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Tue23Sep202510:00 - 12:00Meeting Room 3 (The Stone's Room)
Small Groups’ Forum – September 2025
RISC, 35-39 London Street, Reading, RG1 4PS
Are you are small community group in Reading? Come along to our next Small Groups’ Forum on Tuesday 23 September 2025 to hear about support, funding and networking for smaller groups like yours. The session is informal, friendly and catered specifically for smaller groups as we know the challenges and support you need can be different to that of larger groups.
Who are small groups:
- Mainly volunteer led
- With a gross annual income below £50K
If you don’t think you fit this category but still identify as a small group, you’re welcome to come along. You just need to ensure your group is offering some activities or services in Reading.
The September session will cover:
- Monitoring and evaluation workshop with Ellie from Berkshire Community Foundation. This workshop is designed to help you understand what funders expect from groups when they are considering giving funding and what and how to monitor your projects.
- An update on the VCS Safety and Safeguarding Partnership – a new initiative to help VCS groups to better navigate serious incidents and protect themselves and their members, in light of learning following the 2024 riots and other safeguarding learning.
- Networking with each other.
This is a friendly, informal session hosted by the Herjeet Vass from the RVA team, so don’t worry if you haven’t attended one of these sessions before. Refreshments will be provided.
Free event, but please book online at www.eventbrite.co.uk to confirm your place. We hope to see you there.