Links to Related Organisations
Dorchester & South Dorset also work alongside other local organisations – with many of our members also members of some of these organisations. Please feel free to contact them or browse their websites. (Please note that Dorchester & South Dorset LETS is NOT responsible for the content of any of the following websites).
Dorset LETS Network
Contact: Jenny Eddison
Phone: 01305 889782 / Email: jenny@dorchester-lets.co.uk
Dorchester & South Dorset LETS are also part of the Dorset LETS Network which keeps the county’s LETS groups in touch with each other and also provides inter-trading opportunities.
South West Dorset LETS
Website: www.bridportandwestbay.co.uk (see Clubs and Organisations > SW Dorset LETS)
South West Dorset LETS covers the Bridport/Beaminster area including Marshwood Vale and Lyme Regis and has a few joint members of Dorchester & South LETS.
LETSlink UK
Website: www.letslinkuk.net
Dorchester & South Dorset LETS are also members of LETSlink UK – the UK’s Local Exchange Trading and Complementary Currencies Development Agency. This means we can also inter-trade with other UK LETS groups if we wish to.
Transition Town Dorchester (TTD)
Website: www.transitiontowndorchester.org
Transition Town Dorchester and the surrounding areas are imagining and creating a future that addresses the twin challenges of diminishing oil and gas supplies and climate change – creating the kind of local community that we all want to be part of. TTD also organise Dorchester Green Drinks which is the regular meet-up for a drink and a chat for anyone interested in environmental issues to gather together in a social setting to unite and support one another.
DA21 (formerly Dorset Agenda 21)
Website: www.dorsetagenda21.org.uk
DA21 is an independent charity working cooperatively with local people, communities, businesses, educational bodies, local government and other organisations to encourage sustainable living in Dorset – who acknowledge the impact of climate change and want to do something about it NOW.
Freecycle (Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester)
Website: www.freecycle.org/group/UK/South%West
The Freecycle Network™ is a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (and getting) stuff for free in their own towns and thus keeping good stuff out of landfills. Membership is free, and everything posted must be FREE, legal and appropriate for all ages.
Dorset’s Green Book and Directory
Website: www.southcoastbooks.com/gpage.html
Dorset’s GREEN BOOK AND DIRECTORY is the essential reference guide to Dorset’s Environmentally-Friendly, Fairtrade, Healthy, Natural, Organic and Recycled products and services with a Town by Town Directory. You’ll find Dorchester & South Dorset LETS listed there of course!!!
Carshare Dorset
Website: www.carsharedorset.com
Carshare Dorset has been set-up to enable you to carshare in and around Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole. Car sharing saves you money and reduces the number of cars on the roads – resulting in less congestion, less pollution and fewer parking problems.
Dorset Community Action (DCA)
Website: www.dorcom.org.uk
DCA are a ‘Gateway’ for Dorset’s voluntary organisations, community groups and social enterprises, collectively known as the Third Sector.
Green Economics Insititute
Website: www.greeneconomics.org.uk
The Green Economics Institute is at the forefront in helping institutions and individuals find solutions to current financial crisis’ which will bring long term and real prosperity to people, nature and the planet and its systems.
Women’s Action Network Dorset (WAND)
Website: www.wandwomen.org.uk
WAND are looking for like-minded enthusiastic women to join in and help to launch this group. WAND is open to any women aged 16 + living or working anywhere in Dorset. They hope to foster a sense of community among women in Dorset.
Dorchester & South Dorset LETS Sponsors
Extemplo – On-Demand Media Solutions
Website: www.extemplo.co.uk
Dorchester & South Dorset LETS gratefully acknowledge the support of Extemplo (On-Demand Media Solutions) in Dorchester for sponsoring our new 2009 printed publicity.
Studio410 – Print Design
Website: www.studio401.co.uk
Dorchester & South Dorset LETS gratefully acknowledge the support of Studio401 Print Design in Sherborne for designing our new logo in 2009.
Dorchester Town Council
Website: www.dorchester-tc.gov.uk
Dorchester & South Dorset LETS gratefully acknowledge the contributions and support from Dorchester Town Council, which were granted to us in 2008 in recognition of the potential of LETS for economic and social development within the community.
