The British in Western France
(telephone area 02)
Is there an English-speaking association, society or club catering to the British community 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
The British Consular District responsible for the British in the 02 telephone area is:
Paris Consular District
British Consulate General
16 rue d’Anjou
75008 Paris
Tel: 01 44 51 31 00
Fax: 01 44 51 31 27
Open: Monday - Friday 9.30 am - 12.30 pm & 2.30 pm - 4.30 pm
The issue of standard British passports, visas and entry certificates, as well as the registration of births and deaths and other nationality work arising in France, is centralised in Paris.
The Consulates are responsible for other aspects of consular work, and issue emergency passports.
Detailed information about Consular and Visa Services and the addresses of other Consulates in France are available on http://ukinfrance.fco.gov.uk/en/help-for-british-nationals/
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.