What is the umbrella organisation for local authorities in the UK?

Question

I am looking for lists of community groups in the UK and would like to avoid having to search each and every local council's website for their contact details if possible! Is there an organisation that governs all the local authorities?

Answer 1

The Ministry of Communities and Local Government is the umbrella government department for all local authorities
http://www.communities.gov.uk/

You could try the BBC Action website as it has all sorts of info about community groups http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/actionnetwork/

Answer 2

Parliament, I would suspect.