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  • Reading Family Aid Toys and Teens Appeal 2024

    27 October 2024Reading Family Aid Toys and Teens Appeal 2024

    Over the next six weeks, Reading Family Aid will be collecting donations to provide Christmas presents to disadvantaged young people in Reading. But we can only do this with your generous help! Thanks to the support of many local organisations and businesses, there are around 25 places across Reading where you can drop off your gift donations. Check out the ...

  • Council apologises to drivers

    26 October 2024Council apologises to drivers

    The Council is sincerely apologising and appealing to motorists who may have paid penalty charge notices which were incorrectly issued for parking contraventions in certain parts of Reading. The Council has discovered that the Traffic Regulation Order on sections of the East Reading Red Route and some parking restrictions in other locations are unenforceable. Drivers who have paid penalties for ...

  • Meeting Space for hire at Tilehurst Library

    26 October 2024Meeting Space for hire at Tilehurst Library

    Do you need to run a meeting in Tilehurst in November or December 2024? Tilehurst Library has a new building system fitted which facilitates self service access outside library opening. We would like to test this with some real life hires before publicising more widely. If this meets a need you have, please contact simon.smith@reading.gov.uk to see if we can make ...

  • Reading Climate Change Partnership seeks volunteer Communications Lead

    25 October 2024Reading Climate Change Partnership seeks volunteer Communications Lead

    Join us and support Reading’s journey to Net Zero. Reading Climate Change Partnership is currently between two Climate Emergency Strategies, so the Lead Communications Volunteer will be tasked with community-building during this interim period. In early to mid 2025, we will develop a more long-term communications strategy which supports the promotion and delivery of the new Climate Emergency Strategy for ...

  • Become a Draughtbuster this winter!

    19 October 2024Become a Draughtbuster this winter!

    Draughtbusters is a voluntary group that surveys homes for draughts and takes remedial action. The website www.draughtbusters.net gives all the advice needed to survey your own home and make changes, but the main thrust of the project is to provide the materials and trained labour to undertake the work, free of charge, for those in fuel poverty. Households are referred to ...

  • Popular interactive game Beat The Street returns to Reading

    19 September 2024Popular interactive game Beat The Street returns to Reading

    Beat The Street turns whole communities into a giant activity competition. The popular interactive game encourages communities to move more and to make small lifestyle changes, such as walking or cycling to school or work every day. Players can join school, community, or workplace teams to win prizes for the furthest travel. There’s also an individual leader board, spot prizes, ...

  • The Branding Project from the University of Reading – open for applications

    19 September 2024The Branding Project from the University of Reading – open for applications

    Are you a new charity looking to establish a brand identity but lacking the resources to do so? Or are you a not-for-profit in need of a brand refresh or re-positioning and would welcome some input from students at the University of Reading? The University will be holding a structured six-week ‘design-thinking brand jam’ with Part 3 Typography and design ...

  • Reading All-Bus ticket continues to offer excellent value travel

    18 September 2024Reading All-Bus ticket continues to offer excellent value travel

    Reading All-Bus was introduced in March 2023 after the Council secured funding from the Department for Transport for its Bus Service Improvement Plan. Since then, more than 2.5 million Reading All-Bus tickets have been sold. The all day ticket, which can be used on services operated by several bus companies in the greater Reading area, has saved passengers more than ...

  • Reading’s Voluntary and Community Sector Survey 2024

    17 September 2024Reading’s Voluntary and Community Sector Survey 2024

    The last few years have seen unprecedented upheavals and challenges across the UK and beyond. The Voluntary and Community sector has been at the forefront of the responses to these challenges and continues to be so today. Reading’s Voluntary and Community Sector Survey 2024 aims to enhance understanding of the makeup of our vibrant and diverse voluntary and community sector ...

  • The King’s Award For Voluntary Service 2025

    10 September 2024The King's Award For Voluntary Service 2025

    Nominations for The King’s Award for Voluntary Service 2025 are now open. This is the highest award given to volunteer groups across the UK and is the equivalent to an MBE. A list of all the past winners in Berkshire can be downloaded here. There are many more fantastic organisations and groups across the county, doing amazing work who deserve to ...