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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. 

 

 

Silver Sunday in Mortimer

Sixty Mortimer residents attended the first ever Silver Sunday event in the village on Sunday 5th October.  The initiative was created in 2012 by The Simon Milton Foundation in partnership with Westminster Councillors to celebrate, appreciate and acknowledge our older residents and their place in our communities.   This year there were events being held all over the country. In Mortimer it was organised jointly by Mortimer Age Concern, Mortimer Village Partnership, Able Active Friends and Woodley Age Concern and was held in the Methodist Hall.

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Guests were entertained at the beautifully decorated tables (flowers courtesy of Judi Morris) with card tricks by a talented young magician Kye Harmsworth.  A hearty shepherd’s pie main course was donated by DeVere Venues Wokefield Park, a regular supporter of MVP and other community activities.  Home made apple crumble and trifle followed. Everyone was then entertained by the lively Sforzando! Sax sextet from our local band South Berkshire Concert Band with arrangements of Chicken Walk, The Entertainer, When I’m Sixty Four and the Lone Ranger; the last had everyone listening hard to recognise the 42 hidden tunes. Girls from the Anne Fraser School of Dance charmed everyone with their imaginative and graceful dancing. The afternoon was rounded off with a raffle.