North East and Yorkshire

Regional Coordination

The following regional groups have been established to support and coordinate the work of Local Action Groups and other organisations in these areas:

South West Invasive Species Forum
East Midlands Regional Forum
West Midlands Regional Forum
Wales Resilient Ecological Network (WaREN)
Yorkshire Invasive Species Forum (YISF) - contact the YISF
North East Regional Forum
North West Regional Forum

Please contact the LAG Coordinator for more information on any of the groups above, or if you would like to help establish a regional forum for the:

South East of England
East of England

Other projects and volunteering opportunities

There are other organisations working on invasive non-native species management projects in areas of the country:

Canal & River Trust Invasive Species Eradication Project
Angling Trust
Paddle UK
Asian Hornet Teams
The Wildlife Trust
The Rivers Trust
RSPB
National Trust

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