 During May half term, The Lexicon will be running activities for families to learn about bees and the vital role they play in everyone’s lives in Bee Aware Week.
You will be able to make your own mini bee hotel and seed bee bombs to take home. (Numbers are limited so please book your place).
There will also be a fun trail with flowers and bee facts hidden around the town centre. Families can complete the trail for a chance to win one of three bee hampers filled with a variety of products from retailers within The Lexicon.
 On Friday, 2 June as part of Bee Aware Week, Bracknell Library will be hosting two, free storytelling sessions by Jenny Bailey, author of Phoebe the Bee.
There will also be craft activity packs provided.
Please book your child's place for either the 11am storytelling session or the 12 noon storytelling session.
 The very first Bracknell Forest Pride will take place at The Lexicon on Saturday, 10 June from noon until 7pm.
Hosted by local personality Brad Clapson, the day will feature acts and performers from the LGBTQIA+ community. This will include musicians, dancers and drag queens.
As well as the free entertainment, there will be lots of friendly and helpful advice available. This includes representatives from SupportU, MyUmbrella, Involve Community Services and the NHS.
Plus, Bracknell and Wokingham College will be creating a rainbow paperchain for people to write their own lovely messages of hope, support and love on. This will be combined to create a fabulous artistic display of solidarity and inclusion.
Staff from the council, The Lexicon and various partners have been working hard on preparations for the big day. We would love to see you down there.
 Help decorate our libraries and show your support for the LGBTQIA+ community. All ages are invited to draw on, colour, decorate and write messages on strips of paper before we loop and chain them together and hang in our libraries. Pop in to your local library to find out more.
On Saturday, 10 June from 10.30am to 12 noon, children aged four and over are invited to come along to a free craft event to make a rainbow at Bracknell Library. No need to book - simply drop in.
 Community Learning is running a baby massage course on Tuesdays at 1.30pm – 2.30pm from 6 June to 27 June. It is a wonderful way to enhance your bond with baby, learning some simple massage routines and enable you to discover the benefits of this relaxing activity. The course costs £18.
Also coming up is the chance to brush up or learn some basic paediatric first aid skills in time for the holidays with a short course running on Thursday, 6 July, 7pm – 9pm. During this two-hour session, you will gain the knowledge and confidence to deal with some of the most common first aid situations involving infants and children. The course costs £10.
For a more in-depth paediatric first aid course, there is also a six-hour course running on Monday, 12 June from 9.30am – 3.30pm. This course costs £45.
All courses are held at Bracknell Open Learning Centre, Rectory Lane, Easthampstead RG12 7GR.
 Visitors to Bracknell town centre can take in an artistic display of vibrant colourful umbrellas to celebrate the strength and abilities of neurodivergent people.
The Neurodiversity Umbrella Project raises the awareness and understanding of our cognitive and learning differences, and celebrates the intelligence, talents and employability of everyone.
The council, The Lexicon and the Cambium Partnership, in partnership with the ADHD Foundation Neurodiversity Charity, have worked together to bring the project to Braccan Walk North, where the umbrellas will be suspended until early June.
It is part of a wider education campaign to create social change and improve career paths and life chances for neurodiverse individuals. Recognising and harnessing the positive skills and contributions they can bring to a workforce and the wider society.
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Bracknell Forest Council is currently working on a review of the youth services available to young people in the borough.
This includes services like youth groups, targeted support and sessions. The review will help inform a new proposed youth offer and strategy that aims to meet the needs of young people in Bracknell Forest.
The survey will be followed by, and inform, our focus group sessions, which will take place later this summer.
We welcome and appreciate your views, as they will help shape the future of youth services in our borough. The anonymous survey will take no more than 10 minutes to complete. If you would like to speak to us on a one-to-one basis, please contact our lead consultant.
The survey is available online and in hard copy upon request and will close on 26 June 2023.
Once the survey closes, we will analyse the information provided and identify the strengths and gaps in what we do and how we do it.
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 To celebrate South Hill Park’s 50th anniversary as an arts centre, Bracknell Forest Council has teamed up with South Hill Park and The Lexicon to bring an exciting two-site promenade performance to Bracknell Forest.
Starting at South Hill Park and finishing at The Lexicon, the audience will move through several locations, for the Follow the Yellow Brick Road performance, combining storytelling, participatory theatre and visual arts.
Based on Frank L Baum’s book, The Wizard of Oz, this modern adaptation will take the audience on a spectacular theatrical journey.
Audiences will join Dorothy as she meets the Scarecrow, the Tin-Man and the Lion in Munchkinland at South Hill Park. The friends then embark on a quest to defeat the Wicked Witch, with the help of the Good Witch, in the Emerald City situated within Princess Square.
The intrepid travellers learn the true meaning of friendship on their journey and reaffirm that there really is ‘no place like home’.
This family friendly show is suitable for all ages, and performances run from Thursday, 17 August to Sunday, 20 August and Thursday, 24 August to Sunday, 27 August 2023 with relaxed performances on Saturday, 19 and Saturday, 26 August at 11am.
Running time is approximately 2.5 hours including travel time. Transport between South Hill Park and The Lexicon is not included.
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The Parent Carer Forum is running a SEND survey for parent or carers of children with SEND in the borough.
If you would like to complete the survey, please do so by Wednesday, 31 May.
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