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Directory of BRITISH ASSOCIATIONS

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First published in 1965, DBA is THE guide to associations, societies, institutes, chambers of commerce and other bodies which have a voluntary membership.
It is the only publication to list organisations involved in ALL fields of activity; it covers ALL of the British Isles - England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
DBA covers ALL aspects of life; it includes over 1,500 trade associations, over 1,350 professional bodies, over 800 learned societies; the remaining 3,170 organisations fall into 19 separate categories such as art, education, farming, hobbies, medical, sports, etc.

All of the 7,000+ organisations in the directory have verified their details by direct contact.

DBA is intensively researched, accurate, expertly indexed and fully up to date.
DBA is authoritative, fairly priced and full of solid information.
DBA is for everyone actively engaged in business, trade, government, education, leisure pursuits and the media.

Organisations are arranged in a simple A-Z sequence giving :-
Full name & Abbreviation
Year of formation
Address, Telephone, Fax, E-mail & Website
Contact names
Branches
Legal status e.g. Registered Charity, Company Limited by Guarantee
Category & Sphere of interest
Groups
Activities e.g. conferences & meetings
Affiliations to & by other organisations
Membership data
Publications
Changes of name (within last 5 years)
Also THREE Essential Indexes
Abbreviations - identifying organisations known by over 5,200 acronyms
Publications - identifying over 3,000 journals, newsletters & books published by associations
Subjects - identifying fields of interest under more than 4,500 different headings and cross-references


Example Entry & Indexes for an Imaginary Association
Association for the Study & Application of Time (ASAT) 2002
entry based on questionaire, or other document, returned by organisationChancery House, 15 Wickham Rd, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 2JS.
  02871 222 3440 fax 020 8650 0768
  e-mail cbd@cbdresearch.com
  http://www.cbdresearch.com
Sec: Adrian Bede
Legal status of organisationCompany limited by Guarantee
O*L, *P, *Q; research into history of the calendar & measurement of time;
cooperation in research relating to time
Gp Calendar research; Cosmic relativity; Horology; Prehistoric dating
Activities Conf - Mtgs - ET- Res - Inf - Lib
< Intl Convention on Dating
M260 i, 24 org, UK/ 170 i, 6 org, o'seas
Tempora - 4; ftm, £60 nm.
  Past & Future - 12; ftm, £25 nm.
XTime Study Circle.
Abbreviations index
ASAPAssn Social & Community Alarms Providers
ASATAssn Study & Application of Time
ASAUKAfrican Studies Assn


Publications index
Parson & Parish
English Clergy Association
Past & Future
Assn Study & Application of Time

Tempora
Assn Study & Application of Time
Ten 26
Nat Fedn Young Farmers Clubs


Subject Index
Cosmology
Assn Study & Application of Time
Traditional Cosmology Assn

Horology
Antiquarian Horological Soc
Assn Study & Application of Time
Brit Horological Fedn

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