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Mortimer Fun Day Back for 2025

After a seven-year hiatus, the ever-popular Mortimer Fun Day will return on Saturday 05 July. 

The event will be held on Mortimer Fairground and will be hosted by Mortimer Village Partnership (MVP) and Mortimer Music Live (MML). 

For those new to the village, this event has been a beloved tradition for over a decade.  During the day, entrance will be free of charge to all.  Any help you can give in running this event would be really appreciated,  follow this link:  Click to View Volunteer Opportunities on SignUp

 

Image of a dinosaur for the Mortimer Funday activities

 

You can expect exciting arena acts including a walkabout dinosaur and a thrilling parkour demonstration (see below) alongside local dance, singing and acrobatic groups.  

Classic summer fete activities including coconut shies and welly-wanging will also be happening! Local clubs and societies will be running these activities, giving them a chance to fundraise while connecting with the wider community. And, of course, no Fun Day would be complete without a Beer Tent, offering local beers and a selection of refreshing summer drinks.   

@pedal V Parkour' arena act to perform at Mortimer Fun Day 2025

The schedule of arena events for the afternoon will be roughly as follows:

12.00   EDCDance (Mortimer school children)

12.30   Bezerkaz Circus

13.00   All Stars Theatre Academy

13.30  Dino invasion

14.00  Pedal Power v Parkour + BMX

14.45  Stagecoach Burghfield Common

15.20  3-7 year old Fancy dress parade with prizes ('Heroes & Everyday Heroes')

15.30  Dinosaur Invasion

15.55  Raffle Draw

16.00  Pedal Power v Parkour + BMX

16.40 Ta Da's

In the evening, the fun continues with a special ticketed music event brought to the village by MML. 

 

 

Mortimer Village Partnership Public Meeting

We were very pleased to have more than 60 people come to the first MVP public meeting on Saturday 24th April. They were able to look at posters from more than 25 local organisations and talk to representatives from many of them. You can see the posters in the photogallery.

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The entries for the MVP logo competition were also on display and Sophie James was presented with a prize for the winning entry (£20 voucher to spend at Mortimer Fun Day 2010).

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The Parish Council displayed draft plans for a new adventure playground for older children on the Fairground and St. John's Hall Committee also displayed their plans for improvements to the hall.

The atmosphere was very positive and there were many comments of surprise of how much was going on in the village! A brief resume of the community based initiatives that have got under way with the support of MVP led into a lively discussion session where people sat in groups around small tables. A series of questions got us introducing ourselves, sharing what people liked about the village and what ideas they had for the future. People moved from table to table and wrote their ideas on the paper table cloths - these will be used to help MVP plan the next steps!

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Some of the comments at the end:

"I didn't know there was so much going on locally - it's great!"

"I think we might have found a group of people to start a French club"

"I've found out new things about people I already knew and met new people"

"There seem to be several of us interested in Salsa dancing evenings - watch this space!"

You don't need to wait for the next public meeting to give us your ideas - let us know what you think about Mortimer and what you would like to happen - email mvp@morsley.me.uk