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Westminster lobbying · Secretariat index
Who runs Westminster’s All-Party Groups
Each All-Party Parliamentary Group has a secretariat: the entity that does the operational work and effectively sets the policy line. When the secretariat is a lobby firm, the APPG is a paid channel for the firm’s clients to reach MPs. 23 firms operate two or more APPGs each. The rest run a single group.
Firms operating two or more APPGs · 23
Single-APPG secretariats (415)
- Home for Good and Adoption UK jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Battersea Dogs & Cats Home and Cats Protection jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Government of Jersey and Government of Guernsey jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- The Parliamentary Christian Trust and the Bible Society (
- Mercy Corps and Search for Common Ground jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Coastal Partnership Network, Coastal Communities Alliance and LGA Coastal SIG jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Diabetes UK and Breakthrough T1D jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- The Digital Creators Association and Influencer Marketing Trade Body jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Make Votes Matter and Unlock Democracy jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Bectu, DACS, ALCS, Directors UK and Freelancers Make Theatre Work jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Hospice UK, Marie Curie and Sue Ryder jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Justlife Foundation and Shared Health Foundation jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- NorthPoint Strategy and Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- The Bridge Consultation Limited
- The Law Society and Bar Council jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- UK BioIndustry Association, Association of Medical Research Charities, British Heart Foundation, Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, British In Vitro Diagnostic Association, Academy of Medical Sciences, Cancer Research UK and Arthritis UK jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Urban Transport Group and Campaign for Better Transport jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- The Royal College of Psychiatrists and Rethink Mental Illness jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Whitehouse Communications
- Missing People and The Children’s Society jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, Motorsport Industry Association and RAC Foundation jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Mutuo
- Caabu
- Patient Safety Watch, Action against Medical Accidents and The Clinical Human Factors Group jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Association of Police and Crime Commissioners
- Prostate Cancer Research and Prostate Cancer UK jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Keystone Consulting
- Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Design and Artists Copyright Society, Contemporary Visual Arts Network and a-n jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- The Public Affairs Company and North Star Public Affairs jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- UK Abraham Accords Group
- RPP Group
- Deal Me Out
- African Foundation for Development (AFFORD)
- Advertising Association
- Rita Davids
- Legal Aid Practitioners Group
- UK Acquired Brain Injury Forum
- Real Aid
- Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK
- Age UK
- National Allergy Strategy Group
- British Alevi Federation
- The Foreign Policy Centre
- British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
- RSPCA
- Air Ambulances UK
- No Third Runway Coalition
- Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- Resolve UK
- Archives and Records Association
- The Royal British Legion
- Heyworth Heritage
- Armenian National Committee of the United Kingdom
- Big Innovation Centre
- Sophie Lane, Office of Alex Ballinger MP
- Antisemitism Policy Trust
- National Autistic Society
- Parent-Infant Foundation
- Sands
- CAFOD
- The Council on Geostrategy
- The Craft Bakers Assosciation
- Office of Public Affairs, Baha'i Community of the UK
- Five X More
- BBC
- Caribbean & African Health Network
- Health Equity North
- Beyond Pills Alliance
- Uplift
- British Beauty Council
- Mineral Products Association
- Ocklynge Consulting Ltd
- Royal Entomological Society
- Absorbent Hygiene Products Manufacturers Association
- British Blockchain Association
- Brain Tumour Research
- Advocacy for British Hindus and Indians UK
- Beyond2050 ltd
- Offshore Energies UK (OEUK)
- British Council
- Board of Deputies of British Jews
- Breast Cancer Now
- Construction Industry Council
- Sikh Federation UK
- British Deaf Association
- Brightside Strategy
- Macmillan Cancer Support
- Young Lives vs Cancer
- Burma Campaign UK
- Dairy UK
- Solidarity Consulting Ltd
- Dawson Group
- The Cayman Islands Government Office UK
- Carers UK
- Carbon Capture and Storage Association
- Become
- Living and Dying Well
- Cardiac Risk in the Young
- Business South
- Ceramics UK
- Fair Game
- National Council for Voluntary Organisations
- Internet Watch Foundation
- Dr Miranda Bevan (King’s College, London)
- National Children's Bureau
- Children in Wales
- Together for Short Lives
- Good Faith Partnership
- Dignity in Dying
- Association of British Orchestras
- Urban Transport Group
- The Classical Association
- Climate Change & (In)Security Project
- National Association of Cider Makers (NACM)
- UK Guantanamo Network
- Startup Coalition
- Friends of New Europeans
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- UK Feminista
- Association of British Credit Unions Limited (ABCUL)
- Compassion in Politics
- The Community Development Finance Association
- Shelter
- Chartered Trading Standards Institute
- National Centre for Creative Health
- Critical Minerals Association
- Cybersecurity Business Network
- The Institute of Customer Service
- CryptoUK
- Tamesis Services Ltd
- Royal Astronomical Society
- RNID
- StepChange Debt Charity
- Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA)
- Chelgate Limited
- APPG Secretariat Services Ltd
- British Dental Association
- Alzheimer's Society
- Obesity Health Alliance
- Disability Rights UK
- Marc the Vet Ltd
- Reset
- National Down Syndrome Policy Group acts as the group's secretariat. h
- British Dyslexia Association
- British Science Association
- Solidarity Consulting
- Women's Aid Federation of England
- Campaign for Learning
- East Midlands Councils
- Inflect
- Electrical Safety First
- #DumpTheScales
- Royal College of Emergency Medicine
- Ranelagh Political Communications
- University of Hertfordshire (Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences Department)
- Harry’s Pals
- Endometriosis UK
- Renewable Energy Association (REA)
- The Entrepreneurs Network
- Green Alliance
- JBP Associates
- Women on Boards CIC
- Fashion Roundtable Org. Ltd
- National Black, Asian, Mixed Race, and Minority Ethnic Transplant Alliance (NBTA)
- The European Movement UK
- Stephen Hoffman Consulting Ltd
- Ethnic Minority Business Network
- Davies Tanner
- PLMR Healthcomms
- The Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain
- Fairtrade Foundation
- FaithAction
- Food, Farming & Countryside Commission
- Future Men
- Falkland Islands Government Representative to the UK and Europe
- Spurgeons
- The Fiji Society
- Young Enterprise
- Industry Advisory Group
- Innovate Finance
- Working Families
- RenewableUK
- National Flood Forum
- Mindfully Wired Consulting
- Food and Drink Federation
- Trussell
- The Football Supporters' Association
- College Green Group
- Pagefield Communications
- Confor: Promoting Forestry and Wood
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- Association of Colleges
- The Fusion Cluster
- Barndoor Strategy
- Institute for the Future of Work
- ExcludedUK
- Horticultural Trades Association
- Haemochromatosis UK
- Genetic Alliance UK
- Bellwether International
- Ghana Union
- NGO Forest Coalition
- Kaleidoscope Trust
- Global Health Partnerships (formerly THET)
- Polar Research and Policy Initiative
- Investing In Ethnicity
- Friends, Families and Travellers
- The Haemophilia Society
- AtaLoss
- Hazara Council of Great Britain
- Healthy Homes and Buildings Coalition (via Jade Advocacy Limited)
- The Medical Defence Union
- Royal Society for Public Health
- Tenacious Carbon
- Crisis
- Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong.(SWHK)
- UKHospitality
- UKHospitality Cymru
- Bruno Dunda, in the Office of Lord Best,
- Humanists UK
- Connect
- Human Trafficking Foundation
- Medical Justice
- Nurtureuk
- Marine Energy Council
- The 1928 Institute
- Equatorise
- Hanover Communications
- IEI Group Limited
- Chartered Insurance Institute Group
- Institution of Civil Engineers
- Luther Pendragon Ltd
- The Influencing the Corridors of Power Project (ICOP) at SOAS University of London
- The FoRB Foundation
- International Conservation Caucus Foundation
- Independent Higher Education
- Transparency Task Force
- Islamic Finance Council UK
- DMA Invest
- ITV
- Chris Hodgkins
- The Japan Society
- Council for Arab-British Understanding (Caabu)
- Images&Co Ltd
- Family Rights Group
- National Kidney Federation
- Centre for Kurdish Progress
- Canning House
- Leasehold Knowledge Partnership
- Royal Mencap Society
- The Local Government Information Unit
- Pancreatic Cancer UK
- Listed Property Owners' Club
- National Literacy Trust
- British Liver Trust
- Maritime UK
- Loan Charge Action Group
- National Association of Market Authorities
- Oxfordshire Local Nature Partnership
- London Councils
- Long Covid Support
- Malaria No More UK
- Redress
- British Malaysian Society
- Reporters Without Borders UK
- Royal College of Midwives
- The Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society
- Centre for Policy Research on Men and Boys
- Voi Technology
- Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP)
- National Federation of Women's Institutes
- Future Justice
- University College London
- Chartered Institute of Linguists
- Wychwood Consulting Limited
- Motor Neurone Disease Association
- Independent Society of Musicians
- MS Society
- UK Music
- Action for ME
- Campaign for National Parks
- National Trust
- Inflect Partners Ltd
- Night Time Industries Association
- Town and Country Planning Association
- Christopher Grozdoski
- Nuclear Industry Association
- United Against Malnutrition and Hunger
- Trades Union Congress
- Royal Osteoporosis Society
- Institute for Outdoor Learning
- British Mountaineering Council
- The Packaging Federation
- Morris Johns
- Parentkind
- PANS PANDAS UK
- British Holiday and Home Parks Association
- Parkinson's UK
- Prison Reform Trust
- Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association
- Respect
- Council for Dance, Drama and Musical Theatre
- M+F Health Communications
- Animal Free Research UK
- Play England
- Shout Out UK
- Right to Life UK
- Association for Children Damaged by Hormone Pregnancy Tests
- Equality Trust
- The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA)
- Efficio Consulting Ltd
- Publishers Association
- TYI
- Enact Equality
- The Runnymede Trust
- British Horseracing Authority
- Radiotherapy UK
- T & I Communications Ltd
- Refugee Council
- PRASEG Ltd
- Denovo Strategy Limited
- Credit Strategy
- Business in the Community
- UK/Romania Business
- Rugby Football League
- Independent British Vape Trade Association
- England Athletics
- Country Land and Business Association (CLA)
- Rural Services Network
- Thirtyone:eight
- Association for Public Service Excellence
- Scotch Whisky Association
- National Education Union
- Front Foot Communications Ltd
- UK Sepsis Trust
- The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham
- College of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare
- Shellfish Association of Great Britain
- Gingerbread
- Sixth Form Colleges Association
- British Association for Shooting and Conservation
- Barndoor Strategy Ltd
- Elixr.Earth Limited
- Hera Communication Strategies
- Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
- World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
- Social Enterprise UK
- The Sutton Trust
- Action for Southern Africa
- Henham Strategy
- South East Councils
- Silverstone Communications Ltd
- ADS Group
- Spinal Injuries Association
- NAHT
- Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice
- Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
- Sport and Recreation Alliance
- UK Steel
- Anthony Nolan
- National Union of Students UK
- Glen Promnitz
- Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham Plastics Network
- Association of Drainage Authorities
- Swim England
- Council for Arab-British Understanding (CAABU)
- Intergenerational England
- British Tamils Forum
- Lawn Tennis Association
- Resilience in Unity
- Thalidomide Voice
- The Shaw Business Partnership
- Free Tibet
- Association of Town and City Management
- Reprieve UK
- Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety
- The Institute for Turnaround
- Capital Counsel
- National Pig Association
- UK Spirits Alliance
- UK Fresh Produce Network
- Bond
- World Heritage UK (WHUK)
- United Nations Association UK
- Universities UK
- The Urology Foundation
- Stop Uyghur Genocide
- UK Interactive Entertainment
- Mountain Rescue England and Wales
- National Energy Action
- Seahorse Environmental
- The Royal Lifesaving Society UK
- WaterAid
- West Coast Rail 250 Campaign
- The World Wellbeing Movement
- Inland Waterways Association
- International Parliamentarians for West Papua
- Grasshopper Communications
- Whizz Kidz
- WineGB
- Women in Prison
- Centenary Action
- Ardesey Ltd
- Women in Transport
- Gender Action for Peace and Security
- Lexington
- Women's Rights Network
- The Woodland Trust
- Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society
- Carers Trust
- YMCA England & Wales
- Youth Employment UK
- British Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums
See the funder side → who pays the secretariats to run these groups
Source: mySociety APPG register dataset, refreshed weekly.