Directory of BRITISH ASSOCIATIONS


	Directory of BRITISH ASSOCIATIONS and associations in Ireland

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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
	Chancery House, 15 Wickham Rd, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 5JS. 0871 222 3440 fax 020 8650 0768 e-mail cbd@cbdresearch.com http://www.cbdresearch.com Sec: Adrian Bede
	Company 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
	Conf - Mtgs - ET- Res - Inf - Lib
<	Intl Convention on Dating
M	260 i, 24 org, UK/ 170 i, 6 org, o'seas
¶	Tempora - 4; ftm, Ł60 nm. Past & Future - 12; ftm, Ł25 nm.
X	Time Study Circle.

Abbreviations index
ASAP	Assn Social & Community Alarms Providers
ASAT	Assn Study & Application of Time
ASAUK	African 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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