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WELCOME

Hello and welcome to the first ever edition of the National Armed Forces & Emergency Services Events (NAFESE) Directory of Associations, Clubs & Societies.

This directory follows on from the success of the NAFESE Community Directory 2024, 2025 and NAFESE’s Forces Education Directory.

The Directory of Associations, Clubs and Societies is brought to you in association with the Chief of Staff Association and more information on this Association can be found in the publication.

The Directory is designed to compliment its sister publications from NAFESE and this magazine (which can be found online and in print) further highlights the importance of being a member of a collective, be they a professional body or the local squash club.

In these days since COVID, the notion of social isolation has been raised and well documented and any opportunity to be part of something social, should not be taken for granted, neither should the opportunity to reach out and gain new members for your club or association be ignored in a similar vein.

With this particular aspect in mind, the chance to join a society, sporting team or social hobby on any scale, in any element of life, could be literally life saving.

NAFESE produce a variety of events for the forces and services communities from armed to emergency to volunteer and for the armed forces in particular the theory that at some point in your transition from military to civilian personnel you will encounter a period of loss of identity, loss of comradeship, needs to be accepted as the norm.

The fact you have gone from a regimental family, squadron, or ship’s company to now fulfilling life as an individual, should not be pushed to one side and swept under the carpet as some kind of affliction.

The fact that it is perfectly normal to feel this way (and for some it could be a simple five minute reflection in between a now busy civilian identity to others with a more longful look back on a former life) should be openly discussed. However, the opportunity to join a plethora of clubs, associations, societies, teams, branches, professional bodies, liveries, institutes, memberships, groups and the like, that are available today can only but help with the sense of lack of camaraderie or social occasions, that were once in a supply of plenty in the military.

Hopefully this publication can go one step in helping to promote this and in the same token, point out the masses of collectives out there, which can only be a positive thing in so many different ways.

Thanks for reading this first edition and we look forward to developing the Directory with you over the years to come.

Kind regards,

Mal Robinson

Project Editor, NAFESE Directory of Associations, Clubs & Societies.

Smoothing the transition

When you’re looking to leave the military, you don’t know quite what you are in a civilian setting,’ says Jo Bland, now working as a change and transformation consultant after 15 years in the Royal Air Force and Ministry of Defence. ‘When you’re sitting in front of Indeed. com trying to think of relevant key words and specialisms, it takes a while to understand how breadth of experience, being a Jack-of-alltrades, can translate into good opportunities’.

Chiefs of staff are often described as ‘the ultimate generalists’, typically highly flexible, comfortable with ambiguity, and able to build trust quickly. These are skills that are well developed in the military, and are invaluable in leadership, advisory and operational roles in both the commercial and not-for-profit sectors. ‘It’s understanding how projects and project mechanisms work, and all the soft skills you need to bring your stakeholders with you’, says James Goodwin, currently chief of staff to the CEO of rapidly scaling green tyre company ENSO. ‘I think that’s something that military people can do really well. They just don’t recognise it.’

‘Anyone who’s done Staff College has done some sort of logistics planning, some sort of strategy; they understand the basics of HR. So you’ve got a generalist, but also someone that is used to learning and adapting, because you’re often in a role for only a couple of years. You have to have the capacity to absorb all of the different strands of the organisation, and not be an expert in any one thing but be able to pull from the experts when you need it,’ agrees Tom Coker, who has translated his decades of army experience into advising CEOs on culture, business strategy, risk, and process improvements. ‘But the other side is having

the ability to talk to people because often the person on the shop floor is the one who knows how to fix the problem, and no one’s thought to ask them’.

The challenge, James says, is ‘helping individuals when they’re going through that transition to recognise that they do have something unique about them. I think this is where personal development, understanding yourself and the journey you’ve been on, is really fundamental.’

It is also at the core of the Chief of Staff Association, which, through its membership, education and mentoring programmes, is developing an active global network of influential and inspiring people, able to help smooth the path from the military to rewarding roles in other sectors. As Jo says, ‘the most important thing I’ve got from the CSA was a strong network and good friends, whom I could call on for advice and who acted as sounding boards when I started to think about leaving’.

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A SELECTION OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (CHARTERED

AND UNCHARTED

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)

Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT)

Association for Project Management (APM)

Association for Science Education (ASE)

British Computer Society (BCS)

British Psychological Society (BPS)

British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG)

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)

Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE)

Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIFA)

Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI)

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)

Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT)

Chartered Banker Institute

Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)

Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM)

Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM)

Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH)

Chartered Institute of Fundraising (CIof)

Chartered Institute of Horticulture (CIoH)

Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH)

Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)

Chartered Institute of Journalists

Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX)

Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)

Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL)

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT)

Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters (CILA)

Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)

Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA)

Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA)

Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP)

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)

Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI)

Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE) College of Optometrists (CoO)

Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) College of Paramedics (CoP)

Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)

Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR)

The Chartered College of Teaching (CCT)

Energy Institute (EI)

Chartered Institution of Railway Operators (CIRO) English Association (EA)

Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT)

Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA)

Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)

Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES)

Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT)

Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM)

Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM)

Chartered Insurance Institute (CII)

Chartered Management Institute (CMI)

Chartered Quality Institute (CQI)

Chartered Society of Designers (CSD)

Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP)

Geological Society of London

Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA)

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW)

Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (ICAI, operates in Northern Ireland)

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)

Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF)

Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA)

Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (ICS)

Institute of Conservation (Icon)

Institute of Directors (IoD)

Institute of Health and Social Care Management (IHSCM)

Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST)

A SELECTION OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (CHARTERED

AND UNCHARTED

Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3)

Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA)

Institute of Measurement and Control (InstMC)

Institute of Physics (IoP)

Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA)

Institute of Refrigeration (InstR)

Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)

Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)

Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)

Institution of Engineering Designers (IED)

Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)

Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)

Institution of Royal Engineers (InstRE)

Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE)

Landscape Institute (LI)

The Law Society (LS)

Law Society of Northern Ireland

Linnean Society of London (LS)

Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS)

Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE)

Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI)

Royal Asiatic Society (RAS)

Royal Astronomical Society (RAS)

Royal College of Anaesthetists

Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)

Royal College of Nursing (RCN)

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)

Royal College of Organists (RCO)

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Royal College of Physicians of London

Royal College of Psychiatrists

Royal College of Radiologists (RCR)

Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT)

Royal College of Surgeons of England

Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS)

Royal Economic Society (RES)

Royal Geographical Society (RGS-IBG)

Royal Historical Society (RHS)

Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS)

Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)

Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN)

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)

Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH)

Royal Society of Biology (RSB)

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Royal Society of Medicine (RSM)

Royal Statistical Society (RSS)

Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)

Society for Radiological Protection (SRP)

Society of Dyers and Colourists (SDC)

The Textile Institute (TEXI)

The Academy of Experts (TAE)

Arboricultural Association (AA)

Archives and Records Association (ARA)

Association for the Education and Guardianship of International Students

Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA) (AEGIS)

Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS)

Royal Microscopical Society (RMS)

Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)

Royal Photographic Society (RPS)

Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT)

Association of British Theatre Technicians (ABTT)

Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO)

Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT)

A SELECTION OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (CHARTERED

AND UNCHARTED

Association of University Administrators (AUA)

British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association (BIGGA)

Information and Records Management Society (IRMS)

The Inns of Court, comprising Gray’s Inn, Lincoln’s Inn, Inner Temple, and Middle

British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Temple

British Association of Social Workers (BASW)

British Guild of Travel Writers (BGTW)

British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS)

Institute of Osteopathy (BOA)

British Pest Control Association (BPCA)

College of Paramedics (CoP)

Chief of Staff Association (COSA)

Direct Marketing Association (DMA)

Faculty of Advocates

Freshwater Biological Association (FBA)

General Council of the Bar (Bar Council)

Immigration Law Practitioners Association (ILPA)

Independent Society of Musicians (ISM)

Insolvency Practitioners Association (IPA)

Institute for the Management of Information Systems (IMIS)

Institute of Acoustics

Institute of Administrative Management (IAM)

Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS)

Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB)

Institute of Commercial Management (ICM)

Institute of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (ICRS)

Institute of Economic Development (IED)

Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA)

Institute of Employability Professionals (IEP)

Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA)

Institute of Fisheries Management (IFM)

Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST)

Institute of Groundsmanship (IOG)

Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP)

Institute of Interim Management (IIM)

Institute of Leadership (IoL)

Institute of Professional Sound (IPS)

Institute of Science and Technology (IST)

Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators (ISTC)

Institute of Supply Chain Management (IOSCM)

Institute of Tourist Guiding (ITG)

Institute of Transport Administration (IoTA)

Institute of Water (IWater)

Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM)

Institution of Agricultural Engineers (IAgrE)

Institution of Analysts and Programmers (IAP)

Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES)

Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE)

Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE)

International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH)

International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM)

International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD)

Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA)

London Institute of Banking & Finance (LIBF)

Museums Association (MA)

Nuclear Institute (NI)

Operational Research Society (ORS)

Palaeontological Association (PalAss)

Professional Publishers Association (PPA)

Royal Society of Ulster Architects (RSUA)

Security Institute (SyI)

Society of British and International Interior Design (SBID)

Society of Indexers (SI)

Society and College of Radiographers (SCoR)

Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)

United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)

LIVERY COMPANIES

What is a Livery Company?

A livery company is a type of guild or professional association that originated in medieval times in London. Livery companies comprise London’s ancient and modern trade associations and guilds, almost all of which are styled the “Worshipful Company of” their respective craft, trade or profession. There are 111 livery companies in total. They play a significant part in the life of the City of London not least by providing charitable-giving and networking opportunities.

Livery Companies have long supported the Armed Forces and most Companies continue to support one or more regular, reserve or cadet forces units. Some Companies have an obvious connection based upon shared professional interests, while others may be based on historical context.

A selection of Livery Companies can be found below…

• Worshipful Company of Mercers (general merchants)

• Worshipful Company of Grocers (spice merchants)

• Worshipful Company of Drapers (wool and cloth merchants)

• Worshipful Company of Fishmongers (fish and seafood merchants)

• Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths (bullion dealers)

• Worshipful Company of Butchers

• Worshipful Company of Saddlers

• Worshipful Company of Carpenters

• Worshipful Company of Cordwainers (fine leather workers and shoemakers)

• Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers (artists)

• Worshipful Company of Curriers (leather dressers and tanners)

• Worshipful Company of Masons

(stonemasons)

• Worshipful Company of Plumbers

• Worshipful Company of Innholders (inn keepers)

• Worshipful Company of Founders (metal casters and melters)

• Worshipful Company of Cooks

• Worshipful Company of Coopers (barrel and cask makers)

• Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers (builders)

• Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths

• Worshipful Company of Joiners and Ceilers (wood craftsmen)

• Worshipful Company of Fruiterers

• Worshipful Company of Plaisterers (plasterers)

• Worshipful Company of Broderers (embroiderers)

• Worshipful Company of Upholders (upholsterers)

• Worshipful Company of Musicians

• Worshipful Company of Turners (lathe operators)

• Worshipful Company of Basketmakers

• Worshipful Company of Farriers (horseshoe makers and equine veterinarians)

• Worshipful Company of Paviors (road and highway pavers)

• Worshipful Company of Loriners (equestrian bit, bridle and spur suppliers)

• Worshipful Society of Apothecaries (physicians and pharmacists)

• Worshipful Company of Shipwrights (shipowners and maritime professionals)

• Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights

• Worshipful Company of Distillers

• Worshipful Company of Gunmakers

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