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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. 

 

 

The Fun Day was GREAT!

Here are some beautiful photos to remind us of a beautiful day. All thanks to Dara Portraits, one of this year's sponsors who provided these great shots and many more. Below the photos are some Fun Day facts to amaze you!!!

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And some Fun Day facts to go with the photos:

  • It took nine people, eight months to organise Fun Day 2013
  • MVP sold 4234 raffle tickets; 1530 before the event and  2704 during the day itself
  • 956 people bought tickets to go on the large inflatables
  • 85 people had their faces painted.
  • 18 people won Raffle Prizes
  • There were 74 Market Row stalls selling everything from Pet supplies to Jewellery
  • 203 performers went out into the arena and entertained with dance, music, agility and acrobatics
  • 9 ducks misbehaved, three dogs from Quack Pack brought them back into line
  • 6 Berkshire Rescue dogs cooled off after their arena demonstration in their very own paddling pool
  • 352 bottles of water were consumed by volunteers working during the day, before and after the event too
  • 140 volunteers were needed to run all the essential services that are necessary to run our Fun Day, from manning stalls to erecting tents.
  • Two Willink girls raised £170 towards their trip to Malawi
  • 52 people tried out the Reverse Geared Bicycle, kindly donated by Kevin Smart from Hogstravaganza, and no one was successful
  • 5000+ people visited the Fun Day
  • Four people are champion Wally Wangers of Mortimer Fun Day, the furthest throw being 30.5 metres
  • 158 soft toys were adopted during the day
  • Mortimer WI raised £280 from selling cakes
  • 400 tombola items were won
  • Guide Dogs for the Blind made £300 on their stall
  • 187 sticks of candy floss were consumed
  • Over 200 people tried out Unique Outdoors Laser Guns
  • 60 children tried their luck to win the Junior golf chipping competition from DeVere Venues at Wokefield Park
  • 1100+ pints of beer/lager/cider  were consumed.  250 glasses of pimms were served and 600 cans sold
  • It took 2 extra runs to supermarkets and wholesalers to satisfy the thirst at the bar
  • It took two complete printer ink cartridges to print all the posters and signs that went up during the event
  • 60 hay bales were borrowed from Harvey Crocker to line the arena and the Hoedown in the evening
  • Two pigs were stripped bare for the hogroast
  • 199 children tried out the four Spratleys Go karts
  • 1000 extra Village Eye programmes were printed to advertise our event
  • Mortimer BP Scouts parked over 500 cars.  While the roads around the event made Mortimer itself one large car park for the day.
  • MVP had to find 230 chairs and 66 tables for all the attractions
  • 1000 photos of the event were taken by our sponsors Dara Portraits, take a look at the MVP facebook page and website or visit Dara Portraits to see them
  • The youngest volunteer was just 7 years old.  We also had children as young as 4 helping!
  • 1000+ ‘Thank You’s’ from the Fun Day team for all the people who helped make Funday 2013 a lovely event