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GLOBAL DOLL SOCIETY (GDS)  
http://www.gillianrichards.co.uk/index.htm
Is for ALL types of doll making and collecting and is divided into 'Chapters' or local groups, with annual membership/Joining fee, plus local chapter club fees, which may vary depending on how actively involved you want to be in your chosen club. All members receive newsletters and information about events worldwide whether or not they decide to join a local group. Some groups have online sites.
Contact
Debbie@mwanke.freeserve.co.uk  or 
Tel/Fax: 01424 420660. 

Here are just a few links to some of the many ONLINE CHAT GROUPS
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clothdollmakersuk/
CLOTHDOLLMAKERSUK is a group for Cloth Doll Makers who wish to share a passion for doll making with other likeminded people in the UK. (See page on this website about the group) We do also have members from Philippines and Turkey.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ClothDollMaking
Cloth Doll Making is a group for sharing cloth doll making ideas and techniques. We will work on projects together and members who have skills in any interesting area of doll making are encouraged to share their knowledge with the group. New members should go to the FILES section to download our patterns and lessons. To access our lessons and read messages online, you must be a member of Yahoo Groups and sign in with your password.

http://www.clothdollconnection.com/ClothDollClubs.html
Cloth Doll Connection

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clothdollcostume/
This is a group for CLOTH DOLL artists who like to make HISTORICAL or ETHNIC COSTUME. We are here to share our expertise in doll making and costuming and to learn more about these areas too. We have challenges a couple times a year.


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/classicclothdolls/
There are groups for contemporary and vintage cloth doll patterns but the days of the 70's and early 80's when cloth doll making was re-awaking is mostly ignored. During this time there were many small, home-based doll designers who kept their typewriters and Xerox machines busy. Some evolved into the dollmakers of today and others have disappeared. This list is for those of us who collected these early patterns. To help keep their designs alive and educate newcomers to cloth dollmaking about who they were.

York Dolly Birds Members of this enthusiastic group share their skills and make a wide variety of cloth dolls. Contact: Christine Beavers
2A Wetherby Road,Acomb, York, Y026 S85

http://www.yorkdollybirds.co.uk

The Countrywide Doll Maker's Guild
Membership all over the UK with a quarterly newsletter group meetings.
Contact: Brenda Brightmore, 104, Darfield Road, Cudworth, Barnsley, S72 8HG

BRITISH DOLL ASSOCIATION
is for professional doll artists who make and sell all-original dolls.Information from Marion Paiso-Ironmonger 
Tel: 01403 823596
Or write to: June Gale, 49 Cromwell Road, Beckenhem, Kent, BR3 4LL.
www.britishdollartists.org.uk
Or join
Friends of BDA by contacting Cherry Meddings 
Tel: 01903 266083 

DOLL MAKERS CIRCLE (DMC)
T
he Centre, 16, Clifton Gardens, London W9
Quarterly newsletter and meetings in an atmosphere which promotes interest and good workmanship in dollmaking, discovers, links and encourages individual dollmakers, records and circulates information about dollmaking and dollmakers.
Contact The Membership Secretary: 
Ellen Bedington, 4 Dunbar Ave, 
Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3RQ 
Tel: 0208 6504576