Newbury Town Council will be holding a Family Day in Victoria Park on Sunday 21 May from 12 noon to 4pm. There will be entertainment for all ages including traditional Punch & Judy shows, dancing and singing on the Bandstand with the Ragtime Theatre School, folk band ‘Whoosya’ and Watership Brass.
As part of the partnership work in West Berkshire to prevent Violence Against Women and Girls, Thames Valley Police are encouraging people to make use of the StreetSafe web page which can be accessed by scanning this QR code.
The Mayor of Newbury, Cllr Gary Norman and local volunteers, including families that have been relocated to Newbury because of the war, have helped to plant a rose bed at the Peace Gardens (by The Wharf) in Newbury.
As part of a joint project with Berkshire Youth and the Town Council’s Green Spaces Working Group, children were given the opportunity to build a bat box during the half term break.
Growing Newbury Green have planted 6 community orchards across Newbury on Town Council managed land and the idea of the projects is to provide free fruit to anyone living locally and walking in the parks as well as re-introduce old Berkshire bred varieties of apples.
