It is our pleasure to warmly invite our readers to our 2022 Annual General Meeting on Friday 18th November at 10 am in Sulhamstead & Ufton Nervet Village Hall, RG7 4DD.

As you are aware we are an independent charity with almost 50 years’ of experience in community development work, originally found in 1973 as a Rural Community Council. We are an active member of Action with Communities in Rural England the national body for 38 charitable local development agencies.

We would love for you to come to our 2022 AGM to hear about an exciting new project we are launching in Berkshire – Rural Hubs, 21st Century Village Halls.

We listened to the issues our village hall membership was facing and built a 5-year project around it, funded by The National Lottery Community Fund and The Prince’s Countryside Fund. We would like everyone in rural Berkshire to know more about this project and the support it can offer.

The Rural Hubs project will support Village Halls across Berkshire through a process of transformation, so they can meet the needs of their communities for the next 100 years. Find out more about this project and meet our team by coming along on the 18th of November. Click here for a news article introducing the project.

Brunch and networking opportunities will take place immediately after the AGM (11 am – 12 pm) and there is then the option to stay on in the afternoon to attend a training session on Energy Saving for Community Buildings.

If you’d like to attend the AGM and/or training session please click on the link and reserve your place.

On Thursday 7th November almost 40 individuals representing community buildings & businesses and village halls from across Berkshire came together to look at ways in which they might improve their buildingse to become greener and environmentally friendly.

The conference immediately followed CCB’s 2019 AGM and guests were welcomed by the chance to grab a refreshment before Jacky Akam, from Thatcham & Newbury zero waste and plastic free group, kicked things off with her talk on what Village Halls can do to reduce their environmental impact.

There followed presentations and discussion driven by Kate Meads, our Community Buildings Advisor, on funding opportunities to support a greener vision as well as an environmental audit tool. We were also lucky enough to have Mike from Utility Aid focusing on Reducing Energy costs, Steve from Stanhope Wilkinson Associates looking at Environmental Impact & Sustainability and Anton from Heatsave examining Energy Management Systems.

Delegates then were invited to use the network opportunity to discuss ideas and options further whilst enjoying a yummy home made lunch (thanks Kate)

CCB would like to thank Englefield Charitable Trust and West Berkshire Adult Community Learning team for supporting this exciting and new training opportunity. Feedback from the conference was excellent with one delegate commenting: “I really enjoyed the very practical ideas for making environmental improvements. The audit tool Kate produced will be very useful and we will use it to make improvements in our community building.”

Thursday 30th January 2020 @Hermitage Village Hall, 7pm – 9.30pm

This training is FREE to attend and provided by Heartstart Thatcham but places are limited and must be BOOKED. This training is supported by West Berkshire Council Adult Community Learning team.

The Emergency Life training will cover Essential life saving skills that you can use in an emergency situation to save and prolong lives in your community:
Priorities/the conscious casualty Choking
The unconscious casualty Serious bleeding
Cardiac arrest Automated External Defibrillator
Suspected heart attack ELS Certificate

To book on please copy and past this URL: https://ccberks.wufoo.com/forms/zf1vnd0d7wt95/