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Who do you want to represent you?
Thursday, November 20 2008
All voting cards have a unique reference number. There is one vote per household. You can only use one voting method. If you have voted for more than one person your votes will not be counted. Voting closes on 9th December 2008. Votes received after this date will not be counted. VOTING HAS BEEN EXTENDED AS SHELTERED HOUSING SCHEMES RECEIVED THEIR VOTING PAPERS LATER.
There are five vacancies on the Executive Committee for MDHA residents and two vacancies for residents from Bridgewater Housing. There are no nominations from Bridgewater Housing. All the residents, who have put themselves forward for election, are MDHA residents.
Four members of the existing MDHA Residents’ Association Executive Committee will be retiring at the AGM. They can stand for re-election if they wish.
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Free activities for 13 to 19yr olds during half term
Friday, October 31 2008
The activities were all being held at the new Youth and Community Centre 4 Marlow Road, Maidenhead. 13 to 19 yrs olds took part in Inflatable Sumo Wrestling, DJ Mixing Workshops, a Film Making Taster Course, Sailing, Street Dance and a whole host of other activities. On the Friday there was a trip to Thorpe Park for the Fright Night!
To see the pictures go to the Picture Gallery and select the ‘General’ category
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Eid ul-Fitr celebration at Ellington Park School - 3rd October 2008
Friday, October 03 2008
This event was organised by MDHA with the help of PACT, an Asian Women’s Group in Maidenhead and Community Multi-Services.
Eid ul-Fitr, often abbrieviated to Eid, is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. Eid is an Arabic word meaning ‘festivity’ while Fitr means ‘to break the fast’. All the children from the shcool were involved in a morning of celebrations with all the parents invited to attend and join in.
The morning started with a wonderful assembly led by children from Year Six with stories, poems and a song about Ramadan and Eid ul-Fitr. After the assembly every child in the school walked down a lit-up catwalk in pairs to show off thier traditional clothes. The teachers also came in traditional Indian clothes to take part in the fashion show and kindly provided Isabel with an Indian scarf so she could take part as well.
MDHA had setup a stall to give out leaflets and information and we were also offering to help residents fill out their Service Information Forms. PACT had prepared traditional Indian food including samosas, pakoras, dips and curries. Community Multi-Services brought with them four Dholki drums and two guitars. As well as performing Indian songs to the children they also got the children singing along with them. The school’s music teacher took the lead in one of the songs getting all the children to stand up and join in. MDHA’s very own Harpreet Pangali sang beautifully in her Sari. The children were all encouraged to get involved and have a go at playing the Dholki which was really enjoyed by all the children and teachers.
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Larchfield Fun Day, 31st August 2008
Thursday, September 18 2008
A successful Fun Day despite the wind and rain, visited by the Royal Borough’s Mayor Councillor Dorothy Kemp and attended by nearly 100 people. This event was held in partnership with Larchfield Community Group, who held a number of different stalls and ran activities including cake decorating, which the children really enjoyed.
There were two clowns there to entertain the children with spinning plates, balloon animals, and much more. MDHA provided the barbeque and offered stencil tattoos for the children, and the RBWM Community Wardens were also at the event to help out.
The Fire Brigade came to the event to let children have a look on their engines, before they had to hurry off on an urgent call out!
MDHA also provided an inflatable assault course, which was put up quickly every time it looked like it was going to be dry for a while. The children had lots of fun, especially jumping down the slide at the end of the assault course.
Take a look at the pictures in the gallery.
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Arborfield Fun Day, 30th August 2008
This was a really fantastic multi-agency effort from the ‘Project Home Front’ and the whole day was sunny and hot. A fantastic barbeque was supplied, and every burger and every sausage was eaten by the end of the day!
Over 200 people attended the event and we received a lot of good feedback.
The stalls for face painting and stencil tattoos had queues the entire day, and our giant Connect Four and Buttons the clown were both very popular, with lots of children coming away with balloons shaped as bugs, aliens, flowers, poodles and much more! There was also a human skittles activity (involving a row of soft mats, skittles at the end, some soapy water, and lots of people taking turns to skid down the mats and knock all the skittles down!).
The MOD Police provided advice and gave away goodie bags for the children and Rachel our steel pan soloist was also there to provide entertainment.
Have a look at the pictures in the gallery.
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