Category Archives: Committee

Newsletter Editor – What would you like to see?

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The Allotments Association is on the lookout for a new Newsletter Editor.

It has been quite a while since we last published our Newsletter, which is another way of keeping all tenants informed about various news items and other activities.

Would you be interested in contributing to the community of the allotment site? Past newsletters were published in PDF form, with originals being created in PowerPoint & Word, though you don’t have to use either. Perhaps a new design refresh might be in order, do you have ideas? What would you like to see in a revived Newsletter?

If you’re interested, simply contact the Committee on readingroadplots@woodley-allotment.org.uk and we will arrange a meeting to discuss your ideas for a Newsletter revamp.

Here are two links to past copies of the newsletter to give you an idea of what used to be published.

WATA Committee Meeting Bullet Points – 10th July 2025

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Please find below Bullet Points from our last Committee meeting. Simply click on the image below if you would like a PDF to download and read offline.

If you have any questions/comments, 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.

WATA Committee Meeting Bullet Points – 12th June 2025

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Please find below Bullet Points from our last Committee meeting. Simply click on the image below if you would like a PDF to download and read offline.

If you have any questions/comments, 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.

Coffee Ground in the Garden/Allotment

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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.

Updated WATA Data Protection Policies

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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

Summary of WATA Committee Meeting – 15th May 2025

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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.

WTC and WATA Committee Meeting Bullet Points May 2025

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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.

Multiple Items plus a summary of our last Committee Meeting

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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.