Pictured Above: Students and Dignitaries at Leadership and Equality Symposium
Dignitaries from Uganda, Vietnam and the UK join Berkshire students to debate Equality and Women’s Leadership, and to challenge unconscious bias.
#EmbraceEquality and #WomensLeadership were the hotly debated topics at Heathfield School’s Leadership and Equality Symposium, in celebration of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, featuring politicians, diplomats, multi-million pound business leaders and heads of charities from Uganda, Vietnam and the UK.
Pictured Above: Left to Right Isobel Grant Chartered Civil Engineer (Facilitator) Sheba Sogol Founder and CEO of Sheba Sogol Foundation (Uganda woman leader)
Read more: Heathfield School | Dignitaries Join Berkshire Students
Don't miss the spectacular garden Christmas lights in Longhill Road, Chavey Down, throughout December, raising funds for Thames Hospice. Plenty of verge parking and donations welcome at the gate.
Thanks to George!
Pictured Above: Anita Dobson pictured with Rory Bremner
Thames Hospice has benefited from a star-studded black-tie fundraising event last weekend. The sixth annual Arora Ball, held on Saturday 26th November 2022, was hosted by actress, Laila Rouass and comedian, Rory Bremner, and raised an incredible £1.25 million for its three chosen beneficiaries: Thames Hospice, British Heart Foundation and Diabetes UK.
Held at the InterContinental London at the O2, the glitzy event welcomed Claire Sweeney, Gillian Joesph, rock legend and Diabetes UK ambassador Mike Rutherford, as well as Thames Hospice supporters The Right Honorable Theresa May, Lord David Brownlow and Hospice Ambassador Anita Dobson, alongside BHF ambassador’s Olivia Arben, the Mac twins – Alana and Lisa Macfarlane, who provided the tunes for guests to dance the night away.
Read more: Famous Faces at Thames Hospice Black Tie Fundraiser
This February, The Lexicon, will host a fabulous interactive trail based on Eric Carle’s best-selling children’s book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Following the same journey of the caterpillar from egg to butterfly, visitors will wind their way through an assortment of larger-than-life fruit sculptures, a cosy chrysalis and a beautiful butterfly, all based on artwork from the famous book.
The interactive mini adventure, which will run from Saturday, February 11th to Sunday February 19th 2023, will help to teach children about the close relationship between plants and insects as they search for items such as apples and pears to complete the trial.
Read more: Very Hungry Caterpillar at Lexicon for Half Term 2023For more details on “Tails of Windsor & Ascot”, see https://www.millersimage.com
Local dogs from Windsor & Ascot raised £1,350 for a Berkshire charity and
are now enjoying their book
ASCOT, BERKSHIRE (November 28, 2022) – Millers Image Limited, the Ascot and Windsor
UK based specialist dog photographers, launched their book “Tails of Windsor & Ascot”, the
completion of their fundraising project for a Berkshire based charity.
Tails of the World is an international group of professional pet photographers, each
celebrating the dogs of their region with their own “Tails of . . .” fundraising coffee table
book. Back in February of this year, MIL Pet Photography was selected into the international
collaborative to create Tails of Windsor & Ascot.
Chris & Sue Miller of MIL Pet Photography ensured that they captured the true personality
of dogs on location around Windsor & Ascot in beautiful dog photography in a limitededition
coffee table book which will be treasured forever.
Ascot Racecourse is pleased to announce that total prize money available in 2023 will be a record £17 million across 25 racedays. The overall figure excludes the industry-owned QIPCO British Champions Day.
This represents an annual uplift of £1.33 million (8.5%) against 2022 figures.
Prize money for Royal Ascot 2023 will also be a record £9.52 million, up from £8.65 million (10%) in 2022.
Read more: Ascot Announces Record Prize Money of £17 Million for 2023Heathfield School, London Road, Ascot, SL5 8BQ - 01344 898343
Criminal gangs and immigration, parents monetising their children on social media, and no- platforming1 versus freedom of speech were just some of the topical issues hotly debated at Heathfield School’s annual Question Time event, attended by over 150 12-18 year old students from Heathfield, Queen’s Gate School, South Kensington, and Newlands Girls’ School, Maidenhead. Local dignitaries and politicians from the Conservative and Liberal Democrat2 parties joined the discussion - among them Mayor Cllr Bhandari and Mayoress Mrs Bhandari, Conservative Cllr Paul Bettison, Leader of Bracknell Forest Council; Cllr Dorothy Hayes MBE, Ascot Ward Councillor, Bracknell Forest Council; Lars Swann, Chairman, Windsor Conservative Association; and activists and members from the Liberal Democrats: Kerrstyn Laiss, Devon Davies and Julian Tisi.
A panel of students fielded questions on current affairs from the audience, giving all students a unique forum to hone their skills in articulation, persuasion and self-expression.
The evening, which mirrored the format of the long-running BBC TV show Question Time, with topical news questions prepared and submitted by students in advance, was chaired by Rushi Millns, Heathfield’s Director of Careers and Outreach.
Read more: Local Dignitaries & Politicians Join Heathfield for Question Time