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Bowling days at Three Mile Cross THREE Mile Cross Bowling Club are hosting two open days for prospective players. The taster sessions are free to attend and provide an opportunity to meet new people while trying a different sport. Visitors are asked to wear flat shoes or trainers, with bowls provided on the day if required. The open days take place between 2-5pm on Saturday, May 21, and between 10am-1pm on Sunday, May 29. Those travelling to the second session by car are advised that the Basingstoke Road end of Church Lane will be closed to traffic. n For more information, visit: www.threemilecrossbowlingclub. co.uk
Ensemble show THE WHITEKNIGHTS Ensemble will be performing a concert on Saturday, May 28, from 7.30pm, at Leighton Park School. The programme includes Mozart’s Adagio and Allegro in F Minor, Hallam’s Dance Suite, and KJ Ankarblom’s Swedish Medley. Tickets cost £10, or £5 for under 18s. Proceeds will go to ReadiFood, Reading’s food bank. n For more details, log on to: www.ticketsource.co.uk/ Whiteknights-Ensemble
Bracknell and Wokingham College opens state-of-the-art facilities Alison Webster, CEO of Berkshire LEP cuts the ribbon with Gary Headland, CEO of Activate Learning
By DANIEL BLACKHAM dblackham@rdg.today
A NEW care skills training centre and pharma sciences laboratory has opened at Bracknell and Wokingham College.
The state-of-the-art improvements at the Activate Learning site, opened on Thursday, May 12, have been made possible by more than £1 million of funding from the Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). The facilities, designed in partnership with Syngenta, Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, Health Education England and Skills for Care, will be used by students studying science and health and social care. Nursing professionals from Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust will also use the care skills centre as part of their training. The new facilities include a laboratory, featuring industrystandard equipment, an adjoining equipment room, a simulated hospital ward, an immersive environment and a flat. Gary Headland, chief executive officer at Activate
Learning, said: “We are delighted to be opening these state-of-the-art facilities that will be of huge benefit to our
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local community here in the Bracknell and Wokingham area. “Healthcare and the sciences are areas of strategic
importance to the LEP here and so to work collaboratively with them to provide a joinedup solution to this challenge is
Road closures planned
WORK to install a new drinking water pipe that’s nearly a kilometre long will start after the Jubilee weekend, with road closures expected until the new year. The 900m pipe will be placed into Warren House Road and Keephatch Road by South East Water, from Monday, June 6. The firm says it will ensure customers’ drinking water is not impacted as the local population grows. Work will begin along Warren House Road, 100 metres west of Ashridge Road. SE Water will then work east along Warren House Road and Keephatch Road, to its junction with Campion Way. Pipes will then be installed within Binfield Road and Bean Oak Road. The roads will be closed in sections, meaning the closure will move along with the construction works. Temporary traffic lights will also be used at the roundabouts of Warren House Road and Keephatch Road and Keephatch Road and Campion Way.
fantastic for us here at Activate Learning. “This whole project has been delivered in partnership with our local employer partners within the science and health sectors, so this is the culmination of a fantastic team effort that will benefit the local community for years to come.” Activate Learning was awarded around £500,000 by Berkshire LEP through the government’s Getting Building Fund for the care skills training centre and a further £600,000 for the pharma sciences lab. Alison Webster, chief executive of Berkshire LEP said, “The LEP’s 2022 Skills Report highlighted the need to promote sectors such as health and social care and life sciences that are experiencing severe labour shortages but also predicted to continue to grow. “We know how important it is to inspire our residents and young people to consider careers in health and social care and life sciences sectors and these facilities can transform the way students and professionals gain skills in these sectors.” For more information on the college’s science and health and care courses, visit: bracknell. activatelearning.ac.uk
Arc workshops on Saturday
TWO free creative workshops are set to take place in Wokingham this Saturday. The sessions will be hosted by Nicola Anthony, a sculptor, who was recently confirmed as the artist chosen to design the new public artwork by Arts4Wokingham. During these sessions, attendees will learn about pattern making and drawing, how to be more creative in day to day life, and meet the artist behind the upcoming sculpture. Ms Anthony is also inviting residents to share their stories, thoughts and memories as her sculpture will be inspired by the community. Anyone who wants their story told through the sculpture will be welcomed to share it during the session, or anonymously afterwards. This is part of an ongoing series of workshops with the first two taking place at 9.30am and 12.30pm on Saturday, May 21, at the Wokingham Library.
n For more information, visit: arts4wokingham.com/ community-consultations
Hunt for royals in Emmbrook A FUN themed ramble is being planned for Emmbrook this May half term holiday. As part of the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations, 38 royal displays will be placed in local front gardens for ramblers to find. Families follow a special trail map to help them search for the displays, while enjoying a local walk. Proceeds from the map sales will go to Emmbrook Infant and Junior Schools PTAs.
“It’s going to be a really fun week,” says organiser Catherine Stott. “We held our first ramble last year, and the theme was bugs. This year, it’s anything royal.” All 38 displays are being made by local households, some of whose children attend the Emmbrook schools. Others are simply local people wanting to have fun and get involved. Catherine continues:
“It’s called a scarecrow trail, but the displays aren’t actually scarecrows. “They can be anything at all related to the word ‘royal’, and people will be quite inventive. “I think there may be a huge postage stamp going up somewhere.” The royal ramble runs from Sunday, May 29 to Monday, June 6. n For details, visit: www. eventbrite.co.uk and search for emmbrook trail royal ramble.
