PROJECT organisers were invited to a special networking event to mark the first 50 people to sign up for the Volunteer Passport scheme.

Set up by Involve the passport scheme helps link volunteers with organisations.

Rebecca Benwell, coordinator of the scheme, said: "Thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate volunteering in Bracknell Forest and to mark this milestone for the Volunteer Passport, as we reached our first 50 passport holders."

"It was a lovely afternoon."

Guests included representatives from the founder partners; Mayor of Bracknell Forest Tony Virgo; Mayor of Sandhurst Town Council, Philip Wallington; Tina McKenzie-Boyle, Deputy Mayor of Bracknell and Bruce McKenzie-Boyle, representing Crowthorne Parish Council.