Elmbridge Borough Council – Town planning, off-street parking, environmental care (refuse and recycling collection, local street cleaning), parks & recreation, local community facilities, licensing, etc. 01372 474474
Surrey County Council – Roads, speed limits, on-street parking, schools, health, social care, buses, footpaths, cycle-lanes, etc. 03456 009 009 contact.centre@surreycc.gov.uk
Environment Agency – Rivers, riverbanks, flood-control, boating & waterways, fisheries & rod licensing, environmental permits, etc
Local Groups
Weybridge Society – community association working to keep Weybridge special
Friends of Desborough Island – a local group aiming to help keep Desborough Island a beautiful open space the public can enjoy
Elmbridge Cycle Group – a non-profit unincorporated user group, run by cyclists for cyclists
Weybridge Vandals Rugby Club on Desborough Island 01932 227659 vandalsrugby@btconnect.com
Local Charities
Weybridge Charity – aiming to help Weybridge residents who are in financial need, it has traditionally given Christmas grants and Emergency Aid — see their website for more
Regional / National Groups
Thames21 organises riverside volunteer activities along the Thames, including Desborough cleanups. See Desborough Island volunteer day 16 August 2014
Thames Landscape Strategy (‘To conserve, promote and enhance for the future, one of the world’s great river landscapes between Weybridge, Hampton and Kew’). 020 8940 0654
The Open Spaces Society – Britain’s oldest national conservation body, founded in 1865. Tim Crowther, former Weybridge North councillor is a trustee. Elmbridge Correspondent: rodney.whittaker@oss.org.uk
Surrey Wildlife Trust – looking after wildlife sites and nature reserves, the Trust currently manages 82 sites, together covering almost 8,000ha, which is 5% of Surrey