Wokingham Borough Council Year Book 2019 / 2020
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WOKINGHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL YEAR BOOK 2019 / 2020 WOKINGHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL COAT OF ARMS Interpretation of the Arms The shield combines the principal topographical and historical features of the Borough. The main surface of the shield indicates the former, while the latter are represented in the top portion or "chief". Three white waves and two green ones, each resembling an initial W, suggest the undulating farmlands and rich woodlands enclosed by the Thames, Loddon and Blackwater rivers. The royal stag's head, similar to that in the arms of Windsor and that of the complete stag in the arms of Berkshire and Wokingham, refers to the situation of large parts of the Borough in the ancient Royal Forest of Windsor. In the chief, the pastoral staves refer to the Sees of Winchester and Salisbury, the former held the whole of the Hundred of Wargrave and the Bishop of Salisbury had a Palace at Sonning. The mitre refers to the mitred Abbey of Abingdon which has links with the Borough over a thousand years old, and to the ancient Saxon bishopric said to have existed at Sonning. The background is red, as is the upper part of the arms of Reading University, whose site is within the area at Earley. Above the shield is the closed helm proper to civic arms, with its decorative mantling or tournament cloak in the basic colour of the shield, green and white. Upon the helm stands the crest, the base of which is the special type designed for Rural Borough Councils and consisting of wheatears and acorns alternately, representing agriculture and natural beauty. The acorn is especially appropriate to the Borough centred on Wokingham, whose emblem was an acorn long before the present arms (also based on the acorn) were granted. Out of the coronet rises a grassy mound on which stands a Royal lion from the arms of the Royal County of Berkshire, granted to the former County Council holding an oar. The lion refers to various royal and national associations with the Borough, including the world-famous Royal Regatta of Henley, which takes place within the Borough and to which the oar refers. The motto Unum E Pluribus ("One made out of many") refers to the union of the various parishes in one Rural Borough. It is a variant of the motto of the U S A whose first President, George Washington, was descended in the maternal line from the family of Ball of Arborfield. Age Concern – Twyford .......................................................66 Age UK ................................................................................ 66 Allowances, Members .......................................................... 49 Ambulance Service .............................................................. 80 Berkshire Association of Local Councils .............................. 67 Berkshire Local Authorities .................................................. 59 Berkshire Maestros .............................................................. 67 Berkshire Record Office ....................................................... 67 British Telecom .................................................................. 111 Careers Guidance ................................................................ 68 Chief Executive .................................................................... 54 Children’s’ Centres .............................................................. 69 Citizen’s Advice Bureau ....................................................... 68 Civic Offices ......................................................................... 50 Clerks to Parish/Town Councils ........................................... 62 Committees, constitution of ................................................. 23 Community Mental Health Team ....................................... 108 Complaints & (Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman) ....................................................................... 71 Conservative Group ............................................................. 20 Conversion Tables ............................................................. 113 Councillors - allowances, summary of .................................................... 49 - committee representation – by committee ......................... 23 - committee representation – by member ............................ 36 - local authority trading companies ...................................... 52 - names and addresses .........................................................2 - outside bodies ................................................................... 33 - ward representation ........................................................... 21 Council Tax – Band D equivalent......................................... 51 Countryside Sites and Parks ............................................... 73 Courts .................................................................................. 77 Day Centres ......................................................................... 78 Directors .............................................................................. 54 District Valuer ...................................................................... 79 Electricity Supplies ............................................................. 109 Electorate ............................................................................ 51 Emergency Services ...................................................... 50, 79 Executive ............................................................................. 23 Family Information Service .................................................. 80 Fire and Rescue Service ..................................................... 79 Gas Supplies ..................................................................... 109 General Office / Mail Room ................................................. 58 Health Authority ................................................................... 80 Hospitals .............................................................................. 81 Housing, Sheltered ............................................................ 106 Independent Group .............................................................. 20 Job Centres ......................................................................... 81 Labour Group....................................................................... 20 Leisure Facilities .................................................................. 82 Liberal Democrat Group ...................................................... 20 Libraries ............................................................................... 84 Local Authorities in Berkshire .............................................. 59 Local Authority Governors of Schools .................................. 89 Local Authority Trading Companies ..................................... 52 Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman................ 72 Mayor and Deputy Mayor ......................................................1 Media ................................................................................... 86 Members - allowances, summary of .................................................... 49 - committee representation – by committee ......................... 23 - committee representation – by member ............................ 36 - local authority trading companies ...................................... 52 - names and addresses .........................................................2 - outside bodies ................................................................... 33 - ward representation ........................................................... 21 Members of Parliament ........................................................ 61 Mental Health Team .......................................................... 108 Newspapers ......................................................................... 86 Officer Contact Details ......................................................... 55 Offices, Civic ........................................................................ 50 Ombudsman (Local Government and Social Care) ............. 72 Optalis (Local Authority Trading Company) ................. 52, 108 Outside Bodies, representation on ....................................... 33 Panels and Working Groups ................................................ 31 Parish/Town Councils .......................................................... 62 Parks and Open Spaces ...................................................... 73 Police ................................................................................... 80 Political Balance .................................................................. 20 Population Figures ............................................................... 51 Post Office ......................................................................... 110 Red Cross ............................................................................ 88 Registrar, births, deaths, marriages ..................................... 88 Schools, Academies and LA Governors .............................. 89 Sheltered housing .............................................................. 106 Social Services .................................................................. 108 Standards Committee, Independent Members .................... 30 Statistics for Wokingham Borough ....................................... 51 St. John Ambulance ............................................................. 79 Television and Radio ..........................................................