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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. 

 

 

Great Turnout for MVP 10th Birthday Bash and AGM

On the afternoon of Saturday 23rd March, after a very productive Village Spring Clean and a busy week of activity on social media, more than 40 people joined the MVP committee to celebrate 10 years of MVP and attend its AGM.

After a brief welcome the current MVP Chairman, Doug Overett, cut the birthday cake with one of MVP’s founder members, Rebecca Barker.

MVP 10th Birthday cake

While everyone enjoyed a piece of cake and a hot drink, Doug talked about the original aims of MVP, how these have changed and how these can now be summed up simply by  “Enriching Village Life”.

He touched on some of the 10 fun MVP facts which had been shared earlier during the week across the MVP social media Facebook and Twitter accounts.  When he asked the audience the question, “does MVP still enrich village life?”, this was met with a resounding “yes”.  Those attending agreed that the work MVP does is still as relevant and worthwhile as it was 10 years ago.

Doug went on to talk about some of the highlights of the last 12 months, namely the first ever Affiliates Fair, the new MVP website and the appointment of Keeleigh Field, the first MVP Youth Co-ordinator.

The Affiliates Fair, held in November at St John's Hall, saw 26 local clubs and organisations attend.  This event helped promote what they do and gave them the opportunity to network with other local organisations.  The aim being to encourage community cohesion and collaboration. 

The new-look MVP website launched last summer and now showcases the best the village has to offer in a much easier way.  It’s hoped this site will continue to be the go-to place for village information and, most importantly, the home to a very busy village calendar.

At the end of the meeting, the following MVP officers were elected to stand for 2019/20:

Doug Overett: Chairman

John Bull: Vice Chairman

John Hannawin: Secretary

Alison Richardson: Treasurer

Julie Carter: Affiliates Secretary