Windsor Community News

Monday 17th April from 6:30pm at the Old Court, SL4 3BL NO NEED TO BOOK, JUST TURN UP Chair by Charles Appleby, founder of N0CO2 reforestation business. On the panel, in alphabetical order based on the candidate’s surname See you there. Cllr Jon Davey Independent Clewer & Dedworth West

Do you remember when Sutherland Grange was allowed to look like this? A popular dumping ground for everyone & anyone who had rubbish they wanted to get rid of. Workmen would drive past after finishing a job and just throw their waste on top of the rest of the rubbish that was strewn there. It…

Spring is in the air on Whiteley this morning, grass recently trimmed back, bunds looking green and the daffodils are standing tall… not as tall as my sunflowers will mind 😉 When I first became a Councillor I received constant complaints about the state of our grass areas in parks and green spaces around the…

I became Community Champion at the end of October 2022. I’m really enjoying the role of Community Champion at Tesco Dedworth and thought it worth putting a blog together about some of the things we have facilitated in the last 6 months… Please contact me on tescodedworthcc@gmail.com or phone / text 07717 820823. We were…

Tesco Dedworth are looking for fabulously fine crown makers to step forward for a right Royal Coronation 😉  FABULOUS KING & QUEEN CROWNS COMPETITION We’d then like photos of your King Charles & or Queen Camilla in their Fabulous Crowns! You can take pictures at home and email them to tescodedworthcc@gmail.com or pop in on…

I was approached today, you could say headhunted, by a Greggs Manager to be part of his new team in Windsor. We didn’t talk about signing on fees as I enjoy my role as Community Champion at Tesco Dedworth too much… there are not enough pasties in the world to get me to change teams…

While I agree that King Edward Court / Windsor Yards needs an upgrade, I also believe that RBWM and Windsor residents need to see greater benefits if we give the go ahead at the Planning Panel meeting this evening. https://www.youtube.com/live/QZJJwPt-UYw What follows is my presentation as I have it mapped out after speaking with officers…

King Charles married Camilla on 9th April 2005 putting pay to our multi-millionaire t-shirt empire before it began! Life could have been so different… In 2005 we had a successful email marketing business and our Business in Berkshire website was achieving millions of page views a year. Living in Windsor, Ali & I got married…

The broken windows theory states that visible signs of crime, anti-social behavior and civil disorder create an urban environment that encourages further crime and disorder, including serious crimes. King Charle’s is keen to celebrate volunteering in the community as part of his coronation year and the Rotary Club of Windsor & Eton Youth Committee thought…

Spent the morning networking with around 40 other businesses at the My Royal Borough Business Networking Event at the Castle Hotel in Windsor. More photos when RBWM publish them… Hosted by Kevin Cruise, hence the diamante reference. Met Chris, a dog photographer, who could possibly make our Sid a global hit on social media… my…

Over the last couple of months Tesco Dedworth’s customers have given generously to our Books for Schools initiative. WE HAVE NOW STOPPED COLLECTING. THANK YOU. Hundreds, probably a couple of thousand books donated, potentially saving local schools thousands of pounds 😉 All local schools have been invited multiple times, many have been in and taken…

Our Tesco Dedworth Community Champion coffee mornings, 10am – 12pm, are bringing local leaders together and enabling them to do more together than they could on their own. As we move into our 4th month I’m going to gather stories from the 50 plus attendees so far. When we have 20+ attendees then lots of…

Last night at Cabinet the Sawyers Close Stakeholder Masterplan Document was approved. I read through it when it was published last week and concerns over parking were a red flag for me and so I arranged a meeting earlier this week with the lead officers from Abri. There were comments in the report concerned about…

It was my birthday today so we wanted somewhere dog friendly and headed for Eton. We like a comfy chair and so it proved difficult. Crossing back over the river we thought how about The Boatman? Perfect, they asked if we’d like a bowl of water for Sid… figured it’s my birthday, how about some…

The agenda for the final planning meeting of this administration has been published and most notably, the planning application for Windsor Yards, King Edward Court, Windsor is item 4. Windsor and Ascot Development Management Committee – Wednesday 5 April 2023 7.00 pm The agenda for the final planning meeting of this administration has been published…

I thought it might be useful to share news on Tesco’s new Grocery & Clubcard App which allows you to order online or pay in store, build up your points, turn them into vouchers and double up for spending with reward partners 😉 Convert existing points into vouchers before 14th June and you get up…

When it comes to housing development across RBWM then there are various legal documents that come into play. There are national rules and then there are local rules that also need to be considered by our planning officers when making decisions. Windsor Neighbourhood Plan – WNP This tends to focus on the design aspect, ensuring…

Saturday morning Teddy came in with his mum and collected his prizes for being one of our Mother’s Day Competition winners 😉 Yesterday I spent a fun morning giving our Easter Egg Hunt packs to 14 schools and pre-schools with a few more coming in today. Julie mentioned it was a special birthday on Friday,…

Residents would like to see all our roads in better condition and they become the subject of many promises by those standing for election. It’s a very emotive subject as most of us use the roads and so are impacted by the general state of repair. The reality is, any power to influence is limited…

One of the most popular pages on the ilovewindsor.co.uk website is the page referring to the 7 Principles of Public life aka The Nolan Principles with 3,300 page views. At the last full council meeting I put forward a motion that Councillors run a respectful election campaign and this was voted through unanimously. Councillor Johnson…

Tesco invited local schools and individuals to join in our Mother’s Day Competition. The management team chose the best poems and customers picked their favourite artwork by adding stickers to the chosen piece during Saturday 18th March. The results are in… every entrant will receive a chocolate egg with Easter just around the corner and…

We have had a number of fantastic entries for our Mother’s Day Competition and we’d like your help in choosing our <6 and <12 winners. We thought the most fun way to do that would be for customers to pick their winner by adding stickers, provided by the checkout assistants, around their favourite pictures 😉…

Why is there a 6th Form school at the 200 year old Swan pub in Clewer village, Windsor? Because Richard Allen met Willy Calvert over a pint and thought, why the heck not… The work these guys do is inspirational and you should really make a brew, take 20 minutes out of your day and…

I was asked today if I would be challenging the incorrect information on the Windsor Conservative election flyer that has been delivered in my ward and I replied “No, it’s a complete waste of everyone’s time.” The reality is that we are not in purdah yet and so they can put whatever they like on…