What we’re about
Friendly Multi-Activity Social Club
We are a friendly multi-activity club that organises a range of social, cultural, leisure and sporting activities. Most of our members are graduates, professionals and like minded people living the Reading, Berkshire, and surrounding areas.
Wide Range of Activities
As well as pub evenings & meals out, there are BBQs & parties, theatre & cinema trips, skittles & ten pin bowling, walks & cycle rides. We have also organised music evenings & play readings, museum & country house visits, glow worm hunts, a balloon flight, and visit to Go Ape (a high wire adventure course).
Run by our Members
We are run by our members for our members, who are encouraged to take part in organising events. If you join you can organise the type of events that you would like to take part in, either something you enjoy already or perhaps something new that you would like to try for the first time.
Part of a Nationwide Association of IVCs
Thames Valley IVC is part of the Association of Inter-Varsity Clubs (aIVC), a nationwide association of about 40 similar clubs with around 4000 members across the UK. If you join our club you can go away on national events organised by other IVCs, such as holidays abroad, weekends away, or just day events. We also organise joint events with some of our neighbouring IVCs and share events with each other.
Welcoming New Members
Anyone over 18 who would like to meet new people and make new friends in a relaxed social club atmosphere is welcome to join. If you are wondering if you would fit in then the easiest way to find out is to join up and come along to an event to see what the club is like.
Joining the club
Thames Valley IVC is a well established social club, and we created this Meetup group to make it easier for people to find us and join the club. At most events we ask non-members to make a small contribution to the running of the club (e.g. £2). However after they been to a few events, and got to know us, people can apply to become full members of the club and pay an annual fee of £12 instead of paying for individual events.
To find out more about Thames Valley IVC go to our main website http://www.tvivc.org.uk .
Upcoming events (1)
See all- Christmas Lunch at the HighwaymanThe Highwayman, Exlade Street, Checkendon, RG8 0UA, Reading
Our Christmas lunch this year is at the Highwayman Inn in Exlade Street, a very small hamlet just off the A4074 near Checkendon. We enjoyed the one we had there in 2021, and several other meals there since then. It has excellent recent reviews on TripAdvisor (4.5) and Google Reviews (4.7).
Christmas lunch is a popular event and a great opportunity to meet other members of the club. You are welcome to join us on the pre-lunch walk first, or just come to the meal at 12:00.
The Christmas Lunch menu isn't visible on their website, but can be downloaded from here. The headline prices are £28 for 2 courses or £33 for 3, but a 12.5% service charge is added, bringing them to £31.50 or £37.13. Please make your payment for the total price.
Booking
When you book please also send me your menu choices by a Meetup message (click on my profile photo, then 'Chat with Flavia' to start a message).
To confirm your place also please PAY THE FULL AMOUNT by the booking deadline. If you have to cancel before the deadline a full refund will be given, but if you do so after the deadline and nobody else is able to take your place I will try to obtain a refund for you from the pub, but cannot guarantee it.
Those who aren't either FULL MEMBERS OF THE CLUB (filled in a form and paid the annual fee) or members of another IVC will be asked at the meal to make an additional small contribution to the running of the group (i.e. £2).
How to pay
You can pay in any of the following three ways:
a) By bank transfer from your account to Thames Valley IVC's account
(details available on request).b) By sending a cheque to the treasurer
(address available on request).c) By PayPal:
- Log in to your PayPal account and click the 'Send' button.
- Fill in the email address "[email protected]" (Ralph Phillips).
Click 'Next'.
3. Fill in the amount you are paying.
In "What's this for" put: "Christmas Lunch for: " followed by your name(s).
Click 'Next'.3a) If it pops up a panel asking "What’s this payment for?"
click on "Friends and family".4. "Friends and family" should be selected, and PayPal fee = £0.00.
Check the details of the payment.
Click the 'Send' button.Directions from Reading:
Head out of Reading on the A4074 towards Woodcote. Go though Cane End, past a road on your left to Goring, then after just over ½ mile there is a minor road off to the right signed to The Highwayman. Follow it down to the pub, on your left.
