Thanks Mitzi, you're a star, and welcome to the Scuba Board.
Further to your comments, there's also Fat Sams Dive School in Glasgow (
www.fatsamsdiveshop.info), and Atmosphere Diving (
www.atmospherediving.com) down near Gatwick that are NAUI facilities in the UK. I also know that the bulk of South African and Auzzie trained divers living around London are NAUI qualified, and there's a few Divemasters and Instructors floating around on the quiet that don't belong to any shop set-up.
The UK market is very tightly sewn up with PADI and BSAC dive centres and social clubs, and no one just seems to offer any non-commercial social structure / training / trips away etc for NAUI divers who want to remain within their own training philosophy. I find trying to join and dive with these other dive groups very difficult due to club and affiliation politics, which is really just not needed. Personally I'm just looking to keep in contact with like-minded divers, network socially, make a whole bunch of new mates, and perhaps teach some quality dive courses to anyone who might want to further their own training and development.
I'm frequently out to the Red Sea, which I've dived from top (Aqaba, Jordan) to bottom (Wadi Gamal, southern Egypt) over the last 7 years or so, and I'm off back to the Maldives in June again to explore the South Male Atoll during its manta season. It'd be great to do some trips with a big bunch of NAUI divers, and am happy for any to join my wife and I on any of our trips abroad. I frequently run private dive courses when I'm away (Advanced, Nitrox, etc) and would be happy to offer these if I can get a bunch of keen divers together.
I've also compiled a comprehensive CD-Rom on advanced diving physiology and dive safety (amongst much) which I distribute free to a circle of friends and Instructors worldwide as it gets updated periodically. Drop me an email if you'd like a copy...
Thanks for the response.
kind regards
Dennis