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Cumberland Lodge Cumberland Lodge offers green-screen studio facilities for hire

The newly equipped green-screen studio facilities at Cumberland Lodge are now available to hire, with or without our conferencing and meeting room facilities, for live-streaming, video production, hybrid event support and more.

The trend towards more remote and hybrid events is irreversible. Tucked away in the heart of Windsor Great Park, on the Berkshire/Surrey border, the new studio offers easily accessible and highly affordable studio facilities, with professional filming equipment and friendly studio technician support to elevate your video productions from a single-camera or tablet set-up.

The team can host your live or pre-recorded presenter-led sessions, conversations with guests, remote teaching or training sessions, video interviews, webinars, product launches, internal communications addresses, or virtual services and religious ceremonies. Virtual backgrounds and studio backgrounds can be prepared in advance, if required.

The Cumberland Lodge studio uses fibre-speed internet connections and Tricaster video-mixing technology, and guest speakers or contributors can be brought in from around the world. A range of streaming services can be used to beam your video around the world, or via private link to your target audience, in HD quality.

What sets the new studio apart is that it is located in the middle of Windsor Great Park, in a historic building surrounded by expansive landscaped grounds. And every booking will help to support the work of Cumberland Lodge, which is a charity that promote progress towards more peaceful, open and inclusive societies.

To enquire about booking this facility, please contact the Meetings & Events team at Cumberland Lodge, during normal weekday working hours, on 01784 220521 or email enquiries@cumberlandlodge.ac.uk with a brief outline of your requirements.

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Voluntary organisations can benefit from council cash boost|

Grant funding of £100,000 is available from the council to support voluntary organisations in the Royal Borough.

The 2021/22 voluntary organisations funding scheme is now open for applications from non-profit making voluntary organisations seeking financial help with items such as running costs, equipment, transport, administration, premises hire, building projects, one-off events, staffing costs and training.

The deadline to apply is Thursday 1st April 2021. The grants panel will make its decision on Tuesday 11th May 2021.

Applications are considered in the following categories:...

RBWM Libraries FACEBOOK CONSULTATION - CLICK HERE

Sunninghill Library, School Road, Sunninghill SL5 7AA 01344 621493

sunninghill.library@rbwm.gov.uk 0303 123 0035 24-hour renewal line.

There is a free car park one minute walk away, as well as plenty of convenient kerbside parking

To Book or for more information please contact Sunninghill Library 01344 621493 or email sunninghill.library@rbwm.gov.uk.

UPDATE

With the help of Sunninghill & Ascot Parish Council and the Ascot Durning Trust, the future of the Sunninghill Library has been secured for the next 5 years

Events

Sunninghill Library, School Road, Sunninghill, will host the making of wooden Christmas tree decorations, on Friday December 8th

To register and for more information see posters in the library and local shops or go to https://www.rbwm.gov.uk/home/leisure-and-culture/libraries/library-events.

Papplewick School, Windsor Road, Ascot. www.papplewick.org.uk Registrar, Mrs Rebecca Lindley , on 01344-621488 or registrar@papplewick.org.uk

Pictured Above: Christo Brand

For the last week of the school's full remote programme this term Papplewick boys and families, staff and friends were privileged to listen to a thought provoking talk from Christo Brand a South African former prison guard who became one of several warders responsible for guarding Nelson Mandela both at Robben Island and later at Pollsmoor Prison. The two men developed a great lifelong friendship based on mutual respect and trust for each other. By the means of 'Teams' he took the audience on a journey through childhood memories to Mandela's release and election as South Africa's President.

Windsor charity to host national youth climate talks ahead of UN global summit

Cumberland Lodge | YOUNG people from across the UK, including pupils from local secondary schools, are gearing up to take part in a youth climate conference this month, convened by Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park.

Held online to maximise participation, the conference aims to enable young people to express their climate ideas, visions and expectations and feed them directly into the international ‘Pre-COP26’ Youth4Climate summit in Milan this September, ahead of COP26, the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow in November.

Up to 100 participants are expected to take part in the Cumberland Lodge conference, Climate Futures: Youth Perspectives, with four interactive sessions between 9 and 17 March, exploring:

Education for sustainability (9 March)
Green business and careers (11 March)
Climate adaptation and eco-anxiety (16 March)
Democracy and grass-roots activism (18 March)

Young people aged 17 to 25 – from a broad spectrum of schools, universities, organisations and backgrounds – will have the chance to collaborate with policymakers and civil servants, charity representatives and activists from the UK and abroad, community practitioners and academics.

WEBSITE The LVS Ascot - Independent, Day & Boarding, Infant, Junior & Senior Schools & Sixth Form, London Road Ascot.

2022 A'Level Results | LVS Ascot Pupils Celebrate A Level Exam Success

For more information about LVS Ascot, please visit https://www.lvs.ascot.sch.uk/

LVS Ascot A-level Students Celebrate Exam Success

Students at Independent day and boarding school LVS Ascot, where young people are inspired to exceed expectations have done just that, with the Year 13 Class of 2022 celebrating a fantastic set of results, with an amazing 39 students being offered their first choice of university as of 8am this morning.

After a very challenging few years, with exams and teaching being affected by the pandemic, LVS Ascot A-level students have surpassed expectations. Despite a record drop in top grades nationally, LVS Ascot increased the number of A* Grades by 50% from 2021.

Kiertan, Head boy who achieved an incredible three A*’s and will be attending Imperial College, said “I am really happy with my results, the support I have received from the teachers at LVS has impacted the grades I got today. I wish everyone the best of luck for their next steps.”

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Pictured Above| Progress at Heatherwood Hospital | February 2021 | View From King's Ride Entrance Road

Heatherwood Hospital, a brand new centre of excellence for non-emergency care, has been officially handed over to Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust by construction company Kier.

The world-class facility will open to patients in spring 2022 and will bring some of the best planned-care services in the country to local residents across Berkshire, Surrey and Hampshire.

The 11,500 square metre hospital supports non-emergency procedures for both NHS and private patients. The space includes six state-of-the-art theatres, and outpatient and diagnostic facilities for ophthalmology, cardiology, radiology, lithotripsy, physiotherapy, urology, gynaecology, ENT and orthodontics.

Using a combination of the latest digital technology and flexible outpatient spaces, Heatherwood will offer a one-stop service for many patients and reduce the number of visits they need make to the hospital.

Neil Dardis, Chief Executive at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, said: “The handover is an exciting milestone for us as a Trust – the day that we officially takeover the building and get it ready to welcome our first patients next spring. I am so proud of all our staff who’ve been involved in the new building. Against the backdrop of a global pandemic and the most challenging times in our hospitals, it is a tremendous achievement that they have still delivered on such a major project.

“The new Heatherwood is a key part of how we are transforming care for our patients, alongside the launch of the forthcoming Electronic Patient Record system, Epic, working more closely with health and care partners, and investing in the latest medical advances. I’d also like to say a huge thank you to Kier and BDP for all of their hard work to get us to this stage. This will be one of the best planned-care hospitals in the NHS, using technology and innovation to provide the best treatments and experience for our patients.”

The £98million building has been constructed behind the site of the existing Heatherwood Hospital and was designed by global interdisciplinary design practice BDP to reflect the woodland surroundings. The innovative design focuses on patient and staff wellbeing by maximising the views and access to the hospital’s stunning natural setting.

Sustainability has also been fundamental to the scheme with the building achieving a BREEAM (Building Research Establishment’s Environmental Assessment Method) good status. Renewable energy comes from a solar farm covering a large section of the hospital’s roof and a robust sustainable urban drainage system (SUDS) is installed under the car park. Rainwater from the roof drains into a nearby balancing pool, preventing flooding, and will be used to promote biodiversity in the area.

Louisa Finlay, Director of Clients and Markets for Kier Construction, said: “Heatherwood Hospital is vitally important to the Ascot community and we are incredibly proud to have transformed it, with first-class facilities that will help Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust and its staff effectively treat patients.

“This is the latest project we have delivered for the Trust and draws on both our technical excellence and experience in delivering healthcare facilities across London and the South of England. Delivering the new hospital at Heatherwood has been a truly collaborative effort and our trusted and local supply chain partners have yet again been integral to a successful handover.”

Sean Woodhead, Architect Associate for BDP, designers of the new Heatherwood Hospital and wider masterplan, said: “Working directly with the Trust’s healthcare professionals to design the space according to patients’ needs and the requirements of ever-evolving technology has been crucial to delivering a contemporary facility that will stand the test of time. The design places sustainability and wellbeing at its heart, celebrating its beautiful woodland location and maximising its links to nature.”

Ascot has been home to a hospital at Heatherwood for almost a century. Frimley Health’s ambitious plan has seen the new building take shape while existing services have remained fully operational. Patient services will be transferred to the new hospital in spring next year.

The new NHS hospital at Heatherwood will provide six top-of-the-range operating theatres, a range of outpatient services and up-to-date diagnostics in a superb new building set into woodland.

The new hospital will include: