About us
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 over 30 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
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Bluebells Walk in the Chilterns from Nettlebed, including a cafe break
The Green, Nettlebed, RG9 5AX, GBJoin us on Friday afternoon for a walk from Nettlebed, amongst the bluebells and through the beech woods in the Chilterns, with a break for afternoon tea at the cafe at the Maker Space (formerly Crown pub) near Nuffield Place. It's about 6 miles long and fairly flat, apart from the remains of some clay pits and quarrying on Nettlebed Common near the end (which can be avoided).
As well as displays of bluebells on Nettlebed Common and in the woods near Nuffield Place they are also in full bloom along many of the paths between.
Meet in the road behind the green in Nettlebed at 1:30. We should get to the Maker Space for tea by about 3:00.
According to their menu they have scones with jam and clotted cream, as well as a selection of cakes, flapjacks, brownies etc. The exact finish time will will depend upon how long we stop for tea.
Those who aren't FULL MEMBERS OF THE CLUB (filled in a form and paid the annual fee), or members of another IVC, will be asked to make a small contribution to the running of the group (e.g. £2).
Directions from Reading:
Head North on the B481 to Nettlebed. Turn left at the mini-roundabout just outside the village, the green will soon be in view on your right. Turn right by the large bus shelter into the road that goes round the back of the green.1 attendee
Past events
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