• Support the work of ARGs within the region. Play an active role in the development of ARG UK.
• Seek opportunities to create new ARGs within a region if there are gaps and assist with the setting up of new ARGs.
• Act as a channel for information and advice between ARGs, regions and the ARG UK coordinating panel.
• Promote closer working relationships between ARGs and other conservation organisations within a region through regional conferences, workshops and joint ARG events.

ARG UK regions in England are organised according to government regions. Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales form another four regions.

1. East of England - vacant

Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk

2. West Midlands - Nigel Hand, Will Watson (appointed 2010)

Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire

3. East Midlands - Chris Monk (appointed 2010)

Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire

4. South West (Chris Gleed-Owen)

Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire

5. South East - John Poland

Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire & Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Sussex

6. Yorkshire & the Humber - vacant

North, East & West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, North & part of NE Lincolnshire

7. North East - John Grundy (appointed 2010)

Cleveland, Durham, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear

8. North West - David Orchard

Cheshire, Cumbria, Lancashire & Greater Manchester, Merseyside.

9. London - vacant

Northern Ireland - Catherine Bertrand.

Scotland - Chris Cathrine (appointed 2012)

North Wales - Julian Whitehurst (appointed 2009).

South Wales - Chaela Carrell (appointed 2009).

Advisors

Lee Brady (data), Jim Foster (Natural England), Tony Gent (ARC Trust), John McKinnell (Scottish Natural Heritage), Alan Shepherd (The Wildlife Trusts).