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CALL Past Events 2011 - 2014
2011
February Finance matters
A talk and question and answer session with a panel of financial experts
Glynn Leaney (Financial Adviser), Stefanie O'Bryen (Family Solicitor)
and Sue Rowley (Personal Relationship Manager NatWest)
March Managing your Personal Projects
Tips and advice on how to organise home, work and life projects
Mike Hougham (Management Consultant)
May Getting the Most from Digital Cameras
A talk by Paul Hallett and Mike Parrott (Wallingford Photographic Society)
June Prepare your own CV
Tips and advice from Shireen Lawrence (Head of Human Resources GEMS UK)
2011 - 2012
September Getting the most from your digital camera - Part 1
October Getting the most from your digital camera - Part 2
A 2-session workshop run by Martin Wiggall (Licentiate Royal Photographic Society)
October Attracting Birds to your Garden
A talk by Frances Buckel (Secretary of the Banbury Ornithological Society)
November The Battle of Chalgrove
A talk by Derek Lester (Member of the John Hampden Society)
November First Aid for Adults
Advice and instruction by Andy Long (Member of the First Responders Team)
January Money matters
A question and answer session with Glynn Leaney (Financial Adviser) and Stefanie O'Bryen
(Family Solicitor)
February A Beginner's Guide to Growing your own vegetables
A session full of tips and ideas run by Mike Hougham (Amateur lifelong vegetable gardener)
March Know your Local wildlife
A talk by Elaine Ingram and Andy Gunn (Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust)
April How Green is my Chalgrove?
Outline talks with a question and answer session
A panel of representatives from local groups undertaking 'green' projects in Chalgrove
May Summer Food
A cookery demonstration by Jeanette Barrington
2012 - 2013
September Welcome to the Fascinating World of Fungi
A talk on fungi by Pedro Collins (Conservation Officer with the Environment Agency)
with a follow-up foraging trip in local woodland
October Tickle your little Grey Cells
An evening of puzzles and games run by Mary Hedderwick and Tayeb Chakera
November Christmas Party Food
A cookery demonstration by Jeanette Barrington
January The Church and the Chalgrove Community through the Ages
A talk by the Revd. Canon Ian Cohen
February The role of a Magistrate in the Community
A talk with questions and answer session followed by a visit to the Oxford Magistrates Courts
Tim Pocock (Chair of Oxfordshire Magistrates Association) and Tayeb Chakera (Magistrate)
February Soup Glorious Soup
A 2-session short course on making your own homemade soup run by Jeanette Barrington
March Beyond the Garden Gate
A talk on birds and other wildlife found around Oxfordshire
Frances Buckel (Secretary of the Banbury Ornithological Society)
April Ouch Mum! I've been stung - Simple First Aid around the Home
A talk with tips and advice and a chance to learn CPR
Dr Eileen McManus (GP Watlington and Chalgrove GP Practice)
June Tastes of India
A cookery demonstration by Sandhya Patel and Kashmira Patel
2013 -2014
September The Role of the Member of Parliament
A talk with a question and answer session by John Howell, our local MP
September All About Dogs - Your Canine Conundrums Solved
A session on dog training run by Jenny Green (Bells and Whistles Behaviour)
October Speaking in Public
A talk with tips and advice by Mary Hedderwick
(Trainer of teams and judge for competitions in public speaking)
November The Art of Patisserie
A 2-session Short Course run by Jeanette Barrington
January Human Rituals and Religious Ceremonies
A talk by the Revd. Canon Ian Cohen
February Money Management for Groups and Individuals
Part 1 Estimating and Agreeing Budgets
A talk with tips and advice by Mike Hougham (Management Consultant)
March Brush up your Brain Power
An evening of puzzles and games run by Mary Hedderwick and Tayeb Chakera
April A Practitioner's Guide to Bee Keeping
A talk by Alan Shorter (Local bee keeper)
June Spice up your Barbeque
A cookery demonstration by Tayeb and Evelyn Chakera