- Brooksby Melton College
- Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
- East Midlands Rural Affairs Forum (EMRAF)
- East Midlands Regional Assembly (EMRA)
- Environmental Action for a Better Leicestershire (ENABLE)
- Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group
- Leicestershire and Leicester City Learning Partnership (LLCLP)
- Leicestershire Education Business Company
- Leicestershire Food Links
- Leicestershire Rural Housing Association (LRHA)
- Midlands Rural Housing
- Rural Energy
- The Welland Partnership
- Commission for Rural Communities
- Rural Services Network Online
- Countryside and Community Research Institute (at University of Gloucestershire)
- Centre for Rural Economy (Newcastle University)
- Government Office for the East Midlands
- East Midlands Development Agency (emda)
- Rural Community Council (Leicestershire and Rutland)
- Journal of Rural Studies
- Sociologia Ruralis (Journal)
