West Berkshire & North Hampshire
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Spotlight on Careers at Newbury College
Spotlight on Careers – Media, Art, Design, IT & Performing Arts 92 students from Newbury College recently spent the day getting a taster of what it’s like working in a variety of Media, IT, Art and Design professions. This formed part of a series of sector specific careers events organised by the Education Business Partnership [...]
It’s Great to be Good!
Impstone Pre-school, based in Pamber Heath is a charity run pre-school offering funded and affordable term time childcare to children aged 2 – 5 years within the local community and surrounding area …
Take a Chance and build confidence!
Take a Chance demonstrates education and business working together effectively, a great confidence-building programme for students
“Wonderful with a hint of amazing”
For seven years, a (Vodafone …
BCotT Celebrates their Students Achievements
Former BCoT student Emma Cope has beaten fundraisers from all over the country to win the Young Fundraiser of the Year Award.
Emma studied Art & Design (Fashion and Clothing) at BCoT and is now st …
BFI Film Academy comes to Iver!
Applications open for Local Young People aged 16-19 to apply for a unique opportunity to join the BFI (British Film Institute) Film Academy, delivered by local company Resource Productions at Pinewood …
A Volunteer’s Dream
Launchpad volunteer Pam wanted to be a window dresser when she was younger and often wondered how good she’d have been at it. Pam is a former Launchpad Support Worker and when she retired she be …
Highdown School Supported World Food Day
As part of their international studies and PSHCE programme, students and Sixth Formers from Highdown School supported World Food Day on 16 October this year. Sessions and Assemblies throughout the wee …
Are you clued up about Cyber Crime?
Message from A/Supt Lindsey Finch the Local Policing Commander for West Berkshire
Cyber crime and fraud is a fast-growing area of crime. To find out more about the issues and ways to protect yoursel …
Hands-on, Useful and Fun
These were just some of the observations from the Thames Valley Skills Show that was held at Ascot Racecourse in October.
Over 2100 young people from over 30 Berkshire schools and colleges, and over …
Turn a Child’s life Around
Transforming children’s lives through the delivery of high-impact sector leading services.
We were established in 1989 as a Social Enterprise to look after vulnerable children and young adults.
We c …
Protect and Respect Competition
West Berkshire Council’s Public Health and Wellbeing Team are inviting sixth forms in the area to take part in a competition to design and create a sexual health awareness campaign aimed at 16-2 …
The Big Draw
The Big Draw. Have you heard of it? I hadn’t until I started doing the research for this article. All kinds of possibilities passed through my mind. Is it a lottery? Some kind of cowboy duel? Maybe …
Berks’s Biggest Skills Show for Young People
Young people aged 14-25 years from across Berkshire have a unique one-off opportunity to understand and learn about important local businesses on 14th October at Ascot racecourse. From 3-6pm over 70 l …
Should My Child Have a Mobile Phone?
When my daughter entered secondary school and started to become more independent, I decided to buy her a mobile phone to keep in touch and check that all was well. But I soon discovered that we had di …
Dance Photographic Taster Workshop
Learn how to professionally shoot dance with Mike Jones ARPS. There are many ways to shoot dance however, the purpose of this workshop is to give you a taster, a starting point to test and check the c …
Newbury Library Remembers The Great War
To tie in with the commemorations of World War I, Newbury Library currently has two stands of books dedicated to books depicting the First World War.
The centenary of the outbreak of the conflict has …
It’s All About YOUth!
Does your community offer little or nothing to do for young people? Want to make a difference and work alongside other residents in the area to create something that your community can call it’s own …
On the farm for a Sunday picnic
On the farm for a Sunday picnic with wildlife on 31 August
The Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust’s West Berkshire Linking the Landscape project, which covers a large area of countryside south o …
How telling scary stories transformed a man
Since taking the monumental leap and leaving the security of a successful career as Deputy Headteacher at Cheam (the Berkshire School famous for having educated both Prince Philip and Prince Charles), …
John O’ Gaunt Midsummer Fayre
John O’ Gaunt’s first ever Midsummer Fayre and Shakespeare Festival was a huge success this Friday the 18th of July. The weather co-operated to create a perfect, sunny atmosphere for the day and t …