BEZERKAZ CIRCUS
Tel: 07866261346. Email: info@bezerkaz.co.uk
Bezerkaz Circus offers exciting circus workshops, activities and performances for any event all over the UK and beyond. Click here for more details or visit www.bezerkaz.co.uk  .

CAM MILLS BOWLING CLUB
Address: Everlands Cam Dursley Gloucestershire GL11 5NL
Tel: 01453 546823
Sports and social club. We encourage people to learn and develop skills in bowling through initial coaching and then friendly and competitive competition.

CAM FM RADIO
Broadcasts from Kingshill House, Dursley.
Contact address: 4 Cam Green, Dursley, Gloucestershire, GL11 5HN
Tel: 01453 543397. Email: allan.guy@tiscali.co.uk
Cam FM is a community radio station, broadcasting about four days a year to a potential 85,000 people in the Cam & Dursley area and surrounding communities. Training in radio presentation and programme making is available.

COTSWOLD AND VALE PCT
Address: May Lane Surgery, Dursley, Glos, GL7 1LX
Tel: 01453 519 232
Involved in facilitating health enhancing activities.

DURSLEY EARLY YEARS CENTRE
Address: Highfields, Dursley, Glos, GL11 4NZ
Tel: 01453 543 151
Pre-school education for children 2+ - 5.
Pre-school education for children with special education needs.
Drop-in stay and play sessions for families.
Outreach work with local playgroups supporting children with S.E.N.

DURSLEY EDUCATION CENTRE
Address: Castle Street, Dursley, Glos, GL11 4BS
Tel: 01453 542 060
Offering a wide variety of courses for adults in various subjects.
IT on laptops in outreach locations.

DURSLEY LIONS CLUB
Meets: The Lions' Den, May Lane, Dursley every first and third Thursday evening. Membership by invitation. Furniture sales 8.30-11.30 every Saturday morning.
For furniture donations contact: 01453-544471.
For information about Lions contact: 01453-543397.

DURSLEY TRAINING UNIT
Address: Lower Poole Road, Dursley, Glos, GL11 4LB
Tel: 01453 543611
Supporting people into inclusive activities in the community, including:- Education, Employment, Leisure, Socialisation.

EARLY YEARS AND CHILDCARE SERVICE
Address: Shire Hall, Westgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 2TG
Tel: 01452 425406
Supports the recruitment and training of people wishing to work within the Early Years and Childcare sectors. Supports the ongoing professional training and development of those working with children.

EDWARD JENNER MUSEUM
Address: Church Lane, Berkeley, Gloucestershire. GL13 9BH
Tel: 01453 810631
Provides a museum and archive related to Edward Jenner, vaccination and immunology. Provides a venue for meetings, training events, seminars and conferences.

GL11 COMMUNITY PROJECT
Address: Glebe House, Fairmead, Cam, Dursley, Gloucestershire, GL11 5JS
Tel: 01453 548530
Offering a wide variety of courses (with creche facilities). Parents & families/carers - (Childcare courses/qualifications). Toddler sessions and parenting courses. IT/Computers; Alternative therapies (acupuncture, Shiatsu); Dance; Art & crafts.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION
Address: Stroud Library, Lansdown Road, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 1BB
Tel: 01453 756842
We provide a wide range of materials to support all sectors of the community for leisure, learning and information. Computers are available for public use in all our libraries.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
website : www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/glp
Tel: 01452 425424
Our aims are to widen participation in learning, increase attainment by pupils and students, improve standards and help meet the skills challenge in Gloucestershire.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE MARKET TOWNS FORUM
website: www.town2town.org.uk
Cam and Dursley are members of the Gloucestershire Market Towns Forum - an independent network of representatives from the county's rural towns, large parishes and other community organisations which encourages the exchange of information and ideas in a climate of mutual support. Joining the Forum brings practical benefits to rural communities and ensures their voice is heard loud and clear by local, regional and national government; there are enormous benefits to working together, sharing problems and sharing solutions. Find out more by visiting the website – which also includes a comprehensive interactive A-Z listing of useful organisations.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE RURAL COMMUNITY COUNCIL
Address: Community House, 15 College Green, Gloucester, GL1 2LZ
Tel: 01452 526491
Working with rural communities to identify and address their needs.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE INFORMATION, ADVICE & GUIDANCE NETWORK
Address: c/o Connexions, Southgate House, Southgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 1UB
Tel: 01452 833656
We provide information, advice and guidance to support adults seeking learning and work opportunities.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE VIRTUAL LEARNING CENTRE
Website: www.virtualcentre.org.uk
Tel: 0117 9354555
We are the Virtual Learning Centre (VLC) for the learndirect provision in Gloucestershire. We provide remote access to learndirect courses wherever learners have access to the internet. Please visit our website for more information.

HOME START
Address: Willow House, Slad Road, Stroud, Glos.
Tel: 01453 759911. Email: homestartsd@yahoo.com. Web: www.homestartsd.org.uk
A voluntary organisation that offers practical and emotional support to parents with children under 5. Volunteers visit families on a weekly basis aiming to reduce pressures and thereby prevent crises and family breakdown.

JHP TRAINING
Address: London House, 10-12 London Road, Gloucester. GL1 3NE
Tel: 01452 381883
Training provider: (WBL) Workbased Learning NVQ apprenticeships; (E2E) Entry to Employment programmes; (EYC) Early Years Care NVQs

JOBCENTRE PLUS
Address: Stroud Jobcentre, 56 London Road, Stroud, Glos. GL5 2AD
Tel: 01453 435280
Website: www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk - view vacancies online, gain job search tips and help with benefits applications.

LEARNDIRECT
Address: 4 Colston Avenue, Bristol, BS1 4ST
Tel: 0117 9074441
We are the Learndirect Hub operator for West of England, Witlshire and Swindon and Gloucestershire. We have a network of nine learning centres within Gloucestershire, including a virtual learning centre. Learndirect has a huge range of courses to choose from and allows adults the chance to learn at a time, place and pace to suit them.

MAY LANE SURGERY
Address: May Lane, Dursley, Gloucestershire, GL11
Tel: 01453 540555
Offering "art on prescription" courses within the surgery, together with advocating other learning activities for health benefits.

MOVE ON
Website : www.move-on.org.uk
Tel: 07771 962 426
Do you need a qualification in English or maths to plug a gap in your CV? If so, move on with the National Tests. Move-On focuses on people improving their literacy and numeracy skills to L1 and L2 and gaining a national qualification.

PARENTLINE PLUS
Address: Willow House, Slad Road, Stroud, Glos. GL5 1QJ
Tel: 01453 768160
Provide support services for parents and carers. A national confidential and free helpline, website, publications. We run parenting groups on many topics and act as a voice for parents in policy issues.

PARKLIFE
Website: www.parklife.org.uk
Tel: 07802359094
The Parklife Business Parks Project. Training and Business Support On Your Doorstep. Parklife is an exciting and unique service, launched in Gloucestershire to help you do business more effectively. There will be five operational sites by October 2005: Tewkesbury, Stonehouse, Gloucester, Forest of Dean and Cheltenham. These facilities are available for training, networking, team building or other similar events. Please contact parklifeanna@glosfirst.co.uk or parklifegina@glosfirst.co.uk and they will book venues at no cost.

PATA (Playgroups and Toddler Association)
Address: PATA Centre, Grange Road, Tuffley, Gloucester. GL4 0DJ
Tel: 01452 541 638
Supporting voluntary managed Toddler Groups, playgroups, out of school groups with Fieldworkers throughout Gloucestershire. We organise training events and conferences and also provide payroll services.

PEOPLE FOR YOU
Address: The Community Shop, 24 Parsonage Street, Dursley, GL11 4AA
Tel: 01453 543084
This is a free service that links people of 60 years and over in the Dursley and Cam area with service providers, to give them information and advice they need so they can maintain an independent lifestyle.

PREMA ARTS CENTRE
Address: South Street, Uley, Gloucestershire. GL11 5SS
Tel: 01453 860703
Prema is a small independent rural arts centre, promoting an exhibition programme, a live performance programme, a music programme and an education programme. The education programme consists of weekly classes and one-off workshops across all art forms, accessible to all ages (from 2 years up), abilities, professional and amateur alike.

REDNOCK SCHOOL
Address: Rednock Drive, Dursley, Glos. GL11 4BY
Tel: 01453 543618
Rednock secondary school is a specialist science college. Its extended school status also sees the school working hard to open its rooms and facilities for wider community use. Please visit www.rednockschool.com for more information.

SDCVS (Stroud & District Council for Voluntary Service )
Address: 10 High Street, Stonehouse, Glos. GL10 2NA
Tel: 01453 828082
SDCVS is a local development agency (with charitable status) aiming to promote a strong & vibrant voluntary sector within Stroud District. We offer help/info/training/ networking opportunities to groups, we ensure the sector’s voice is represented at all levels. We aim to identify where gaps exist and work with the local community to fill them, thus avoiding pockets of deprivation, and bringing equality of opportunity to all.

ST JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL
Address: Nympsfield, Gloucestershire.
Website: www.st-josephs-nympsfield.org/

STROUD COLLEGE
Address: Stratford Road, Stroud, Gloucestershire. GL5 4AH
Tel: 01453 763424
Further Education College. Website: www.stroud.ac.uk

STROUD VALLEYS PROJECT
Address: Kendrick Hall, Kendrick Street, Stroud, Gloucestershire. GL5 1AA
Tel: 01453 753358
Training communities in the skills required to carry out environmental projects that make a positive, long lasting improvement to their local environment and improve the quality of life.

SURESTART
Address: Treetops Nursery, Highfields, Dursley, Glos. GL11 4NZ
Tel: 01453 549860
We work with families who have children aged 0-3 years 11 months who live in SureStart areas designated by postcode, in Cam & Dursley.

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
Address: 34 The Avenue, Cirencester.
Tel: 01285 885 331
Provision of undergraduate courses open to all regardless of educational qualifications. Making higher education accessible to all people over 18 years. Courses designed for students studying in their own homes or workplaces. Access courses which help participants develop the skills and confidence to progress with their education.

THE SCARMAN TRUST
Address: 10 Picton Street, Bristol, BS6 5QA
Tel: 0117 944 2710
We work with people in communities to support them in bringing about change in the way that they want. Connect communities with decision makers.

UNDER THE EDGE ARTS (Wotton Arts Project)
Address: The Court House, 9 Old Town, Wotton-under-Edge. GL12 7DH
Tel: 01453 844851
Puts on classes and events, all related to the arts (music, singing, painting, crafts, other visual arts, drama, literature, dance), for the local community – Wotton-u-Edge and surrounding villages.

VALE VISION
Address: 4 Acres, Dursley, Glos, GL11 4JP
Tel: 01453 545583
Vale Vision is producing The Community Strategy for Cam, Dursley & District under the SWRDA Market and Coastal Towns initiative. Vale Vision endorses, encourages and initiates skills training and learning across a range of economic, social and environmental projects.

WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE TOWN COUNCIL
Address: Civic Centre, 2 Gloucester Street, Wotton-under-Edge, Glos. GL2 7DN
Tel: 01453 843210
Wotton-under-Edge Town Council provides rooms for a number of education providers, both statutory and private, also social and hobby groups. It is hired out for commercial training and private functions.

WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE PRIMARY CARE TRUST
Address: Health Promotion, Albion Chambers, 111 Eastgate Street, Gloucester,
GL1 1PY
Tel: 01452 429344
Promoting Health.