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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. 

 

 

MVP AGM March 12th 2016

MVP Chairman announces in Chairman’s report the plan to install and fund a Defibrillator  - to be centrally located in the village, in conjunction with the SMPC and the First Responders. Doug Overett the MVP Chair said this was a natural development following the Heartstart courses held over the last 4 years by the MVP and support for the First Responders. In addition, a donation to the Mortimer Bell Ringers to help get the bells ringing again and to a Parish council project to install a power supply to the Fairground, were cited as the happy result of prudent budgeting from MVP events over the past couple of years which has built a small funding surplus.

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A whole range of MVP activities in the village were listed…. from the Lunch Club, Xmas Panto and Scarecrow Trail to Visiting Theatre and of course the Fun day.  The enormous success of these events were clear evidence that the MVP fully delivered against its strap line “Enriching Village Life”.Doug thanked the excellent work of the Committee for their energy and generosity of time and spirit and stressed that the workload fell on very few shoulders and it is extremely important to attract new people to help.

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The MVP recognised some more local volunteers as part of their Queens Award for Voluntary Service Award programme. Certificates and badges have now been presented to 110 local people in the past 2 years for their help with MVP Community activities.

The AGM closed with everyone attending, enjoying Tea & Cakes, listening to an excellent performance from the Hurst Singers. 

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