Completed meetings and events 2022-2023
Mon 26th June 2023 Club Assembly
The new team for the year 2023-24 share their ideas for the forthcoming Rotary yearMon 19th June 2023 Special need gadgets - Kimble Earle
The volunteer 'MakeAbility' engineers at the charity Remap Berkshire design and build a wide variety of bespoke equipment.Mon 12th June 2023 No meeting
President’s Night/Handover on 15 JuneMon 5th June 2023 Club Business Meeting
Council meeting at 7.00pmMon 29th May 2023 No meeting
Bank HolidayMon 22nd May 2023 Social
tbcMon 15th May 2023 Speaker meeting
tbcMon 8th May 2023 No meeting
Bank Holiday - CoronationMon 1st May 2023 No meeting
Bank HolidayMon 24th April 2023 Club AGM
Reports on the year's activitiesMon 17th April 2023 Club Business Meeting
Council meeting at 7.00pmMon 10th April 2023 No meeting
Bank HolidayMon 3rd April 2023 Speaker meeting
tbcMon 27th March 2023 Art and Astronomy - Barry Kellett
... more new stories with an astronomical twist!Three paintings by Edvard Munch, Ulysses and James Joyce and two Ansel Adams photographs.
Mon 20th March 2023 Scatter week
Members visit other clubsNo meeting at The Bull
Mon 13th March 2023 Club Business Meeting
Council meeting at 7.00pmMon 6th March 2023 Pangbourne's Rotary Scholar Jack Baldwin
The title of Jack's talk is 'leveraging law and finance to resolve conflicts and drive sustainability outcomes'Mon 27th February 2023 Social
tbcMon 20th February 2023 Membership survey - Andre Jacobucci
Andre will update the club on the results of the recent survey conducted of all membersMon 13th February 2023 Purley Park Trust - Larry Grady
Larry will give an insight into the work of this charity which supports adults with learning disabilities around our local communityMon 6th February 2023 Club Business Meeting
Council meeting at 7.00pmMon 30th January 2023 Schools in Uganda - John Osborne
John will talk to us about building schools in Uganda; he will be informing us about the latest project there which is a school for around 1000 pupils.Mon 23rd January 2023 CPR & AED demonstration - Di Hughes
Di will give a brief demonstration on performing CPR and the use of AEDMon 16th January 2023 Reading developments - Richard Bennett
Richard will give us an outline of planned developments in ReadingMon 9th January 2023 Club Business Meeting
Council meeting at 7.00pmSun 8th January 2023 Woodcote 10k Run
Registration in Woodcote Village HallMon 2nd January 2023 No meeting
Bank HolidayMon 26th December 2022 No meeting
Bank HolidayMon 19th December 2022 Christmas social
tbcMon 12th December 2022 Christmas Party
Start of the Christmas festivities - a night full of the Christmas spirit!Fri 9th December 2022 Theatre trip
New Oxford Theatre - Mamma Mia and dinner at Bella PastaMon 5th December 2022 SGM & The Changing Face of Reading Town Centre - Richard Bennett
Short club SGM will be followed by a talk from Richard about Reading town centre - the myriad of plans for flats, the odd house, hotels and touch on the future of Reading GaolMon 28th November 2022 Club Business Meeting
Council meeting at 7.00pmMon 21st November 2022 Art of wreath making - Emma
A demonstration on how to make a wreath by Emma of Green ParlourMon 14th November 2022 Mission Aviation Fellowship - John Ledger
Mission Aviation Fellowship believe nothing should stop people from receiving the essentials of life – no matter how remote they are. John will talk about the work of MAF UKMon 7th November 2022 Drones over Tilehurst - Tony McGinn
Tony runs a drone photography company. He often posts drone pictures of Tilehurst and Reading Festival on social media; his business does a whole lot more and does work for the BBC and others.Mon 31st October 2022 RYLA experience - Binuka Pamod Jayaweera
Binuka will give a talk on his experiences at Rhos-y-Gwaliau.Mon 24th October 2022 Switzerland Scouting - Ron & Rita Curran
95th Scouts will be giving their presentation following their residential trip to Kandersteg, SwitzerlandMon 17th October 2022 Scatter week
Members visit other clubs.No meeting at The Bull
Mon 10th October 2022 Club Business Meeting
Council meeting at 7.00pmMon 3rd October 2022 Reading Food Bank
ReadiFood - 33 Boulton Road, Reading RG2 0NHMeet at 6.00pm followed by dinner at Queens Head, 54 Christchurch Road, Reading RG2 7AZ at 8.00pm
Mon 26th September 2022 The statues of Reading - Caroline Piller
There are a number of famous statues in Reading. All of these statues have an interesting history and reason for existing which Caroline will explain.Sun 25th September 2022 End Plastic Soup - Plastic Blitz
River litter pick - time tbcMon 19th September 2022 No meeting
The Queen's funeral takes place today and today has been declared a Bank HolidayMon 12th September 2022 Megan Lockley
Megan, has been selected to represent the PUMA England Squad at the Taekwondo World Cup in Slovenia this October. She will be talking about her trip.Mon 5th September 2022 Club social - BBQ
BBQ chez Tony NMon 29th August 2022 Bank Holiday - no meeting
Mon 22nd August 2022 Club Business Meeting
Council meeting at 7.00pmMon 15th August 2022 Reading Ukrainian Community Centre - Mick Pollek
Mick will give a talk on the work of the Reading Ukrainian Community Centre and update us on the situation in UkraineMon 8th August 2022 Intra club competiton
Intra club competition of pub gamesMon 1st August 2022 The Life of a Metropolitan Police Crime Scene Investigator - Hayley Scott
A look behind the scenes of crime investigationMon 25th July 2022 Walk to Englefield Estate
7.00pm - Walk from The Bull to North St then across the M4 (via bridge!) via Nunhide and back for a meal at 8.30pmMon 18th July 2022 The Rotary Foundation - John Phillips
John will outline how RF makes lives better in the local community and around the worldMon 11th July 2022 Club business meeting
Council meeting at 7.00pmMon 4th July 2022 Home visit by District Governor Marius Hopley
Newly installed DG Marius will update on his hopes and aspirations on all matters Rotary