On Monday, 11th November, BBC Children in Need’s Pudsey Bear made a surprise visit to a group of children supported by Me2 Club.

To read more about Me2 Club and its visit with Pudsey, please click HERE.

Me2 Club with BBC Children in Need’s Pudsey

Michelle Jordan from BBC Berkshire interviewing children supported by Me2 Club

Thank you to everyone who attended the Remembrance Memorial today (11/11/19)

Woodley Town Mayor Cllr Kay Gilder 

Wokingham Mayor Cllr Bill Soames

MP Reading East – Matt Rodda 

Cllr Kay Gilder thanking the crowd

At the Full Council Meeting on Tuesday 1 October, the following motion was adopted:

“This Council notes that:

1. The impacts of climate breakdown are already causing serious damage around the world.
2. Limiting Global Warming to 1.5°C (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, October 2018) may still be possible with ambitious action from national and sub-national authorities, civil society and the private sector.

This Council therefore:

1. Commits to a declaration of a ‘Climate Emergency’ with the aim of becoming a carbon neutral organization by 2030.
2. Welcomes the declaration by Wokingham Borough Council of a ‘Climate Emergency’ and will actively participate in the creation of the Borough-wide climate change strategy to ensure Woodley Town Council is fully engaged in its creation for the benefit of its residents.
3. Will explore, with all parts of the community, the development of a local action plan in support of, and to compliment, the Borough Council’s climate change strategy plan for those parts relevant to Woodley Town.”

Gregor Murray, Wokingham Borough Council Executive Member for Climate Emergency spoke of the Borough Council’s plans to address climate change and work in partnership with town and parish councils. Woodley Town Council will work with Wokingham Borough Council as part of a cross-party working group, beginning with the formation of an action plan over the next six months.

Meanwhile, Woodley Town Council will also continue its commitment to climate change through its current campaigns and initiatives.

The competition to design a poster to advertise the annual Woodley town centre extravaganza received a number of fantastic entries and we would like to say a huge thank you to those children who participated. It was, as always, very difficult to choose the three winners but, after much deliberation, these are the three chosen winners for 2019.

  Lauren Watkins, Age 10, Beechwood Primary

Sian Watkins, Age 10, Beechwood Primary

Yvie Hardy, Age 10, St Nicholas CE Primary

The judges also highly commended the following posters:

Violet Hardy, Age 7, St Nicolas School Hurst

Roxanne Allen, Age 9, St Dominic Savio Catholic Primary School

Owen Winship, Age 9, Rivermead Primary School

The competition winners will have the privilege and honour of turning on the Christmas lights in Woodley town centre on 23rd November 2019.