Wokingham Borough Council is recognized nationally as a high-performing council. The Care Quality Commission judged us one of the best councils in England for adult social care and we were short-listed for the prestigious Council of the Year Award.
If you’ve been driving around or south of Wokingham Town in the last few weeks, you are more than likely to have seen worse than normal congestion.
On 7 May, all parts of Wokingham Borough have local elections to determine who serves as your local councillor and which party has political control of the Borough Council.
The new Crisis and Resilience Fund launched in Wokingham this month. Funded by central government, this replaces the Household Support Fund which has helped us to provide grants and funding to support residents living on lower incomes since 2021.
The current local election is shaping up to be the nastiest I can remember in more than 30 years involvement in campaigning
This month’s Full Council meeting on the 26 March, marked the end of the Council year. It also marked the end of the political careers of Councillors retiring from Wokingham Borough Council.
At a time when climate change is becoming politically polarised, rigorous global science matters more than ever.
I hope you had a happy Easter. Easter is a time of renewal and hope for a better future. With all the terrible things happening in the world right now, it seems to me that clinging onto hope is more important than ever.
Many of you will know of Social Care Futures, working with people to be inclusive, to make literature understandable to everyone and to value people.