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The Genetic Interest Group (GIG) is a national alliance of patient organisations with a membership of over 130 charities which support children, families and individuals affected by genetic disorders.

GIG's primary goals:

* To promote awareness and understanding of genetic disorders so that high quality services for people affected by genetic conditions are developed and made available to all who need them.
* GIG seeks to educate and raise awareness amongst opinion formers, people of influence and the public about human genetics & genetic disorders.
* GIG provides a common platform from which effective programmes can be launched to raise awareness, inform the media and influence government, industry and the NHS.
* GIG focuses on issues of policy and practice keeping an active watch on developments within the UK and Europe that will influence the effective transfer of knowledge and understanding into products and services for families that are supported by our member groups.
http://www.gig.org.uk/
Latest news:
The Genetic Interest Group receive funding from the Big Lottery Fund. The funding will support the Family Risks, Common Cancers and People from Minority Ethnic Groups Project,which starts in decembe.

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About the Green Party:

The Green Party of England and Wales is a growing political movement promoting social and environmental justice through campaigns, direct action and the electoral process.
Our core values

The Green Party's philosophical basis is stated in our constitution:

Life on Earth is under immense pressure. It is human activity, more than anything else, which is threatening the well-being of the environment on which we depend. Conventional politics has failed us because its values are fundamentally flawed.

The Green Party isn't just another political party. Green politics is a new and radical kind of politics guided by these core principles;

1. Humankind depends on the diversity of the natural world for its existence. We do not believe that other species are expendable.
2. The Earth's physical resources are finite. We threaten our future if we try to live beyond those means, so we must build a sustainable society that guarantees our long-term future.
3. Every person, in this and future generations, should be entitled to basic material security as of right.
4. Our actions should take account of the well-being of other nations, other species, and future generations. We should not pursue our well-being to the detriment of theirs.
5. A healthy society is based on voluntary co-operation between empowered individuals in a democratic society, free from discrimination whether based on race, colour, gender, sexual orientation, religion, social origin or any other prejudice.
6. We emphasise democratic participation and accountability by ensuring that decisions are taken at the closest practical level to those affected by them.
7. We look for non-violent solutions to conflict situations, which take into account the interests of minorities and future generations in order to achieve lasting settlements.
8. The success of a society cannot be measured by narrow economic indicators, but should take account of factors affecting the quality of life for all people: personal freedom, social equity, health, happiness and human fulfilment.
9. Electoral politics is not the only way to achieve change in society, and we will use a variety of methods to help effect change, providing those methods do not conflict with our other core principles.
10. The Green Party puts changes in both values and lifestyles at the heart of the radical green agenda.
http://www.greenparty.org.uk/
Latest News:
The Labour government today missed a golden opportunity to create huge numbers of jobs in emerging industries, says the Green Party

Recent news

UK sends rescue team to Indonesia
A man inspects damage in Padang
Relief efforts will aim to deliver clean water supplies and shelter

The UK Department for International Development is sending a search and rescue team to Indonesia to join aid efforts after Wednesday's earthquake.

The specially trained personnel will fly to Padang with plastic sheeting, medical and water purifying equipment.

The 7.6-magnitude tremor struck the island of Sumatra, killing at least 1,100 people and injuring hundreds.

A number of UK groups are preparing aid efforts after the quake and a tsunami in the South Pacific on Tuesday.

Rescue workers in the Samoan islands and Tonga continue to search for survivors of the tsunami, which killed at least 149 people.

Details of the Department for International Development team, which will fly from London's Gatwick airport to Indonesia early on Friday, are still being finalised.

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland(commonly known as the United Kingdom,the UK,or Britain.The British monarchy is the direct successor to those of England, Scotland and Ireland. For those, see List of English monarchs, List of Scottish monarchs.There have been 12 monarchs of Great Britain and the United Kingdom. The Kingdom of Great Britain was formed on 1 May 1707 with the merger of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, which had been in personal union under the House of Stuart since 24 March 1603. On 1 January 1801 Great Britain merged with the Kingdom of Ireland to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. After most of Ireland left the union on 6 December 1922, on 12 April 1927 its name was amended to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.At the most recent census in 2001, the total population of the United Kingdom was 58,789,194, the third largest in the European Union, the fifth largest in the Commonwealth and the twenty-first largest in the world. By mid-2008, this was estimated to have grown to 61,383,000.Uk is a Constitutional monarchy.The Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence.