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Regions
Chilterns
Contact list for Chilterns
Chairman
Barrie Mair
Email: barriemair@bulldoghome.com
Treasurer
Martin Lynch
Email: martin.j.lynch@hotmail.co.uk
Chilterns
Upcoming Events in Chilterns
Project List
| Applicant organisation | Project name | Project classification | Date opened | Wooden Spoon's commitment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookfields School | Hydrotherapy Pool Changing Rooms | Buildings & Extensions | In Progress | £25,000 |
| Westfield School | Outdoor Learning Centre | Sports and Activity Areas | 29 Nov 11 | £14,900 |
| The Chiltern Centre | Bathroom | Buildings & Extensions | 19 Sep 11 | £25,000 |
| Camp Mohawk | Adventure Soft Play Area | Soft Play / R&R Rooms | 28 Apr 10 | £20,000 |
| West Berkshire Mencap, The Mencap Centre, | Soft-play Room and Chill-out Room ext | Soft Play / R&R Rooms | 29 Jul 09 | £100,000 |
| The Pace Centre | The Pace Centre, Creation of play room and teaching room | Soft Play / R&R Rooms | 4 Jun 09 | £25,000 |
| SpecialEffect | SpecialEffect, Demonstration IT units | Equipment and Activity Aids | 2 Jun 09 | £50,000 |
| The Rivertime Boat Trust, | The Rivertime Boat Trust,, Renovation of steam boat for use by disabled children | Transport | 19 Aug 08 | £7,500 |
| Windsor Ascot Maidenhead District Sports Assn. for the Disabled | Extension for a Play Area | Sports and Activity Areas | 29 Nov 06 | £25,000 |
| Bishops Wood School | Sensory Garden | Sensory Gardens / Rooms | 31 Oct 05 | £30,000 |
| Priory School | Priory School, Therapy Room | Soft Play / R&R Rooms | 20 Oct 04 | £80,000 |
| Park School | Playground equipment | Playgrounds | 18 Mar 03 | £19,600 |
| Dacorum Women's Aid | Dacorum Women's Aid, Playroom and outside play area | Soft Play / R&R Rooms | 31 Jan 03 | £40,000 |
| Wooden Spoon Unit, Stoke Mandeville Hospital NHS Trust | Wooden Spoon Unit, Stoke Mandeville Hospital NHS Trust, Family Cancer Care & Hae | Buildings & Extensions | 1 Apr 01 | £300,000 |
| ACE Centre Advisory Trust | ACE Centre Advisory Trust, New building | Buildings & Extensions | 1 Apr 99 | £300,000 |
| Meadow Wood School | Meadow Wood School, Hydrotherapy pool | Hydrotherapy Pools | 1 Jan 97 | £150,000 |
| Truckwell project, Reading | Truckwell project, Reading, Raised Garden | Sensory Gardens / Rooms | 1 Jan 96 | £12,200 |
| Wycombe General Hospital | Wycombe General Hospital, Baby Unit: dayroom for parents | Buildings & Extensions | 1 Jan 94 | £20,000 |
| Park School | Park School, Minibus | Transport | 1 Jan 84 | £8,500 |
More information
Introduction to the Regional Committee
Our Committee is a vehicle for members who wish to help organise events, and to take part in the decision as to which projects we should invest funds into. If you feel you have some time and event skill to offer, please contact Barrie (Telephone 07836 534 269 or e-mail barriemair@bulldoghome.com)
Barrie is the current Chair of the Committee, having been in post for the last 10 years. On the basis that it might move others to do likewise, he tells us that having brought up five healthy kids with his wife Jill, and having time in retirement to give a little back to society, that Spoon provides the ideal vehicle to help children from less fortunate backgrounds.
The team continually refreshes itself with new volunteers arriving to pick up the baton, so nobody needs to feel that they are making a lifetime commitment.
One constant feature in the Chilterns team has been the immense frame of Nigel Timson - one of the founder group of 10 Spooners. Nigel's latest contribution was to help organise a new, contributing event "Let's Rock the Moor"; a rock concert which heralds the end of the Cookham Festival.
Our able treasurer, who counts the pennies and keeps the books in order, is Martin Lynch (a finance director in real life). Martin Sanders, Managing Director of Honda powered products, finds time in his busy palm-top to combine active support of the Chilterns with his position as a Trustee. Likewise, Keith Lawton, a retired solicitor, combines an emeritus role with that of President of Maidenhead RFC, and Spoon adviser extraordinaire.
Stuart Adlam (a senior sales manager with Eli Lily) has taken on the role of Carol Cruise organiser.
John Williams (a director of Lambert Smith Hampton) has taken on the task of organising our golf days.
Alan Randall (a local farmer) provides help with land access for events.
For any issues relating to your spoon membership, please contact David Walmsley at Spoon Office. Tel: 01276 410 180 (option 3)
RFU and Club Support
Our first regional President, Sir Clive Woodward, now fronts up a new, annual golf day at the Lambourne Club in September.
Clubs in the region gives us support in many different ways: Putting on events; Giving Spoon free space in match programmes and fixture cards; Making us their charity of the year; Bar collection boxes etc. If your Club would like to assist in one of these, or other, ways please let us know.
We have recently invited local clubs to the opening of our projects, so that they can appreciate the scope and benefit of our work, but if any representative of a Club would like to make a visit to "see for themselves", we would be happy to make the necessary arrangements.