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1861 (Wantage) Sqn Air Training Corps
J Taylor
Tel: 01235 820739
HQ, Icknield Lane, Wantage (behind Scout Hut)
Meetings Mondays & Thursdays at the HQ 7.30 - 9.00 pm
British Red Cross Society: Wantage
Keith Brooks
Tel: 01235 555811 01235 432688
Catholic Women's League
Anthea Smith
Tel: 01235 772206
CTC Wantage Section
Add a social dimension to your cycling or a cycling dimension to your social life. We are a local group of the CTC, Britain's National Cycling Organisation. The CTC works for all cyclists to safeguard cyclists' interests and to promote cycling for leisure and as a means of sustainable transport.
Contact: Pat Hurt sec@wantagectc.org.uk
Tel: 01488 73508
Denchworth Local History Group
The group carrying out research and is gathering information about life in the village in the past. We would be pleased to hear from anyone who would be interested in coming to meetings or can add to this information. Phone for further details and dates of meetings.
Contact: Susan Brandon 01235 868451
Full Circle
Full Circle at Millbrook Primary, Grove. Older people and children together. Fun art activites and friendship from Summer term 2004
Contact: Rhiannon Matthews
Tel: 01865 246456
Email: RhiannonMatthews@fullcircleoxon.org.uk
Office: Donnington Community Centre, Townsend Square, Oxford, OX4 4BB)
Grove & District Fuchsia & Pelargonium Society
Len Hignell
Tel: 01235 223540
Web: www.chipperfields.freeserve.co.uk/fpsoc
Email: lenhignell@aol.com
Hanney Book Club
Hanney Book Club meets once a month (1st Thursday) at The Plough Inn, West Hanney at 8pm. At the meetings we discuss the book we voted upon to read the previous month.
Samantha Brady Tel: 01367 242949
www.hanneybookclub.co.uk
Hanney Gardening Club
Sue Smith
Hanney History Group
Contact: Derek Hockaday 01235 868231
Email: djhockaday@netscapeonline.co.uk
Hanney Luncheon Club
Contact: Jean Lidbury 01235 868356
Hanney Senior Citizens Group
Ann White
Tel: 01235 868339
Icknield School Class of 75
Web: www.users.waitrose.com/~ox12uk/index.htm
King Alfred District Scouts
Mr P Butcher
Tel: 01235 772982
Letcombe & District Horticultural Society
Contact: Dinah Moss
Tel: 01235 762697
Mountain Activities Club (MAC)
Contact: Stuart Lovegrove
Tel: 01235 522414
Web: www.web-mac.co.uk
National Women’s Register (NWR), Wantage Branch
NWR is an organisation formed more than 40 years ago (it used to be called National Housewives' Register) to "enable lively-minded women to meet regularly to discuss non-domestic topics". Ruth Mahoney is the local organiser of the Wantage NWR Branch, which meets every 3 weeks on a weekday evening in members' homes. A new programme is compiled twice a year. Recent meetings have included discussions on Humanism, the "empty-nest" syndrome, Dragon Boat Racing, British regional foods, Room 101, India, with additional excursions to Kelmscott Manor, a guided walk around Oxford, and Buscot. New members and fresh ideas for meetings are always welcome!
Contact: Rosemary Harwood
Tel: 01235 766968
Email: rosemary.harwood@gmail.com
Web: www.nwr.org
North Berks Radio Model Aircraft Society
Chris Haynes
Tel: 01235 534853 Fax 0797 0149791
Web: chrishaynes@birdwings.fsnet.co.uk
Oxfordshire Guide Association
Glenys Deval
Tel: 01235 765259
Royal Air Force Association
The Royal British Legion Club, East Challow
The Wantage and District (1185) Branch of the Royal Air Force Association meet on the second thursady of every month at TRBL Club, East Challow, at 7-30 pm. We are a charity serving the needs of serving and ex-serving members of the Royal Air Force family. Our meetings are informal, can be quite amusing, and always very friendly. If you are serving or ex-serving or just have an interest in helping, please come along and enjoy the company.
Tel: Raymond Evans 01235 765360
Website: www.rafa.org.uk
Ridgeway Golden Years Club
c/o Loyd Lindsay Rooms, Ardington.
Contact Annie Hatton (secretary) Tel: 01235833692
Email: annie.hatton@wantage.com
An afternoon club for the over 60's in the villages of Ardington and Lockinge and local area. We meet monthly for outings, day trips, talks, bring & buy, bingo,lunches and afternoon teas
Rotary Club of Wantage
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Royal British Legion
K Leach MBE
Tel: 01235 763902
Royal Green Jackets (Wantage)
I Thornton
7790785902
Royal Naval Association Wantage
D Collingwood
Tel: 01235 762441
School of the Sword
Caroline Stewart
Mobile: 07900 678 285
A group studying and practicing historical swordplay of the 16th-18th Centuries, based on surviving historical treatises. We are members of the British Federation for Historical Swordplay and the Historical European Martial Arts Coalition. We train regularly on Mondays at Hanney WM Hall, see web for details.
Email: info@schoolofthesword.com
Web: www.schoolofthesword.com
St John Ambulance, Wantage
Would you like to do something worthwhile with your spare time? Why not join St. John Ambulance? We always need people to do First Aid, but we also need people for "behind the scenes" roles, such as admin, fundraising, and publicity. If you are interested, please contact us for more information. There's no commitment to join straight away, come to a few meetings and see if you like it! People aged 18+ can join as an Adult member, but we also have a Badger Sett for 6-10 year-olds, and a Cadet section for 10-17 year olds.
Email: wantage-adults@oxfordshire.sja.org.uk
Tel: 0701 070 8999
Post: St. John Ambulance HQ, Naldertown, Wantage, OX12 9EB
St John Ambulance - Badger Sett, Wantage
Become a Super Badger by learning absolutely everything!
We meet on Thursday evenings 6.15pm - 7.15pm
Naldertown, Wantage, OX12 9EB
Contact: Kelly Jones
Email: wantage-badgers@oxfordshire.sja.org.uk
Web: www.sja.org.uk
Tel: 01235 768022
St John Ambulance - Cadet Division, Wantage
Naldertown, Wantage
Learning first aid, caring for others, environment, camping and many others. Oxfordshire also hold a county-wide camp.
We meet on Wednesday evenings 7 to 8.30pm
Contact: Cheryl Dickie
Email: sjacadets.wantage@ntlworld.com
Tel: 01235 224715
Townswomen’s Guild Wantage (TG)
Mrs Vella 01235 771398
University of the Third Age (UTA): Wantage
J Bricknell Tel: 01235 772727
Mrs Stewart Tel: 01235 762703
Vale and Downland Beekeepers
Lilian Valentine 01235 767524 lilianvalentine@btinternet.com
www.newburyandwantagebeekeepers.btinternet.co.uk
The Vale and Downland Museum
Church Street, Wantage, OX12 8BL
Tel: 01235 771447 Fax: 01235 764316
Email: www.wantage.com/museum
Vale Open Access Group
C A Steed
Tel: 01235 767198
Email: arthur.Steed@bigfoot.com
Vale Youth Minibus Scheme
Peter Guill
01367 718224
Wantage Army Cadet Force (ACF)
Icknield Lane, Wantage
Open to boys and girls aged 12 - 18 for a different way to spend your free time. Take part in rock climbing, paint balling, camping and expeditions. Fancy a weekend away from your parents, or event two weeks. come and check us out, you may just be surprised!
Richard Waldron Tel: 01865 750722 Mob: 07792 262041
Email: wantageacf@aol.com
Web: www.wantageacf.co.uk
Wantage Art Group
This group meets on the third Wednesday of each month at the Civic Hall, Portway, Wantage, for talks or demonstrations by professional artists, to take part in workshops or to prepare exhibitions of their work. We work in all media, with perhaps a slight preference for watercolour.
Subscription £16, members £1 visitors £3
Tel: Patsy and Terry Jones 01235 764258
Email: patsyjjones@aol.com
Tel: 01235 764258
Wantage Bridge Club
Brendan Breen
Tel: 01367 820691 Fax 01367 820131
Wantage Camera Club
Alec Finch
Tel: 01235 762439
Web: www.wantage.freeserve.co.uk/cameraclub.htm
Wantage Chess Club
George Spalding
Tel: 01235 868466
Email: g.h.spalding@rl.ac.uk
Wantage and District Field Club
Talks on Archaeology, Natural History and Local History that are often based on the speakers own research. All welcome. Subscriptions £13.50, Juniors £1.50 Visitor £3.00.
Second Friday in the month in the Civic Hall at 7.30
Contact: Patsy Jones patsyjjones@aol.com 01235 764258
Wantage First Responders
A partnership between St John Ambulance and the Oxfordshire Ambulance Trust. 1st Responders give emergency treatment before the ambulance arrives. Volunteers, willing to learn and with time available each month are always welcome.
Angela Morris
Tel: 01235 223245
Email: wantage-first-reponders@oxfordshire.sja.org
Wantage Gardeners Association
Contact: Mike Welham
Tel/fax: 01235 868073
Email: mwelham@sheep.uk.net
Wantage Ladies Circle
Heather Wells
Tel: 01235 765889 Fax 01235 765889
Wantage Machine Knitting Club
Brenda Owens
Tel: 01235 833329
Email: lesnbren@ardington.freeserve.co.uk
Wantage PC User Group
Ron Rose
Tel: 01235 767793
Email: ron@ronrose.freeserve.co.uk
Wantage Probus Club: Retired Professional and Business Men
Michael Dyde
Wantage Round Table
The Wantage branch of the Round Table Organisation meet in the evenings of the second and forth Mondays of each month. It is a club for men between the ages of 18 and 45. Please contact me for details of the next event and a lift if needed.
Tel: 01235 225979
Contact: Richard Lonnon rich-sally@ntlworld.com
www.wantageroundtable.co.uk
Wantage Silver Threads Club
Olive Thornhill
Tel: 01235 768647
Wantage and Grove Lions Club
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Wantage, Grove and District Twinning Association
Contact: Mary Rousseau
Tel: 01235 763676
Email: challow.gran@genie.co.uk
Wantage, Grove and District Twinning Association: French Group
Contact: Jill Kowszun
Tel: 01235 763560
Email: jimandjill@witanway.f9.co.uk
Wantage, Grove and District Twinning Association: German Group
Derek Verdin
Tel: 01235 764750
Email: averdin@beef.net
White Horse Cruising Club
Yachting & Cruising. Meet every second Monday in the month between September and May at the Royal British Legion HQ Mill Orchard East Hanney.
Contact: J.C.Sutherland, Wythburn, Main St, West Hanney, OX12 0LH
Tel: 01235-868396
Email: jcs@boltblue.com
Web: www.huxtable.u-net.com/whitehorse.htm
White Horse Gardening Club
Contact: Joanna Sadler
Tel: 01367 820243
Wilts & Berks Canal Amenity Group
The East Vale Branch of the Wilts & Berks Canal Amenity Group (W&BCAG) is based in Wantage. W&BCAG is a non-profit making charity dedicated to the restoration of the Wilts & Berks and North Wilts Canals. These canals are the central section of the Wessex Waterways Network, linking the River Thames, the Kennet & Avon Canal and the Thames & Severn Canal. The Wantage Waterway web site is the site for the East Vale Branch and is linked to the main W&BCAG site and all other relevent sites as well as similar waterways sites. Wantage Waterway will concentrate on what is going on locally along the route of the old canal, and is being continuosly expanded and updated
Contact: Doug Small
Tel: 01628 544666
Email: Doug@wantage-waterway.co.uk
Web: www.wantage-waterway.co.uk
Womens Institute (WI)
Ardington & Lockinge Mrs Gaylard Tel: 01235 833323
Charlton Mrs Trinder Tel: 01235 763940
East & West Hendred Mrs Mulsford Tel: 01869 331081
East Challow Mrs McGill Tel: 01235 767860
Grove Mrs Plumley Tel: 01235 762305
East & West Hanney Mrs Flude Tel: 01235 868063
King Alfreds Mrs J Andrews Tel: 01235 769137
Letcombe Regis Mrs Taylor Tel: 01235 751646
www.oxfordshirefwi.freeuk.com
Womens Royal Voluntary Services (WRVS)
East & West Hanney
Contact: Mrs White
Tel: 01235 868339
Young Farmers
Contact: Miss Matthews
Tel: 01235 847194
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