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Group Directory

A comprehensive list of all the groups, societies, organisations and activities for the parish of Helmdon. If you would like to add, remove or amend your details please e-mail the webmaster for immediate attention.

Group	Primary Contact	Alternative Contact
200 Club (Village lottery)	Roger Miles e-mail	Bill England e-mail
Acorns (Pre-school Playgroup)
Baptist Church (Tove Valley Baptist Fellowship) including Tiny Tots	Rosemary Gulliver e-mail	Val Gilsenan [phone number removed]
Beavers (Whistley 2000)	Chair: Steve Wheeler e-mail	Group Leader: Kevin King e-mail
Bell, The Public House See: The Fat Landlord	Richard Phillips
The Bellringers	Julian Partis e-mail	David Powell e-mail
Blackpits Recycling Centre Monitoring Group	Chair: Phillip Ward e-mail	Blackpits contact for comments/ complaints re the Composting Site Operation at Helmdon Ed Bastow e-mail
Bridge Players (Drama Group)	Chair: Paul Underwood e-mail	Treasurer: Dave Bridger e-mail
Village Cafe (with Post Office news)	Chair: Lynn Walmsley e-mail	Secretary: Lynn Gartside e-mail
Children In The Church On Sundays	Organiser: Ann Smith e-mail
Church St Mary Magdalene	The Reverend Carole Peters-King [phone number removed] [phone number removed] e-mail	Treasurer: Ann Netten e-mail Churchwarden: Bill Elkington e-mail
Cubs (Whistley 2000)	Chair: Steve Wheeler e-mail	Group Leader: Kevin King e-mail
Explorers (Whistley 2000)	Chair: Steve Wheeler e-mail	Group Leader: Kevin King e-mail
Fellowship (for over sixties and retired)	Chair: Carol Brookhouse e-mail	Secretary: Rosemary Gulliver e-mail
Flower and Produce Show	Secretary: Phillip Ward e-mail
Friends of St Mary Magdalene	Chair: Hugh Walmsley e-mail	Secretary: Cliff Netten e-mail
Friends of Helmdon Churchyard		Secretary: Judy Cairns e-mail
Gardening Club	Chair: Julia McAuliffe e-mail	Treasurer: Ros Stroud e-mail
Girl Guides (1^st Helmdon)	Unit leader: Michele Rimmer e-mail
Helmdon Health Walks Walking Group	Roger Miles e-mail	David Mico e-mail
Helmdon Hurler Annual Race	Secretary: Bob Lenton e-mail
Helmdon Presents… (Theatre, Arts, Entertainment & Film Club)	Chair: Chris Bridger e-mail	Treasurer: Morag Underwood e-mail
Helmdon Primary School	Head Teacher: Julie Crouch	Bursar e-mail
Helmdon Stitchers	Contact: Louise Stothard e-mail	Pauline Butler [phone number removed]
Helmdon Voice	Parish Clerk: Helen du Bois e-mail
HYHO (Young Husbands’ Organisation)	Chair: Christian Wakefield e-mail	Secretary/ Treasurer: Huw Davies
Mothers’ Union (Astwell Group)	Branch leader: Ann Smith e-mail	Treasurer: Jenny Overson e-mail
Neighbourhood Watch	Co-ordinator: Steve Wheeler e-mail
Parents & Tots	Organiser: Ann Smith e-mail
Parish Council	Chair: John Coatsworth e-mail	Parish Clerk: Helen du Bois e-mail
Parish Paths Group	Chair: Roger Miles e-mail	Parish Paths Warden: Roger Miles e-mail
Parish Plan	Chair: Danny Moody e-mail
Parish Tree Warden	Parish Tree Warden: Phillip Ward e-mail
Pimlico Light Railway	John Roberts e-mail
Post Office See Cafe & Post Office
Rainbows (1^st Helmdon)	Unit Guider: Eleanor Shepherd e-mail	Unit Helper: Rachel Wheeler e-mail
Rangers (1^st Helmdon)	Unit leader: Michele Rimmer e-mail
Reading Group	Contact: Jean Simmonds e-mail
Reading Room	Chair & Bookings: Morag Underwood (bookings) e-mail (general info) e-mail	Vice Chair: Angel Goodall e-mail Secretary: Jo Kirtland e-mail
Scouts (Whistley 2000)	Chair: Steve Wheeler e-mail	Group Leader: Kevin King e-mail
Sports & Social Club	Chair: Geoff Bridger e-mail	Secretary: vacant
The Fat Landlord (Formerly The Bell Inn)	Richard Phillips
Tiny Tots	Contact: Rosemary Gulliver e-mail
Tuesday Lunch Club	Leader: Angela Goodall e-mail	Judith Elkington e-mail
Web Site (created & maintained by Helmdon WEA)	Webmaster: Danny Moody e-mail	Contents & history resources editor: Audrey Forgham e-mail
Women’s Club	Chair: Kate Moody e-mail	Secretary: Danielle Jackson e-mail
Women’s Institute	President: Vanessa Vicars e-mail	Secretary: Jennifer Saunders e-mail
WEA (Workers’ Educational Association)	Chair: Cec Harrold e-mail	Acting Secretary: Richard Farquharson e-mail

The following groups/organisations are for one reason or another sadly no longer active/contribute to the website :-

archive: cycle club archive: philatelic club archive: HAFWEG

archive: carnival archive: talkabout (now Helmdon Voice) archive:

Helmdon Harriets (walkers) archive: Bell Cycle Club archive: Friends of Helmdon School archive: Art Group

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Researched and written by Helmdon Local History Group volunteers. We do our best, but we can sometimes get things wrong. Corrections and additions are welcome.