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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. 

 

 

Helpline - Important Updates

The MVP helpline for the village has been operating for over three weeks now. After a rapidly changing, chaotic environment initially, we have adapted and now see a bit more structure and stability emerging. We are connected to lots of other groups from Council services to the NHS. In working in this wider network we are sharing best practice on handling the types of requests we are all seeing and two important updates have emerged.

Foodbanks

We are seeing more requests for information on foodbanks as the economic impact of this crisis hit home. In Mortimer you can call the helpline for advice, or call one of our local three foodbanks directly:

NHS Shielding Food Parcels

If you have been requested to shield yourself by a healthcare or other official body, you will have been able to benefit from booking priority delivery spots from food retailers as well as receiving free food parcels delivered to your door.

These are national initiatives and are not means-tested. Some recipients who don't need the food parcels but welcome the delivery slots have tried to cancel just the parcel. Although this seems to be possible on the online system please don't do it. All of the groups we work with have had wide reports of the delivery slots being cancelled along with the parcels.

If you have a free food parcel that you don't need, call the helpline and we will have it picked up and either recycled through Budgens or donated to a local family in need.