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Meet Thames Valley Police’s Positive Action and Engagement Team
29 June 2022
At Thames Valley Police we aspire and are working hard towards having a police force that truly reflects the communities we serve. Our region is increasingly diverse and it is important our workforce reflects this. Our Positive Action and Engagement Team was set up just prior to the announcement of the National Police Officer Uplift Programme in October 2019, as ...
Help to Claim Universal Credit
18 June 2022
News from: Citizens Advice Reading – With more people struggling to keep on top of their household bills, the cost of living crisis and many government support packages linked to benefits, we wanted to remind you of our Help to Claim service. We support people to make an initial claim, from the application to their first payment. This service is available ...
A Vision for Volunteering in Reading
18 June 2022The last two years have seen significant changes in the landscape of volunteering across the UK. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, volunteers have been mobilised in unprecedented numbers to take on novel tasks. As the crisis stage of the pandemic gives way to a focus on recovery, volunteers are likely to continue to play a vital role as organisations ...
Refugee support scheme from GLL – 3 month free membership
26 May 2022
Greenwich Leisure Limited is offering a free 3 month membership scheme open to all refugees who have sought asylum in the UK. This scheme will run at all GLL leisure Centres and offers free Better Health Centre membership or lesson and course (if available) membership for a fixed 3 month period from the join date. The scheme is open to ...
Pop-up Covid-19 vaccination clinics in Reading
26 May 2022
For 1st, 2nd and booster doses of Covid-19 vaccination, you don’t need an appointment, and you don’t have to be registered with a GP or have ID to visit. Available for everyone aged 16 and over and ages 12–15, with a parent or carer. Anyone who hasn’t had a vaccination or would like to talk through any concerns with a ...
Applications invited to the Reading Community Energy Society Grants Fund
25 May 2022
Community groups and charities are again invited to apply for the next round of Reading Community Energy Society Grants funding. Grants are open to organisations which are not-for-profit, charities or small businesses and based within an approximate 10 mile radius of Reading Town Hall. Projects can include installations of energy-saving lights through to environmental awareness projects. The application deadline is ...
Reading hosts four-day Jubilee extravaganza in June
25 May 2022
Reading is set to host a four-day extravaganza of events, parties and activities this June, in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, including a record-breaking 57 community street parties. As well as the plethora of street parties organised by residents themselves after the Council waived its usual road closure fee, events on offer include a Beacon Lighting Ceremony and Jubilee ...
RBC Small Grants Fund 2022/23
11 May 2022
Reading Borough Council has opened Round 1 of its Small Grants Fund 2022/23. £100k is available for community-led activities that support inclusion and connectivity for the most marginalised groups and most vulnerable adults and children in our communities. Individual organisations can apply for up to a £5k grant and 2 or more organisations applying in partnership can apply for up ...
Celebrate 75 years of Reading and Düsseldorf friendship
21 April 2022
RBC are inviting local budding photographers to take part in a competition to imaginatively capture Reading’s 4Bs, to help celebrate the 75th anniversary of friendship between Düsseldorf and Reading, with a chance to win a weekend away in Düsseldorf. This competition is open to amateurs and professionals alike, under the theme of the 4Bs – “Beer, Biscuits, Bulbs & Bricks” ...
Local elections 2022
21 April 2022
Thursday 5 May is Reading’s first ‘all-out’ local election in 18 years. There are a number of ways for you to cast your vote in the 2022 Local Elections. You can vote in a polling station, by post, or by appointing someone you trust to vote on your behalf, known as a proxy vote. Polling cards are being posted out to ...