Women Group Outing June 7th 2009
Women group outing by coach to All Saints church Maidenhead and SGI-UK Buddhist Centre Taplow Court took place. Ladies from churches, Hindu Society, Sikh temple and Synagogue had a wonderful day out. They were shown around the church and the centre. All Saints Church had extensive restoration work nearly completed. Following Sunday a charity show took place called Harmony and Hamper that raised £1500/-for the church restoration.

Action Team - Presentation at the Sikh Temple May 5th 2009
Action Team (Methodist group) consisting of 2 boys and 2 girls made a presentation at the Sikh temple. They took a year out of their study and spent 7 months working with street children in Kolkata, India. It was very well received and children asked questions about their work. Parents also joined in and Rev Nick Lowe from the church joined in.

Hansmukh Patel an active member of Maidenhead Hindu Society/WAMCF died of heart attack at his home town
in Gujarat while on holidays in India. He will be sadly missed. Our condolences and sympathy with Mrs Patel and his
three daughters.

Diversity Day was sponsored by RBWM & Windsor Housing this year. 1st part was display/stands/workshops, 2nd part (Bring & Share) FOOD and 3rd part: Multi-cultural Gala. All three sessions went well & were successful. Mayor Cllr Kemp opened it. Lead member for partnership made the opening speech. Theresa May MP, Chief Executive MDHA and Principal BCA also attended. Councillors and townhall staff visited the stands and talked to the committee. Windsor Housing stand showed the recently developed portfolio of WAMCF. Great day!!

Social Meal The evening was fully subscribed and successful. THANK YOU those who attended and contributed. I have excellent feedback. The whole atmosphere was good and friendly. Food and Music was excellent. I am grateful to everyone who turned up

Launch of Mobile Exhibition took place at the Town Hall Maidenhead in the Council Chamber on Monday 20th October 08 at 9.30am. It was opened by the Mayor of the Royal borough Cllr Dorothy Kemp who is the current President of the WAMCF. Nigel Cohen worked hard to collate it together. Mobile Exhibition is also available in digital form that can be loaded by schools and other interested parties. Exhibition will stay at the townhall for one week before moving to Maidenhead Library across the road. It will stay at library for 3 weeks. After one week's break it will travel to Windsor and Ascot. Interested parties can contact Nigel for further loaning: (0) 1628 660665

It was a social meal at the residence of The High Sheriff of Berkshire at Theale village. There were other friends from different faith/community groups from Slough and Reading present. This event took place on Saturday 6th September in the evening. The atmosphere was friendly and welcoming. Open discussion took place on Social responsibility and personal freedom. The presiding Judge of Reading Crown Court, Honourable Judge Zoe Smith and her husband also joined the meeting.

Inter-faith Netball Tournament will take place at Altwood School on Sunday July 20th 2008, start: 1.00pm
Free entry for teams. Under 14 Years and 14+ Years.
For Entry Forms: Apply to:
mtpipind@aol.com
karnail.pannu@wamcf.org
Closing date: July 14th 2008, 8.00pm

Sikhs: are celebrating the festival of Vasakhi in the month of April. It falls exactly on 14th April 2008. The link to look at www.sikhnet.com

Sikhs in Maidenhead will celebrate Vasakhi on 14th April at the gurdwrara situated at 31 Rutland Road Maidenhead SL6 4HZ. The proper celebration will be held at the following weekend 18,19,20 April 08/Three day event. Continuous reading of the Guru Granth Sahib and changing of Nishan Sahib (Flagpole)

Muslims: Will be celebrating the birth of Prophet Mohammed on April 24th at the Desborough Suite, Town Hall, Maidenhead SL6 1RF.

Netball went well. It was well attended and Combined Newlands Girls School won the trophy. Revd Jeremy Harris Vicar All Saints Church presented the trophies. Fazal Awan gave away the medals to youngsters and their supporters for participating. We are planning to involve schools and train with them next year before the event. We feel girls and ladies especially in Asian culture need more pushing for exercise and sport. We missed the team from Cookham.

Executive committee meeting took place on 8th August 08 and we looked at our programme/dates of events. I would like to draw your attention to the remaining 3 events for this month. We have nearly 3/4 period covered and thank you so much for your participation and support.

Brahma Kumaris Slough are hosting Shared Prayers 6-9pm at Langley Pavilion, all invited.

Soccer Tournament rescheduled for 31st August. Please note the times: Start of games 10.30am. Will appreciate your support.