THE FCDO ASSOCIATION
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, the Purcell Club will take us on a tour of the Abbey. The Purcell Club is named after Henry Purcell, who was organist of the Abbey from 1679-1695. It is a male voice choir formed predominantly from members of the Westminster Abbey Old Choristers’ Association. ...
Date: Thursday 30 May at 12:00 Prompt Places available: 30, allocated on a first-come-first-served basis Price per person: £15 per person, includes entry to and a guided tour of Compton Verney Detail: FCOA colleagues Peter Gregory Hood and Belinda McMicking have very kindly offered to host a visit to Loxley Hall, including lunch on the...
Date: 13 June 2019 at 12:00 Prompt. Places available: 25 Allocated on a first-come-first-served basis Price per person: £43 - includes entry to both venues, free tasting of 5 wines , and a cheese and charcuterie board lunch. Description: The Mount Vineyard, Shoreham, began producing wine in 2004. With 5 varieties of white, and...