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• Community Wellness Outreach to continue until June 2025

  31 December 2024

  News from Reading Voluntary Action

  Help your community to benefit from the Community Wellness Outreach project in Reading.

  1,943 NHS health checks were carried out in community settings across Reading from December 2023 to October 2024 as part of the Community Wellness Outreach project. The community healthcare initiative is a pilot project to reduce health inequalities, and continues in Reading until June 2025.

  Partners Reading Voluntary Action (RVA) and Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust’s Meet PEET team run the health and wellbeing sessions in community venues, providing NHS health checks and holistic support to enable people to take action to improve their health.

  The sessions are open to Reading residents aged 18 and over, with a particular focus on people at risk of developing cardiovascular conditions and those who may not have been to their GP surgery for some time (or who may not be registered with a GP).

  The partnership is funded by the Integrated Care Board (ICB), with governance and project support provided by Reading Borough Council. GP surgeries and PCNs in Reading have been a key part of the project, sending messages encouraging eligible people to attend checks and providing follow-on clinical support for those who need it.

  What happens at the checks? Watch our short film at www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap3HslN_B7U&t=4s. To find out more, please visit www.rva.org.uk/cwo. We look forward to seeing you!

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• Public awareness of local voluntary organisations survey

  26 December 2024

  News from Reading Voluntary Action

  To complement Reading’s Voluntary and Community Sector Survey 2024, Reading Voluntrary Action has put together a survey to gather public awareness and perceptions of local charities.

  The short survey explores residents’ awareness of the hundreds of charities and community groups working across our town. It also gathers views on their experiences of benefiting from local services and on feelings of trust towards local charities and community groups.

  The survey will be open until mid January – please complete it (it should take less than 5 minutes) and promote it to your supporters and via social media. To view the survey please visit:www.surveymonkey.com/r/CNRDGT3.

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• New Emmer Green play area – have your say

  22 December 2024

  Local residents are being invited to help choose the design for the popular play area at Emmer Green Recreation Ground, as part of the Council’s ongoing major investment in playgrounds across the town.

  £350,000 is being invested in Emmer Green Recreation Ground with the play equipment being upgraded to create a new, exciting and accessible play area for children aged between 3 years and 12 years.

  Residents can have their say on a shortlist of two possible designs at www.emmergreenplayground.commonplace.is.

  Both designs offer an exciting mix of equipment to ensure the play area is accessible to children and carers using mobility aids such as wheelchairs and walking frames and equipment.   The Emmer Green play area consultation closes on 13 January 2025, with residents encouraged to vote on their favourite design.
   
  Once complete, consultation results will be considered and form part of the final selection of the winning design. Other considerations include consultation with the Reading Access and Disabilities Working Group and detailed assessments on value for money and technical competency.

  The winning design will be announced at the end of January with work currently planned to begin in the spring of 2025.

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• Council’s online services upgraded

  20 December 2024

  The council has announced a significant upgrade to its online services, to make interactions easier and more efficient.

  Previously, logging in to use various public-facing portals often required separate credentials. To improve your experience, there is a new Sign-On (SSO) solution. This new system will allow you to access multiple services, such as:

  -Love Clean Reading (reporting and tracking environmental issues)

  -My Account (general council services)

  -Housing Online (housing-related matters)

  All these will now come under one secure and convenient login: My Reading Account.

  What does this mean for you? Your next login to any of these services will involve a quick one-time setup process. This process will link your current credentials to My Reading Account. Please allow about 10 minutes for this setup. Clear step-by-step instructions will be available on each portal’s login page.

  The council’s goal is to bring more services under the SSO umbrella, saving you time and effort.

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• RABBLE Up! Screen and Stage skills for the Whitley Community

  26 November 2024

  News from: RABBLE Theatre

  At RABBLE Up, anyone in Whitley can join our weekly sessions where we learn new skills and create theatre and film projects all about Whitley! You don’t need any experience, you just need… you.

  -Learn new skills
  -Create theatre and film projects about you and your community
  -Make new friends
  -Stay active and healthy
  -Have the opportunity to get involved on and off stage in RABBLE’s professional productions

  RABBLE’s new class takes place every week at WCDA’s Whitley Community Centre Cafe, Tuesdays, 18:30.

  Cost: £2.50 per session.
  Contact Lucina by email at admin@rabbletheatre.com to book your place or for more information.

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