Barkham Village Residents Association (BVRA)

Welcome to the new Membership Secretary - Bev Dipper

Bev Dipper I retired five years ago having worked most of my life in IT marketing roles. I have lived in Barkham with my husband Martin for the last 22 years having moved here all the way from Arborfield! I am now at a stage in my retirement where I am ready to get involved more in the local community and engage in appropriate voluntary activities to “give something back”. Having enjoyed a number of past BVRA social events and activities the current vacancy for the Membership Secretary piqued my interest and I look forward to contributing in this role and the wider BVRA.

Social Events Coming Soon

Unfortunately, due to the ongoing pandemic we have had to cancel the skittles evening scheduled for March and also the Easter egg hunt on Easter Sunday (April 4th). However please see the newsletter arriving at the end of the month for alternative Easter activities and competitions.

We hope to be able to resume our social events in the future so please keep checking back here or subscribe to our social newsletter here

Christmas Hamper Competition

20201221 150040 Congratulations to Phiala Mehring who is the winner of our Christmas hamper competition.

Mehing is pictured, having just been presented with the hamper by Suzanne Trigg, the BVRA Newsletter Editor.

The correct answer to the question "On what page of the BVRA issue 134, would you find Barkham Blue mentioned" is page 18.

Over 50 entered the competition, thank you for your support.

BVRA 2020 AGM Summary

Barkham Village Residents Association
AGM Meeting.

Tuesday 10th^th November 2020

Present: Alison Goudge (AG); Alan Dixon (AD); Gill Powell (GP); Shirley Warner (SW); Stewart Richardson (SR); Dave Clements (DC); Suzanne Trigg (ST); Richard Roberts (RR).

Chairman’s welcome

The AGM was not held as a Public Meeting due to the Covid 19 pandemic. Residents were invited through the BVRA Website to submit questions or highlight issues/concerns. None were received. The Committee Meeting did take place and any resident may request copies of the reports submitted by the individual committee members. This summary highlights the key points that were discussed and agreed.

Welcome to Barkham

This web site is about Barkham, an attractive semi-rural area on the outskirts of Wokingham in the county of Berkshire, and is the work of the Barkham Village Residents Association (BVRA).

Our aim is to:

provide news of what is going on in Barkham and the surrounding area
supplement the information provided by our BVRA newsletters (4 issues each year)
provide regular reports on Wokingham Borough Council’s development plan
develop a stronger local community

Please give us your feedback on the website by clicking here to send a message to our webmaster

Covid19 - Wokingham BC Video

Wokinghaam BC have created a short video that explains the Covid19 support network and how to access it

https://youtu.be/H2NQcsLTijw

March 20th, The BVRA Treasurer retires

2020 03 21 IanO Ian Overton, the long standing Treasurer of the BVRA, has just “retired” after nearly 20 years in the role. In recognition of his sterling support of the residents’ association, we bought Ian a retirement gift of a terracotta planter (pictured).