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     Neil Smith    neil @ basketmaker . net

Hon Secretary
     Judith Ferns   honsec @ basketassoc.org

Membership Secretary
     Sally Goymer
     37 Mendip Road, Cheltenham, Gloucs, GL52 5EB, UK
     or you can join/renew online

Member Sales
     Iris Hawkes
     216 Walton Road, East Molesey, Surrey, KT8 0HR, UK

 

UK Regional Groups
Many regional groupings exist with connections to the main Association. Their size, structures and activities vary, but you might like to contact one in your area.

  • Basketmakers South West
    www.basketmakerssouthwest.org.uk
    Chair Carol Horsington info@cornishwillow.co.uk

  • Gloucestershire Basketmakers Circle
    Susan Early susanearly@btinternet.com

  • Welsh Basketmakers South Wales Group
    www.welshbasketmakers.co.uk
    Clare Revera c.revera@btinternet.com

  • Welsh Basketmakers Group
    Prue Thimbleby prue@thimbleby.net

  • Dane Coppice Crafts Group
    www.spindizzy.net/DCCG/
    Aileen Thompson aileen.thompson@btopenworld.com

  • Cumbria BA Group
    Chair Janet Sargeant janet.sargeant@virgin.net Sec David Bowen drbowen@btinternet.com

  • Scottish Basketmakers Circle
    www.scottishbasketmakerscircle.org
    Liz Balfour lizbalfour51@gmail.com

  • Northumbria Basketry Group
    www.northumbriabasketrygroup.co.uk
    Chair Charlotte Boxall charlottebx@googlemail.com

  • Three Counties Creative Crafts
    Myfanwy Baldwin Myfanwy@withies24.fsnet.co.uk

  • Oxfordshire Basketmakers
    www.oxfordbasketmakers.com
    Chair Ruth Stungo rstungo@waitrose.com

  • Hertfordshire Basketry
    www.hertsbasketry.org.uk
    Chair Elaine Kingsford JandE@kingsford2.plus.com
    Sec Margaret Sparks margaret.sparks@hotmail.com

  • Suffolk Group
    Bunty Ball bunty.ball.t21@btinternet.com

  • Basketmakers South East
    Alan Sage info@ajscrafts.co.uk

  • London Basketry Group
    Chair Kay Staniland kaystanit@yahoo.co.uk

Related Organisations in Other Countries

Australia
Basketmakers of Victoria, POBox 1467, East Camberwell, Victoria 3126;
basketmakers @geocities .com or www.geocities.com/RainForest/vines/1848

Fibre Basket Weavers of South Australia, PO Box 646, N Adelaide, S Australia 5006

Canada
The Basket Network, Laureen von Leerop, 6227 Jubilee Rd, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 2G3;
mannell @kayhay .com

Southwestern Ontario Basketry Association www.arts-council.ca/Members/sobg/

Denmark
www.pileforeningen.dk

France
Syndicat Professional des Vanniers de France, Ecole Nationale d'Osierculture et de Vannerie,
Fayl-Billot F-52500, Haut Marne

Germany
Innungsverband der Korbmacher, Kreishandwerkerschaft Lichtenfels, An der Mainau,
D-8620 Lichtenfels am Main

Verein Flechtwerk

Ireland
The Irish Basketmakers' Association, 137 Templeogue Road, Dublin 6W

Switzerland
Interessengemeinschaft Korbflechterei Schweiz, Bernstrasse 9, Ch-3117 Kiesen

The Netherlands
Vereniging van Vlechters
Secretary: Anita van Kraaij Tel. 0031- 413 354 670 secretariaat@vlechters.nl

USA

National Basketry Association Inc. www.nationalbasketry.org
Association of Michigan Basketmakers, Macomb, Michigan 48044
High Country Basketry Guild, PO Box 1143, Fairfax, Virginia 22030-1143
North Carolina Basketmakers Association, PO Box 181, Waynesville, N Carolina 28786
Northeast Basketmakers Guild, www.northeastbasketmakers.org