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Thatcham is exceptionally well endowed with local organisations and associations and many of these are listed below.


GENERAL INTEREST
Thatcham Allotment Gardening Club
t: 865230 or 863592
Angling Association t: 860382
Cycle It t: 871182
Historical Society t: 867802
www.thatchamhistoricalsociety.org.uk
In Stitches (stitching club, meets monthly)
t: 877087
International Seismological Centre
t: 861022
Kennet & Avon Canal Trust t: 569647
Newbury Remote Control Car Club www.newburyrcclub.co.uk
Pang and Kennet Valley Countryside Project (FWAG) t: 0118 930 5336
Philatelic Society t: 866942
Rotary Club of Thatcham & District
t: 863592 for contact details
Royal British Legion t: 866208
RSPB t: 0118 981 6181
Thatcham 18 Plus Group t: 01235 810361
Thatcham Country Market t: 866653
Thatcham Film Club t: 07795 112 047
Thatcham Round Table t: 863592
for contact details
Thatcham Scrappers t: 877087
(Scrapbook crop club, meets fortnightly)
Thatcham Social Club t: 863578
Thatcham Walkers t: 862505
Thatcham Writers www.thatchamwriters.co.uk
United Nations Association t: 863331


CULTURE, DRAMA AND MUSIC
Church Bell and Barfield Handbell Ringers
t: 826799
Cold Ash Brass t:869906
www.coldashbrass.org.uk
Kennet Amateur Theatrical Society
t: 869893
Kennet Opera t: 38444
www.kennetopera.co.uk
Watership Brass t: 254130


WOMEN’S ORGANISATIONS
Ladies Circle t: 40358
Ladies Fellowship t: 861467
National Women’s Register
t: 0845 4500287
Thatcham Lakeside Women’s Club
(held at The Children’s Centre) t: 866905
Women’s Institute t: 0118 933 3448
WRVS t: 01235 442961


CHILDREN'S AND YOUTH ORGANISATIONS
Boys’ Brigade t: 254598
Moorside Youth and Community Centre
(Moorside Youth Clubs) t: 871558
Girl Guiding UK t: 863009
Thatcham Scout Groups t: 863158
www.tacehamhundred.org.uk
Young Ornithologists Club t: 866942
Youth Trust
Chairman - Rev. Tom Moffatt t: 862616
Children’s Centre t: 872008


HELPING SERVICES
Alzheimer’s Society t: 500869
Arthritis Care t: 0808 8004050
Berkshire County Blind Society,
Thatcham Branch t: 254598
Community Furniture Project t: 43933
Cot Death Society t: 01925 850650
Cruse Bereavement Care t: 523573
Epilepsy Support Group t: 866560
Foundation for the Study of Infant Death Helpline: t: 0870 7870554
Friendship Club, affiliated to West Berkshire
Friendship Clubs, at the Methodist Church
– Wednesday 9.30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
t: 863362
Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
t: 866547
The Harbour Group
Support group for alcohol and drug addiction. Contact Peter Drury t: 45518
Home Start t: 528202
Lady Winchcombe Foundation t: 865339
Newbury & District Cancer Care Trust
t: 31542
Newbury & District Heart Support
t: 861546
Newbury & District MS Society t: 33582
Newbury and Thatcham Hard
of Hearing Club t: 35317
Parkinson’s Disease Society t: 869532
PALS (Partnership for Active Leisure Scheme) t: 0118 981 3933
Relate t: 0118 987 6100
Thatcham Blind Club t: 253994
Thatcham Parochial Charities t: 863351
Thatcham Relief in Need Charity t: 863351
Turning Point (adult drug and alcohol service) t: 237795
U3A (University of the Third Age)
t: 860182
Volunteer Bureau t: 874666
West Berkshire Disability Alliance t: 49701

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permission to use their photographs in this guide: Mike Cass www.cherrytreeimages.com, Norman Jones http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/norriesite, Andrew Cooper and David Dobson.