Bridging The Gap - Cultivating Diversity & Inclusion at Work

There is still time for business leaders and recruiters to take advantage of a one-day event organised by the Visit Windsor Partnership taking place at Ascot Racecourse from 9am to 4.30pm this Tuesday 22 October.

The Being Disability Confident event is sponsored by the Louis Baylis Trust to help business leaders and recruiters to think differently about disability and guide them to take action to improve how they can recruit, retain and develop disabled people.  

Learn more and register on Eventbrite 

The Climate Partnership hosts communities at Climate Conference



The Climate Partnership held its first ever Climate Conference recently, bringing together partners, businesses and communities to take part in workshops, hear from expert speakers and celebrate local successes.

Held at Windsor Racecourse, the conference saw 120 attendees from over 50 community groups take part in sessions on the impact of climate change on public health, small-scale biodiversity and sustainable energy in the borough. 

Menopause affects everyone

To mark World Menopause Day today (18 October), Get Berkshire Active has created a free Menopack Guide full of tips and ideas to help support physical and mental wellbeing for anyone affected by the menopause or perimenopause.

The NHS menopause website also has more information on symptoms and support available.

Community Spotlight

Here are just some of the upcoming community events and volunteering opportunities in the Royal Borough:

• Frimley Health Charity are holding an exciting Firewalk event for brave 'soles' to help them raise vital funds. Join in the fun at Heatherwood Hospital from 5-7pm on Saturday 2 November, where you can enjoy stalls, delicious food and drink and Ascot Race-course fireworks (subject to change). Register now



• Maidenhead Quilters meet every second and fourth Tuesday afternoons in Furze Platt War Memorial Hall and would love to have some new members. For more information email

• A new Maidenhead Mencap Youth Club is starting in November and will be offering games, activities and an opportunity to socialise weekly during term time. For more information contact Linda Francis on 07783 626357 or find them on Facebook

• Join the Arts Society Windsor for a lecture about the culture of Ukraine at Windsor Memorial Hall from 1.30pm this Wednesday, 23 October. Visit their website

• St Marks Crescent Methodist Church in Maidenhead invite you to join their next Monday Friends group at 10.30am on Monday 28 October. Each month they discuss a different theme in an informal meeting with a short time for a prayer. For further information email or call 07714 892599.

Do you have an upcoming not-for-profit community event or appeal for volunteers you’d like us to share? Send a short summary including key dates and a link to communications@rbwm.gov.uk and it could be shared with more than 21,000 local residents.

To see further volunteering opportunities in the borough, or for another way for community organisations to promote volunteering opportunities, please visit RBWM Together

Our consultations - have your say

We regularly hold consultations and surveys to get your views on proposals within the Royal Borough.

Our current consultations are about:

• Sunningdale Library opening hours - closes 11.59pm Sunday 20 October.

• Youth activities for 13-18yr olds (up to 25 with SEN) - closes 1 November

• School street at St Adrian’s Close for Wessex Primary School - closes 4 November

• Stag Meadow: Cleaner, Greener, Safer Street project - closes 17 November

Local travel updates

For details of further council works on highways, visit our website. For full local roadwork details, including work by utility firms, please visit the One Network website   

• As part of our plans to prepare for winter, road gritters will be carrying out practise runs across the borough on Saturday, 26 and Wednesday, 30 October. These help us to be prepared for ice and snow and support safer journeys as the weather changes.

• There will be a temporary road closure at the junction of Cordwallis Road, St Lukes Road and the B4447 Cookham Road from 21st Oct to 14th Nov 2024, as part of highway improvements that will be made at three junctions in Norfolk Park to improve road safety based on your feedback. Learn more about the project

• Access to Holyport road from the A308 is currently closed as part of wider improvement work to the key route between Maidenhead and Windsor in 2025. See more details

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• Royal Borough official tourism web page  
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• Royal Borough Registrars on Facebook and Instagram
• Communities Team on Facebook and X
• Windsor & Royal Borough Museum web page
• MyRoyalBorough on X, Facebook and Instagram
• Make Maidenhead on Facebook and Instagram