News

Run by the Volunteer Centre West Berkshire (VCWB), the new book-a-ride service will begin operating in the towns in the next couple of weeks.

A proposal to develop a new grass playing pitch at Manor Park Recreation Ground, Stoney Lane, Newbury will be out for public consultation from 27 April 2022.

A consultation on a proposal to close Notrees Care Home in Kintbury by December this year has gone live. The proposal is due to the changing shape of demand for Adult Social Care in recent years and the impact of the pandemic on the needs of older people.

Our Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) Challenge Fund has come to a close and we are thrilled to announce that we have been able to distribute £696,601 to 44 local businesses through the scheme, following a very competitive assessment process.

The wait is over as children in West Berkshire find out which Primary School they'll be going to. We wish them all the best of luck as they take their first steps into education.

New eCargo bikes are being offered to local businesses in the district to try out as part of a new environment scheme.

We are delighted to announce that our new Business West Berkshire website is live!

Bus users in West Berkshire will have even more reason to use the bus this Easter.

Extended summer opening hours are to be introduced from April 2022 at West Berkshire Council's Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) on Newtown Road, Newbury.

We have launched a survey ahead of the roll out of our separate weekly food waste collection service and would like to encourage everyone who lives in West Berkshire to take part in the survey. The survey is now open and will close at midnight on 3 May 2022.