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