All the local groups listed below have sites which give details of meetings, and the person to contact, in addition to the extra pages as described. Note that a few of these groups require membership to belong.
Groups are listed alphabetically by county within England, followed by national sites for Scotland, Ireland and Wales. At the bottom of the list are links for two national organisations which have up-to-date contact details for members.
Please let me know if you have a relevant site or web-page which would like included, or if any of the links don't work.
If you can't find anything relevant in the list, you might like to join one of the general UK home education mailing lists which have members all over the UK. These have links on my mailing list page.
England
Bath - website for Bath home educators
Berkshire - home education information, and what's on locally; also mailing list on yahoogroups
Bristol - legal information and some useful educational links
Cornwall - Kernow group site; lots of local information and activities for children
Cumbria - practical learning, quotations and useful links
Derbyshire - yahoo group for home educators in the Derwent area
Durham - general yahoo group for Durham home educators
Durham - another yahoo group, for County Durham home educators, connected with Education Otherwise
East Devon - useful site with legal advice and plenty of links.
East Dorset - how to get started, and legal advice.
Essex - details of local groups and a few links
Essex, South East - links, useful articles, and a noticeboard for upcoming events in and near Southend
Gloucestershire - local mailing lists to join, and a page about how the meetings work
Hampshire - mailing list for Fareham and Gosport (a Christian group, but all are welcome)
Hampshire, North - mailing list at Yahoogroups for North Hampshire EO members
Hampshire and West Sussex - for home educators in the mid-South
Isle of Wight - the site for the large group on the Isle of Wight
Kent - Wealdon group; creative site with a fable and a poster to print; also WHEN mailing list at yahoogroups
Kent and South East England - regular meetings in Medway, Orpington and Bromley, and other local events
Lancashire - local events, games, more to come when the site is complete. There is also a LEAD mailing list at yahoogroups.
Lancashire - Bolton area - yahoo group for home educators in the Bolton area
Manchester - a few local links, and details of the MADCOW contact newsletter
Midlands - a messageboard site at MSN, mainly covering Chesterfield and Mansfield
Midlands, East - yahoogroup for information and support, for families home educating in the East Midlands. Also East Midlands home education site, with details of events, discounts and other items of local interest in Notthingham and Derby areas.
Norfolk, West - yahoogroup for those in Kings Lynn, West Norfolk and surrouding areas
North East England - a Christian mailing list for those in the North East, particularly Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and Durham.
Northants - website of the Northants home educators
South Buckinghamshire - a yahoogroups mailing list for information and support
Surrey - new yahoogroup for all home educators in the county of Surrey
Surrey, South West - site with information and resources for home educators in this region, and details of local groups in Farnham and Godalming
Tyne and Wear - Education Otherwise group in this area
Wiltshire, North - site listing events for the local group. Also North Wiltshire yahoogroups discussion list.
Worcestershire - local information and some educational site links; for details of local group activities see the Worcestershire home ed mailing list
Yorkshire, North - site with news, articles, and local attractions. Also North Yorkshire yahoogroup list.
Yorkshire, West - yahoogroup for support for those home educating in West Yorkshire.
Yorkshire, South - SADCOW mailing list at topica for those home educating in South Yorkshire
Yorkshire - a fairly quiet yahoogroups discussion list for home educators anywhere in Yorkshire.
Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales
Scotland - the Schoolhouse site can advise on local groups in Scotland, and the law, which is different from that in England and Wales
Northern Ireland - legal information and a contact; also HEdNI mailing list - yahoogroups discussion list
South Wales - a yahoo group site for discussion and information about the local network of home educators. Also SWHEN - website for South Wales home educators, and WiseUp, a site for home educators in Port Talbot, South Wales
National organisations
Education Otherwise - this national organisation provides resources for members, including an extensive list of local contacts who are available by telephone, and who often know of other local groups which do not have web-sites.
Home Service - this is a Christian organisation, which provides local contact details to members, and may know of other Christian groups which do not have their own web sites.


