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Creating a safer community


Share your experiences and thoughts on safety in the borough today. The insight you provide will directly inform an action plan designed to create a safer, more vibrant community for residents, business and visitors.


Respond to the survey on RBWM Together by Monday 28 July

Could solar panels be an option for your home?


A green energy scheme helping residents and businesses generate renewable energy through solar panels, cutting energy costs and carbon footprint, is now open for applications.

 

We've once again joined forces with neighbouring councils to group bid for cheaper installation of solar panels through Solar Together. A resident or business owner, with permission from the property owner to install the panels, can now register until Friday 8 August.


Read more on our website

Keep your cool this weekend


Another tip is to also keep your curtains or blinds closed on the side of your home where the sun is shining into - to help keep the heat out.


If you can, do check in on your vulnerable loved ones and neighbours so see if they need a helping hand.



The current Amber Heat Health Alert issued by the Met Office and UKHSA is due to end at 9am on Monday (23 June). Visit NHS Frimley’s keeping cool website for more health advice in hot weather.

Come along to these upcoming events


Disabilities and Inclusive Activities week


Leisure Focus is proud to be hosting a Disability & Inclusive Activities Week on Monday 30 June to Sunday 6 July - a celebration of sport, movement, and community for residents with disabilities.


Throughout the week, a wide range of sporting, physical, and social sessions will be available, designed to promote inclusion and encourage ongoing participation. Most sessions will be free of charge.



For more information and to see what sessions are on offer, visit the Leisure Focus website

Ascot Community Day


Join us at Ascot Library on Tuesday 1 July from 9am to 2pm, to find out more about support services, and connect with representatives from the council, NHS, and our local community groups.


No booking is necessary - just drop in on the day.

Braywick Nature Festival


Braywick Nature Festival is our annual celebration of nature across the borough, taking place from 28 July to 2 August.


Held at Braywick Nature Centre, we'll be hosting a week of inspiring sessions and activities with local experts, all culminating in a two-day showcase of nature-based family activities, stalls, food and live music.


Find out more on RBWM Together

Get moving at the Desborough Suite with Leisure Focus!


Have you signed up for the health, wellbeing and fitness classes in our Desborough Suite?


The sessions, which will be held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, are hosted by Leisure Focus’ well-loved fitness practitioners. Activity will expand in the coming months, to offer a more enhanced fitness programme and the opportunity for greater daytime community use. 


To book your place, visit the Leisure Focus website

Honouring our Armed Forces


To mark the start of Armed Forces Week, we'll be flying the Armed Forces flag at Maidenhead Town Hall.


The Mayor, Councillor Mandy Brar, will make a short speech, before the flag-raising takes place at 10am on Monday 23 June.


Residents are welcome to attend the ceremony and the flag will fly proudly all week until after Armed Forces Day itself, on Saturday 28 June.

Walk-in Cervical Screening Clinic in Ascot on Monday 


If you’re a woman, transgender/ non-binary with a cervix, and aged 25 to 64, NHS Frimley Health and Care invites you to a screening clinic at Heatherwood Hospital in Ascot, on 23 June, from 9am and 4pm.


Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in UK women under 35. Two women die each day from the disease yet nearly 100% of cases are preventable.


Formerly known as the smear test, it’s one of the most effective ways to prevent cervical cancer. It takes only minutes to do with friendly gynaecology nurses on hand to support you.

Volunteering at Braywick


We recently welcomed Centrica for a corporate volunteering session, hosted at Ockwells Park.


Cllr Karen Davies, Cabinet Member for Climate Change, Biodiversity & Windsor Town Council, visited the helpful volunteers on Monday, where she saw the group removing guards on newly planted trees in time for summer.


We welcome corporate groups for volunteering at our nature sites throughout the year to ensure careful nurturing of new plants, wildlife and the wider environment. Interested individuals are also encouraged to get in touch to view other nature conservation opportunities. 


If you’d like to know more, please visit our website

Our consultations - have your say


We regularly hold consultations and surveys to seek your views on proposals within the Royal Borough: 

Community Spotlight


To see details on community events and volunteering opportunities in the borough visit: RBWM Together


Do you have an upcoming not-for-profit community event or appeal for volunteers you’d like us to add to the page? Send a short summary including key dates and a link to communications@rbwm.gov.uk

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


  • It's Cookham Dean Primary School Fete 2025 on Saturday 21 June and there will road closures to all vehicles except for the emergency services and vehicles belonging to residents from 11am to 4.30pm on Bigfrith Lane between its junctions with School Lane and Spring Lane.


  • Various roads will be closed in Windsor on Monday 7 July and Tuesday 8 July as the State visit by The President of the French Republic and Mrs Brigitte Macron takes place. For the up to date list, visit our website


  • Work to upgrade the roundabout at the junction of Holyport road/A308 Windsor Road is continuing with three-way traffic lights in place until the 24 July. The project is based on your feedback and is funded by Local Enterprise Partnership and the Community Infrastructure Levy.

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