The recent campaign opposing a housing development in Harwood ( https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqj0y2j89n0o) received very helpful support and advice from ELF, the Environmental Law Foundation, so BGU have now joined ELF as a community member for an annual fee of £60. Their advice could prove very useful for any future campaigns of this kind, so if any BGU members are involved in a similar situation please feel free to get in touch and we will consult ELF on your behalf under our membership.
Click here to access ELF’s website.
You can also join ELF as a group or as an individual, as this valuable service relies on membership and donations. Click here to reach the Community Members page of the ELF website.
Here is an extract from ELF’s website: .
We help the voice of ordinary people and communities to be heard on matters affecting the environment in which they live. View our current cases here.
It’s about participation and access to justice. It’s about your views and feelings – not ours or any ‘green elite’ – on the quality of the air you breathe, on the open spaces, wildlife, land use and waterways near your home. It’s about promoting the collective, good decision-making which is at the very heart of civilised, democratic and stable societies.
We do this by providing free information and guidance in-house on environmental issues for individuals and communities, also through our university based law clinics, and via our network of specialist environmental lawyers and technical experts.
We exist primarily to help socially and economically disadvantaged communities which want to address their concerns, but lack the resources or information to do so. All, however, are welcome to enquire. To find out how to use our services,
