About Terry

I set up Terry’s Reading Walkabouts (guided walks) in 2016 after being able to retire early with the aims/objectives :

1. To get fitter.
2. To learn far more and pass on my love of Local History, culture, famous people, Myths, battles, gardens, architecture, buildings, Ghosts in a fun way!
3. I have lived here all my life (my parents before me) & feel that many people now living, moving to or travelling to Reading do not know about or fully appreciate it’s history, culture, heritage, facilities and opportunities. The beauty of the Thames, Kennet, Meadows, Forbury Gardens etc.
4. I’m a people person, I enjoy meeting people. I cannot think of a better way of doing that, then hosting my Walkabouts.
5. To raise monies for many local charities.

• Launchpad, a local homeless charity
• Royal British Legion (RBL)
• RAF Association
• Berkshire Women’s Aid (BWA)
• Reading No5
• Daisy’s Dream
• Age UK Berkshire
• Action for Children
• ABF The Soldiers’ Charity
• Thames Valley Air Ambulance
• Sue Ryder – Duchess of Kent Hospice
• Parents And Children Together – PACT
• Royal Berkshire Hospital Charity (RBC)
• Home-Start Reading
• The Reading Ukrainian Community Centre 
• THE ROYAL NAVY & ROYAL MARINES CHARITY
• Reading & West Berks MND
• ABC to read

 ‘The Ways & Means Trust’ – A Great local Charity, helping adults with learning or physical disabilities, or mental health disabilities. They provide social and practical skills for independent living, training, socialisation and work experience opportunities to assist adults to lead rewarding lives, realise their potential and to build their confidence.
Their objective is to bring a wider understanding of disability to everyone.
They provide a safe, empathic environment where people may learn about the routines of work in preparation for a wider role. The benefit of this is a safe, secure and friendly environment where people are able to make mistakes, but learn and grow from them, thereby gain confidence and the experience to take with them, either into the workplace or at home or living in the community.
In addition to working with the individual, they also include the person’s support network in all decisions, providing the person gives us them authority; this might include parents, carers, social workers and or other government agencies. Their aim is always to deliver a ‘person-centred approach’, thereby creating a comfortable, non-judgmental environment which encourages each person to discover their own aptitude and skills. For more details, please go to – https://www.waysandmeans.org.uk/what-we-do/

 ‘Camp Mohawk’ – Who are they – The Woodland Centre Trust CIO (registered charity number 1202580) operates a single facility, Camp Mohawk. In their own words, the charity exists to provide support for families who have a child, or in many cases multiple children, who have special needs. We have over 700 families who are actively using our services, together with groups from special schools, respite services and care facilities. We welcome over 1600 individual children and young people plus their parents / carers, totalling over 17,000 visitors a year. The families we support reside primarily in the South of the UK with the majority living within Berkshire and it’s surrounding counties but we do have significant numbers of families coming to us from as far afield as Southampton and South Wales.
Camp Mohawk history goes back to the late 1970s, being a day centre since the early 2000s with the current senior management team in place since 2006. It is situated in an area of woodland near Wargrave, Berkshire. The 5-acre site gives the children and young people the opportunity to experience safe, stimulating and fun activities in a natural environment they are often unable to access. The team of dedicated and experienced staff support our families in a variety of ways, most significantly during their visits to the centre but also as they navigate the often complicated and time consuming systems of application for support at school, financially and in other areas of their lives.
We run 2 main projects; Family Support and Short Breaks. Family Support offers facilities and activities to families on Saturdays in term time, and 6 days per week during school holidays.
If anyone would like any further information about them please do not hesitate to get in touch, via https://www.campmohawk.org.uk/