FRANCO-BRITISH ASSOCIATIONS
Is there an English-speaking Franco-British association, society or club where you live in France, but not yet listed here? If so, we’d like to hear from them. Why not ask their Chairman or a committee member to contact the British Community Committee by e-mailing us on britishinfrance@gmail.com
Association Franco-Ecossaise
The Paris Branch of the Franco-Scottish Society was founded in 1895. Its aims are to promote good relations between Scotland and France, principally by the exchange of goodwill visits, lectures, research work in the historical and cultural, as well as economic, relationship between the two countries, etc., and to welcome Scottish students.
Honorary President - Georges Dickson OBE
President - Jacques Leruez CBE
65 rue du Cardinal Lemoine, 75005 Paris
Information - Pierre de Baecker, Catherine Valaster
01 42 22 30 78
www.franco-ecossaise.asso.fr
Association France – Grande-Bretagne
The Association, formed in 1916 to promote exchanges between France and the UK, generally emphasizes Franco-British co-operation. It organises lectures and debates and arranges group tariffs for visits to British cultural events.
President - Jean-Marie Le Breton, former ambassador
Honorary Secretary - Laurence Peyraut-Berthier
Information - Gérard Hocmard
02 38 62 06 51
Secretary - Mrs Dominique Letellier
c/o Barclays, 24 avenue Kléber, 75116 Paris
01 44 17 89 70
01 45 00 89 70 fax
01 55 78 71 71 messages
www.france-grandebretagne.org
The Franco-British Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Since 1873, the Franco-British Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) with around 700 members has been the principal voice and representative body for the Franco-British business community in France. The Chamber provides a wide range of services to assist both French and British companies to develop their business, through:
Networking: Doing business is all about developing a range of contacts with suppliers, customers and companies in your commercial sector. The Chamber organises breakfasts and lunches, business seminars and conferences, corporate hospitality events and social functions.
Business Information: To be successful in business, information is a key resource to increase your competitiveness. The Chamber can help businesses in their vital area by providing comprehensive information on a range of topics, including: market information, specific databases, corporate and financial information, statistics and economic data, and information from the Reference Library.
Business Promotion & Sponsorship: The opportunity to position your message alongside the Chamber of Commerce on events, publications and member offers via sponsorship and business partnership gives you exposure amongst our powerful audience of member companies.
Business Training: To be competitive and successful in the development of your activity, the Chamber has developed English speaking language Diplomas.
For further information, do not hesitate to contact us.
31 rue Boissy d’Anglas, 75008 PARIS
01 53 30 81 30
information@francobritishchamber.com
www.francobritishchamber.com
Normandy
Amicale Culturelle Européenne
The association was formed in Basse-Normandie in 1996 under the law of 1901. Its aim is to promote friendship amongst British residents in Normandy and to encourage them to integrate with French and other European nationals living in the area.
To this end, ACE promotes classical concerts with British artists, and organises monthly events: visits to museums, one or several days’ leisure excursions, country walks, trips to other places of interest, and occasional luncheons.
President - Ron Dinsdale
5 La Durandière, 50150 Brouains
ronald.dinsdale@orange.fr
Information - Tom Hegarty
La Noblerie, 50560 Blainville-sur-Mer
hegarty.thomas@wanadoo.fr
The SLL White Horses charity
The SLL White Horses charity is a Franco-British registered charity with humanitarian aims.
We buy horses in the Camargue, ride them across France and part of England, and, at the end of the long ride, we donate the horses to RDA Centres (Riding for the Disabled Association and similar centres in France). As part of the riding team, we take French and British young people from disadvantaged backgrounds or with sociological problems and help them to get their lives working by enabling them to care for and ride the horses during the six month journey.
We are planning and fundraising for our 3rd project, THE CARAVAN OF HOPE 2012. This new project has the same aims as the two previous ones using two covered wagons, one drawn by 2 Camargues, and the other by 2 Franc Comtois draught horses. Another 5 other Camargue horses will be ridden by the young people and team leader.
info@sllaossoc.com
jakkipee@hotmail.com
isegura@free.fr
Rhône-Alpes
Association France – Grande-Bretagne – Lyon & Rhône
The Lyon & Rhône branch of the Association France – Grande-Bretagne now has around 150 members. It offers a wide range of activities including talks by visiting speakers, a book circle, English-speaking luncheons and restaurant evenings, cinema outings to see films in English and a video club, conversation groups, activities specifically for younger members, trips to the U.K., and group bookings for cultural events, concerts, theatre and exhibitions of a British nature. A new activity: poetry evenings. Full details of our programme can be found on our website.
President - Margaret Marret
04 78 50 89 48
contactus@fgb-lyon.org
www.fgb-lyon.org
Franco-British International Business Association (FIBA) - Lyon
What we offer: To be the principal contact and representative body for the Franco-British business community in the Rhône-Alpes Region of France.
As a member, you will have access to a network of services, which can help develop your Franco-British and international business activities through:
- a diverse network of members
- a member’s website database
- regular seminars, meetings and events
- business information, promotion and training
- investment opportunities.
In addition we offer to put you in contact with persons outside the Association for help, advice or accompaniment.
Chairman - Peter J Watson
04 74 00 24 85
peterjameswatson@orange.fr
www.fibalyon.org
Grapevine
Grapevine is an association of anglophones and anglophiles founded in 1992, in Aix-les-Bains, It promotes the use of the English language and culture.
Meetings are held the first Thursday of each month from 8.30 pm to 10.30 pm. At Espace Sabaudia, Batiment “Lestal” 1, rue Jean Monard, 73100 Aix-Les-Bains.
President Claire Delorme-Pegaz
04 79 35 49 81
Secretary A.J. Davey
04 79 88 94 91