THE FCDO ASSOCIATION

FCDOA Events

From social gatherings to fundraisers and seasonal celebrations, there’s always something happening at the FCDOA. Our events bring members together throughout the year, giving you the chance to meet familiar faces, make new connections, and be part of everything that makes our community special. Take a look at what’s coming up below — and we hope to see you there.

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  • ANNUAL LECTURE

    Lessons in Foreign Policy

    £12

  • Revised date – FCOA visit to Avebury and the Blackett Observatory 25 July 2018

    Avebury and Blackett Observatory As above, Avebury and Marlborough

    NB:  REVISED DATE FOR THIS VISIT Where, when?  Wednesday 25 July 12:00 Prompt:   Red Lion car park, Avebury Places available:     20 on first-come first served basis for FCOA members and spouses/partners only.  If space allows nearer the day, non-FCOA members may be eligible but please check with Tim Handley first.  Lunch:  at individual expense at the Red...

    £15.00

  • FCOA visit to National Space Centre (NSC) Leicester

    National Space Centre Exploration Drive, Leicester, United Kingdom

    Date:    Thursday 16 August 2018 at 11:30 Prompt Places available - 20:  Allocated on a first-come-first-served basis for FCOA members, spouses/ partners. NB, as a first, this visit also includes members who are looking after children in school holidays, and who may wish to bring them.  (To get the most out of the day, NSC advise...

    £13.00

  • Tenterden and Bodiam – steam trains, cream teas AND a castle!

    KESR Tenterden station Station Road, Tenterden

    We shall meet at 11:15 prompt at KESR Tenterden train station.  20 places are available and will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis to FCOA members and spouses/partners only. If space allows nearer the day, non-FCOA members may be eligible, but please check with Tim Handley first. The price includes return steam train to Bodiam (23...

    £31.00 – £37.00

  • The Annual Lecture

    This year’s annual lecture will be delivered on Friday 19 October by Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AC QC, Chancellor of the Australian National University and a former foreign minister of Australia.  The subject of the lecture will be “Global Geopolitics in Transition”.  Tickets will cost £20, to include a sandwich and a glass of wine.  The lecture...

    £20

  • The Gurkha Museum, Winchester

    Gurkha Museum Peninsula Barracks, Romsey Road, Winchester

    (With thanks to FCOA member Valerie Robinson for suggesting this visit; suggestions for other visits are always welcome.) The visit will start at 11.30 am prompt; meet at the museum entrance. Britain’s relationship with the Gurkhas can be said to date from the war of 1815 between Britain and Nepal (surprisingly) which led to the...

    £26.00

  • St James’s Walk

    St James's London London

    Nick Morrison, a Blue Badge guide, who has in the past taken us on two walks, has agreed to show a party around St James’s with particular reference to the glittering and turbulent era - 1789-1914 - in which St James’s housed great aristocrats, collectors, musicians, writers, parvenus and even revolutionaries, who were lionised and...

    £14.00