julian_gc's blog

Our partners Newbury Community Furniture Project and West Berkshire Mencap are organising an open day on Saturday May 19th at their horticultural therapy charity project Growing2gether at Cottismore Park, off the A339 between Headley and Kingsclere. For more information please click on the link

Greenham Common Trust has invited Britain’s leading outdoor opera company Opera Brava to return for their fourth year to Newbury Racecourse on Saturday June 30th 2012 to perform Rossini’s The Barber of Seville.

The Trust has been organising and subsidising outdoor operas since 2005, delivering outstanding professional performances which are accessible and enjoyable for family audiences at a fraction of Covent Garden prices.

Calling all local aspiring rock stars. Do you want the chance to play live in front of hundreds of people this summer and win £500 and a day in a recording studio?

Greenham Community Centre was packed on Saturday with over 300 visitors eager to see how new owner Greenham Common Trust had transformed the Nightingales facility.

Around 150 voluntary and community groups in West Berkshire and North Hampshire found themselves nearly £240,000 better off thanks to grants given out via the new online grant application system www.findmeagrant.org

PAGE BLANCHE BRINGS OUT THE CROWDS FOR NEWBURY’S LATEST EXTRAORDINARY OUTDOOR SPECTACULAR

Newbury’s Market Place was alive with colour on Saturday evening as over 2500 people flocked to the centre of town to witness the latest fantastic event in Newbury’s exciting outdoor programme, Page Blanche.

The Trust is pleased to support the West Berkshire Minority Ethnic Forum's Diwali celebration on Saturday, October 22 at St Bartholomew's School, Newbury between 4pm and 9pm. Pre-booking is required. For more information please contact Waheeda Soomro on 07900 218618 or email waheeda@alltogether.org.uk