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Society and Culture

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Be You - Berkshire lesbian and gay information network. Details of helpline service. Berkshire Archaeological Society - Programme of events, lectures, activities and publications. Berkshire Community Foundation - An independent charity, raising money to create an endowment fund to provide grants to local voluntary groups. Information on the organisation and its activities. Berkshire Conservation Volunteers - Voluntary group carrying out environmental conservation work on nature reserves. Berkshirecam - Selection of photographs from around the county. Caversham Heights Society - Meet fortnightly from September to April for talks and presentations. Details of programme and visits. Closed Circuit Television in RBWM - Details the locations of CCTV cameras in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. Cranbourne and Winkfield Royal British Legion - Information about the club, its events diary, and facilities. Includes a history. Emmer Green Residents' Association - Includes a community site with photographs, map, local information, message board and newsletter. Friends Of Clayfield Copse - Voluntary group, formed in 1989 to help maintain and manage the woods and the adjacent area of woods known as Blackhouse Woods. News, projects and photographs. Jane Griffiths MP to Reading East - Includes biography and constituency news. Resolve - West Berkshire Mediation Service - Provides mediative solutions to neighbours in dispute or crisis with each other. Information about services and contact details. Silicon Corridor Linux User Group - Exist to support users of the Linux-based operating systems in Berkshire and the surrounding areas. Events, members directory and mailing list. UK Independence Party (Berkshire) - News, press releases, local campaign information, leaflets and quotations.

DISABILTY RESOURCES

 Berkshire Autistic Society - BAS is a support and action group for the parents and carers of children and adults with autism, autism related problems, Asperger Syndrome or challenging behaviour. Information about the conditions and their activities. Berkshire Disability Information Network - Run by disabled people and carers, based in Bracknell.

GENEOLOGY

A'Bear Family History - The history of this and the De La Bere Family of Harehatch, including family trees, records, wills, monumental inscriptions, articles, detailed studies, people, places and heraldry. Berkshire Family Connections - Offering family research services within the county and surrounding areas. Price list and contact information. Berkshire Family History Society - Details of membership benefits and how to join, with online journal, members only area and information on meetings. UK Genealogy - Berkshire Research Resources - Contains genealogy links and maps for anyone researching their ancestors in Berkshire.

HISTORY          READING

Berkshire Local History Association - Encourages local history research. It publishes a newsletter (recent issues online) and the journal Berkshire Old and New (contents lists online). Diary, readers's queries, membership. Berkshire Record Office - Established in 1948 to locate and preserve records relating to the county of Berkshire and its people, and to make them available for research to anyone who is interested in the county's past. Details of services, news, publications and collections. Britannia: Narrative History of Berkshire Introduction - Introduction to Berkshire's history by Brenda Ralph Lewis and David Nash Ford. The Miles Aircraft Story - Stories from Berkshire's aviation heritage told in a series of paintings and commentary by aviation artist and historian Geoff Beckett. Royal Berkshire History - David Nash Ford covers county history, maps, towns and villages, churches, castles and houses. The inhabitants are not forgotten, with biographies and family history.

ORGANIZATIONS

Burnham Rotaract - Social and community action group for 18 to 29 year olds. Information on social programme and events. Caversham & Reading Rotaract Club - Information on the organisation and events. Rotaract Club of Woodley and Earley - Social and community action group for 18 to 29 year olds in the East Reading area. Rotaract in the Thames Valley - Clubs for 18 to 29 year olds, this site covers the Thames Valley region including 8 clubs in Berkshire.

RELIGION

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Deanery of Maidenhead - In the Church of England's Diocese of Oxford. Contains links to local churches, who's who section, diary, deanery plan and resources list. Douai Abbey - Benedictine monastery located in Woolhampton. Information on the Benedictine life and services, with newsletters and virtual tours.

 

 

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