We currently have access to a regular free supply of used Coffee Grounds available for delivery, small bags only.
If you are interested in having some, please drop an email to readingroadplots@woodley-allotments.org.uk with your name and plot number and next time we have some, we’ll drop a couple of bags off at your plot.
Click on the image below to find out more about using Coffee Grounds with your plants.
This post is to let you know that we have updated our Data Protection Policies. These can now be found on our Allotment Policies & Rules page on our Website.
The content is the more or less the same as when we first issued the documents (2022), however a few minor changes have been made to reflect updates to the UK GDPR itself, and changed Web Links. However, your Data Protection Rights remain the same as before.
This is our updated registration certificate from the UK ICO.
Please let us know if you have any comments by responding to this post by leaving a reply below.
Don’t forget that you can also join our growing mailing list by Opting In using this form.
Kind regards
Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee
As we mentioned in a previous post, the WATA Committee are now posting summaries of all of its meetings to keep tenants up to date with the various discussions that are going on both at Committee level and when we meet with WTC. You can download a PDF copy of a summary of the last Committee meeting if you require by simply clicking on the image below.
If you have any questions about the subjects of either the WATA Committee or the WATA/WTC meetings, then please let us know by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post – ‘Leave a Reply‘- or by emailing readingroadplots@woodley-allotments.org.uk and we will get back to you with a response.
Finally, we continue to build up our revised Mailing List, if you have not already joined it, you can opt-in here.
Please find below Bullet Points from our latest meeting with Woodley Town Council. Simply click on the image below if you would like a PDF to download and read offline.
If you have any questions about the WATA/WTC meeting, then please let us know by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post – ‘Leave a Reply‘- or by emailing readingroadplots@woodley-allotments.org.uk and we will get back to you with a response.
Finally, we continue to build up our revised Mailing List, if you have not already joined it, you can opt-in here.
No more Bonfires on the Plots – Please don’t forget that the ability to have a bonfire on your plot ended on April 30th. No more Bonfires until October 1st, 2025.
Trees on the Allotment Site – Until further notice, please do not cut down any tress on your plot or anywhere else on the Allotment Site. The Committee in conjunction with Woodley Town Council (WTC) will be carrying out an audit of all the trees on the Allotment Site.
Use of Hose Pipes – There have several of reports of tenants using hoses to obtain water from water tanks for their plots. Paragraph 4.18 of the current Tenancy Agreement prohibits this activity; offenders could have their Tenancy terminated.
AGM 2025 Minutes – These are now available, you can download a full PDF copy if you require by simply clicking on the image below.
Summary of Associations Committee meeting – 14th April 2025 – The new Committee have decided that all Tenants should be aware of the various discussions that the Committee is having and as with the recent WATA/WTC meeting, we will be publishing these as soon as we can after our meetings. This one is a bit late due to some logistic and IT (now resolved) issues. You can download a PDF copy if you require by simply clicking on the image below.
If you have any questions about the subjects of either the Committee or the WATA/WTC meetings, then please let us know by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post – ‘Leave a Reply‘- or by emailing readingroadplots@woodley-allotments.org.uk and we will get back to you with a response.
Finally, we continue to build up our revised Mailing List, if you have not already joined it, you can opt-in here.
Don’t forget that the 2023 AGM will be held in the Carnival Hall at the Oakwood Centre, Woodley next Monday, 27th March at 7.30pm. We look forward to welcoming you all to a busy agenda, including voting in a new Committee.
With the above in mind, please click on either of the two images below to download the minutes from the 2022 AGM and the current Agenda for the 2023 AGM.
See you all on Monday.
The Committee has been recently (21st March 2023) informed of a Paragraph Numbering/Reference error on page two of the Constitution.
The committee have now corrected this and an updated copy has now been uploaded to the website.
You can download a copy of the corrected Association Constitution here.
We have just published Special Bulletin 89 containing the Nominations for Committee Posts and a reminder of the AGM Final Agenda
We will be posting this information on our Official Facebook Group page and on the Notice Board by the main gate.
We encourage all tenants to ‘Opt-In‘ to our mailing list to receive their copies of the Monthly Newsletter and other publications by email.
You can download your copy of the March Newsletter and Special Bulletins by clinking on the relevant images below.
Newsletter Editor – As we mentioned in the January/February Newsletter, our current Newsletter Editor will be stepping down at the next AGM in March. The Committee would be interested to hear from any Association member that would like to take over the editorship of the Newsletter.
Technical ‘Guru’ – The Committee is also looking for a volunteer to look after the running of the Association’s Website & our internal email set-up from the next AGM in March. If you are interested in taking on either of these roles, please let us know via the usual email address of readingroadplots@woodley-allotments.org.uk and the Committee will be back in touch with you.
Please find attached the Draft Agenda for the upcoming AGM, scheduled for 7:30pm on Monday 27th March 2023 at the Oakwood Centre, Woodley.
All Tenants are most welcome.
Click on the image below to download a copy of the Draft Agenda.
Woodley Allotments Tenants Association at Reading Road 