BDI - Berkshire Driving Instructor Association

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Thank you all for your support at BDI, we try our best for our local instructors to help, guide & be there for them as much as we can be

Offering our formal & informal events, CPD & more

Why not join today as an instructor & see what we are all about

Hello All

Some of you will know we have been nominated for Intelligent Instructor awards for Local Driving Instructor Association of the Year sponsored by ADINJC

Please find below the link to follow & vote

https://www.intelligentinstructor.co.uk/awards-voting/

Awards - Voting - Intelligent Instructor
We are delighted to have now announced our shortlist for the Intelligent Instructor Awards 2024 in association with AcciDON’T Driving School. Winners will achieve the highest combined ranking from our two voting methods, the public vote and the votes from our independent judging panel . Equal weighting will be applied to the rankings decided by […]
www.intelligentinstructor.co.uk

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PLEASE will you vote for us if you agree we are doing a good job

The first meeting of the year

The AGM

Current committee voted back in, including Suzanne as new social events organiser

Tea, coffee, juice, pizza, biscuits, warm sausage rolls & more

Chris did a great section on coin the phrase. Involving attendees in groups

Some great phrases used daily & come up with

New ideas on the cards

Next month is go-karting.. who’s attending?

Thank you BDI committee & members

Great supportive team

Great Christmas meal for those members able to attend tonight

The Shinfield Arms - Shinfield

Great food, polite organised staff & highly recommend

Thank you Emma Hempshall for the lovely hope made ginger cake you gave all the members in the bags # # #

Awesome effort for all your festive outfits

Happy Christmas to all of our BDI members

Driving test centres 2023 xmas opening & closing times & days

Friday 22 December Most centres and stations will be open as normal

Saturday 23 December Some centres will be open

Sunday 24 December Some centres will be open

Monday 25 December Closed

Tuesday 26 December Some centres will be open

Wednesday 27 December Some centres will be open

Thursday 28 December Some centres will be open

Friday 29 December Some centres will be open

Saturday 30 December Some centres will be open

Sunday 31 December Some centres will be open

Monday 1 January 2024 Some centres will be open

Tuesday 2 January Most centres and stations will be open as normal

The last formal meeting of 2023

Dave an previous member now retired, came along with all of his training materials & more from when he was an instructor to give away for free. Greatly received 👌

Matt Rodda update
Paul loader re driving instructor directory for Rèading
Big Relay planned in Rèading for the 22nd at 12-2

Then finally a great logical presentation by two of the committee members on Mindfulness, the Chimp in your brain, & calming techniques to help your learners before test

Great supportive meeting

Xmas meal fri 8th December, only 4 places left.

Next formal meeting in January at the AGM

Quick reminder of our formal meeting tomorrow.
7:45 for 8pm start at Maiden Early community centre, off Rushey way, Lower Earley.
-Free stuff from Dave Donaldson
- A presentation about a new local instructor directory
- a talk about nerves and how you can help your students manage this
- BLR news

Nibbles and tea/coffee.
Come along for some networking, support and chat.

Hope to see you there.

Survey time

After lockdown we all came back to teaching & in Reading we had just about 12 examiners. Now on a good day we have 5, & a bad day 2

So we all used Reading test centre as local Reading driving instructors, then but not now..

So where do you use now?

Do you just wait for something to come up in Reading at 6am on a Monday morning, that being 6 months time?

or

Do you book anywhere in the UK, & take the test there with or without you attending as an instructor & the pupil you trained goes with a parent?

or

Do you just a certain amount of centres local to you?

Which centres are you now covering???

From RTC
Can you let the groups know that as of 1st Nov we will collecting food/ toiletries for a local organisation in the waiting room.

For your information

Please share

RTC new test times

Just to confuse us even more..

Rèading
DTC car park closed for gas repairs
Park on Elgar road facing correct way
They can still use waiting room