15 4. MAYOR's COMMUNICATIONS Since the Last Council Meeting, With

4. MAYOR’S COMMUNICATIONS

Since the last Council meeting, with the assistance of Past Mayors, the Deputy Mayor and I have carried out the following engagements:-

Meetings

• Several meetings of the Royal Borough’s Twinning Committee • Interfaith meeting • Several meetings regarding Mayor’s Charity Initiative • Royal Albert Institute Trust • Windsor Old People’s Welfare Association AGM • NSPCC Berkshire Branch AGM • WAMCF (Windsor and Maidenhead Community Forum) • Charles Davis Trust • Meeting with representatives of Depression Alliance • Maidenhead Talking Newspaper AGM and Tea Party • Berkshire County Blind Society AGM

Schools/Clubs/Community etc

• Opened the Adventure Golf in Alexandra Gardens, Windsor • Garden Party, Manor House Care Home, Old Windsor • Windsor Football Club first competitive match • Hindu Society of Maidenhead 6th anniversary event • Several Citizenship Ceremonies • Judged the Pfizer Community Fund applications • Fundraising Iftar Dinner for Islamic Help • Sent off (and welcomed back) Rev David Andrew and his family on two tandems on their sponsored charity cycle ride (St Marys Church, White Waltham) • Opened the 35th anniversary party at Cardinal Clinic, Windsor • Cookham Amnesty Tea Party • Chertsey Agricultural Show and evening fancy dress event • St Marks Nursing Centre Summer Fete • Thames Punting Club championship event • Launch day celebrations of the newly refurbished Co-op Childcare Nursery, Larchfield • Windsor Allotments and Home Gardens Association Summer Show and Fete • Presented prizes at Hurley Regatta • Windsor Cricket Club President’s Day • Open LinkedIn Worshop • Hosted Ramadan opening fast event for representatives of Maidenhead Mosques • Dog “scoop poop” campaign, Woodlands Park • Community Spirit Day, Sawyers Close, Windsor • 5th Anniversary Party, Jolly Gardeners, Old Windsor • Presented prizes at Littlewick Green Show • Windsor Arab Women’s Group Eid celebration • Opened Garden Party at St Andrews Church, Wraysbury • Old Windsor Handicraft, Produce & Horticultural Society 75th anniversary show

• World War II themed tea party in aid of the Household Cavalry Regiment • Visited Swan Lifeline Open Day • Started the first Maidenhead Half Marathon • Attended the Eid party, Laggan Road, Maidenhead • Hosted Afternoon Tea for residents of Horton and Wraysbury • Reception to celebrate Eid, Palace of Westminster, London • Welcomed Business Link delegates to Olympics 2012 Workshop, Holiday Inn, Maidenhead • Dinner at the Pakistan High Commission, London to welcome the President UK Pakistan Chamber of Commerce • Welcomed the helicopter to Windsor to mark the centenary of the first air mail flight • Attended the 25th anniversary celebrations of Procter and Gamble • Open Evening of the Blue Acre Horse Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre • Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service, Service of Thanksgiving and Remembrance • Led the Battle of Britain Civic Services in both Windsor and Maidenhead • Hosted reception to present certificates to restaurants and businesses participating in the Mayor’s Charity Initiative • Attended the breakfast meeting of Windsor Chamber of Commerce • SWIM (Second Wednesday in Maidenhead) networking event • Judged awards for Windsor and Maidenhead Voluntary Action • Lions Club of Windsor presentation evening for the sponsored obstacle horse ride • Opening/re-launch of the post office and shop, Vale Road, Windsor • Participated in the Great River Race, Richmond • Prince Philip Trophy Challenge between Maidenhead Sea Cadets & Windsor and Eton Sea Cadets • Pakistan Welfare Association – Pakistan Independence Day and Eid Milan Party • Age UK Berkshire Itea & Biscuits session, Cox Green Library • Windsor Slough Chrysanthemum Fuchsia and Pelargonium Show “Evening Show” • Presented Garden in Bloom Awards in Cookham • Royal Forest Show and Ploughing Match • Judged the Community Warden photography competition • Attended the Lord Lieutenant’s Awards Ceremony • Visited Legoland, Windsor • Photocall for the South East Water Maidenhead Main Support • Opening Reception for Windsor Fringe • Started Lions Club of Maidenhead FunDRun and entered a team • Started Windsor Half Marathon and presented prizes • Participated in BBC Radio Berkshire Anne Diamond Show with Laurie Holloway and guests

Concerts/Shows

• Stubbings Opera • MHMT (Montgomery Holloway Music Trust) Students Concert • Rifco Arts “Britain’s Got Bhangra” question and answer session, Theatre Royal • Alexander Devine Sir Michael Parkinson’s Cabaret Evening