The South Essex Greengrid Strategy for Thames Gateway is promoted by:
- local government members of the Thames Gateway South Essex Partnership;
- government agencies
- local and national environmental trusts
- other non-governmental bodies and partnerships
- the regional development agency.
The Greengrid Partnership, which has been set up to carry out the aims of the Greengrid strategy, currently includes:
- Basildon (www.basildon.gov.uk)
- Basildon Renaissance (http://www.basildonrenaissance.co.uk)
- Renaissance Southend (http://www.renaissancesouthend.co.uk)
- Castle Point (www.castlepoint.gov.uk)
- Rochford (www.rochford.gov.uk)
- Southend (www.southend.gov.uk) and Thurrock Councils(www.thurrock.gov.uk) and Essex County Council (www.essexcc.gov.uk)
- Department for Communities and Local Government (www.communities.gov.uk)
- Countryside Agency (www.countryside.gov.uk)
- East of England Development Agency (www.eeda.org.uk)
- English Heritage (www.english-heritage.org.uk)
- English Nature (www.english-nature.org.uk)
- Environment Agency (www.enviroment-agency.gov.uk)
- Essex Wildlife Trust (www.essexwt.org.uk)
- Forestry Commission (www.forestry.gov.uk)
- Groundwork UK (www.groundwork.org.uk)
- RSPB (www.rspb.org.uk)
- SUSTRANS the sustainable transport charity (www.sustrans.org.uk)
- Thames Gateway South Essex Partnership (www.tgessex.co.uk)
- Thames Chase Community Forest (www.thameschase.org.uk)
- Thames Estuary Partnership (www.thamesweb.com)
- Thurrock Greengrid (www.thurrock.gov.uk/countryside/greengrid/content.php?page=strategy)
- Natural England ( www.naturalengland.org.uk)
- Environment Agency (www.environment-agency.gov.uk/developers)
- Southend-on-sea Borough Council (www.southend.gov.uk)
- British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (www.btcv.org.uk)
- Land Restoration Trust (www.landrestorationtrust.org.uk)
- Department for Environment, Food & Affairs (www.defra.gov.uk)
- Groundwork South Essex (http://www.groundwork-southessex.org.uk)
As you will see in Projects, many of these partners are either involved in carrying out Greengrid projects themselves, or are advising and consulting on potential projects to be started in the next few years.