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Page last updated: Nov 2011

Winnersh Meadows Improvements Get Go Ahead May 2011
The Ground Force Lottery has awarded £50,000 to improve Winnersh Meadows, the area between Arbor Lane and the M4 motorway shown on the map to the left. Work will commence later this year and will take about a year to complete.

The improvements will include additional tree planting, a wild flower meadow, a new pond, an outdoor ‘trim trail’ (exercise circuit), new picnic tables, benches and bins, along with football goalposts and netball facilities. It will also provide better access for prams, buggies, cycles and wheelchairs with a new 600 metre path.
A public consultation took place in January 2008 and established what residents would like to see improved in the 10 hectares of green public open space owned by Wokingham Borough Council.
The application for the funding was made by the Winnersh Neighbourhood Action Group (NAG), chaired by Pat Rowell. Over the past three years Pat has worked with NAG member Roberta Tweedy, officers of Wokingham Borough Council (WBC) and the facilitator for Ground Force Lottery to achieve this result.
Pat said: “It has been a long time coming and a lot of hard work has gone into securing
this grant. I am sure that it will be well worth waiting for. With all of the development
that Winnersh has undergone in the last few years, this under-
Along with a donation of £9,000 from Winnersh Parish Council and a further £38,000 from WBC (“section 106” development money), funding for the project totals nearly £100,000. See www.seeds.org.uk/winnersh.nag for more information.
New Parish Council Starts Work May 2011
The new parish council had its first meeting on 10 May following its ‘election’ on
5 May. All parish councils come up for election every four years and 2011 was an
election year. However there were not enough people nominated to fill the 15 places
on the council so those nominated were ‘elected’ unopposed. The council therefore
decided to co-
David Green (Chairman), John Southgate (Vice-
Cllr Green said “I hope to build on the successes of the previous council. The development of the Bearwood Recreation Ground site and the Winnersh Community Centre over recent years, along with recent initiatives regarding the fete, Christmas Lights, litter picks and allotments, have all helped to enhance the community spirit.” He said that he hoped that the Council will be able to build on this foundation and observed that the Localism Bill may give opportunities to engage people locally.
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A planning application to build 433 homes to the south west of Winnersh has been
resubmitted by developers Persimmon and Bovis. The development would include a relief
road to the south of Winnersh and a two-
Come and learn more about the proposed development and give us your views. Winnersh Parish Council in conjunction with WRAP (Winnersh Residents for Action on Planning) have organised a public meeting to be held on Friday 11th March at 7:45 pm at the Winnersh Community Centre, Mole Road, Sindlesham. Representatives from the developer and WBC (Wokingham Borough Council, the planning authority) will be present including experts on flooding and traffic matters and the senior WBC Councillors responsible for planning and highways (Cllr Angus Ross and Cllr Keith Baker).

Sad Loss of Popular Councillor May 2010
Family, friends and colleagues gathered on Friday 7th May to commemorate the sad loss of Cllr Judith Wilkins. She died on Saturday 24th April at the age of 56.
Judith had lived in Winnersh since 1986, had been a Parish Councillor for 19 years and Chairman of the Council for four years. She was also well known locally as a former Chairman of Governors of Bearwood Primary School.
The funeral service was held at Easthampstead Park Crematorium and her eulogy spoke of the many people who had reacted to the news by saying that she was “a very special lady”. Always caring about other people both inside and outside work, Judith was known for being scrupulously fair, determined, pragmatic and very well organised. Judith was a vibrant personality who will be sorely missed by many people in our community.
A new cafe opened at the Bearwood recreation Ground on 1st May. The cafe will cater for the needs of all those using the Winnersh Community Centre and the leisure facilities at the recreation ground.
The brainchild of Claire Pulleyn and Lisa Lainsbury, the cafe will be run as a commercial venture with the full support of the Parish Council.
The cafe will serve speciality coffees and other drinks, cakes, savouries, sweets and ice cream.
The cafe was opened by Cllr Jill Plant, Chairman of the Recreation & Amenities Committee, who welcomed this valuable new addition to the facilities provided at the Bearwood Recreation Ground.
The cafe will initially open:
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but may stay open longer if there is sufficient
customer demand in the summer.
The longer opening times on Saturdays will mean that players and spectators of the Winnersh Rangers Football Club will be well catered for!

Claire and Lisa with Cllr Jill Plant

Pavilion Cafe Opens May 2010
News in Brief February 2010
Battle of the Bands off to great start The third Battle of the Bands supported by the Winnersh Neighbourhood Action Group got off to a great start on 29th January at the Wokingham Youth Centre. Seven bands performed in front of an enthusiastic audience of over 300. The other heats take place on Fridays 26 February and 26 March with the final on 30 April. For details see the NAG website under Battle of the Bands.
Litter Pick to show that littering is unacceptable Join fellow parishioners on Sunday 21 March to remove some of the litter from our streets and promote awareness that littering is just not acceptable. Part of the national BIG tidy up campaign.
Wokingham Information Network (WIN) launched An online and telephone based guide to services, support, organisations and activities for families and adults in the Wokingham Borough has just been launched. The guide aims to ensure that everyone has the chance to make the most of their talents and fulfil their potential. This is a recently launched service and is being updated and added to all the time. See WIN.
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New Councillor for the New Year January 2010
The Parish Council is delighted to welcome Frank Breedlove as a new councillor. Frank
was co-
Frank is married with two grown daughters and has lived with his wife, Maggie, in Sindlesham for the past ten years. They moved from Finchampstead in 1999, having lived their for over thirteen years, when the second of their two daughters married and left a rather large house with just the two of them rattling around in.
He has over twenty years experience as a finance director working in both large international and small commercial organisations. For the past fifteen years, Frank has run his own successful consultancy, helping diverse organisations manage change as it impacts upon people, processes and systems.

Frank is a governor at The Emmbrook School and at Loddon Primary School and is a member of the Winnersh Neighbourhood Action Group.
See the Councillors page for a complete listing of Winnersh Parish Councillors
For more local news see News 2009
Winnersh Litter Pick March 2010
Winnersh residents turned out on Sunday 21st March to help clean up the streets of Winnersh. As part of the national Big Tidy Up, volunteers from Winnersh collected rubbish from around Winnersh and Sindlesham to help improve our local environment and to raise awareness that most of us do not find discarding litter on our streets acceptable behaviour.
Organised by Winnersh Parish Council, the litter pick volunteers included Bearwood Junior Community Wardens, 2nd Winnersh Brownies, NAG members, Councillors and other Winnersh residents.

At its meeting in March the Parish Council discussed the draft infrastructure proposals for the Wokingham Core Strategy and has formally commented to Wokingham Borough Council as follows:
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Even Greater Need for Relief Road March 2010
Volunteers gather before setting out to clean up the streets of Winnersh
The third Winnersh Village Fete brought the Winnersh community together for a fun afternoon on 19th June. Local people turned out in large numbers to support the many voluntary groups running stalls, presenting displays and performing in the arena.
The Parish Council also provided plenty of other attractions to keep people amused and entertained. Arena events included a birds of prey demonstration, dog agility trials, disco and street dance and musical numbers.
Attractions included a free mega-
Successful third year for Winnersh Fete June 2010

The birds of prey display was
a particular favourite
New innovations at the fete this year included children’s arts and crafts in the
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Visitors were well catered for by the Scouts’ tea tent and BBQ, the newly-
Also see the 2010 Fete page for more on the fete and who participated, the Picture Gallery and the Wokingham Times website.for a video summary of the afternoon.
Work to strengthen the embankments of the bridge over the A329(M) has being carried
out during August, September and October. The work entailed road closures and one-
The B3030 (Robinhood Lane / Davis Street) running between the Winnersh Crossroads and Twyford was closed to traffic for several weeks between its junctions with Bluebell Meadow and Davis Way. Pedestrians and cyclists were still able to cross the bridge during this period.
At other times during the bridge works traffic lights controlling one-
The work was carried out by Balfour Beatty, the Wokingham Borough Council (WBC) highways contractor. It was necessary because the embankments have a history of instability and have subsided by more than a foot since being built, this movement having accelerated over the past two years.
Robinhood Lane Closed for Bridge Repairs Updated Oct 2010

David Green was co-
There are still two vacancies for Parish Councillors and Chairman, Cllr John Wakefield, would be happy to meet anyone interested and arrange for them to visit the Council offices and sit in at meetings.
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The Environment Agency gave details of the measures it’s taking to reduce the risk
of flooding in Winnersh and protect affected properties at a drop-
The meeting follows a detailed topographic survey by the Environment Agency earlier this year, which identified 134 affected properties.
Residents attending the meeting also spoke to members of the new Winnersh Flood Action Group (FLAG) and the National Flood Forum (NFF), which will give a voice to community concerns about building on flood plains.
The Environment Agency’s measures include arranging for individual properties in the 1 in 50 flood plain to have free flood protection measures, paid for by local levy funding. They will be surveyed over the next few months and, depending on the results, will be issued with air brick defences and/or floodgates.
Winnersh to Receive Flood Protection Aid Nov 2010

Residents of properties within the 1 in 100 flood zone were given information about
the Environment Agency’s Floodline Warnings Direct Service, advice on making their
properties more flood-
Winnersh Fete Beats the Storm Clouds June 2011
The Winnersh Summer Fete attracted even more people than last year despite warnings
of bad weather. They were rewarded by a wide range of stalls, displays and activities
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Over 40 stalls included volunteer groups raising funds for their own activities and
local businesses making people aware of what they can offer. The Hands-
For details of all those taking part see here and for the Fete Picture Gallery see here. Also see further coverage from the Wokingham Times and on YouTube.
Thank you to all those who participated in the fete: stallholders, performers, the fete committee and all those who attended on the day!

2011 Civic Award presented to Mary Elliott July 2011
Mary Elliott has served the community by being the key person responsible for the hall at St Mary’s Church for nearly twenty years.
As well as opening and closing the hall, ensuring the hall is always ready for its users and taking bookings, she has also organised plant sales to raise money to help with the hall’s upkeep.
In recognition of her long service to the Winnersh Community Mary was presented with
a Civic Award at the July meeting of Winnersh Parish Council. Mary is pictured above
on the right being given the award by Council Chairman David Green, joined by Cathy
Whittington who nominated Mary for the award. Mary joins several other Winnersh “unsung
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