Community Activities

Public open days are held at Taplow Court 15 April, 6 and 20 May, 3 and 17 June, 1 and 15 July, 5 and 19 August, 2, 9 Sep (National Heritage Day) and 16 September . Time: 2pm - 5:30pm. The Taplow site has a long history of continuous human habitation starting from the iron age, remnants of which are still apparent in the garden. Come and explore the 17th century house, which was renovated in the mid 19th century.

SGI-UK has made Taplow Court available for charitable events from time to time when these are organised by local groups whose aims are similar to ours. A list of recent events follows.

For further information on the history of Taplow Court Read more
April 2011 Maidenhead Rotary Maidenhead Rotary, as part of their programme to encourage more collaboration between local schools, sponsored a concert displaying the musical talents of Maidenhead youth.
October 2010 Berkshire Maestros Berkshire Maestros, a charitable trust providing music education opportunities for children and young people in the Berkshire area, together with the charity “People to Places” organized a celebratory fundraising concert for their 21st anniversary.
June 2010 Thames Hospicecare Thames Hospicecare held their annual fundraising “bring & buy” sale and cream tea event in the grounds of Taplow Court and were able to raise approximately £700 for the hospice.
April 2010 Thames Hospicecare Concert Thames Hospicecare held a fundraising concert in celebration of St. George, for over 300 people and were able to raise over £4,000.
April 2010 Thames Valley Adventure Playground Thames Valley Adventure Playground held a fundraising concert, featuring four of the worlds greatest musical prodigies – Zhang Xiaoming (piano), Simone Porter (violin), Nathan Chan (cellist), Michael Province (violin) with Alex Prior (conductor) and were able to raise over £6,000.
September 2009 Thames Hospicecare Fundraising Lecture Thames Hospicecare held, together with Community Action Nepal (a mountaineers’ charity to help mountain people to help themselves), a fundraising lecture by Douglas Scott CBE, a British mountaineer famous for the first ascent of the southwest face of Mount Everest on 24th September 1975.
June 2009 Thames Valley Adventure Playground Concert Thames Valley Adventure Playground, together with the Windsor & Maidenhead Symphony Orchestra, held a fundraising afternoon concert and picnics in the gardens, with all funds being donated to the Thames Valley Adventure Playground; they were able to raise over £4,000.
June 2009 A Grimmbourne Concert A Grimmbourne concert was held to raise funds primarily for the Alexander Devine Children’s Cancer Trust and had their largest ever audience, raising over £3,000.
May 2009 Anglo-Thai Society Visit A visit by the members of the Anglo-Thai Society, together with 5 orphans of the Thailand Tsunami who had come to the UK to thank people of Great Britain for all the help received in their country after the disaster. [During the Summer of 1897 King Chulalongkorn of Siam stayed at Taplow Court...
May 2009 Priory School Event Priory School held a fundraising musical evening for 500 with performances by the pupils and visiting artists, with all funds being given to the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit of Southampton Hospital.
November 2008 A joint Padstones & Thames Valley Adventure Playground A joint Padstones (supporting young homeless in the Berkshire Area) & Thames Valley Adventure Playground held a joint “Laurie Holloway” fundraising concert, which was able to raise nearly £3,000.
May 2008 Thames Hospicecare Thames Hospicecare held their annual fundraising “bring & buy” sale and cream tea event in the grounds of Taplow Court.