Christmas 2022
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Merry Christmas from Woodley Town Council and a message from Woodley Town Mayor, Cllr Janet Sartorel.
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At the recent Full Council meeting, held on 6th December, community grants were awarded to seven organisations, presented by Woodley Town Mayor, Cllr Janet Sartorel.
Berkshire Vision
£250 – To support the organisation to continue to offer a wide range of events and activities for visually impaired and blind people in Berkshire.
Three C’s Cafe at Emmanuel Church
£150 – To pay for refreshments and food items provided for by the free café to users, providing a place for those who may be lonely or need advice.
Woodley Adopt a Street Project (WASP)
£250 – To purchase additional equipment for volunteers, such as litter picker bag holders and Hi-Viz jackets.
Woodley United FC
£250 – To contribute towards the costs of additional volunteers required to support an increase to the number of female participants, including to pay towards DBS checks, safeguarding and coaching training and qualifications.
The following organisations were also awarded community grants but were unable to attend to collect.
Berkshire MS Therapy Centre
£250 – To help fund sessions to provide specialist therapies to MS sufferers.
Friends of Woodford Park
£250 – To restock shrubs and plants for Woodford Park.
Woodley Schools Cluster
£200 – To fund the purchase of materials needed to run two cluster projects for school students from within Woodley. Jackie Andrews sent a written thank you to be read out at the meeting.
Community grants are available to community organisations based in Woodley, which act for the local good of the town or those that can demonstrate how they serve Woodley residents and whose membership is open to Woodley residents.
Grants of up to £250 are available for one-off costs such as equipment, materials or building alterations or a youth (under 21) team/group attendance at county, regional, national or international level primarily within a sporting or cultural activity.
More information can be found HERE.
We have installed two Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) outside the Oakwood Centre and Woodford Park Leisure Centre (WPLC).
The defibrillator at the Leisure Centre is located on the rear of the building, opposite the 3G pitch, while the defibrillator on the Oakwood Centre building, is located on memorial ground side, across the field from Coronation Hall.
The defibrillators have been registered with The Circuit, which is part of the British Heart Foundation and connected with the South Ambulance service. This enables them to be used by any member of the public to help someone experiencing a cardiac arrest.
Both defibrillators have 24/7 access via locked cabinets. When calling 999 in an emergency, the operator will give these locations and the code to unlock the box to access the defibrillator. The operator will then give instructions over the phone on how to use it, unless paramedics or other emergency services are on the scene and they will access the defibrillator.
The defibrillator at WPLC was funded by the Premier League’s Defibrillator Fund. The Fund, set up by the Premier League, will enable more than 2,000 sites across the country to install an AED and is supported by The FA and Sport England and delivered by the Football Foundation.
Locations of defibrillators in the UK, including Woodley, can be found here: https://www.defibfinder.uk/.