With a lively membership of over 500 people, The Central Fellowship’s annual calendar of events aims to provide ‘something for everyone’: talks, walks, readings, visits, and opportunities for socialising in true Dickensian fashion!
Most of our talks are held at The Charterhouse, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6AN. Nearest stations: Barbican, Farringdon, Moorgate. Buses 4, 56, and 153 stop in front of Barbican station on Aldersgate Street, a five minute walk from Charterhouse Square.
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To get to the meeting room, go to the porter's lodge (left of the main entrance) and ask for directions to the learning centre. Please arrive from 6 pm for a drink and a chat before the talk starts at 6.30 pm.
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Regular meeting venue: Once monthly, Channing Hall, Surrey St. Sheffield. Branch Secretary: Julie Edworthy, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Branch Administrator: Julian Crooks This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Sheffield Branch currently has 40 members. We study the works, life, and times of Charles Dickens, usually attached to reading a particular work each year. There is an annual programme of events designed to facilitate our study in a variety of ways - talks, trips, workshops, readings, musical and theatrical events. We hold an annual public reading of `A Christmas Carol` every December in aid of Sheffield's homeless people. Our venue is in the city centre and easily accessible by public transport. There is good access for those with physical disability. Membership costs £12 a year.
Regular meeting venue: St Dunstan's Church Hall, Canterbury, on the second Tuesday of each month. Most meetings are also live-streamed on Zoom. Secretary: John Ingram, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 01227 472589President: Professor Malcolm Andrews, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Zoom details available from This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
After a break of some years, the Canterbury Branch was re-founded in 1996 by Dr Frank Fricker with a programme of monthly talks, of a mainly academic nature, and occasional outings. That, with the annual Birthday and Christmas lunches, remains the basic pattern. However, before each talk there is a convivial half-hour for refreshments, news and chat, not always strictly Dickensian. The Branch AGM is held at its December meeting, when business is leavened by a Christmas entertainment accompanied by Dickens Tart and Punch. The Canterbury Branch has twice staged the Fellowship's Annual Conference, in 2005 and 2012, and also assisted with hosting the 2025 conference in the city.
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Website: NoneRegular meeting venue: Our meetings are held on the Third Wednesday of each Month from 12.30 o'clock until 2.00 o’clock at Low Fell Library at 710 Durham Road, Gateshead.Contact: Chris McLoughlin, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 01429 267270Alternative: Carolyn Walker, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 0191 469 0597
Please feel free to drop in as we are a very friendly bunch who will make you very welcome. (Please note the main entrance to the Library closes at 1 o'clock prompt but access can still be gained from ringing the bell at the back of the library at the Caretakers entrance).
Regular meeting venue: St Swithin’s Church Hall, Waverley Road, Southsea, Portsmouth. (To navigate to the car park at the rear of the building use PO5 2QZ).
We usually meet on the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 14:30 to 16:30, except for July and August. We are a friendly group and new members are always welcome. To find out more, please contact:
Secretary: Administrator: Sharon Howarth This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Chair: Tim Suffolk - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. / 023 9238 8870
A typical meeting will consist of:
The Portsmouth Birthplace branch of the Dickens fellowship has connections with Dickens Birthplace Museum: https://charlesdickensbirthplace.co.uk/ and meets monthly for an afternoon of good Dickensian fellowship under the Chairmanship of Tim Suffolk.For further information, please click here.