VACANCY APRIL 2021

The Sunninghill Trust - formerly known as  The Sunninghill Fuel Allotment Trust ,  operates in the Parish of Ascot & Sunninghill.

 website www.thesunninghilltrust.org 

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River Radio, ‘The Voice of Thames Valley’, is launching a new commercial radio station to educate, entertain and engage with listeners from Reading to Windsor and all towns in between - launching 12th April. #RiverRadioLive

Digital Broadcast Platforms

River Radio will initially stream live on the web, on mobile phones, in-car, on smart watches, across a variety of social media platforms and on both smart voice assistants, e.g ask Alexa to “Enable River Radio Live”.  

River Radio will simultaneously video broadcast all shows on YouTube, and Facebook starting in May.

River Radio already has a DAB license to cover West Berkshire, South Buckinghamshire and South Oxfordshire and will turn on our DAB broadcast in July.

  

How to Listen:

How to Connect:

Email: studio@river.radio

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Since 2011, Big Voice London has held an annual mooting competition in association with the Supreme Court. The competitions simulate a court hearing and the participants analyse a problem, research the relevant law, prepare written submissions, and present oral argument. Big Voice London, a legal outreach project that helps young people explore the UK legal system, pair students with Bar Professional Training Course students, who act as ‘Mooting Mentors’. This structure enables the students to not only experience court advocacy for the first time, but also helps them to develop their knowledge of the law and their communication skills with the help of those already pursuing a career in law.

Read more: Charters Student Wins Prestigious Law Competition

  

Sarah Wilson, Headmistress at Heathfield, a leading independent secondary boarding and day school in Ascot for girls aged 11-18, discusses ‘attitude’ and its impact on achievement and life chances.

Carl Gustav Jung, the Swiss psychoanalyst described ‘attitude’ as an individual's predisposed state of mind…a responsive expression towards something, which in turn influences the individual's thoughts and actions’, and is therefore an important consideration in every student’s education and the responsibility of every school and parent.

Attitude determines how students react to adversity, overcome challenges, create bonds with others and how they learn. It has an important role to play in defining a student’s destiny – how well they perform on a personal level, in school and in their future career. Building a positive attitude, responding and viewing things in the right way, positively impacts their future and success - not just in exams, but in all areas of their lives.

Read more: What is ‘Attitude’ and Why is it Important? | Heathfield School

Inspector’s post hearing letter on emerging Borough Local Plan published : The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead has received and published the planning inspector’s stage two post-hearing letter on the emerging Borough Local Plan.

The council hosted a second round of public hearings to examine the Borough Local Plan in October, November and December last year.

The letter follows the discussion at these hearing sessions and a review by independent inspector, Mrs Louise Phillips, of the council’s completed stage two post hearing action notes.

The next stage will be for the council to prepare a schedule of main modifications under the guidance of the Inspector. Once the draft schedule of main modifications has been prepared and agreed with the Inspector it will be published for consultation later this year. 

Councillor David Coppinger, cabinet member for planning, said: “I’m very pleased to see the publication of the inspector’s post hearing letter which means we are a step closer to adopting the Borough Local Plan.

"Our current plan is now very dated, and the new plan will ensure that we can defend the borough against speculative development, regenerate our towns and meet the growing housing needs of our residents.”

The next stage will be for the council to prepare a schedule of main modifications under the guidance of Mrs Phillips.

Once the draft schedule of main modifications has been prepared it will be published for consultation later this year.

Read more: Ascot & Sunnings Local Plan | Progress

Email:  HAF@achievingforchildren.org.uk

Free school holiday activity and food programme for children eligible for free school meals

A free holiday activities and food programme for children eligible for free school meals, will begin in the borough this Easter.

The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead’s programme is called Feed Ur Everyday Lives (FUEL) and aims to provide additional support to vulnerable children in our borough.

It will be delivered by Achieving for Children, which manages the council’s children’s services, with funding from the Department for Education.

The programme runs until the end of 2021 and will take place for two weeks during the Easter holidaysfour weeks during the summer break and one week during the Christmas holidays.

It will offer online and face-to-face activities for children aged five to 16-years-old who are eligible for free school meals, for four hours a day, four days a week, during the identified holiday periods.

Councillor Stuart Carroll, cabinet member for adult social care, children’s services, health and mental health, said: “A critical priority of the council is protecting vulnerable people and ensuring all children have the same opportunities and life chances. This programme is a critical part of our ongoing commitment to supporting some of our most disadvantaged and vulnerable families in the borough.

“I’m pleased we’re able to offer the FUEL programme during the identified school holidays for the rest of the year. These periods can be times of added financial pressure for families, with increased costs on childcare and food, and we hope FUEL’s offer of nutritious meals and fun and engaging activities will help our hardest-hit families.”

The aim is that the children who attend will be supported:

Read more: RBWM Fuel | School Holidays | Activities & Food | Easter 2021

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Health Watch Windsor & Maidenhead asked Windsor, Ascot, and Maidenhead residents to say What Matters Most to you when it comes to health and social care services. The What Matters Most survey ran from March to May 2021 and 244 people shared their views and experiences . A big thank you to everyone who participated and helped to promote our survey.

Healthwatch WAM is delighted to now publish the full report which highlights the key issues which Windsor, Ascot, and Maidenhead residents are concerned about when it comes to health and social care.

We asked which services people thought Healthwatch WAM should be focusing on in the coming year and the results were:

  • 32% said GP services
  • 23% said improving overall access to health and social care services
  • 17% said Mental Health services

 As a result of what we have heard from this campaign, Healthwatch WAM will now begin work on setting our annual work priorities based on what residents have told us.

Read the full report here

The report will be shared widely with all key stakeholders in the local area to make sure the voices of everyone who took part are heard. If you would like to pass this report on to others, please could you direct them to the above link where possible. This will allow analysis of website traffic.

Results will be posted on social media, and in the Healthwatch newsletter, from Wednesday 16th June. Please feel free to share any of these posts with your followers. Our social media accounts are:

Read more: Healthwatch East Berkshire | What Matters Most Survey | Results

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