CIPD - Thames Valley

Thames Valley

Welcome to Thames Valley Branch!
Our Branch covers the whole of Oxfordshire and Berkshire as well as North Hampshire and with a membership around 4,300 is one of the largest branches in the country.

The Branch is changing...

We are now increasingly using email to communicate with members. If you would like to receive our quarterly newsletter with events, news and information, please ensure your email address is up to date by visiting the “My Profile” section of the main CIPD homepage.

Click here to lauch the website and select “My Profile” from the sitemap drop down menu.

View upcoming events

This home page shows only the next meeting, but as there are sometimes more tha one event in the same week, it is worth checking out the list of other upcoming events.

What do we offer?

- Membership upgrading support

- An integrated programme of events throughout the year designed to meet the needs of our members - from students to senior practitioners - which provides continuing professional development

- Specialist events and conferences focusing on specific groups of members and/or key HR and Development topics

- Our highly regarded "Thames Valley People" newsletter, published 3 times a year, which provides news about events in the Thames Valley, information about the CIPD and articles on current HR thinking both locally and nationally

- A quarterly e-newsletter with news, updates and activities of local interest

- An Independent's Special Interest Group which responds to the needs of the increasing number of our members who are self employed or running small businesses as independent consultants and trainers

Our programme of events runs across our four geographical groups and the SIG:

Basingstoke
Bracknell
Oxford
Reading & Newbury
Independent's Special Interest Group

CIPD members can attend any meeting - not just those in their own geographical area - and non-CIPD members are also very welcome at any of our events. Please use the "Book event" link on the event details page to register your interest in attending.

If you would like more details of our activities, please see our annual reports:

AGM 2008/9 Report
AGM 2007/8 Report

Next event

Employment law update

16 March 10 18:30 for 19:00 start

Thames Valley Branch

Venue: Clarks, One Forbury Square, The Forbury, Reading, RG1 3EB

Speaker(s):

Email Branch contact Lindsay Allen

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Join our discussion

We are starting to think about events, services and how best to meet members' needs locally for the coming year.

Please join our discussion at:
http://www.cipd.co.uk/community/subjects/subject/discussion.aspx?PostID=135052 to let us know your views on how we can help:
- build HR capability, and
- help members apply knowledge and theory in practice

Future of branches

We are trying to get as many people as possible involved in the discussion about the future of the branch network.

For more details, click here to read the recent People Management article by the Branch Development Manager, Cheryl Myles, or contact us with your views.

2009/10 Events

We are pleased to offer members a very exciting programme of events between September 2009 and June 2010.

Follow the "Events" link to find out more... and look out for updates in our new quarterly e-newsletters.

If you have not received a copy of the calendar and would like one, please contact our Branch Administrator.

Do you enjoy our events?
Thames Valley Branch is one of the largest in the country. Our teams of volunteers organise over 35 events each year to support the continuing professional development of our HR colleagues.

If you can offer some of your time and expertise to help us as a volunteer, we would love to hear from you.

The time commitment is flexible and the rewards can be tremendous!
Contact a member of the Branch or Group committee for an informal discussion.