People changed their holidaying habits this year, with almost 30 per cent stating that they took fewer holidays in general. Around 20 per cent indicated they saved for one long trip, while a further 20 per cent prefer shorter breaks and less long holidays.

Despite the recession, families understand the importance of taking their holidays. They are simply changing the way they take a break. Many holidaymakers get excited at the prospect of staying closer to home, preferring to explore the delights on their doorstep, which is great news for the local economy.

The event was held at Wellington Country Park on Friday, 24th July and Saturday, 25th July and festival goers partied in the sunshine, enjoying groups including ‘Fabba’, ‘Retake That’, the Queen Tribute band, the Motown Show and T-Rexstasy.  For the first time in the festival’s history, the Saturday event sold out completely as Berkshire families flocked to enjoy the music and children’s activities in the beautiful surroundings of the park.

The ADCCT fundraising activity pulled together volunteers from all over the county – the fantastic Wokingham Lions group manned the car parks and organised collections amongst the crowd with volunteers from Maidenhead and Windsor running a pocket money toys stall. Local self storage company, ready steady store, based on Molly Millars Lane in Wokingham teamed up with ADCCT and ran the very popular ‘Hook a Duck’ game. Children paid 50p to hook a prize and the successful game raised an incredible £264 for ADCCT.