Our sister organisation in the US, with whom we have close reciprocal links is the American Association of Woodturners. whose website provides lots of useful information for those wishing to establish links with the US scene.
	Closer to our UK home, we can find the Irish Woodturners Guild.
	Galway Chapter of  Woodturners in Galway in Ireland.
	The Register of Professional Turners
	The Worshipful Company of Turners of London www.turnersco.com
	The New Zealand National Association of Woodworkers, www.naw.org.nz
	The Woodturners Association of Finland (e-mail only), have many contacts with the UK.
	In South Africa, The Western Cape Woodturners Association, have built a website as their gateway to the woodturning world.
	For those with an interest in restoration the British Antique Furniture Restorers' Association also have their own website.
	Nikos Siragas a woodturner from Crete has an interesting site.
	The Northern Federation of Woodturning Groups  www.nfwg.co.uk
	This site may help to find useful addresses http://www.a-n.co.uk/
	From Australia we have the Woodturners Society of Queensland
	A UK site full of information for the woodturner well worth a visit   http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/althea/
	The Bodgers Page. The Association Of Pole Lathe Turners.  http://www.bodgers.org.uk
	French Association of art woodturning on wood  http://www.aftab-asso.com
	A new "Online" magazine with excellent links for the woodturner   http://www.woodturns.com
	Fancy a turning holiday in France? then look at this site. www.aucoeurdelarbre.com
	Israel Woodturning Association, newly established group of amateur woodturners.   www.israelwood.org
	The British Woodcarvers Association www.bwa-woodcarving.fsnet.co.uk
	Lots of useful information and links http://www.laymar-crafts.co.uk
	Chesapeake Woodturners  www.chesapeakewoodturners.com  The Mid-Atlantic (USA) local chapter of the AAW with many dedicated and turners and an on-line newsletter of articles and activities.
	Woodturning Online is a comprehensive web site dedicated to providing information and resources to wood turners worldwide.   http://www.woodturningonline.com
	Channel Islands Woodturners, California, AWA Chapter www.channelislandswoodturners.org
	Stateline Woodturners - Northwest Arkansas, USA  www.statelinewoodturners.org
	Woodturners Central & Southwest Missouri, Ozarks Region, USA www.woodturnersofswmo.org
	Woodezine is a wonderful FREE resource http://www.woodezine.com
	Woodworking and Machinery Online Magazine http://www.inside-woodworking.com/ News and Articles on Woodworking, CNC, Workbenches and Sharpening.
	A wonderful collection of pictures and details of ancient woodturning lathes http://homepages.ihug.com.au/%7Edispater/turning.htm
	An interesting site which shows many designs using a CAD programme www.woodturningcad.co.uk
	A nice site with a forum specially for disabled woodworkers. www.chippypah-workshop.co.uk
	The Torbay Woodturners Club www.torbaywoodturners.co.uk
	A site specifically set up to help and inform wheelchair  woodworkers www.wheelchairwoodturners.org.uk
	A Site targeted at disabled and disadvantaged woodworkers in Glasgow www.bullwoodproject.co.uk
	Lots of useful information about Segmented Turning  www.segmentedturning.com