Dylan Parkes <\/strong>\u2013 Director of Strategic Engagement (Climate & Environmental Sustainability) \u2013 University of Reading<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Building L24, Room G06, London Road Campus, 7.15 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n The University of Reading is the Times\/Sunday Times Sustainable University of the Year 2025, recognising the University\u2019s leading role in addressing environmental sustainability through its research, teaching and operations.\u00a0 Hear about the University\u2019s key areas of progress, award winning activities and a look forward to how the University will further strengthen its work to help ensure a sustainable future for all: www.reading.ac.uk\/planet<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> <\/p>\n A Guided tour of the Bayeux Tapestry .<\/em><\/p>\n Further details will be circulated to members.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> <\/p>\n Acacias London Road Campus, 7.15 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n Further details will be circulated to members.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> <\/p>\n Wokingham Theatre’s Christmas production.<\/em><\/p>\n Further details will be circulated to members.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> Dr Stephen Jury<\/em><\/p>\n Building L24, Room G06, London Road Campus, 7.15 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n We are experiencing more than just warmer winters and hotter summers: we have to endure our winters with much more and heavier rain and summers with more periods of drought. Many distinctly tender plants are now surviving in our gardens without protection, many damp-loving species are needing to be watered at times to survive and dry and gravel gardens are becoming more common after being popularised by the late Beth Chatto.<\/span><\/p>\n Please see: https:\/\/www.rhs.org.uk\/science\/gardening-in-a-changing-world\/climate-change for a report and further information on this topic.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> Dr Margaret Simons<\/em><\/p>\n Building L24, Room G06, London Road Campus, 7.15 pm <\/strong><\/p>\n As we celebrate 100 years since the University received the charter, this talk\u00a0<\/span><\/span>considers\u00a0the birth of adult education in the borough and how the coming together of various organisations and individuals laid the foundations for Reading becoming a university town.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> Building L24, Room G06, London Road Campus, 7.15 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n We will be joined by a speaker from this year\u2019s chosen charity Berkshire Women’s Aid<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> <\/p>\n Building L24, Room G06, London Road Campus, 7.15 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n Further details will be circulated to members.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> <\/p>\n Please join us for this annual celebration.<\/em><\/p>\n Further details will be circulated to members.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul> Jackie and Brian Hoskins<\/em><\/p>\n Building L24, Room G06, London Road Campus, 7.15 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.japanprize.jp\/en\/prize_past_2024_prize01.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> <\/p>\n The Thames Valley Police Museum is located in the Thames Valley Police Training Centre, Sulhamstead (near Reading, Berkshire).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Further details will be circulated to members.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> <\/p>\n Visit to Wokingham Theatre to see ‘The Game’s Afoot’; danger and hilarity are non-stop.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n Further details will be circulated to members.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> Acacias London Road Campus, 7.15 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n Includes carols with musical accompaniment.<\/em><\/p>\n Further details were circulated to members.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> Building L24, Room G06, London Road Campus, 7.15 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n There will also be a speaker from this year’s chosen charity Smart Works<\/strong> ‘Helping Women Back to Work’.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n John Grainger and Ian Burn<\/em><\/p>\n Building L24, Room G06, London Road Campus, 7.15 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> <\/p>\n The Ure Museum is located on the Whiteknights Campus, at the University of Reading.<\/em><\/p>\n Further details will be circulated to members.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> Building L24, Room G06, London Road Campus, 7.15 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n The meeting will be followed by a performance from the Tony X Barbershop Singers.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> <\/p>\n Please join us for this annual celebration.<\/em><\/p>\n Further details will be circulated to members.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul> <\/p>\n Peter Must, former Sub Dean of Letters at the University of Reading.<\/em><\/p>\n Building L24, Room G06, London Road Campus, 7.15 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> <\/p>\n Anne Garrison, Volunteer at the Museum of English Rural Life.<\/em><\/p>\n Building L24, Room G06, London Road Campus, 7.15 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> <\/p>\n Visit to Wokingham Theatre to see <\/em>\u2018Christmas at Grimly Hall\u2019.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Further details were circulated to members.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> <\/p>\n To be held in Acacias, London Road Campus.<\/em><\/p>\n Further details were circulated to members.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> <\/p>\n Ploughman\u2019s supper with a speaker from this <\/em>year\u2019s charity \u2018Children Heard and Seen\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n Building L24, Room G06, London Road Campus, 7.15 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>![\"Visit](\"https:\/\/rgspaces.org.uk\/womensclub\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-09-05-182656-150x150.png\")
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\n<\/p>\n2024-2025<\/h2>\n
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\n<\/p>\n2023-2024<\/h2>\n
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