Welcome to My Wokingham Your New Community Newspaper That Serves All of Wokingham

Positive About Wokingham

Your free monthly paper serving the entire Wokingham Borough

My Wokingham is printed monthly and delivered directly into Wokingham homes with a print run of 25,000, It’s also available throughout the borough from pickup points in Arborfield, Barkham, Crowthorne, Charvil, Earley , Finchampstead, Hurst, Sonning, Remenham, Ruscombe, Shinfield, Twyford, Wargrave, Winnersh, Spencers Wood, Wokingham Town and Woodley.

We report on news and events across Wokingham borough creating trusted connections with charities and the local community

Our editorial ethos is positive, and we want to celebrate all the borough has to offer and help the community enjoy where they live. Online since 2002 at mywokingham.co.uk we see thousands of people every day enjoy our

Meet the team

We’re a group of passionate individuals who live in the Wokingham Borough and love the area we live in. We are dedicated to delivering high-quality services to our readers and advertisers. Get to know us better by reading about each member of our team below.

Nick Marr is behind several successful online businesses including Mywokingham.co.uk.

With over 20 years of experience innovating online, time spent as Chief Marketing Officer, and running several startups he has a passion for journalism, news reporting, and championing small businesses. Nick was featured in the Financial Times as a Tech Entrepreneur introducing innovation into the property sector. Today he enjoys living in Wokingham borough along with his family.

King

Paul King is an experienced local photographer who has covered news & sports for many years. Paul remarkably began his career in photography at the age of 14 and trained as a photographer in his hometown of Windsor at the Windsor Express Newspaper. His local knowledge and enthusiasm for Wokingham are second to none. Over the years many of his photos have been published in the daily newspapers and on ITV and BBC News.

fresh approach and positive ethos about Wokingham.

Supporting local charities

Fundraising and raising the profile of our local charities is at the heart of what we do. In fact, that’s how we started and now provide an opportunity for our local charities to amplify their message via print, digital social and live streaming events.

What to expect

Our team of local photographers and in-house journalists all live and work in the area. We cover local news, charity events and business news. We will run regular features that appeal to a wide audience from Home Improvement, Property, Senior Living Gardening, Hair & Beauty, Health & Wellbeing, Sport & Leisure Cleaning, Schools & Colleges to Kids and Family.

Jacqueline Hayler was born and raised in Wokingham and all her family also still live within the borough. Having studied journalism at college in Portsmouth, she worked for a number of local newspapers and magazines, becoming Deputy Editor at both the Bracknell News and Henley Standard. She appreciates the community spirit of local newspapers and loves all the borough has to offer. In her free time she enjoys running, yoga and going to the gym, walking her dog and has a passion for all things Italian.

Chris Cook Sports Journalist

Chris has been a sports fanatic all his life. Having played football for many clubs throughout Surrey and Hampshire until a knee injury ended that path, he took to cricket playing with Chertsey,Ripley and Churt until 2004 when he finally hung up his boots and switched to taking pictures and video of the on-field action. For the past ten years, he’s been following firstly Wokingham and now South Berkshire Hockey Club all over the country and every other week down at Cantley Park during the hockey season. During the week he can be found walking around Emmbrook and Wokingham with his Labrador Maverick

Supporting our local businesses

My Wokingham provides local business unbeatable coverage by combining print with digital ensuring they connect with a hyper local audience. We know by encouraging everyone to shop local it helps keep communities remain vibrant and great places to live and work.

Where to find us

We deliver our newspaper to households in Wokingham, the paper is also available at all major supermarkets including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Morrisons, Waitrose and selected Co-ops. We are available at all Wokingham libraries and numerous community collection points. Our street distributors are present at Wokingham & Twyford stations as well as Wokingham and Woodley shopping centres.

Phil works on a range of projects from Podcasts, Live Casts, Radio, and Events and works on news stories. Post-2019, he had a range of articles and pictures published in the local and national press. Phil’s videographer skills are second to none and he looks to develop My Wokingham.TV for live news and event broadcasts and regular news updates. Phil has been part of thousands of DJ events and worked with big names including the Loose Women, Faces Of Disco and Jessica Ennis Hill to name a few. You can also hear Phil on bradio.co.uk

Patsy is Wokingham through and through. She has lived and worked in the town and the surrounding areas throughout her career, specialising in sales and marketing, working alongside local people, local businesses and local charities. Patsy loves the area and is proud to be part of ‘ My Wokingham

Sarah King comes from South West London and is a former children’s nursery manager. She has a passion for photo journalism and loves taking photos. Sarah lives in Wokingham with her husband Head Photographer Paul King

Samuel Palmer is 18 years old and in his final year of A levels at The Piggott School. Currently, a level 5 FA referee and grassroots football coach, Samuel is very passionate about football and an advocate of non-league football in Berkshire.

Andrew is an experienced media and content professional, with extensive publishing experience. In addition to working for local newspapers in Berkshire, he has also worked on editorial and content operations for property portals around the world and was also the Publishing Director for the Thai language edition of BusinessWeek magazine. Focusing on the Combined Counties League, Thames Valley Premier League, Bracknell Sunday League and women’s football, you can see his photos at smugmug.com

Harry is the social media lead at Wokingham & Emmbrook FC, he has played for the club since the age of 9 and has been involved in the senior set-up for 3 years. He is a student with journalism experience for ESPN, The National News and more. Writing, talking and creating content about football is his passion.