The Community Council for Berkshire is supporting the 2017/18 Stay Well This Winter campaign.

The Stay Well This Winter campaign is a joint initiative from NHS England and Public Health England, to help people with long-term health conditions and those over 65 prepare for winter and ward off common winter illnesses.

Winter can be seriously bad for the health of these people, increasing the risk of blood pressure, heart attacks and strokes. There are a number of things you can do to prepare against the cold weather:

• At the first sign of a cough or cold, get immediate advice from your pharmacist before it gets more serious
• Speak to your pharmacist about medicines you should have in stock over winter
• Pick up prescription medications before the Christmas holidays start as many GPs and pharmacies will close over the holidays
• It is important to keep warm in winter, so heat your home to at least 18°C (65°F), if you can, you might prefer your living room to be slightly warmer
• Make sure you get your flu jab
• If you need help over the holiday period when your GP surgery or pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111 or visit nhs.uk

The Stay Well This Winter campaign can help you and your family prepare for winter. For more information including leaflets in alternative formats visit nhs.uk/staywell

Community groups could be in with a chance of winning up to £1,000 in a new glass recycling campaign prize draw from re3. To take part in the prize draw, re3 is encouraging schools, charities and voluntary and community sector organisations to make a commitment to increasing glass recycling at bring banks.

This could be by collecting hot drinks jars after a fundraising coffee morning and taking them to a re3 glass bank; telling others about the initiative through social media; encouraging supporters to use a glass bring bank on their way to work; or to give a school assembly or write an article in a community newsletter on the benefits of glass recycling.

In return, groups will be entered into the community fund prize draw. At the end of the campaign in October 2018, prizes will be allocated to 15 schools, charities or community groups in the re3 area. The more glass recycled through the campaign, the bigger the community fund, up to the value of £15,000 or £1000 per individual prize.

To register your group’s participation in the campaign and to be eligible for the community fund prize draw, please visit www.re3.org.uk now for the application form and a full list of terms and conditions.

AT: Edgbarrow Woods Car Park, Wildmoor Heath, Sandhurst Road, Crowthorne near RG45 7PP
WHEN: 9 and 10 December 2017, 11.00 to 15.00

The local Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) is having a Christmas tree sale on Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 December.

The trees are sourced from Wildmoor Heath and surrounding nature reserves. The Christmas trees – Scots pines – are sustainably grown, freshly cut the weekend of the sale and drop-resistant. Felling the trees on the nature reserves helps with the heathland management and restoration.

Mistletoe, holly, Wildlife Trust cards and calendars will also be on sale.
Come on down to Edgbarrow Woods Car Park, Wildmoor Heath the weekend of Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 December to buy your Christmas tree and other goodies.
All proceeds go to the Wildlife Trust – Berks, Bucks & Oxon (BBOWT).
For further details visit http://www.bbowt.org.uk/whats-on