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An online journal for sharing good stuff I've come across, along with projects I'm working on, in the hope that you might like them too or at least find them interesting.

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Free & Equal advances gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights by seeding, supporting and linking sexuality rights defenders and their organizations.

 

The Global Campaign for Education  is an international coalition of nongovernment development and children’s rights organisations and education unions.

In the UK the Campaign works to increase community awareness of the state of education internationally and generate the political will necessary to ensure the UK plays an active and effective part in efforts to secure education for all.

 

I'm a trustee of Read: The Reading Agency, whose mission is to inspire more people to read more. Read works with public libraries, publishers, unions, businesses and broadcasters to support reading.

Read's Big Book Share supports prisoners choose a book and then make a recording of themselves reading it, which is then given to the prisoner’s children. Reading can help to keep the family bond strong and can help an imprisoned parent to be a positive role model to his or her children.

 

  • Buddhism

    Buddhist organisations and resources of interest.
    • Amida Trust
      The Amida Trust is a socially engaged Buddhist sangha working both in the UK and internationally.
    • Buddhist Peace Fellowship
      Through its worldwide network of members, BPF strives to bring peace where there is conflict, to promote communication and cooperation among Buddhist sanghas, and to alleviate suffering wherever possible.
    • Friends of the Western Buddhist Order
      The FWBO is an organisation dedicated to communicating and practicising buddhist truthsin ways appropriate to the modern world.
    • International Network of Engaged Buddhists
      Founded in 1987, INEB is the first international Buddhist network that links together engaged Buddhists worldwide. INEB deals with alternative education and spiritual training, gender issues, human rights, ecology, alternative concepts of development, and
    • Buddha on the Board
      This site from socially engaged Buddhist teacher, author and founder of the Amida Order, David Brazier, explores leadership and organisational issues from a Buddhist perspective.
    • London Buddhist Centre
      The London Buddhist Centre (LBC) is a centre devoted to teaching meditation and the principles of Buddhism, and to making these relevant to contemporary life.
    • The Jambudvipa Trust
      The Jambudvipa Trust of India envisages a society free of caste and other social barriers, in which all people, whatever their background can participate fully.
    • The Karuna Trust
      An initiative of western Buddhists Karuna which operates in India aims to promote dignity, self-confidence, and the breaking down of caste and religious barriers.
    • Going on retreat
      A portal for the Western Buddhist Order's 8 UK retreat centres.
    • Gaia House
      A centre for meditation, inquiry and compassion.
    • The Interdependence Project
      The InterDependence Project is a grassroots project for folks interested in exploring their minds on the meditation cushion and applying the insights, clarity, and wisdom to a variety of applications in the world of arts, ecology, and community service.
    • Dharma Kids
      Dharma Kids is an online resource about Buddhism for children and young people and their parents and teachers.