Crowthorne and Sandhurst

A programme of activities to keep teenagers in Crowthorne occupied during the long summer holidays is now taking bookings. Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) Ivana Houska has been working with various local organisations for several months to put the Crowthorne Summer 08 programme together.

Ivana said: “Our aim is to get as many young people as possible to do a range of different activities during the main five weeks of the summer holidays (28 July to 29 August). This will give young people something constructive to spend their time and energy on and help to prevent anti-social behaviour. Some of the events which will be taking place are mountain bike riding, swimming, mountain boarding, camping, orienteering, bowling, raft building at Horseshoe Lakes, film nights and many more.

“Many of the activities are very cheap or even free. Booking forms are being sent to pupils at their schools and are also available at Crowthorne police station. Places on some of the activities are limited, so we are asking everyone to return their completed forms, together with any payments, to the front counter at Crowthorne police station by Friday 11 July.

“This project supports the work being done by the Crowthorne Neighbourhood Action Group (NAG), which consists of local people tackling quality of life issues in the community.

“Our sponsors include: Bracknell Extended Services, Crowthorne Parish Council, Crowthorne Rotary Club, Edgbarrow Community Funds, Edgbarrow School, HOPE 08, South Hill Arts Centre and Thames Valley Police.

“I would like to take the opportunity to thank everyone in advance for making Crowthorne Summer 08 possible, and to say how much I appreciate the amount of hard work, money and time that has been donated.

“I hope that our summer holiday period will be an enjoyable one!”

Thames Valley Police ~ Crowthorne