WATA Site – Fruit Foraging/Picking Map

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As the summer finally approaches, I am sure that everyone can see the beginnings of potential fruit starting to appear in bushes and some trees around the Allotment site.

With that in mind, the Committee have updated the site’s Fruit Foraging/Picking Map, this sets out where you can forage/pick fruit that is on areas of the allotment site that are not on tenant’s own plots. The map clearly sets out these areas, which are ringed in red.

The Committee would remind all tenants that you must NOT pick any fruit/produce that is on any other tenant’s designated plot.

If it is not on your own plot, then it does not belong to you and you must not touch it!

You can download a copy of the Fruit Foraging/Picking Map by clicking on the picture below. Happy Harvesting.

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.

Lauchpad/ Allotment Site success article

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Here’s a great article (Click on image below) about how we are working with one of the Charities on our allotment site.

If you think that you can help in any way with this fantastic project. Come along to the Launchpad (LP) plots at the bottom end of Jersey Knoll (rows J/K) on most Monday mornings, or contact us on readingroadplots@woodley-allotments.org.uk.

Any help with digging, watering, weeding as well as any donations of any excess seedlings or final produce gratefully received. Plus, you would be helping a great charity.

Don’t forget to Opt-In to our mailing list here.

Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee

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.

Skips on site this weekend – 24th – 26th May 2025

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Skips will be on site this coming weekend and available for use on the 24th – 26th May 2025. They will be open and manned between 10am–12 noon and 2pm–4pm on each day. They will be locked at all other times.

Please do NOT leave any rubbish by the skips at any time, the area will be monitored by CCTV to prevent this.

Click on the Special Bulletin below for a copy that explains where the skips are located and what can and CANNOT go into the skips

If there are any questions, please let us know via the usual channels.

Many thanks &
Kind Regards

Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee

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.

Welcome to New Committee’s first Post of 2025

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As many of you will know, we held our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on March 27th. The minutes have been collated and will be published shortly. The new Committee also recently met with Woodley Town Council (WTC), raising a number of points discussed at the AGM and some other historical items.

A ‘short’ version of the WTC/WATA committee meeting minutes can be seen below, you can also download a copy as a PDF, if you click on the image below.

We encourage any comments/feedback that you have about this meeting by using the ‘Leave a Reply‘ function at the end of this post. Also, if there is a subject that we should have discussed, or you would like us to being to WTC’s attention, then please also let us know using the same process.

As we get going as a new Committee, we would like to thank all previous Committee members for their service and, as was mentioned at the AGM, give a special thanks to Sara Jackson for being Chair over the past few years.

Lastly, as mentioned at the AGM we are in the process of rebuilding our mailing list, which you can join by clicking on Opt-In and completing the form on that page. We have also come across a list of people that asked to join the mailing list in 2024, we will begin to add those to the mailing list over the coming days.

Special Bulletin 97 – Rubbish Skips On-Site – 25th to 26th May 2024 – Opening times: Saturday 1100 – 1700 & Sunday 1400 – 1700

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We have just published Special Bulletin 97 containing information regarding Rubish Skips on Site and how to use them.

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 this Special Bulletins by clinking on the relevant image below.

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Sprint 2024

We have just published our Spring 2024 Newsletter.

We still continue to hand-deliver paper copies to plot holders who do not have an Internet connection, as well as posting on the 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 Sprint 2024 Newsletter and Special Bulletins by clinking on the relevant images below.