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The Ascot Fire Brigade Trust has five trustees including a chairman but has vacancies for two trustees - Summer 2023. We would be delighted to hear from anyone living in SL5 who is interested in considering grant applications from local organisations and charities and promoting the availability of funding from the Fire Brigade Trust to any organisation within SL5. Applications from those with school ages children would be particularly welcome.

The Ascot Fire Brigade Trust is a small local charity that distributes the income from the lease of 67, High Street Ascot to local worthy causes.  The charity is restricted to supporting the community of Ascot which means any organisation or person within the postcode SL5.

The charity’s web site is at AFBT

If you have an interest please contact David Hilton, Chairman, telephone 07887573284 or email david@hiltonda.com

First Winners in the Windsor & Maidenhead Community Lottery | July 29th saw the first draw of the new Windsor & Maidenhead Community Lottery, an exciting new fundraising initiative launched by the Council for good causes across the Royal Borough.

To celebrate the first draw of the community lottery, there were two additional special prizes won by two local residents – for one a luxury spa session at the Fairmont Windsor Park Hotel and for another, an overnight stay at the MacDonald Windsor Hotel. Fourteen local players each also won three free tickets to play in the lottery because they matched two of the numbers drawn. 

1,043 tickets were entered into Saturday’s first draw for the 69 local good causes across the borough already signed-up to benefit from the lottery.

CLICK HERE to for earlier application.   REVISED PLANNING APPLICATION FOR HIGH STREET SITE RECEIVED JULY 2023. COMMENT BY AUGUST 21st . Best method for commenting on planning application - email planning.maidenhead@rbwm.gov.uk 

• The application is available to view at   https://www.rbwm.gov.uk/home/planning/find-planning-application.  You can use this to follow progress of the application.

• The details can be inspected at the Customer Service Centre at Maidenhead Library, St Ives Road, Maidenhead or Windsor Library, Bachelors Acre, Windsor between opening hours are - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m, Wednesday between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m, Saturday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m and Sunday between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m

 To comment?

 Please provide any comments by 17th August 2023.

• Please email any comments to planning@rbwm.gov.uk Alternatively you can send comments to the address shown at the bottom of this letter.  Please include the reference number 22/01971/FULL.
• Please note that when making comments on a planning application your reply will be made available for public inspection both at the Council offices and on the Council’s website. When corresponding by email, please send your comments as an attachment to help avoid your email address being published (but please include your postal address in the attachment).  Similarly when responding by letter please include your postal address but do not include your email address, telephone number or signature to help avoid them being published.

Great, uplifting show -  (AscotMatters review)

Spotlights Musical Theatre Group scored a hit again with its superb production - 'A Day at the Races', at the Cordes Hall, Kings Road, Sunninghill, 13th to 15th July 2023

Choosing to walk, cycle or take public transport in Martins Heron just got more rewarding, with the introduction of new Eco-Rewards QR codes around the area.

Anyone who chooses to walk or cycle to local amenities, such as the shops, parks, schools or station, will be rewarded for taking active travel routes. 

By downloading the Eco-Rewards app and scanning the new Eco-Rewards QR codes on your commute, you can view journeys and points, and access discounts, prizes or cashback rewards.

Papplewick continues to thrive with the boys celebrating a record sixteen awards to UK senior schools this year. These include an unprecedented five King’s Scholarships with four to Eton and one to Westminster. Academic Scholarships were also won to Winchester and Harrow, and an academic exhibition to Sherborne. In addition, Music Scholarships were won to Westminster, Tonbridge, and Sherborne, Music Exhibitions to Eton, Winchester and Tonbridge, and an Art Scholarship and Drama Scholarship to Harrow. Although such results may match those of any ‘pressure-cooker’ school, Papplewick prides itself on having an atmosphere as far removed from a pressure-cooker as possible where boys are selected on character, not ability, and where the key priority is for the boys to revel in the fun, friendship, and freedom that all prep school aged children should be able to enjoy prior to life becoming rather more serious at senior school.

Headmaster, Tom Bunbury says ‘The proof really is in the pudding as they say - I truly believe that happy boys produce optimum results in an environment where they are expected to work hard but also have fantastic fun. I am immensely proud not only of the boys’ great efforts but also, importantly, of the dedicated and kind staff who are so committed to the boys’ success'