Here are some of the upcoming community events and volunteering opportunities in the Royal Borough.
Are you looking for unique festive gifts? Why not sponsor a museum object in their name? Windsor & Royal Borough Museum have carefully selected 40 unique objects from their collection that you can choose from to sponsor. In return, you will be sent a digital certificate with an image of your chosen object. Your name will also be displayed on our online sponsors board (unless you opt out). There are three levels of annual sponsorship (£25, £50 and £100) with added benefits for the higher levels, including attendance to an annual gala and a private tour of Windsor Guildhall. With your help, we can continue to share the rich histories of our collection and ensure it will be accessible for future generations to enjoy. Find out more about the scheme and how to sponsor an object here: Sponsor an Object | RBWM Together
Celebrate Christmas at King’s Church International – Join our family-friendly, free Christmas services across Maidenhead and Windsor throughout December at Braywick Leisure Centre, Windsor Theatre Royal and community locations. More information: https://kcionline.org/christmas
Santa Grotto at Nicholsons Centre – Visit Santa and get a present and photo in the Square at the Nicholsons Centre.
Saturday 6 December and Saturday 13 December from 11am to 3pm. Donations welcome (but optional) in aid of Rotary-supported charities.
Windsor Jingle & Joy Family Day – Join the charity’s Christmas fundraiser on Saturday 6 December from 11am to 4pm. Enjoy an animal farm, Santa, art activities, Elf Trail, traditional games, tombola, raffle, hot chocolate, hot dogs and more. All proceeds from raffle tickets, tokens and passes will support the charity’s Room2Grow Appeal for a permanent home to keep creativity and empowerment alive for young people.
Book tickets and find more details at https://www.busybuttons.org/event-list. This event will be followed by the Windsor and Eton Living Advent Calendar at 6.15pm.
Windsor Jingle & Joy Family Day – Saturday 6 December from 11am to 4pm. Animal farm, Santa, art activities, Elf Trail, games, tombola, raffle and more. Proceeds support the Room2Grow Appeal.
Book tickets: https://www.busybuttons.org/event-list
‘O Night Divine’ – A Musical Celebration of Christmas – Join New Maidenhead Choir and Chiltern Concert Band for a festive evening on Saturday 6 December at 6pm at St Mary’s Church, Maidenhead SL6 1YY. Tickets £10 (£5 under 18s). Refreshments on arrival. Lunchtime Carols with Beaconsfield High School Alumni Choir – Enjoy a beautiful carol service on Saturday 13 December at 12.30pm at St Mary’s Church, Maidenhead SL6 1YY. Tickets £5 on entry.
Windsor & Eton Sea Cadets Christmas Fair – Join us on Sunday 7 December from 12 noon to 4pm at our Unit in Stovell Road, Windsor (adjacent to Windsor Leisure Centre). Free entry, and for a small fee, meet Santa with a gift included. We look forward to seeing you.
Signature A Cappella Singers Carols at Windsor Royal Station – Signature A Cappella Singers will be singing carols at Windsor Royal Station on Sunday 7 December from 11.30am to 1.30pm. We will be collecting for the Alexander Devine Hospice. Come and join us for some festive fun.
Alzheimer's Research UK is the UK's leading research charity for dementia. As research experts, we fund world-class, pioneering scientists to find preventions, treatments, and a cure for dementia. Almost one million people are living with dementia today. Alzheimer’s Research UK receives little government funding, so we rely almost entirely on donations from individuals, fundraisers, companies and charitable trusts to fund our vital research. This research is both desperately underfunded and urgently needed to help us find an effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. Actress Pauline Quirke’s family – star of Birds of a Feather announced that she is living with dementia earlier this year. On 8 December, Pauline’s son, Charlie Quirke, will be going on a five-day trek, walking from Essex to his home in Bourne End, Marlow, covering many miles a day. He will be joined by celebrity friends on the route, to raise both funds and awareness for Alzheimer’s Research UK The challenge will run from Monday 8 to Friday 12 December.
Riverside Players pantomime, The Pied Piper of Hamelin at the Memorial Hall in Old Windsor over the first two full weekends in December - Friday 5, 8pm, Saturday 6, 1pm & 5.30pm, Sunday 7, 2.30pm, Thursday 11, 8pm, Friday 12, 8pm, Saturday 13, 2.30pm & 8pm. Tickets are now on sale. We are a local, not for profit society. We like to make annual charitable donations to local and national charities that have meaning to our members. This show, presented by the NODA award winning Riverside Players, is full of great songs and lots of audience participation. If you are looking for a magical start to Christmas, come along for some festive panto fun. For more information and to book your tickets, visit. You can also call the box office on 07803 705437.
Christmas Wreath Workshop – Join us for a night of Christmas craft, mince pies and mulled wine on Tuesday 9 December at Kerith Community Church, Fairacres Industrial Estate, Windsor SL4 4LE. Create a festive door wreath in a budget-friendly workshop. The Christmas Experience – Our main festive event takes place on Sunday 14 December at Kerith Community Church, Windsor. Enjoy nativity animals, a fire pit, crafts and games for children, free food and drink, followed by a lively carol service for all the family. Tickets are free but must be booked.
Book at Kerith Windsor Christmas Experience or contact adam.parsonage@kerith.church | Tel: 01344 835536.
Bray and Holyport Senior Citizens’ Club Christmas Party – Join us on Wednesday 10 December from 2pm to 4pm at Bray Village Hall for entertainment with music and carols from Adam, followed by a Christmas Afternoon Tea. All are welcome. £5 per person. We are a very friendly club – come and make new friends.
For more information contact Lynn on 07966 906092.
The Arts Society Runnymede Lecture – Merrily on High: Christmas Carols – Wednesday 10 December at Wraysbury Village Hall. Coffee from 10am, lecture starts at 10.30am. First visit free, guest fee £6.
Contact: info@theartssocietyrunnymede.org.uk
Carols on the Hill is a beloved Windsor tradition, dating back decades. Friday 12 December, 6.15pm to 7.25pm. This year we celebrate 76 years of this community gathering in aid of charity with carol singing by a lighted Christmas tree near the statue of Queen Victoria, against the iconic backdrop of Windsor Castle.
Festive Handmade Table Decorations – Creative Communities and Abri Housing invite you to an evening of Christmas crafting for adults on Friday 12 December from 6.30pm to 8.30pm at The Granges Community Room, Sawyers Close, SL4 5HL. Booking essential by Monday 8 December. Family Christmas Arts and Craft Morning – Suitable for the whole family (children 3+) on Monday 22 December from 10am to 12 noon at The Granges Community Room, Sawyers Close, SL4 5HL. Booking essential by Monday 15 December. Email Danielle.Welburn@abri.co.uk or call 07880 107269.
Join us for a traditional concert by the Ascot Brass Band and Taplow Youth Choir this Christmas in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. Held at St Mary's Church, Maidenhead on Saturday 13 December, 7pm to 10pm. A traditional brass band and choir as we welcome in the Christmas season with celebrity guest Brian Blessed as we raise money for an incredible cause. For more information and to get your tickets, visit.
Windsor Soundswell Choir Christmas Concert – Windsor Soundswell Choir is holding its Christmas concert on Saturday 13 December at 7.30pm at The Old Court, St Leonard’s Road, Windsor. There will be a lively programme of seasonal music and audience participation in the carols is encouraged. Music director and conductor is Guy Bunce and accompanist is Benn Norris.
Tickets are available online at info@oldcourt.org or from The Old Court on 01753 911 333
Claremont Singers Christmas Concert – Sunday 14 December at 3pm at Holy Trinity and Garrison Parish Church, Claremont Road, Windsor SL4 3AX. Tickets £5 on the door, carers and children free. Complimentary mulled wine and mince pies.
More information: https://sites.google.com/view/claremontsingers
Carol Singing at Sainsbury’s, Providence Place – Join the Rotary family and Waltham St Lawrence Silver Band for carol singing.
Sunday 14 December 11am to 1pm, Saturday 20 December 10.30am to 12.30pm, Sunday 21 December 11am to 1pm. Donations welcome (but optional) for Rotary-supported charities.
Maidenhead Drama Guilds Pantomine Robin Hood at Norden Farm, SL6 4PF on Tuesday 16 December to Sunday 21 December. Join the legendary Robin Hood and his merry men, as they battle the evil Sheriff of Nottingham and his two idiotic henchmen. Will Robin be able to scupper the Sheriff’s evil plans and free the land from tyranny and win the heart of Maid Marian? You will have to come along and find out! For more information visit.
Carol Singing at St Mark’s Crescent Methodist Church – Wednesday 17 December at 5.30pm outside St Mark’s Crescent Methodist Church, Allenby Road, Maidenhead SL6 5BQ. Hot drinks and mince pies afterwards. Free entry.
Contact: info@stmarksmaidenhead.org.uk
Voices Anon Christmas Concert on Friday 19 December, 7.30pm at Tippetts Hall St Piran's School, Maidenhead. For more information visit.
Carols at Christ Church – The Royal Free Singers and the United Reformed Church in William Street, Windsor SL4 1BA invite you to join them for a festive concert on Saturday 20 December at 7.30pm. Free admission, all welcome. Tea and coffee, mulled wine and mince pies will be available. There will be a raffle and a retiring collection in aid of Crisis at Christmas
Cantorum Choir Christmas Concert – Join the Cantorum Choir in Cookham on Saturday 20 December at 5.30pm for The Mystery of Christmas, a festive programme spanning two thousand years of music and words, from Gregorian chant and Palestrina to Chilcott’s On Christmas Night, Will Todd Jazz Carols and family favourites; adult tickets are £20 including a programme and festive refreshments at Holy Trinity Church, Cookham SL6 9SN.
St Mark’s Crescent Methodist Church Carol Service – Sunday 21 December at 10.30am at St Mark’s Crescent Methodist Church, Allenby Road, Maidenhead SL6 5BQ. Mince pies and coffee after the service. Free entry.
More information: https://www.stmarksmaidenhead.org.uk
ADS Charity Winter Concert – Local award-winning choirs will perform timeless tunes from the 1940s to the 1990s at Sue Cormack Hall, St George’s School, Ascot on Sunday 11 January at 6pm (doors open at 5.30pm). Tickets cost £20 and include free parking.
Visit https://www.adscharity.com. Contact marketing@adscharity.com or call 07513 762 900.
If you have an event or volunteering opportunity you want add to our Community Spotlight then email communications@rbwm.gov.uk
Do you have any spare time and would be keen to volunteer at this winter's Night Shelter at The Alma Beacon, Windsor? The Night Shelter is a crucial part of the Windsor Homeless Project, providing a warm meal and a comfortable safe bed for the vulnerable homeless of our town during the coldest months of the year. Last year the Night Shelter ran for 70 nights. This year the plan is more ambitious running for an additional 21 nights including over the Christmas and New Year, and accommodating more guests. This is only possible with the help of wonderful volunteers. They need more volunteers to make this year's Night Shelter a success. No experience needed - just enthusiasm and the desire to make a difference. If you feel you could help making tea & coffee, serving supper, preparing a breakfast or lending a listening ear we'd love to hear from you. To receive further information including shift dates, times and basic training details, please email.
Would you be an Angel? Maidenhead Street Angels are local volunteers who patrol the town centre on Saturday nights (and the last Friday each month) from 10pm until midnight or just after, looking out for anyone who could be vulnerable. This could include people who are homeless, walking on their own, intoxicated, receiving unwanted attention or just upset and lonely. Could you be one of the team and “love the person in front of you”? For more information visit or email.
Maidenhead Heritage Centre is urgently seeking public-facing volunteers for various roles including visitor reception and stewarding in the Air Transport Auxiliary gallery - which includes a Spitfire simulator which we teach volunteers to fly. For more information visit.
Visit our Volunteering page to see more volunteering opportunities in the borough.
Here are some of the upcoming community events and volunteering opportunities in the Royal Borough.
Are you looking for unique festive gifts? Why not sponsor a museum object in their name? Windsor & Royal Borough Museum have carefully selected 40 unique objects from their collection that you can choose from to sponsor. In return, you will be sent a digital certificate with an image of your chosen object. Your name will also be displayed on our online sponsors board (unless you opt out). There are three levels of annual sponsorship (£25, £50 and £100) with added benefits for the higher levels, including attendance to an annual gala and a private tour of Windsor Guildhall. With your help, we can continue to share the rich histories of our collection and ensure it will be accessible for future generations to enjoy. Find out more about the scheme and how to sponsor an object here: Sponsor an Object | RBWM Together
Celebrate Christmas at King’s Church International – Join our family-friendly, free Christmas services across Maidenhead and Windsor throughout December at Braywick Leisure Centre, Windsor Theatre Royal and community locations. More information: https://kcionline.org/christmas
Santa Grotto at Nicholsons Centre – Visit Santa and get a present and photo in the Square at the Nicholsons Centre.
Saturday 6 December and Saturday 13 December from 11am to 3pm. Donations welcome (but optional) in aid of Rotary-supported charities.
Windsor Jingle & Joy Family Day – Join the charity’s Christmas fundraiser on Saturday 6 December from 11am to 4pm. Enjoy an animal farm, Santa, art activities, Elf Trail, traditional games, tombola, raffle, hot chocolate, hot dogs and more. All proceeds from raffle tickets, tokens and passes will support the charity’s Room2Grow Appeal for a permanent home to keep creativity and empowerment alive for young people.
Book tickets and find more details at https://www.busybuttons.org/event-list. This event will be followed by the Windsor and Eton Living Advent Calendar at 6.15pm.
Windsor Jingle & Joy Family Day – Saturday 6 December from 11am to 4pm. Animal farm, Santa, art activities, Elf Trail, games, tombola, raffle and more. Proceeds support the Room2Grow Appeal.
Book tickets: https://www.busybuttons.org/event-list
‘O Night Divine’ – A Musical Celebration of Christmas – Join New Maidenhead Choir and Chiltern Concert Band for a festive evening on Saturday 6 December at 6pm at St Mary’s Church, Maidenhead SL6 1YY. Tickets £10 (£5 under 18s). Refreshments on arrival. Lunchtime Carols with Beaconsfield High School Alumni Choir – Enjoy a beautiful carol service on Saturday 13 December at 12.30pm at St Mary’s Church, Maidenhead SL6 1YY. Tickets £5 on entry.
Windsor & Eton Sea Cadets Christmas Fair – Join us on Sunday 7 December from 12 noon to 4pm at our Unit in Stovell Road, Windsor (adjacent to Windsor Leisure Centre). Free entry, and for a small fee, meet Santa with a gift included. We look forward to seeing you.
Signature A Cappella Singers Carols at Windsor Royal Station – Signature A Cappella Singers will be singing carols at Windsor Royal Station on Sunday 7 December from 11.30am to 1.30pm. We will be collecting for the Alexander Devine Hospice. Come and join us for some festive fun.
Alzheimer's Research UK is the UK's leading research charity for dementia. As research experts, we fund world-class, pioneering scientists to find preventions, treatments, and a cure for dementia. Almost one million people are living with dementia today. Alzheimer’s Research UK receives little government funding, so we rely almost entirely on donations from individuals, fundraisers, companies and charitable trusts to fund our vital research. This research is both desperately underfunded and urgently needed to help us find an effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. Actress Pauline Quirke’s family – star of Birds of a Feather announced that she is living with dementia earlier this year. On 8 December, Pauline’s son, Charlie Quirke, will be going on a five-day trek, walking from Essex to his home in Bourne End, Marlow, covering many miles a day. He will be joined by celebrity friends on the route, to raise both funds and awareness for Alzheimer’s Research UK The challenge will run from Monday 8 to Friday 12 December.
Riverside Players pantomime, The Pied Piper of Hamelin at the Memorial Hall in Old Windsor over the first two full weekends in December - Friday 5, 8pm, Saturday 6, 1pm & 5.30pm, Sunday 7, 2.30pm, Thursday 11, 8pm, Friday 12, 8pm, Saturday 13, 2.30pm & 8pm. Tickets are now on sale. We are a local, not for profit society. We like to make annual charitable donations to local and national charities that have meaning to our members. This show, presented by the NODA award winning Riverside Players, is full of great songs and lots of audience participation. If you are looking for a magical start to Christmas, come along for some festive panto fun. For more information and to book your tickets, visit. You can also call the box office on 07803 705437.
Christmas Wreath Workshop – Join us for a night of Christmas craft, mince pies and mulled wine on Tuesday 9 December at Kerith Community Church, Fairacres Industrial Estate, Windsor SL4 4LE. Create a festive door wreath in a budget-friendly workshop. The Christmas Experience – Our main festive event takes place on Sunday 14 December at Kerith Community Church, Windsor. Enjoy nativity animals, a fire pit, crafts and games for children, free food and drink, followed by a lively carol service for all the family. Tickets are free but must be booked.
Book at Kerith Windsor Christmas Experience or contact adam.parsonage@kerith.church | Tel: 01344 835536.
Bray and Holyport Senior Citizens’ Club Christmas Party – Join us on Wednesday 10 December from 2pm to 4pm at Bray Village Hall for entertainment with music and carols from Adam, followed by a Christmas Afternoon Tea. All are welcome. £5 per person. We are a very friendly club – come and make new friends.
For more information contact Lynn on 07966 906092.
The Arts Society Runnymede Lecture – Merrily on High: Christmas Carols – Wednesday 10 December at Wraysbury Village Hall. Coffee from 10am, lecture starts at 10.30am. First visit free, guest fee £6.
Contact: info@theartssocietyrunnymede.org.uk
Carols on the Hill is a beloved Windsor tradition, dating back decades. Friday 12 December, 6.15pm to 7.25pm. This year we celebrate 76 years of this community gathering in aid of charity with carol singing by a lighted Christmas tree near the statue of Queen Victoria, against the iconic backdrop of Windsor Castle.
Festive Handmade Table Decorations – Creative Communities and Abri Housing invite you to an evening of Christmas crafting for adults on Friday 12 December from 6.30pm to 8.30pm at The Granges Community Room, Sawyers Close, SL4 5HL. Booking essential by Monday 8 December. Family Christmas Arts and Craft Morning – Suitable for the whole family (children 3+) on Monday 22 December from 10am to 12 noon at The Granges Community Room, Sawyers Close, SL4 5HL. Booking essential by Monday 15 December. Email Danielle.Welburn@abri.co.uk or call 07880 107269.
Join us for a traditional concert by the Ascot Brass Band and Taplow Youth Choir this Christmas in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. Held at St Mary's Church, Maidenhead on Saturday 13 December, 7pm to 10pm. A traditional brass band and choir as we welcome in the Christmas season with celebrity guest Brian Blessed as we raise money for an incredible cause. For more information and to get your tickets, visit.
Windsor Soundswell Choir Christmas Concert – Windsor Soundswell Choir is holding its Christmas concert on Saturday 13 December at 7.30pm at The Old Court, St Leonard’s Road, Windsor. There will be a lively programme of seasonal music and audience participation in the carols is encouraged. Music director and conductor is Guy Bunce and accompanist is Benn Norris.
Tickets are available online at info@oldcourt.org or from The Old Court on 01753 911 333
Claremont Singers Christmas Concert – Sunday 14 December at 3pm at Holy Trinity and Garrison Parish Church, Claremont Road, Windsor SL4 3AX. Tickets £5 on the door, carers and children free. Complimentary mulled wine and mince pies.
More information: https://sites.google.com/view/claremontsingers
Carol Singing at Sainsbury’s, Providence Place – Join the Rotary family and Waltham St Lawrence Silver Band for carol singing.
Sunday 14 December 11am to 1pm, Saturday 20 December 10.30am to 12.30pm, Sunday 21 December 11am to 1pm. Donations welcome (but optional) for Rotary-supported charities.
Maidenhead Drama Guilds Pantomine Robin Hood at Norden Farm, SL6 4PF on Tuesday 16 December to Sunday 21 December. Join the legendary Robin Hood and his merry men, as they battle the evil Sheriff of Nottingham and his two idiotic henchmen. Will Robin be able to scupper the Sheriff’s evil plans and free the land from tyranny and win the heart of Maid Marian? You will have to come along and find out! For more information visit.
Carol Singing at St Mark’s Crescent Methodist Church – Wednesday 17 December at 5.30pm outside St Mark’s Crescent Methodist Church, Allenby Road, Maidenhead SL6 5BQ. Hot drinks and mince pies afterwards. Free entry.
Contact: info@stmarksmaidenhead.org.uk
Voices Anon Christmas Concert on Friday 19 December, 7.30pm at Tippetts Hall St Piran's School, Maidenhead. For more information visit.
Carols at Christ Church – The Royal Free Singers and the United Reformed Church in William Street, Windsor SL4 1BA invite you to join them for a festive concert on Saturday 20 December at 7.30pm. Free admission, all welcome. Tea and coffee, mulled wine and mince pies will be available. There will be a raffle and a retiring collection in aid of Crisis at Christmas
Cantorum Choir Christmas Concert – Join the Cantorum Choir in Cookham on Saturday 20 December at 5.30pm for The Mystery of Christmas, a festive programme spanning two thousand years of music and words, from Gregorian chant and Palestrina to Chilcott’s On Christmas Night, Will Todd Jazz Carols and family favourites; adult tickets are £20 including a programme and festive refreshments at Holy Trinity Church, Cookham SL6 9SN.
St Mark’s Crescent Methodist Church Carol Service – Sunday 21 December at 10.30am at St Mark’s Crescent Methodist Church, Allenby Road, Maidenhead SL6 5BQ. Mince pies and coffee after the service. Free entry.
More information: https://www.stmarksmaidenhead.org.uk
ADS Charity Winter Concert – Local award-winning choirs will perform timeless tunes from the 1940s to the 1990s at Sue Cormack Hall, St George’s School, Ascot on Sunday 11 January at 6pm (doors open at 5.30pm). Tickets cost £20 and include free parking.
Visit https://www.adscharity.com. Contact marketing@adscharity.com or call 07513 762 900.
If you have an event or volunteering opportunity you want add to our Community Spotlight then email communications@rbwm.gov.uk
Do you have any spare time and would be keen to volunteer at this winter's Night Shelter at The Alma Beacon, Windsor? The Night Shelter is a crucial part of the Windsor Homeless Project, providing a warm meal and a comfortable safe bed for the vulnerable homeless of our town during the coldest months of the year. Last year the Night Shelter ran for 70 nights. This year the plan is more ambitious running for an additional 21 nights including over the Christmas and New Year, and accommodating more guests. This is only possible with the help of wonderful volunteers. They need more volunteers to make this year's Night Shelter a success. No experience needed - just enthusiasm and the desire to make a difference. If you feel you could help making tea & coffee, serving supper, preparing a breakfast or lending a listening ear we'd love to hear from you. To receive further information including shift dates, times and basic training details, please email.
Would you be an Angel? Maidenhead Street Angels are local volunteers who patrol the town centre on Saturday nights (and the last Friday each month) from 10pm until midnight or just after, looking out for anyone who could be vulnerable. This could include people who are homeless, walking on their own, intoxicated, receiving unwanted attention or just upset and lonely. Could you be one of the team and “love the person in front of you”? For more information visit or email.
Maidenhead Heritage Centre is urgently seeking public-facing volunteers for various roles including visitor reception and stewarding in the Air Transport Auxiliary gallery - which includes a Spitfire simulator which we teach volunteers to fly. For more information visit.
Visit our Volunteering page to see more volunteering opportunities in the borough.
