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Date	Speaker(s)	From	Subject	Venue
27/01/00	Barry Goodwin	DSA	Open forum	1
13/06/00	Julie Hughes BA(Hons), Cert Ed	Matthew Boulton College	Teaching and training qualifications for ADIs	2
28/09/00	Tony Read	DSA SE(ADI) Birmingham	Open forum	3
24/01/01	Bob Jackson	AIRSO	Dealing with emergency vehicles - what to tell new drivers	3
24/01/01	Bob Heath	ADI, Redditch	Driver Improvement Schemes	3
23/05/01	Phil Jarvis Alan Timms	DSA SDE, Redditch RoSPA Advanced Drivers' Association	The DSA’s schools project The RoSPA advanced driving test and beyond	3
03/10/01	Tony Read	DSA SE(ADI) Birmingham	The DSA’s ADI check test	3
05/12/01	David Wilkinson	Act Two	Gaining the Diploma in Driving Instruction, and other qualifications	3
06/02/02	Chair David Wilkinson	BADIs Act Two	Our 1st AGM. followed by Introducing hazard perception testing into the driving theory test; and 25 years of drink drive advertising.	3
05/06/02	Sales staff	Robinsons Contracts	In-car video as a teaching aid and business tool.	3
07/08/02	Trevor Wedge	DSA ACDE	Hazard perception testing	4
02/10/02	Mike Collins Sales staff	ADI, Walsall Robinsons Contracts	The ADI profession Report back on in-car video as a teaching aid and business tool.	4
04/12/02	Committee	BADIs	Christmas prize quiz; and the future of BADIs	4
12/02/03	Chair	BADIs	Our 2nd AGM.	4
02/04/03	Steve Barber and Paul Whitehouse	DSA ACDE DSA SDE Birmingham	Changes to the driving test due to come in by September 2003 followed by Open forum	4
04/06/03	Bryan Davis	West Midlands Police	The police VIP motorcycle escorts team	4
06/08/03	Tony Read	DSA SE(ADI) Birmingham	Open forum	4
01/10/03	John Sheridan	DSA SE(ADI) Wolverhampton	The DSA’s ADI check test; and open forum	4
10/12/03	Eddie Barnaville	DIA	Open forum	4
04/02/04	Chair Geoff Little and Terry Pearce	BADIs The Motor Schools Association of Great Britain West Midlands	Our 3rd AGM. followed by Open forum	4
07/04/04	John Sheridan and Tony Read	DSA SE(ADI) Wolverhampton DSA SE(ADI) Birmingham	Fault identification, analysis and remedial action followed by Open forum	4
02/06/04	Mike Collins	Supervising Examiner, DIAmond Advanced Motorists	DIAmond advanced driving tests	4
04/08/04	Sarah Holt	Coventry City Council Road Safety Officer	Safety Cameras	4
01/12/04	Adrian Turner	The ADI Federation	The ADI Federation	4
13/01/05	Chair John Lepine MBE	BADIs General Manager, The Motor Schools Association of Great Britain	Our 4th AGM followed by Investing in You	4
14/04/05	Bob Smalley	Chief Examiner, RoSPA Advanced Drivers' Association	The RoSPA Advanced Driving Test and the National Diploma in Advanced Driving Instruction	4
08/06/05	Trevor Wedge and Robin Cummins	DSA ACDE DSA's Chief Driving Examiner	Raising standards followed by Open forum	4
07/09/05	Graham Feest	Road Safety Consultant, and Secretary of AIRSO	A variety of road safety topics	4
20/10/05	Brian Austin	DSA ADI Registrar, Retired	Reflections on my work as Registrar	4
30/11/05	Vic Oatridge Paul Whitehouse Rob Hall	DSA SE (ADI) Leicester DSA SE (L-tests) Birmingham DSA DE Quinton	Open forum	4
12/01/06	Chair	BADIs	Our 5th AGM.	4
01/03/06	David Wilkinson	Act Two	Road Traffic Law.	4
20/04/06	Bob Jackson		Communication.	4
07/06/06	Colin Barnett, Nick Bartleet and David Marshall	The Disabled Drivers' Assessment Unit	The work of the Disabled Drivers' Assessment Unit	4
27/07/06	John Lepine MBE	General Manager, The Motor Schools Association of Great Britain	The Road Safety Bill, Continuing Professional Development, and other matters	4
06/09/06	Lynne Barrie	Lynne Barrie School of Motoring	Room 101	4
19/10/06	John Sheridan Paul Whitehouse Alan Sturch	DSA ACDE DSA SE (L-tests) Birmingham DSA DE South Yardley	Open forum	4
29/11/06	Paul Richardson David Bryne	Superintendent, Studley St John Ambulance Paramedic (retired), Studley St John Ambulance	What to do at the scene of an accident	4
11/01/07	Chair James Quinn David Wilkinson	BADIs BADIs’ Treasurer BADIs’ Membership Secretary	Our 6th AGM. followed by CPD: What BADIs may offer in 2007	4
21/02/07	PC Gary Hall	West Midlands Police	Driver Watch	4
29/03/07	Kathy Higgins DipDI	Kathy Higgins DipDI Driver Training and Education	Why do you need a USP?	4
16/05/07	Michael Rose	Federation of Small Businesses	About the Federation of Small Businesses	4
21/06/07	Ian Green Paul Staple	The ADI Federation	CPD and the ADI Federation	4
13/09/07	Steve Garrod and Colin O'Connell	The former (Colin) and present (Steve) Chief Driving Examiners of DIAmond Advanced Motorists	CPD	4
06/12/07	Vic Oatridge Paul Whitehouse Bob Hall	DSA Driver Trainer Assessment Manager DSA Sector Manager DSA Driving Examiner	Open forum	4
10/01/08	Chair	BADIs	Our 7th AGM.	4
21/02/08	Graham Feest	Secretary of AIRSO.	Interactive session: the causes of road traffic crashes	4
09/04/08	Michelle Moston	DSA's Deputy Head of Fraud & Integrity Team.	How DSA try to reduce impersonation, illegal instruction etc	5
05/06/08	Colin O'Connell	DIA	CPD, and the DSA's new consultation document	5
23/07/08	Dave Hothi Sara Hickie	DSA Registered Fleet Driver Trainer BADIs Secretary	My recent fleet check test followed by Our response to the DSA's new consultation document.	5
03/09/08	DSA	DSA	BADIs trip to Cardington	MK44 3ST
11/09/08	Richard Breeze	West Midlands Police Crash Investigation Unit	Open forum	5
22/10/08	John Lepine MBE	General Manager, The Motor Schools Association of Great Britain	Various topics	5
04/12/08	Lynne Barrie	ADINJC	The ADINJC	5
14/01/09	Chair	BADIs	Our 8th AGM	5
05/03/09	Richard Breeze	West Midlands Police Crash Investigation Unit	A real case study	5
09/06/09	John Sheridan	DSA ACDE	The Check Test	5
30/06/09	RDAC ADIs	RDAC	A visit to RDAC, to try out the various adapted cars.	RDAC
23/07/09	Leigh Harris Sara Hickie James Quinn David Wilkinson	BADIs	All about fleet driver training.	5
24/09/09	Charlotte Wood James Quinn Sara Hickie David Wilkinson	Business Development Advisor, Birmingham Metropolitan College Birmingham Driving School BADIs	College courses for ADIs followed by The Diploma in Driving Instruction. followed by Other courses and CPD opportunities for ADIs.	5
21/10/09	Sara Hickie David Wilkinson	BADIs	Open Forum and Film Night.	5
02/12/09	David Clayfield	Traffic Management Services, Birmingham City Council	Road signs and markings.	5
14/01/10	Chair Karen Baker	BADIs Midlands Air Ambulance	Our 9th AGM. followed by The work of the Air Ambulance.	5
09/03/10	Nigel Rimell DSA ADI (Car), Dip PFS	City Financial Planning	Pensions, and income protection.	5
21/04/10	None	N/A	Open forum.	5
03/06/10	Dave Shenton	IAM Group Support Manager	What advanced driving can do for ADIs.	5
19/07/10	Steve Dolby	Michelin UK Product Marketing Manager	Tyres: history, technology, recent developments to save fuel and increase longevity and wet grip, new EU law, and the future.	5
13/08/10	None	N/A	Outdoor karting event at Wheels (CPD to improve members' vehicle handling).	B8 1AD
08/09/10	John Lepine MBE	General Manager, The Motor Schools Association of Great Britain.	ADI quiz, update, and open forum.	5
19/10/10	None	N/A	Independent driving being introduced on the driving test: members' experiences so far.	5
30/10/10	None	N/A	Visit to Coventry Transport Museum.	CV1 1JD
02/12/10	Martin Stott Steve Price	Operations Manager of the Highways Agency's West Midlands Regional Control Centre, Quinton. Team Manager, Traffic Officer Service, Quinton	The work of the Highways Agency	5
11/01/11	Chair Ceri Bland	BADIs BADIs	Our 10th AGM. followed by Quiz.	5
28/02/11	David Wilkinson	BADIs	Report on ADINJC meeting of 5.2.2011, and open forum.	5
12/04/11	Nigel Rimell, Dip PFS (and former DSA ADI (Car)) Steve Groome	Independent Financial Advisor with 2plan Ltd Examiner for IAM (Institute of Advanced Motorists)	Financial planning for ADIs: recent developments. followed by The tests of the Institute of Advanced Motorists.	5
08/06/11	Neil Beeson Dave Parkin	Edriving solutions http://www.edrivingsolutions.com/	How eLearning can benefit ADIs.	5
08/07/11	None	N/A	Meal for members and guests at Big Wok.	B5 4RT
26/07/11	Debbie Grace	Sandwell College	PTLLS, CTLLS, etc (Preparing to Teach, Certificate in Teaching, in the Lifelong Learning Sector).	5
08/09/11	Steve Groome	BADIs	Cardington Motorcycle Instructor Qualification
15/09/11	Ian Edwards Neil Beeson Dave Parkin	Edriving solutions http://www.edrivingsolutions.com/	One day coaching skills course	5
18/10/11	BADIs	BADIs	Open forum	5
30/11/11	David Wilkinson Sara Hickie	BADIs BADIs	Driving Videos Open forum	5
13/01/12	Chair James Quinn	BADIs BADIs’ Treasurer	Our 11th AGM followed by Quiz	5
27/02/12	Mr Desai Mr Francis	EasyTax	Saving money and paying less tax	5
17/04/12	Andy Niner	BADIs’ committee	Neuro Linguistic Programming and hypnosis	5
30/05/12	Grant Hughes Emma Bagnall	Focus Multimedia	Focus theory and hazard perception products	5
12/07/12	John Lepine MBE	General Manager, The Motor Schools Association of Great Britain.	Industry update and open forum	5
05/09/12	DSA	DSA	BADIs trip to Cardington	MK44 3ST
07/09/12	Graham Feest	Secretary of AIRSO and Chaiman of IMTD	Various road safety topics	5
16/10/12	James Quinn	Birmingham Driving School	The future of the check test and the new Standards Check for ADIs	5
27/11/12	Jill Vincent	British Heart Foundation	First Aid	5
16/01/13	Chair Oliver Ridgway	BADIs BADIs’ secretary	Our 12th AGM followed by Quiz	5
25/02/13	Ceri Bland James Quinn	BADIs Chairman BADIs Treasurer	The use of social media in business	5
08/04/13	David Wilkinson	BADIs	Driving Videos	5
02/12/13	Neil Snow	President ADICPD Club	The new Standards Check for ADIs	5
15/07/14	Lynne Barrie	Lynne Barrie Driver Training Chairman of ADINJC	Success as an ADI: My top 10 tips	5
15/09/14	John Sheridan	DVSA ACDE	The Standards Check	5
17/11/14	Dave Fry	Instructor Software	Instructor Software Apps for Tablets	5
20/01/15	Jill Vincent-Wilson	ADI & Fleet Trainer	The GROW Model	5
16/03/15	Sue McCormack	Tri-Coaching Partnership	Thoughts, Feelings and Changing Behaviour	5
19/05/15	John Sheridan	DVSA ACDE	Proposed Changes To The Driving Test	5
20/07/15	Peter Stevens		Dealing with LGVs	5
22/09/15	Jill Vincent-Wilson	ADI, Fleet Trainer & First Aider	First Aid	5
20/10/15	Amy Turner	DIA	Social Media	5
16/11/15	David Allen	BADIs	Mindmaps	5
15/03/16	Kevin Page	DVSA	Driving Tests & Standards Checks	6
17/05/16	Alan Fairweather	DVSA	Fraud and Integrity	6
19/07/16	James Whalen	DIA	Coaching	6
11/10/16	Marc Ford		Business	6
21/03/17	John Sheridan	DVSA Driver Training Policy Manager	Open Forum	6
09/05/18	Lynne Barrie MA	Chairman ADINJC	Benefits of ADINJC Membership ADI Industry Updates Standards Check Preparation & Success	6
04/07/18	John Sheridan	DVSA Driver Training Policy Manager	Open Forum Likely to include: Standards Check ADI Part 3 Driving Test ORDIT Learners on Motorways	6
12/09/18	Jill Wilson	ADI & Fleet Trainer	Opportunities with NDORS, The National Driver Offender Retraining Scheme. Motorway Driving	6
06/12/18	Marc Ford	Business Consultant	Developing Your Business	6
10/01/19	David Webster	Regional Driving Assessment Centre	Driving with disabilities	6
14/03/19	Lynne Barrie MA	Chair ADINJC	Teaching Techniques	6
04/04/19	Darren Russell	DVSA, Head of ADI Enforcement, Birmingham	Standards Check, Driving Test and other DVSA matters	6
02/05/2019	Adrianne Carter	Facial Analysis Consultant	Expert in facial analysis, trainer, fully qualified facial coder	6
04/07/2019	Jonathan Stubbs	Chairman Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators	Investigating Road Traffic Accidents	6
05/09/2019	James Whalen	ADI	Client Centred Learning	6
03/10/2019	Rob Cooling	Apple Driving School	Driving Tuition in Electric Vehicles	6
07/11/2019	Trevor Albutt David Kelly Ray Green	DVSA	Driving Test Marking; Examiner’s use of ipads; Standard Checks; Driving Tests	6

BADIs has a history of being able to attract good speakers to it’s meetings, we have had a number of speakers from DSA / DVSA including Robin Cummins, at the time the Chief Driving Examiner, and Trevor Wedge, who went on to become Chief Driving Examiner, and John Sheridan, an Assistant Chief Driving Examiner, on a number of occasions. We have also had speakers from the major national ADI organisations, chief examiners from RoSPA and Diamond, current and past chairmen of IMTD, and several leading figures and experts from the ADI world.

We are also lucky that we have amongst our membership some speakers that are extremely knowledgeable and experienced, and have held senior positions in various national ADI and road safety organisations.

Details of our past meetings are below.

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Past venues

We do seem to have moved about. The venues listed in the right hand column of the table above are described below:

Our first venue (which saw our inaugural meeting on Wednesday 27th January 2000) was the Ancient Order of Foresters, 581 Pershore Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 7EL. This was at the corner of Oakfield Road and Pershore Road, just behind BBC Pebble Mill.

It was a good venue, chosen because of its central location, easy access, spaciousness and good facilities. It was already known to BADIs' founding members as they met there on the first Monday of each month as members of Birmingham Advanced Motorists.

The venue was paid for privately by its founding members, but the cost was more than BADIs was likely to be able to afford in the short term. So we had to look elsewhere. More recently, in the early 2000s, the building was boarded up, and is no longer in use.

Our second venue (which hosted our second meeting, on Tuesday 13th June 2000) was Room S56 at Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College, Balsall Heath Road, Birmingham, B12 9DS. This cost us very little, but, being a small classroom, would not suit our needs as we expanded. So, we kept looking.
Our big breakthrough came when Ranjit Bhatti, new to our committee in 2000, secured for us our best ever venue to date: the Smethwick Asian Resource Project, 58-60 Waterloo Road, Smethwick, B66 4JN. We had a meeting room which was smart, modern, spacious, and bright. It had good audio-visual facilities, a small kitchen and drinks machine, and there were even photocopying facilities. And the cost? Free! Well done, Ranjit!

Our first meeting there, on Thursday 28th September 2000, was a cracker, with Tony Read, DSA SE(ADI) held an open forum. We were clearly in no hurry to move on, and began to use the same venue (again, free of charge) to coach BADIs members taking the Diploma in Driving Instruction. However, all good (free) things do seem to come to an end, and towards the end of 2002 funding from Birmingham City Council for the resource centre was lost, and the venue closed. We had to cancel the meeting scheduled for 3rd April 2002, and look elsewhere.

We spent more than five years at our fourth venue, Quinborne Community Centre, Ridgacre Road, Birmingham, B32 2TW, our first there being on Wednesday 7th August 2002 and our last on Thursday 12th February 2008. The staff were always helpful, but the rooms could be noisy. With wooden floors promoting echoes, and the adjacent room (separated only by a thin moveable room divider) hosting tap dancing, piano or table tennis, our speakers sometimes had to demonstrate their voice projection skills. Nevertheless, it was good value, had some free car parking, and played host to many prestigious speakers.
Our fifth venue, which we began using on Wednesday 9th April 2008, is Ladywood Community and Health Centre, Saint Vincent Street West, Birmingham, B16 8RP. Suggested my committee member Constantine Brown, Just off the south west quadrant of Birmingham's middle ring road (A4540) it is far more central than our previous two venues. It is still good value for money, has free car parking, good facilities, and should now attract potential members from more of Birmingham than was previously the case.
Our sixth, and current venue is Edgbaston Community Centre, 40 Woodview Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2HU. It is our most central venue to date, close to Bristol Road, (A38) and Lee Bank Middleway, (A4540), the middle ring road. It is in a quiet residential area behind MacDonalds. The venue is modern, and has it’s own car park.